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Best Books for Startup Founder Leadership Development

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This is a running list of the books my clients have found transformative for their leadership development.

I only include books that have inspired immediate, sweeping changes in how my clients see the world and operate within it - and that they continue to reference for years.

Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again, by Johann Hari

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals, by Oliver Burkeman

One from Many: VISA and the Rise of Chaordic Organization, by Dee Hock

Finite and Infinite Games, by James Carse

Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer

The Creative Act: A Way of Being, by Rick Rubin

The Surrender Experiment, by Michael Singer

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