50 Books like Firestarters

Happen to Your Career

by Scott Anthony Barlow • 2022

Clarity isn't stumbled upon: declare your ideal life, then test careers through small experiments.

4.08

107

🧭 Career Change 💡 Meaningful Work 🎨 Life Design

Happen to Your Career 96%

Clarity isn't stumbled upon: declare your ideal life, then test careers through small experiments.

by Scott Anthony Barlow 2022

4.08

107 ratings

🧭 Career Change 💡 Meaningful Work 🎨 Life Design

Think Remarkable

by Guy Kawasaki • 2024

Nine habits remarkable people share, distilled from hundreds of interviews into one roadmap.

3.70

330

👔 Leadership Development ⚡ Action-Oriented Self-Help 🎯 Purpose-Driven Work

Think Remarkable 96%

Nine habits remarkable people share, distilled from hundreds of interviews into one roadmap.

by Guy Kawasaki 2024

3.70

330 ratings

👔 Leadership Development ⚡ Action-Oriented Self-Help 🎯 Purpose-Driven Work

Disrupt Yourself

by Whitney Johnson • 2015

6% win in crowded markets, 37% win creating new ones. Your career works the same way.

3.73

1k+

🧨 Disruptive Innovation 🔄 Career Reinvention 📈 Learning Curves

Disrupt Yourself 96%

6% win in crowded markets, 37% win creating new ones. Your career works the same way.

by Whitney Johnson 2015

3.73

1k+ ratings

🧨 Disruptive Innovation 🔄 Career Reinvention 📈 Learning Curves

The Art of Work

by Jeff Goins • 2015

Your calling isn't one job. It's a portfolio you build in plain sight, piece by piece.

3.89

4k+

🧳 Portfolio Careers 🧭 Vocation Discernment 🏋️ Deliberate Practice

The Art of Work 96%

Your calling isn't one job. It's a portfolio you build in plain sight, piece by piece.

by Jeff Goins 2015

3.89

4k+ ratings

🧳 Portfolio Careers 🧭 Vocation Discernment 🏋️ Deliberate Practice

Forever Employable

by Jeff Gothelf • 2020

Apply lean startup to your career: stake a niche, teach in public, let opportunity find you.

3.71

440

🏷️ Personal Branding 🔄 Career Reinvention 💡 Thought Leadership

Forever Employable 96%

Apply lean startup to your career: stake a niche, teach in public, let opportunity find you.

by Jeff Gothelf 2020

3.71

440 ratings

🏷️ Personal Branding 🔄 Career Reinvention 💡 Thought Leadership

Do Over

by Jon Acuff • 2015

Before you need a new job, stockpile four things no resume can list.

4.04

4k+

🔄 Career Reinvention 📈 Career Advancement 🤝 Professional Networking

Do Over 96%

Before you need a new job, stockpile four things no resume can list.

by Jon Acuff 2015

4.04

4k+ ratings

🔄 Career Reinvention 📈 Career Advancement 🤝 Professional Networking

Disrupt You!

by Jay Samit • 2015

Reinvent yourself, spot opportunities others miss, and fund your vision without your own capital.

4.10

2k+

💥 Disruptive Innovation 📈 Intrapreneurship 📛 Personal Branding

Disrupt You! 96%

Reinvent yourself, spot opportunities others miss, and fund your vision without your own capital.

by Jay Samit 2015

4.10

2k+ ratings

💥 Disruptive Innovation 📈 Intrapreneurship 📛 Personal Branding

Black Hole Focus

by Isaiah Hankel • 2014

Smart but drifting: a system for naming your purpose, locking in conviction, taking real action.

3.87

399

🧭 Purpose Discovery ✏️ Life Design 🎯 Deliberate Practice

Black Hole Focus 96%

Smart but drifting: a system for naming your purpose, locking in conviction, taking real action.

by Isaiah Hankel 2014

3.87

399 ratings

🧭 Purpose Discovery ✏️ Life Design 🎯 Deliberate Practice

Fail Fast, Fail Often

by Ryan Babineaux • 2013

Successful people collect more failures than anyone else. What they do with them.

3.97

856

🚀 Entrepreneurial Mindset 🔄 Lean Methodology ✂️ Anti-Perfectionism

Fail Fast, Fail Often 96%

Successful people collect more failures than anyone else. What they do with them.

by Ryan Babineaux 2013

3.97

856 ratings

🚀 Entrepreneurial Mindset 🔄 Lean Methodology ✂️ Anti-Perfectionism

Die Empty

by Todd Henry • 2013

Your best work shouldn't die with you. The daily routine that gets it out.

3.75

4k+

🎯 Meaningful Work ⏰ Daily Routines 🔍 Curiosity

Die Empty 96%

Your best work shouldn't die with you. The daily routine that gets it out.

by Todd Henry 2013

3.75

4k+ ratings

🎯 Meaningful Work ⏰ Daily Routines 🔍 Curiosity

The Power of Starting Something Stupid

by Richie Norton • 2012

The best ideas sound foolish first. How to start yours before you feel ready.

3.94

848

💡 Unconventional Business 🎨 Creative Risk-Taking 🔨 Anti-Perfectionism

The Power of Starting Something Stupid Summary

The Power of Starting Something Stupid 96%

The best ideas sound foolish first. How to start yours before you feel ready.

by Richie Norton 2012

3.94

848 ratings

💡 Unconventional Business 🎨 Creative Risk-Taking 🔨 Anti-Perfectionism

Dream Year

by Ben Arment • 2014

Frustration narrows your vision. Here's how to turn it into a business that actually pays.

3.68

342

🔄 Career Change 🧭 Purpose-Driven Work 😰 Fear Of Failure

Dream Year 96%

Frustration narrows your vision. Here's how to turn it into a business that actually pays.

by Ben Arment 2014

3.68

342 ratings

🔄 Career Change 🧭 Purpose-Driven Work 😰 Fear Of Failure

The Success Indicator Acceleration Report

by MaryEllen Tribby • 2013

Success is built on a few daily behaviors. This book gives you the checklist.

3.25

🚀 Career Success 🎯 Goal Setting 🛡️ Personal Accountability

The Success Indicator Acceleration Report Summary

The Success Indicator Acceleration Report 95%

Success is built on a few daily behaviors. This book gives you the checklist.

by MaryEllen Tribby 2013

3.25

4 ratings

🚀 Career Success 🎯 Goal Setting 🛡️ Personal Accountability

Find Your Clear Vision

by Lisa Guillot • 2023

A personal brand that sticks begins inside: clear the beliefs that keep your vision small.

4.00

🎯 Personal Branding 👁️ Visionary Leadership 🔗 Limiting Beliefs

Find Your Clear Vision 95%

A personal brand that sticks begins inside: clear the beliefs that keep your vision small.

by Lisa Guillot 2023

4.00

11 ratings

🎯 Personal Branding 👁️ Visionary Leadership 🔗 Limiting Beliefs

Choose Yourself!

by James Altucher • 2013

Your resume won't save you. Daily routines, ruthless honesty, and idea practice that build a life.

3.82

13k+

🔄 Personal Reinvention 💻 Digital Entrepreneurship 💡 Idea Generation

Choose Yourself! 95%

Your resume won't save you. Daily routines, ruthless honesty, and idea practice that build a life.

by James Altucher 2013

3.82

13k+ ratings

🔄 Personal Reinvention 💻 Digital Entrepreneurship 💡 Idea Generation

Creativity Rules

by Tina Seelig • 2017

Most ideas die between imagination and launch. A four-part cycle fixes that.

3.64

421

🧠 Design Thinking 🔧 Innovation Frameworks ⚙️ Idea Execution

Creativity Rules 95%

Most ideas die between imagination and launch. A four-part cycle fixes that.

by Tina Seelig 2017

3.64

421 ratings

🧠 Design Thinking 🔧 Innovation Frameworks ⚙️ Idea Execution

Often Wrong, Never in Doubt

by Donny Deutsch • 2005

The ad man's playbook for convincing yourself you deserve the win before you've earned it.

3.67

165

💪 Self-Belief 🚀 Entrepreneurial Mindset 👔 Personal Branding

Often Wrong, Never in Doubt 95%

The ad man's playbook for convincing yourself you deserve the win before you've earned it.

by Donny Deutsch 2005

3.67

165 ratings

💪 Self-Belief 🚀 Entrepreneurial Mindset 👔 Personal Branding

Do More Great Work

by Michael Bungay Stanier • 2010

The exercises that turn vague career dissatisfaction into a concrete project you can start tomorrow.

3.82

1k+

🎯 Meaningful Work 🪞 Reflective Practice 💡 Creative Ideation

Do More Great Work 95%

The exercises that turn vague career dissatisfaction into a concrete project you can start tomorrow.

by Michael Bungay Stanier 2010

3.82

1k+ ratings

🎯 Meaningful Work 🪞 Reflective Practice 💡 Creative Ideation

O Óbvio que Ignoramos

by Jacob Pétry • 2012

Success hides in plain sight: develop your natural talent instead of fixing weaknesses.

3.91

149

🎯 Talent Development 🧭 Purpose Clarity 💼 Meaningful Work

O Óbvio que Ignoramos 95%

Success hides in plain sight: develop your natural talent instead of fixing weaknesses.

by Jacob Pétry 2012

3.91

149 ratings

🎯 Talent Development 🧭 Purpose Clarity 💼 Meaningful Work

John Adair's 100 Greatest Ideas for Personal Success

by John Adair • 2011

A hundred ideas for turning your vocation into leadership and your minutes into results.

3.38

🧭 Vocation And Calling ⏳ Time Management 🤝 Servant Leadership

John Adair's 100 Greatest Ideas for Personal Success Summary

John Adair's 100 Greatest Ideas for Personal Success 95%

A hundred ideas for turning your vocation into leadership and your minutes into results.

by John Adair 2011

3.38

37 ratings

🧭 Vocation And Calling ⏳ Time Management 🤝 Servant Leadership

Bluefishing

by Steve Sims • 2017

A concierge to the ultra-rich reveals the unpolished truth about getting impossible things done.

3.97

2k+

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Relationship Networking 🏷️ Personal Branding 🚀 Bold Action

Bluefishing 95%

A concierge to the ultra-rich reveals the unpolished truth about getting impossible things done.

by Steve Sims 2017

3.97

2k+ ratings

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Relationship Networking 🏷️ Personal Branding 🚀 Bold Action

Never Play It Safe

by Chase Jarvis • 2024

Why the safe route is the biggest gamble, and how to build a life you actually want.

3.86

406

🎨 Creative Business 🧭 Life Design 🎯 Attention Management

Never Play It Safe 95%

Why the safe route is the biggest gamble, and how to build a life you actually want.

by Chase Jarvis 2024

3.86

406 ratings

🎨 Creative Business 🧭 Life Design 🎯 Attention Management

The Buddha and the Badass

by Vishen Lakhiani • 2020

Stop choosing between inner peace and outer success. A system that builds both simultaneously.

3.93

2k+

🧘 Conscious Business 🧭 Values-Driven Work 🔄 Identity Change

The Buddha and the Badass 95%

Stop choosing between inner peace and outer success. A system that builds both simultaneously.

by Vishen Lakhiani 2020

3.93

2k+ ratings

🧘 Conscious Business 🧭 Values-Driven Work 🔄 Identity Change

Finding Your Element

by Ken Robinson • 2013

Your natural talents and your deepest passions meet at one point. Most people never find theirs.

3.81

6k+

🧠 Multiple Intelligences 🔍 Talent Discovery 📚 Learning Styles

Finding Your Element 95%

Your natural talents and your deepest passions meet at one point. Most people never find theirs.

by Ken Robinson 2013

3.81

6k+ ratings

🧠 Multiple Intelligences 🔍 Talent Discovery 📚 Learning Styles

What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20

by Tina Seelig • 2009

The career rules nobody teaches you: why problems are your best asset and failure is fuel.

3.80

11k+

🗺️ Career Design 💡 Entrepreneurial Mindset 🧩 Creative Problem Solving

What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20 Summary

What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20 95%

The career rules nobody teaches you: why problems are your best asset and failure is fuel.

by Tina Seelig 2009

3.80

11k+ ratings

🗺️ Career Design 💡 Entrepreneurial Mindset 🧩 Creative Problem Solving

Elevate

by Robert Glazer • 2019

Build capacity in four linked domains most self-help ignores. Elevate yourself, then pull others up.

4.06

1k+

🏢 Professional Development 🚀 High Performance 🧭 Life Design

Elevate 95%

Build capacity in four linked domains most self-help ignores. Elevate yourself, then pull others up.

by Robert Glazer 2019

4.06

1k+ ratings

🏢 Professional Development 🚀 High Performance 🧭 Life Design

The Bottom of the Pool

by Andy Andrews • 2019

Most people chase the same opportunities at the surface. One layer deeper, the competition vanishes.

3.93

606

🧠 Unconventional Thinking 💎 Value Creation ⚔️ Competitive Advantage

The Bottom of the Pool 95%

Most people chase the same opportunities at the surface. One layer deeper, the competition vanishes.

by Andy Andrews 2019

3.93

606 ratings

🧠 Unconventional Thinking 💎 Value Creation ⚔️ Competitive Advantage

Elon Musk

by Evander Watson • 2016

Lessons from Musk: see the future, work through disaster, bet like the house is on fire.

3.48

🚀 Startup Playbooks 💡 Entrepreneurial Mindset 🔬 Innovation Culture

Elon Musk 95%

Lessons from Musk: see the future, work through disaster, bet like the house is on fire.

by Evander Watson 2016

3.48

96 ratings

🚀 Startup Playbooks 💡 Entrepreneurial Mindset 🔬 Innovation Culture

Linchpin

by Seth Godin • 2010

Competence makes you employable. Generosity makes you indispensable. The manual for the second one.

3.83

47k+

🧠 Knowledge Work 💝 Emotional Labor 🧱 Creative Blocks

Linchpin 95%

Competence makes you employable. Generosity makes you indispensable. The manual for the second one.

by Seth Godin 2010

3.83

47k+ ratings

🧠 Knowledge Work 💝 Emotional Labor 🧱 Creative Blocks

The Third Door

by Alex Banayan • 2018

How to reach the unreachable: a college freshman's playbook for getting past any gatekeeper.

4.14

8k+

🚪 Unconventional Paths 💡 Creative Problem Solving 🤝 Finding Mentors

The Third Door 95%

How to reach the unreachable: a college freshman's playbook for getting past any gatekeeper.

by Alex Banayan 2018

4.14

8k+ ratings

🚪 Unconventional Paths 💡 Creative Problem Solving 🤝 Finding Mentors

This Working Life

by Lisa Leong • 2022

Your strengths are your only real job security. Design a career around them, not a title.

3.76

290

🧭 Career Development 💪 Strengths-Based Work ⚖️ Work-Life Integration

This Working Life 95%

Your strengths are your only real job security. Design a career around them, not a title.

by Lisa Leong 2022

3.76

290 ratings

🧭 Career Development 💪 Strengths-Based Work ⚖️ Work-Life Integration

One Question

by Ken Coleman • 2013

The best advice ten high-impact leaders gave when asked the only question that matters.

4.01

349

🧭 Purpose-Driven Career 🫂 Servant Leadership 🛡️ Values-Based Living

One Question 95%

The best advice ten high-impact leaders gave when asked the only question that matters.

by Ken Coleman 2013

4.01

349 ratings

🧭 Purpose-Driven Career 🫂 Servant Leadership 🛡️ Values-Based Living

Our Kids

by Robert D. Putnam • 2015

1% daily improvement yields a 365% annual gain, but only in the accounts that truly matter.

4.04

4k+

🧱 Compound Improvement 🦁 Fear Facing 🧭 Personal Leadership

Our Kids 95%

1% daily improvement yields a 365% annual gain, but only in the accounts that truly matter.

by Robert D. Putnam 2015

4.04

4k+ ratings

🧱 Compound Improvement 🦁 Fear Facing 🧭 Personal Leadership

Manage Your Day-to-Day

by Jocelyn K. Glei • 2013

Reclaim your best creative hours from email and distraction with one rule that puts the work first.

3.98

28k+

🎨 Creative Workflow 🔕 Attention Management 🔄 Habit Design

Manage Your Day-to-Day 95%

Reclaim your best creative hours from email and distraction with one rule that puts the work first.

by Jocelyn K. Glei 2013

3.98

28k+ ratings

🎨 Creative Workflow 🔕 Attention Management 🔄 Habit Design

Refuse to Choose!

by Barbara Sher • 2006

You're not scattered. You're wired for variety, and there's a career model that actually fits.

3.97

5k+

🎨 Career Design 🧩 Multipotentialites 💡 Creative Polymathy

Refuse to Choose! 95%

You're not scattered. You're wired for variety, and there's a career model that actually fits.

by Barbara Sher 2006

3.97

5k+ ratings

🎨 Career Design 🧩 Multipotentialites 💡 Creative Polymathy

The Laws of Lifetime Growth

by Dan Sullivan • 2006

Ten mental pivots for keeping growth alive when success itself becomes the obstacle.

3.92

694

🔄 Growth Mindset 📈 Continuous Improvement 🎯 Purpose-Driven Work

The Laws of Lifetime Growth 95%

Ten mental pivots for keeping growth alive when success itself becomes the obstacle.

by Dan Sullivan 2006

3.92

694 ratings

🔄 Growth Mindset 📈 Continuous Improvement 🎯 Purpose-Driven Work

Be Fearless

by Jean Case • 2019

Start with what you have, treat risk like research, and fail forward: the method for breakthroughs.

3.54

981

🌍 Social Entrepreneurship 👻 Overcoming Fear 🧱 Failure Resilience

Be Fearless 95%

Start with what you have, treat risk like research, and fail forward: the method for breakthroughs.

by Jean Case 2019

3.54

981 ratings

🌍 Social Entrepreneurship 👻 Overcoming Fear 🧱 Failure Resilience

The 10 Laws of Enduring Success

by Maria Bartiromo • 2010

Lasting success has ten hidden foundations, and none of them show up on a quarterly report.

3.73

114

🏆 Career Success 🏢 Executive Leadership 💎 Values-Based Success

The 10 Laws of Enduring Success 95%

Lasting success has ten hidden foundations, and none of them show up on a quarterly report.

by Maria Bartiromo 2010

3.73

114 ratings

🏆 Career Success 🏢 Executive Leadership 💎 Values-Based Success

Do What You Love, Love What You Do

by Holly Tucker • 2021

Build a business around your deepest passions and create a life you love waking up to.

3.84

158

🚀 Lifestyle Entrepreneurship 💖 Purpose-Driven Business 💎 Passion Economy

Do What You Love, Love What You Do Summary

Do What You Love, Love What You Do 95%

Build a business around your deepest passions and create a life you love waking up to.

by Holly Tucker 2021

3.84

158 ratings

🚀 Lifestyle Entrepreneurship 💖 Purpose-Driven Business 💎 Passion Economy

Built to Serve

by Evan Carmichael • 2020

Your deepest pain is a business asset: how to turn it into a leadership platform.

4.23

174

🛎️ Servant Leadership 🎯 Purpose-Driven Business 👢 Bootstrapping

Built to Serve 95%

Your deepest pain is a business asset: how to turn it into a leadership platform.

by Evan Carmichael 2020

4.23

174 ratings

🛎️ Servant Leadership 🎯 Purpose-Driven Business 👢 Bootstrapping

The Phoenix Transformation

by Brian Tracy • 2021

Twelve thinking patterns that keep careers stalled, and the daily practice that retrains each one.

4.36

290

🎯 Goal Setting 🧠 Cognitive Reframing ⏰ Time Management

The Phoenix Transformation 95%

Twelve thinking patterns that keep careers stalled, and the daily practice that retrains each one.

by Brian Tracy 2021

4.36

290 ratings

🎯 Goal Setting 🧠 Cognitive Reframing ⏰ Time Management

Intentional Living

by John C. Maxwell • 2015

Success is about you. Significance is about others. The rest is one small daily choice.

4.20

2k+

🛠️ Servant Leadership 🧭 Finding Purpose 📋 Daily Disciplines

Intentional Living 95%

Success is about you. Significance is about others. The rest is one small daily choice.

by John C. Maxwell 2015

4.20

2k+ ratings

🛠️ Servant Leadership 🧭 Finding Purpose 📋 Daily Disciplines

Put Your Dream to the Test

by John C. Maxwell • 2009

A ten-question test that reveals whether your dream is built to last or just someone else's.

4.26

2k+

🧭 Life Purpose 🎯 Personal Vision 📋 Goal Systems

Put Your Dream to the Test 95%

A ten-question test that reveals whether your dream is built to last or just someone else's.

by John C. Maxwell 2009

4.26

2k+ ratings

🧭 Life Purpose 🎯 Personal Vision 📋 Goal Systems

Love + Work

by Marcus Buckingham • 2022

Your brain is wired to love specific work. You just haven't learned to read the clues.

3.78

2k+

🏗️ Career Design 💪 Strengths-Based Development 🔥 Passion At Work

Love + Work 95%

Your brain is wired to love specific work. You just haven't learned to read the clues.

by Marcus Buckingham 2022

3.78

2k+ ratings

🏗️ Career Design 💪 Strengths-Based Development 🔥 Passion At Work

by Jessica Zweig • 2021

Most personal branding advice demands a performance. This one proves authenticity pays better.

3.88

329

🧱 Personal Branding 🌱 Authentic Leadership 💻 Online Presence

Be 95%

Most personal branding advice demands a performance. This one proves authenticity pays better.

by Jessica Zweig 2021

3.88

329 ratings

🧱 Personal Branding 🌱 Authentic Leadership 💻 Online Presence

Undisruptable

by Aidan McCullen • 2021

Most people reinvent only after a crisis. The S-curve shows how to do it first.

4.49

125

🔄 Corporate Reinvention 🧭 Personal Reinvention 🪡 Failure As Learning

Undisruptable 95%

Most people reinvent only after a crisis. The S-curve shows how to do it first.

by Aidan McCullen 2021

4.49

125 ratings

🔄 Corporate Reinvention 🧭 Personal Reinvention 🪡 Failure As Learning

Live the Life You Love

by Barbara Sher • 1996

Ten steps to a life you love, designed around what moves you specifically, not generic willpower.

3.85

409

🎨 Life Design 🎯 Goal Setting 🧠 Motivation Design

Live the Life You Love 95%

Ten steps to a life you love, designed around what moves you specifically, not generic willpower.

by Barbara Sher 1996

3.85

409 ratings

🎨 Life Design 🎯 Goal Setting 🧠 Motivation Design

Start.

by Jon Acuff • 2013

A five-stage path out of average, starting with the inner critic that keeps you small.

3.96

8k+

🛡️ Fear Management 💼 Career Fulfillment 🏋️ Deliberate Practice

Start. 95%

A five-stage path out of average, starting with the inner critic that keeps you small.

by Jon Acuff 2013

3.96

8k+ ratings

🛡️ Fear Management 💼 Career Fulfillment 🏋️ Deliberate Practice

Zen and the Art of Making a Living

by Laurence G. Boldt • 1992

Discover the work only you can do and turn your career into self-expression.

3.93

678

🎨 Career Design 💼 Meaningful Work 🎭 Creative Self-Expression

Zen and the Art of Making a Living Summary

Zen and the Art of Making a Living 95%

Discover the work only you can do and turn your career into self-expression.

by Laurence G. Boldt 1992

3.93

678 ratings

🎨 Career Design 💼 Meaningful Work 🎭 Creative Self-Expression

Great Work

by David Sturt • 2013

The question that turns routine work into something that delights, and the process for answering it.

4.05

584

🏢 Workplace Innovation 💪 Employee Empowerment 🛠️ Job Crafting

Great Work 95%

The question that turns routine work into something that delights, and the process for answering it.

by David Sturt 2013

4.05

584 ratings

🏢 Workplace Innovation 💪 Employee Empowerment 🛠️ Job Crafting

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