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- The Third Door by Alex Banayan: This book follows the story of Alex who is a first year university student but quite unhappy about his program and the pressure coming from his family. He takes the journey to interview the most successful people among them Bill Gates, Jessica Alba, Lady Gaga, Tim Ferriss, Tony Hsieh, Pitbull etc.. In this journey he learns how to contact people properly, how important connections and a good network as well as good friends. Never losing hope as he is internally driven to figure out what's their secret to success.
- The One Thing by Gary Keller, Jay Papasan: This book focuses on one key question to ask in all aspects of your life: What's the One Thing I can do / such that by doing it / everything else will be easier or unnecessary?
- Ambition - Wie große Karrieren gelingen by Dorothea Assig, Dorothee Echter: This book center around 5 key dimensions for a great career. The main dimension is ambition, which is the internal motor that drives us for excellence. Ambition drives us to learn new things and to keep going.
- Die heimlichen Spielregeln der Karriere: Wie Sie die ungeschriebenen Gesetze am Arbeitsplatz für Ihren Erfolg nutzen by Jürgen Lürssen, Marc Opresnik: This book describes the secret rules of a successful career among them good relationships with your fellow colleagues and boss, competence and learning to use your knowledge to increase your power. They describe as well concrete career steps to take from learning the requirements in the internal and external market as well as understanding your own competences and filling in on the requirements needed.
- The Art of Being Rational : Charlie Munger by Oxana Dubrovina
- Mindset: The new psychology of success by Carol Dweck
- 52 Wege zum Erfolg by Dennis Fischer
- Perfekt!: Der überlegene Weg zum Erfolg (Erfolg Self-Leadership Human Skill) by Robert Greene
- How to become CEO by Jeffrey J. Fox