Monday, February 27, 2012

Top 30 Books Every Young Influencer Must Read

It's almost a platitude that reading always had inspired influencers to grow. If you want to know which top books every young influencer/ leader should read, please read below. You can download here the survey results in the PDF format. Below is what Jason Young and Daniel Decker embarked to create the recommended list of books. 
  • Over 200 people completed the survey, each sharing their top 5 recommended books. 
  • That’s nearly 1000 books we combed through and put into a simple, easy to read, downloadable PDF. We listed the books by “Vote” which is basically how many times the book appeared or was recommended overall throughout the survey. 
  • While the survey respondents varied by all types of backgrounds, the results slanted more from the perspective of those involved with some aspect of ministry. This is primarily due to the number of people in the ministry space who retweeted the survey link. 
  • While we were looking for traditional books for the results of this survey, it’s also worthwhile to note that the Bible was the #1 suggested resource overall.

Here's the Top 30 that made the list:

Good to Great, Jim Collins
The Next Generation Leader, Andy Stanley
How to Win Friends & Influence People, Dale Carnegie
The 21 Irrefutable Laws Of Leadership, John Maxwell
Tribes, Seth Godin
Linchpin, Seth Godin
Never Eat Alone, Keith Ferrazzi
Crazy Love, Francis Chan
The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team, Patrick Lencioni
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey
Spiritual Leadership, Oswald Sanders
Axioms, Bill Hybels
Getting Things Done, Dave Allen
The Magic of Thinking Big, David Schwartz
The Dip, Seth Godin
Visioneering, Andy Stanley
Made To Stick, Dan & Chip Heath
Rework, Jason Fried
The Energy Bus, Jon Gordon
Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell
The Principle of the Path, Andy Stanley
Courageous Leadership, Bill Hybels
Mere Christianity, CS Lewis
Radical, David Platt
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, Donald Miller
The Future of Management, Gary Hamel
Developing the Leader within You, John Maxwell
The Leadership Challenge, Kouzes & Posner
Now Discover Your Strengths, Marcus Buckingham
E-myth, Michael Gerber

3 comments:

tim chan said...

this is a great book list! i've read 10 so far, looking forward to reading more.

Paul J. Sohn said...

Yes, thought it may galvanize you to rush into Amazon.ca or Chapters to having a shopping spree of books! I also read about 10 of those in the top 30. Good list, indeed.

Anonymous said...

I've read 7 of these books and they are great reads. But I'll admit I was disappointed to not see Ishmael by Daniel Quinn. A book with outstanding true lessons for living.