25 books for success How to Win Friends & Influence People Dale Carnegie (Pocket Books, 1998) First

published in 1937, Ho to !in Friends "nd #nfluence People "s "n o$erni%ht success ith st"&in% po er' (od"&, this book is re%"rded "s one of the "ll)ti*e best for its lessons on de"lin% ith people'

The Richest Man in Bab lon !eorge "# Clason (B+P Books, 2,,7) (oo often, life doesn-t turn out "s e.pected' /nd *one&, or the l"ck of *one&, pl"&s " l"r%e role in people-s "bilit& to h"ndle life-s ups "nd do ns' Perh"ps th"t-s h&, in the 192,s, b"nks "nd insur"nce co*p"nies decided to distribute short p"r"bles ritten to educ"te people on i*port"nt fin"nci"l principles' (he 0ichest 1"n in B"b&lon be%"n in 1922 "s " series of p"*phlets, the *ost f"*ous ones l"ter co*piled into one of the best)lo$ed *one& %uides of "ll ti*e'

Thin$ and !row Rich %apoleon Hill (/$entine Press, 2,,3) +"poleon Hill, inspired b& business le%end /ndre 4"rne%ie, spent 2, &e"rs of his life stud&in% the li$es of so*e of histor&-s *ost successful people' (he cul*in"tion of his rese"rch "s the in)depth series, (he 5" s of 6uccess' #n 1937, Hill published "nother book, (hink "nd 7ro 0ich, founded on the s"*e philosophies of success' (his book condensed the e"lth of kno led%e he-s "ccu*ul"ted into 13 principles for successful li$in%'

The & "teps to Financial Freedo' "u(e )r'an (4ro n, 1997) /s " fin"nci"l e.pert, 6u8e 9r*"n offers "d$ice on the nuts "nd bolts of *"n"%in% *one&' But hether &ou-re "tchin% her on tele$ision or re"din% her "d$ice in 9, (he 9pr"h 1"%"8ine, or in one of her best)sellin% books, such "s 9 6teps to Fin"nci"l Freedo*, her *ess"%e is cle"r: !e"lth is "n "ttitude "nd *one& isn-t the ke& to "c;uirin% true fin"nci"l freedo*'

The * Habits of Highl +ffecti,e People "tephen R# Co,e (Free Press, 1989) !hile 6tephen 4o$e& "sn-t the first to rite " book on beco*in% " better, *ore effecti$e person, (he 7 H"bits of Hi%hl& <ffecti$e People *"rked the be%innin% of " re$it"li8ed interest in person"l de$elop*ent' !ith " 15th "nni$ers"r& edition rele"sed in 2,,3 "nd *ore th"n 15 *illion copies sold, this book h"s helped *illions ch"n%e their perspecti$e "nd their li$es'