BEST 5 BOOKS FOR EVERY ASPIRING ENTREPRENEUR

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1 ‘The Obstacle is the Way' by Ryan Holiday
This book is about success and the leading indicator of whether you will be successful or not is how you handle obstacles and hurdles.
As an entrepreneur, there will be hurdles from every side: technology, regulation, disruptive competitors. How does one handle these and thrive? Ryan Holiday goes back to history to look at individuals who mastered the art of shining despite deep setbacks and personal challenges.
It’s a must read, and I would say every morning you can open a few pages and read this to rise and shine.




2. ‘Deep Work’ by Cal Newport
Cal Newport makes a passionate case for ‘Deep 
.e. dedicated hours to practicing and improving on the work such that one becomes skillful in it. This involves working with no distractions at a given stretch of time.
We are all addicted to our smartphones, and every notification gets our attention. Cal makes the persuasive case that if we focus certain periods of time to Deep Work, our output will dramatically increase and our ability to outshine others increases exponentially. Now which business leader wouldn’t want that!



3. ‘10X Rule’ by Grant Cardone
If someone lives the thought propagated in a book, it is Grant Cardone. A realtor by profession, he has dramatically increased his business and profile by following the 10X principle: When everyone was shrinking their investment, Grant Cardone went all in during the recession.
He believes that whatever the other person is doing, you must be ready and execute 10X of that. It is difficult to argue with Grant Cardone given the sheer content that he churns across the media.



4. ‘The Lean Startup’ by Eric Ries
Eric Ries literally started the Lean Startup Revolution. His timeless book shows how to bootstrap a business and keep it lean for maximum effectiveness. Often as the business becomes successful and starts getting scale, the temptation is to hire people and buy assets and spread the net wide to get more customers. Don’t.
This book shows how the lean ethos should permeate the organization so that no matter how big or small your business is,lean thinking, innovation and execution always make your business agile.




5. 'Zero to One' by Peter Thiel
Zero to One by @Peter Thiel is a magnificent and worth reading book.  Zero to One is about how to build companies that create new things and moving from 0 to 1 for every new creation. It gives lot of insights which is directly pulled out of Peter Thiel's learning and experiences. He is a co-founder of PayPal and then an investor in hundreds of startups including Facebook, Stripe, LinkedIn and SpaceX etc

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