Alain Guillot

Life, Leadership, and Money Matters

Book Recommendations

These books are recommendations from my readings or my interviews with podcasts guests.

Unstoppable: Siggi B. Wilzig's Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend

Unstoppable: Siggi B. Wilzig’s Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend. (Episode 318)
(April 2021).

Go Big Now: 8 Essential Mindset Practices to Overcome Any Obstacle and Reach Your Goals

Go Big Now: 8 Essential Mindset Practices to Overcome Any Obstacle and Reach Your Goals by Julia Pimsleur (March 2021)

We Need to Hang Out: A Memoir of Making Friends by Billy Baker (2021).

The Hidden Habits of Genius

The Hidden Habits of Genius: Beyond Talent, IQ, and Grit—Unlocking the Secrets of Greatness by Craig M. Wright. (Oct. 2020)

Constant Comedy by Art Bell

Constant Comedy: How I Started Comedy Central and Lost My Sense of Humor by Art Bell. (Sept. 2020).

Read review here.

A TRAITOR TO HIS SPECIES By Ernest Freeberg

A TRAITOR TO HIS SPECIES: Henry Bergh and the Birth of the Animal Rights Movement By Ernest Freeberg (2020)

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Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds by David Goggins. March 2020.

Read review here:

Billion Dollar Loser

Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork (2020)

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The Successful Speaker: Five Steps for Booking Gigs, Getting Paid, and Building Your Platform by Grant Baldwin

The Successful Speaker: Five Steps for Booking Gigs, Getting Paid, and Building Your Platform by Grant Baldwin (Feb 2020)

The Automatic Millionaire: A Powerful One-Step Plan to Live and Finish Rich by David Bach

The Automatic Millionaire: A Powerful One-Step Plan to Live and Finish Rich by David Bach (2016)

Let’s Get Blunt About Your Financial Affairs: A collection of the best blog posts from The Blunt Bean Counter by Mark Goodfield (Aug 2015)

The Go-Giver by Bob Burg

The Go-Giver, Expanded Edition: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea (2015)

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Money, Master the Game, By Tony Robbins. Nov. 2014.
Not a recommendation. This book is very bad. Don’t buy it.

Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg: Book Review (2013)

The War of Art by Steven Pressfield

The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles (2012)

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Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose by Tony Hsieh

Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose by Tony Hsieh (2010)

Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us by Seth Godin (2008)

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Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die (Jan 2007)

The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene

The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene (1998)

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Sartre in 90 Minutes (Philosophers in 90 Minutes Series) Paperback

Sartre in 90 Minutes (Philosophers in 90 Minutes Series) Paperback – June 1, 1998

Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins

Awaken the Giant Within by Anthony Robbins: Book Review (1992)

Den of Thieves by James B. Stewart

Den of Thieves by James B. Stewart (Book Review) (1991)

The Millionaire Next Door

The Millionaire Next Door by Dr. Thomas J. Stanley (1998)

Market Wizards by Jack D. Schwager

Book review: Market Wizards by Jack Schwager (1989)