Archive for July, 2009

100 Best Websites for Mathletes

As a math student, you’re probably used to seeing the world in a practical way. And although you’ve got a unique skill set that will help you compete in the job market, do you know how to apply those number crunching skills the real world? These 100 websites can help you find a job, network with other mathematicians, and even prepare for part-time work as a tutor, all while practicing your math skills.

Organizations

Turn to these official math organizations to learn about conferences, career prospects, research projects, and more.

  1. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics: If you’re a math teacher or interested in becoming one, check out the NCTM.
  2. MAA Online: The Mathematical Association of America can be found online here.
  3. American Mathematical Society: Visit the AMS website for information about awards, careers and more.
  4. American Statistical Association: The ASA website features math news, information about group membership, statistical studies reports, and more.
  5. Association for Women in Mathematics: Female math students and mathematicians can learn about travel grants, lectures, education, contests, mentorship and more.
  6. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics: SIAM boasts a community of over 12,000 members who work in computer science, labs, the government, engineering, science, and other fields.
  7. Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications: This nonprofit is dedicated to improving math education.
  8. International Statistical Institute Home Page: Learn about professional ethics in statistics, look up math terms in other languages, and learn about international math projects with this group.
  9. International Commission on the History of Mathematics: This organization preserves math history.
  10. International Association of Mathematical Physics: The IAMP is based in Geneva, Switzerland.

Education and Lessons

These math websites serve as reference resources for the classes you teach and the basic skills that you will always go back to.

  1. Math.com: Get homework help and math guides here.
  2. Aplusmath.com: Students can play games, use flashcards and print out worksheets.
  3. Multiplication.com: Get teaching and learning resources, multiplication guides, math games and more.
  4. AAA Math: This learning resource lets you browse math guides and lessons by grade or subject, like decimals, mental math and estimation.
  5. PBS teachers 9-12 Math: Find lessons, discussions and learning materials for high school-level math.
  6. Mathematics Digital Filing Cabinet: Here you can discover PowerPoint presentations, subject-specific guides, interactive tutorials and more.
  7. NZ Maths: This New Zealand learning site has collections for algebra, geometry and measurement, statistics, problem solving, and more.
  8. National Library of Virtual Manipulatives: Find grade school and high school level math guides here.
  9. Harcourt Math Glossary: Review math terms in this glossary.
  10. Illuminations: Illuminations has hundreds of activities, lessons and teaching material for K-12 math.

Competitions and Events

These websites provide information about math contests and competitions held in the U.S. and around the world.

  1. MAA American Mathematics Competitions: View scores and photos from past competitions and learn about upcoming events here.
  2. The Math League: Learn about math contests for students here.
  3. Mathematical Contest in Modeling: This competition is open to college students.
  4. William Lowell Putnam Competition: The MAA runs this competition.
  5. International Mathematics Competition for University Students: Find information about this global competition here.
  6. Pros and Cons of Math Competitions: Understand the culture and operations of math competitions here.
  7. United States of America Mathematical Olympiad: Find registration dates, contest information and more for the Mathematical Olympiad.
  8. National Assessment and Testing: Learn more about the organization that runs testing and competitions for math groups and honor societies.
  9. American Invitational Mathematics Examination: This website shares information about registration, sponsors, teaching awards, and student contests regarding the AIME.
  10. American Regions Mathematics League: This high school competition site has information about naming teams, competition rules, and more.

Academic and Research

From honor societies to math journals, bookmark these sites for networking purposes and to continue learning about your field.

  1. Mu Alpha Theta: This math honor society is for high schoolers and two-year college students.
  2. Pi Mu Epsilon: Pi Mu Epsilon is the national math honor society for university students.
  3. International Mathematics Research Notices: The IMRN posts information about new journal articles and research.
  4. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education: Check out the current issue, plus back issues, of this math journal.
  5. Mathematics Research Library: This library at the University of Washington has lots of online resources, too.
  6. SMART Scholarship: Learn about scholarships through the Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation program.
  7. Wolfram MathWorld: This site aims to be "the web’s most extensive mathematics resource."
  8. Research Alliance in Math and Science: This program matches national labs and universities for student research opportunities.
  9. Mathematical Research Letters: This international publication calls for outside submissions.
  10. Why major in Mathematics?: The University of Georgia lists statistics that show how a math major can be extremely useful later in life.

Blogs

Reading math blogs is a great way to continue your math education and learn how other mathematicians are making their way in the world.

  1. Mathematics Education Research Blog: Read this math researcher’s "attempt to follow his field."
  2. Homeschool Math blog: Any math teacher or parent of younger kids can get ideas for math lessons and activities here.
  3. Math-Blog: This blog covers news, technology, software and anything else related to modern mathematics.
  4. Wild About Math!: Math geeks and math students can find problems to work on here.
  5. God Plays Dice: This blogger likes to bring up random math problems and theories.
  6. Good Math, Bad Math: This blog is maintained by a computer scientist who works for Google.
  7. Casting Out Nines: Casting Out Nines covers math, technology and education.
  8. 360: Learn different techniques for teaching math.
  9. Math Teacher Mambo: Here you’ll find another blog about math education.

Drills, Problems and Practice

Head to these sites to find math worksheets and practice problems.

  1. FunBrain: Play games like Math Baseball on this site.
  2. Open-Ended Math Problems: Practice problems in number theory, probability, stats and more.
  3. Online Math Worksheets: Customize your own math problem worksheets.
  4. That Quiz: Take math tests here.
  5. Math Problem of the Day: MyGeekyTutor.com provides a new problem each day.
  6. Advanced Math: Ask questions and help others work out tough math questions here.
  7. Number Nut: Work out advanced math problems at Number Nut.
  8. The Calculus Page Problems List: UC Davis’ calculus page covers the quotient rule, limit of a function, applied maxima and minima, and more.
  9. Free Math Worksheets: Browse thousands of math worksheets here.
  10. Drill Sheets for Math: These drill sheets and flash cards come in various difficulty levels.
  11. Calculus.org: Find calculus resources and problems here.
  12. Math Practice: Find sample ACT math questions.

Theory

Learn more about mathematics theory here.

  1. Math Topics: Look up all kinds of mathematical theories here.
  2. Theories, Theorems, Lemmas and Corollaries: Learn the difference between these terms.
  3. String Theory and Mathematics: University of Washington’s article on string theory was inspired by a professor’s lecture.
  4. New Math Theories Could Hint at the Origin of the Universe: This news article explains how math theories are used in science.
  5. Unifying theories in mathematics: Learn about various math theories from Wikipedia.

Networks and Social Sites

These math networks and forums will connect you to other mathematicians and students.

  1. The Math Forum @ Drexel University: The Math Forum features videos, Q&A support, learning tools and more.
  2. Math Goodies: On Math Goodies, teachers, parents and students connect.
  3. Physics Forums: Get answers to math and physics problems here.
  4. Art of Problem Solving: Find varying levels of math problems and threads here.
  5. Math Help Forum: Head to this forum if you need help with or want to help others solve problems in algebra, calculus, math analysis, advanced geometry, number theory, and more.

Career Tools and Guides

Let these websites help you discover the different kinds of jobs you may be able to get as a mathematician.

  1. Mathematics Careers: The MAA Online outlines career choices for math students.
  2. Thinking of a Career in Applied Mathematics?: SIAM explains the different career paths of mathematicians.
  3. BLS Occupational Outlook: Get salary reports and job descriptions for careers in math, engineering, computers and beyond.
  4. Opportunities in the Mathematical Sciences: The Association for Women in Mathematics has generated a guide for future math professionals.
  5. Engineering, Science and Math Careers: Look up career profiles for hundreds of engineering, science and math-related jobs.
  6. Why Choose a Mathematics-Related Profession?: UC Davis’ math department outlines math professions and the benefits of working in the mathematics field.
  7. What Can I Do With a Major in Mathematics?: Check out the University of Florida’s career resource page.
  8. MAA Online Information for Undergraduate Students: Learn about career options for actuaries, statisticians and more.
  9. Math Classifieds: Turn to this math job bank when you’re ready to start searching for a job.

For Kids

Whether you have your own kids or are counting on a math tutoring gig to give you extra money while you’re in school, these sites are great resources to share with younger math students.

  1. Cool Math: Make geometry art, study pre-algebra and look up puzzles and math books.
  2. Math Playground: Find logic puzzles, math games, videos, and world problems on this colorful site.
  3. Mathlibs: This interactive math site features lessons, games and more.
  4. Teach R Kids Math: Find curriculum guides, worksheets and more.
  5. Free Math Test: Get worksheets and math practice for currency problems, place values, counting, comparisons, multiplication and more.
  6. Math is Fun: Kids will get enthused about math when they play around on this site.
  7. Fun Mathematics Lessons by Cynthia Lanius: This kids’ math page is hosted by Rice University.
  8. Kids.gov Math and Numbers: These math tools and links are suitable for kids in grades K-5.
  9. Math Homework Help: Discovery Education’s page has support for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
  10. Math Vids: Find math videos for middle school, high school and college level math.

Miscellaneous

From the history of math to free online math classes, these websites will round out your math education.

  1. The MacTutor History of Mathematics: This database features all kinds of resources for learning about the history of mathematics.
  2. Math in Daily Life: Understand why math is so integral to daily life.
  3. Texas Undergraduate Mathematics Conference: The University of Texas hosts a math conference every year for undergraduate students.
  4. MegaConverter2: Here you can calculate virtually anything, including chemistry equations, currency conversions, and a lot more.
  5. Open Problems: Look up problems dealing with game theory, dynamical systems, topology, geometry and more.
  6. Purplemath: Purplemath is an online tutoring site that offers support for students who have trouble with algebra.
  7. YoungInvestor.com: Apply your math skills in this game which lets you learn about the stock market and investing.
  8. Nobel Prize: There’s no Nobel Prize for mathematics, but you can check out this site to learn about prizes in related fields like physics, medicine, economics, and chemistry.
  9. Mathematicians and Biographies of Mathematicians: Read up on famous mathematicians like De Moivre, Charles Babbage and John Napier.
  10. MIT Open Courseware – Mathematics: Think you’re smart enough to ace MIT math classes? Try it out for free, here.

100 Best Curator and Museum Blogs

By Emily Thomas

Although not everyone has the resources to visit and study museums up close and personal, the Internet makes it possible for you to get a look into them from afar. By following blogs from museums and curators, you can get a unique perspective on museums around the world. Check out these 100 blogs to study and see the latest from museums.

Resources & Advice

In these blogs, you’ll see useful resources and advice for museums.

  1. Museum 2.0: Nina Simon discusses participatory museum experiences.
  2. Museum Strategy: On the Museum Strategy blog, you’ll learn about museum communication and PR.
  3. Audience Research: Check out Audience Research, and you’ll get insight into audience research in museums and beyond.
  4. New Curator: New Curator takes a look at the future of museums.
  5. Im in Ur Museum Blogz: This Museum Collections Manager blogs about blogging.
  6. Smithsonian 2.0: Find out about new web endeavors from the Smithsonian on this blog.
  7. Ideum: Read this blog to learn about museum exhibit and design news.
  8. Museum People: Become a part of the museum community on this blog.
  9. How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media: Read this blog to find how you can put social media to work.
  10. Experienceology: Stephanie Weaver offers insight into creating great visitor experiences.
  11. The Attic: The Attic is a home for the Department of Museum Studies’ research students at the University of Leicester.
  12. ExhibiTricks: Read the ExhibiTricks to learn about the tricks of the trade in exhibits and museums.
  13. ExhibitFiles: This blog offers an online community to learn about exhibits and more.
  14. Open Objects: Open Objects offers a discussion about IT issues in museums and archaeology.
  15. The Museum Detective: Dr. Joanna Cobley shares stories from behind the scenes at museums on this blog.
  16. Doctor Dada: Learn about museums, multimedia, and the web on the Doctor Dada blog.
  17. Social Media and Cultural Communication: Get ideas and strategy for getting cultural participation in social media for your museum.
  18. Cultural Interpretation & Creative Education: Learn how cultural bodies can interpret their collections to connect with educators, tourism, and cultural politics.
  19. Museum-Ed: Read the Museum-Ed Blog to connect with the Museum Educator Community.
  20. Museum Planner: This blog is written for Board Members and stakeholders who work in various museums.

Curators & Staff

Check out these blogs to learn about museums from their curators and other staff.

  1. Taking Liberties: British Library curator Matthew Shaw blogs about the exhibition Taking Liberties: The Struggle for Britain’s Freedoms and Rights.
  2. Curator’s Corner: This curator’s blog is about anything art.
  3. LCHA Curator’s Corner: Check out this blog, a place for discussions among curators.
  4. Watts Gallery Director’s Blog: See new developments at the Watts Gallery through this blog from Perdita Hunt.
  5. Museum Director’s Blog: See insights and inside stories of the Museum of Jewish Heritage’s director David G. Marwell.
  6. conference.archimuse.com: This blog offers an online community for museum informatics professionals.
  7. Confessions of a Curator: This blog is about rare books and special collections at Northern Illinois University.
  8. Adventures of a Museum Maven: Read documentation of visits to museums and historical sites on this blog.
  9. Palaeo Manchester Blog: Read this blog to find out what the Curator of Palaeontology at The Manchester Museum does.
  10. The Carolina Curator: Daniel Smith is the Special Collections curator at the Health Sciences Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  11. Watts Gallery-Curator’s Blog: Read this blog to get a behind the scenes look at the Watts Gallery from curator Mark Bills.
  12. Curator & Collector: In this blog, you’ll learn about museums, numismatics, and collections.
  13. The Zymoglyphic Museum Curator’s Blog: Study Zymoglyphic art, artifacts, and more through this blog.
  14. Woodson Wanderings: Follow the Woodson Art Museum staff to see a day in the life at the museum.
  15. Past Thinking: Tom Goskar and Tehmina Goskar discuss archaeology, museums, and other heritage issues to discuss how they can use technology to learn about the past.
  16. Hi-Q-RT: See unique art from Compound Gallery and beyond in this blog.
  17. Oregon State Arthropod Collection Curator’s Blog: Learn about activities, new events, and developments in this collection from the curators.

Art

In these blogs, you can learn about art museums.

  1. Face to Face: Get up close and personal with the National Portrait Gallery on this blog.
  2. Eye Level: Eye Level is produced by the Smithsonian American Art Museum, written to highlight discussion beyond the walls of the museum.
  3. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: Follow this blog to find out what’s happening at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
  4. National Museums Liverpool Blog: Get unique perspectives from the staff and volunteers at National Museums Liverpool on this blog.
  5. George Eastman House: The Blog: Get a look into film, photographs and more through the George Eastman House blog.
  6. Brooklyn Museum: The Brooklyn Museum blog shares news about exhibits, current events, and behind the scenes moments at the museum.
  7. Modern Blog: Go beyond and behind the walls of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.
  8. Indianapolis Museum of Art: Get a view into the art, nature park and more that’s a part of the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
  9. Gibbes Museum Blog: Build a personal relationship with art through the Gibbes Museum of Art’s blog.
  10. Art Matters: Get news and art musings from inside the University of Iowa Museum of Art’s blog.
  11. Asian Art Museum Blog: Travel through thousands of years of history, sample cultures and more through the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco’s blog.
  12. McMaster Museum of Art: In this space, the McMaster Museum of art discusses everything related to the McMaster Museum of Art, contributed by museum staff.
  13. University of Wyoming Art Museum: Read this museum’s blog to stay up to date on exhibitions, programs and news relating to the University of Wyoming Art Museum.
  14. Hammer Museum: Find out more about the Hammer Museum’s culture and collections through the Hammer Museum blog.
  15. Amon Carter Museum: Read about the Amon Carter Museum of fine American art in Fort Worth, Texas on this blog.
  16. Nasher Museum of Art: The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke is home to traveling exhibitions in modern and contemporary art.

Children & Education

See fun activities and more in these blogs about children’s and education museums.

  1. The Learning Team, The Manchester Museum: Find learning resources and more through the Manchester Museum blog.
  2. What’s Happening at The Children’s Museum of Memphis?: This museum’s blog welcomes dreamers.
  3. The Children’s Museum in Easton: This museum works to make lifelong journals.
  4. Bay Area Discovery Museum: Find out about the latest events and exhibits at the Bay Area Discovery Museum.

History & Culture

These blogs share the happenings of history and culture museums.

  1. Tenement Museum: The Tenement Museum tells the story of immigrants to America.
  2. Burpee Museum of Natural History: Read about local biology, prehistory, and geo-science on the Burpee Museum blog.
  3. Blog from Battery Place: This blog offers a behind the scenes look at the Museum of Jewish Heritage.
  4. Found History: See digital and public history on this blog.
  5. Museum Anthropology: Read articles, reviews, notes, and more about museum anthropology on this blog.
  6. High Desert Musings: Check out the high desert through this museum blog.
  7. Henry VIII: Man and Monarch: Get a unique perspective on the Henry VIII exhibition at the British Library from this blog.
  8. Yesterday.sg: Stay up to date on Singapore’s Heritage, Museums and Nostalgia from this museum blog.
  9. Chicago History Museum: Get updated on collections, events, multimedia, and more from the Chicago History Museum on this blog.
  10. The Bowers Museum Collection Blog: Find out more about the collection department at the Bowers Museum on this blog.
  11. Annapolis Royal Heritage: Learn about heritage in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  12. Guided By History: Check out the Wells Fargo blog to learn from archivists and historians.
  13. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History: Stay informed about what’s new and coming along at SNOMNH through this blog.
  14. The Burke Museum Blog: Read the Burke Museum Blog to see behind the scenes at the museum.

Science

In these blogs, you’ll get to see unique information and displays from science museums.

  1. American Museum of Natural History Climate Change Blog: Learn about signs of change on this blog from the American Museum of Natural History.
  2. Biomedicine on Display: Read the Medical Museion to see objects and more in biomedicine.
  3. More to Explore: Explore this blog from the Fort Collins Museum and Discovery Science Center blog.
  4. Museum Victoria: Go behind the scenes with the zoologists of the Melbourne Museum on this blog.
  5. Adventures in Earth and Space: Learn about experiences in NASA Earth and Space science missions from this blog.
  6. Science Circus: The Science Circus is the world’s biggest traveling science outreach center.
  7. Beyond Bones: Read this blog to find out what’s happening at the Houston Museum of Natural Science.
  8. UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research: See the Botany Photo of the Day in this blog.
  9. Tree Frog Treks: Explore the wild science adventures in Tree Frog Treks through this blog.
  10. Science Museum of Long Island: On this blog, you can find out what’s happening at SMLI.

Miscellaneous

These blogs will give you a glimpse into anything and everything museums.

  1. East Lothian Council Museums Service Blog: Get everyday looks into collections from steam locomotives to fine art.
  2. Endangered Archives Blog: This blog discusses the Endangered Archives program at the British Library.
  3. The Pet Museum: This museum examines the lives, times, art and history of pets.
  4. Exploratorium Explainers: Read the experiences, thoughts, and more of the Explainers at the Exploratorium, part of San Francisco’s Museum of Science, Art, and Human Perception.
  5. Cooper-Hewitt Design Blog: Find out what’s going on at the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum on this blog.
  6. Design Museum: This blog is about design museums around the world.
  7. Whaling Museum Blog: The Whaling Museum blog records museum happenings and offers a way to connect with the museum.
  8. greenmuseum.blog: Learn about pollution, preservation, and other green issues through the Green Museum blog.
  9. Huronia Museum Blog: This museum relates to the Georgian Bay, Huron & Ojibwa First Nations People, and Huronia culture.
  10. food museum blog: The Food Museum Blog shares eclectic reporting on all things food.
  11. Powerhouse Museum Object of the Week: You’ll see a new object among Powerhouse Museum’s collection of 385,000 every week.
  12. Harley Davidson Museum: This museum blog shares Harley Davidson updates, events, and more.
  13. Ingalls Library & Museum Archives: This blog will help you keep up with what’s new and happening at the Ingalls Library.
  14. The Women’s Museum: This blog will take you inside the national women’s history museum.
  15. Looting Matters: Read about the ethics of collecting antiques from this blog.
  16. Ohio Archaeology Blog: On this blog, you’ll learn about what’s happening with the Ohio Historical Society.
  17. Cody Firearms Museum’s Weblog: Check out stories of Buffalo Bill, firearms history, and more on this blog.
  18. National Scouting Museum Curator’s Corner: Learn about the official museum of the Boy Scouts of America from this blog.
  19. Around the Mall: See what’s happening in the Smithsonian museums and more in this blog.

100 Non-Business Books Every Entrepreneur Should Read

Although there are plenty of business books that can help you in your education, some of the most useful ones aren’t obviously meant for business at all. You can build your communications, relationship, and presentation skills, and even set yourself up for success by reading books your professor wouldn’t think of assigning you. In this collection, you’ll find a variety of books that can support your education and growth in business and beyond.

Communication

Read these books to learn about effective communication.

  1. The Elements of Style: Write and communicate clearly with the help of this book.
  2. The Definitive Book of Body Language: Read this book to learn the essentials of reading and communicating with body language.
  3. Crucial Conversations: This book offers skills that can improve your communication and relationships, as well as prevent arguments and misunderstandings.
  4. You Can Read Anyone: Read this book to find out how to pick up underlying clues from others.
  5. Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Learn the essentials of punctuation in this humorous book.
  6. Messages: Messages offers a book of communication skills.
  7. Line by Line: This book offers an effective guide to editing your own writing.
  8. Difficult Conversations: Thrive in difficult conversations with the help of this book.
  9. The Lost Art of the Great Speech: Read this book to learn how to write and deliver excellent speeches.
  10. The Art of Talking So That People Will Listen: This book will teach you how to get through to anyone you’re speaking with.
  11. Presentation Zen: In this book, you’ll learn how to make your presentations simple and perfect.
  12. On Speaking Well: Peggy Noonan shares advice and ideas for writing and giving effective speeches.
  13. 101 Ways to Improve Your Communication Skills Instantly: Use this book to find methods for communicating more effectively.
  14. Lincoln At Gettysburg: Take a lesson from Lincoln and learn how to improve your communication skills to demand attention.
  15. Grammatically Correct: In this book, you’ll find the definitive guide to correct grammar.
  16. It’s Not What You Say, It’s How You Say It: Follow this book’s advice for communication, presentations, speeches, and more.
  17. Getting to Yes: Read this book to improve your negotiation skills.
  18. Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln: Learn the secrets of effective speakers in history from this book.
  19. The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking: Dale Carnegie shares his knowledge and advice for effective speaking in this book.
  20. Choosing Powerful Words: Develop your eloquence and public speaking with the help of this book.
  21. 100 Ways to Improve Your Writing: Use this reference to learn how to become a better writer and communicator.
  22. Great Speeches for Better Speaking: In this book and CD, you’ll be able to listen to and learn from important speeches throughout history.
  23. Guerilla Negotiating: Learn unconventional strategies for getting what you want from this book.
  24. The World’s Great Speeches: Learn communication skills from some of the greatest speeches in the world, found in this book.
  25. Emotional Intelligence: Learn about emotional intelligence from this book and find out why it’s so important.

Leadership

With these books, you can help build your leadership skills.

  1. Leadership and the New Science: Discovering Order in a Chaotic World: Get a unique view of leadership, groups, and change in this book.
  2. Developing the Leader Within You: This book offers a useful look at becoming a great leader.
  3. If It Is To Be It’s Up To Me: This book will help you develop the attitude of a true leader.
  4. Primal Leadership: Read this book to learn how you can use emotional intelligence to be a better leader.
  5. The Servant: The Servant offers a look into what’s most important in leadership.

Success

Change the way you look at life and business with these books that can help you become successful.

  1. Yes Man: This book will show you how just saying yes more can change your life.
  2. The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead offers themes including individual strength and the tug between good and evil.
  3. The Tipping Point: This book explains how ideas, messages, and behaviors can spread like viruses. The Greatest Secret in the World: Og Mandino shares an explanation of his Ten Greatest Scrolls of Success in this book.
  4. The Go Getter: Read this book to learn how to be a go-getter.
  5. Talent is Overrated: Read this book to find out why talent isn’t the most important factor to success.
  6. Our Iceberg is Melting: Read this book to learn how to change and succeed no matter what conditions you’re in.
  7. Think and Grow Rich: Apply the techniques revealed in this book to find lasting success.
  8. The Magic of Thinking Big: Use the methods in this book to think big and conquer your achievements.
  9. The Greatest Miracle in the World: Read Og Mandino’s story to learn secrets of happiness and success.
  10. The 80/20 Principle: The 80/20 Principle shares the secret to being successful with less.
  11. Outliers: Malcolm Gladwell explains why some people succeed, and some fall short.
  12. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: In this classic, you’ll learn how to improve your personal effectiveness.
  13. The Lorax: This book by Dr. Seuss shares the dangers of exploiting the Earth.
  14. The Power of Positive Thinking: Use this book to put the power of faith in action.
  15. The Art of Looking Sideways: Learn to deconstruct your preconceived notions with the help of this book.
  16. The Magic of Thinking Big: Use this book’s methods to get the most out of your life and your new venture.
  17. The Secret: Although criticized as unrealistic and irresponsible, this book’s message is a useful one — think positively to improve your life and work.
  18. Atlas Shrugged: Understand the philosophy of objective reasoning through this book.
  19. Influencer: This book will teach you how to change just about anything through influence.

Personal Development

Improve yourself to improve your business with the help of these books.

  1. The Art of Possibility: This self improvement book will help you change your outlook on life and open yourself up to possibilities.
  2. The Da Vinci Method: Use The Da Vinci Method’s advice to learn how to break out of what hinders your greatness.
  3. Living an Extraordinary Life: Read this book to find out how you can live an extraordinary life.
  4. The Art of Happiness: Dalai Lama offers his handbook for living happily.
  5. The Four Agreements: In this book, you will learn about personal freedom.
  6. Nudge: Nudge will help you make better decisions throughout your life.
  7. Transitions: Endure and make the most of changes in life by reading this book.
  8. Awake in the Wild: Use nature as a path to self discovery with the help of this book.
  9. The Alchemist: The Alchemist tells an everyman story of the struggle to pursue your life’s dreams.

Relationships & Personality

Use these books to become an expert in relationships and dealing with people.

  1. How to Win Friends and Influence People: Improve your influential skills using the lessons in this classic book.
  2. Personality Plus: With this book, you’ll gain a better understanding of yourself, and other people as well.
  3. People Skills: Find out how to assert yourself and deal well with others in this book.
  4. Goodbye to Shy: Become more outgoing with the help of these "shybusters."
  5. Groundswell: This book explains how to be successful among social technologies.
  6. The Power of Charm: Read this book, and you’ll learn how to use charm to win people over.
  7. Extraordinary Relationships: This book offers a new way of thinking about human interactions.
  8. How to Talk to Anyone: Learn these tricks to find success in your relationships.
  9. Social Media is a Cocktail Party: This book will help you learn how to make the most of social media.
  10. Crucial Confrontations: With the help of this book, you’ll learn how to make it through difficult conversations and confrontations.
  11. The Developing Mind: This book explains how relationships work to shape who we are.
  12. How to Make People Like You in 90 Seconds or Less: Read this book to learn how to instantly win people over.
  13. What to Say When You Talk to Yourself: Check out this book, and you’ll see how you can become what you tell yourself.

Psychology

With these psychology books, you’ll gain insight into behavior and more.

  1. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion: This book explains the psychological foundations of influencing people.
  2. The Psychology of Winning: In The Psychology of Winning, you’ll get a look at the qualities of winners.
  3. Predictibly Irrational: Read this book, and you’ll get a better understanding of what is perceived to be irrational behavior.
  4. How We Decide: This book will help you understand how you and other people make decisions.
  5. The Paradox of Choice: Read this book to find out why fewer choices are better.
  6. The Drunkard’s Walk: In this book, you will learn how randomness influences our lives more than you think.
  7. On Being Certain: This book will help you learn to effectively question yourself.
  8. The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Psychology: This book offers an essential look at psychology.
  9. Psychology of Achievement: In this book, you’ll learn how to develop the mindset of a top achiever.
  10. Covert Persuasion: This book shares psychological tactics and tricks for winning at persuasion.
  11. Psychology of Success: Read this book to learn about the psychology behind succeeding.
  12. The Psychology of Judgment and Decisions Making: Learn more about the thought behind judgment and decision making from this book.
  13. Animal Spirits: Animal Spirits explains how human psychology drives the economy.
  14. The Psychology of Persuasion: This book will help you learn how to use psychology in order to persuade others to your way of thinking.

Finance

Strengthen your personal and business finances with the help of these books.

  1. The Millionaire Next Door: This book will teach you the rules to becoming a millionaire while living a simple life.
  2. Rich Dad, Poor Dad: In Rich Dad, Poor Dad, you’ll learn what the rich teach their children about money.
  3. Total Money Makeover: Read this book, and you’ll find out why it’s so important to pay cash and stay out of debt.
  4. The Millionaire Mind: Read this book to make your mindset more like a millionaire’s.
  5. Freakonomics: Find out how to illuminate financial mysteries and more just by asking the right questions.
  6. Small is Beautiful: This economics book keeps people in mind.
  7. The Richest Man in Babylon: This classic book has a lot to teach about investment and finances.
  8. Think and Grow Rich: By reading this book, you’ll learn how to thrive even in economic downturns.

Strategy & Innovation

Improve your productivity, increase creativity, and outsmart your competition with these books.

  1. The Now Habit: Read The Now Habit to create a program that will help you overcome procrastination.
  2. Eat That Frog!: In this book, you’ll find 21 effective methods for conquering procrastination.
  3. Blink: Malcolm Gladwell’s book will teach you to rely on your adaptive unconscious.
  4. I Dare You!: Read I Dare You! to become one of the daring few on the way to somewhere.
  5. The Art of War: Read this book, and you’ll learn how to gain advantage of your opponents in any situation.
  6. The Prince: Study this book to broaden your political and strategic philosophies.
  7. The Medici Effect: Read this book, and you’ll find out how innovate by approaching situations differently.