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Skip, read or study: business books for new entrepreneurs

2026-11-05 · Short · Ali · recording, 1:58 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Books and reading · mode: Review and recommendation · tags: Lesson from a book

In a Short, Ali sorts business books for new entrepreneurs into skip, read or study: study How to Win Friends and Influence People, $100M Offers and The 7 Habits; read The 4-Hour Workweek, The Psychology of Money and The Millionaire Fastlane; skip Influence; study The Making of a Manager and Traction only once you manage people.

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00:00:00 — Skip, read or study: thirteen business books for new entrepreneurs

  • ★★ Ali says to skim-read Rich Dad Poor Dad: its opening few chapters are very good at rewiring your brain around how money actually works. — 00:00:01
  • ★★ Ali says to study How to Win Friends and Influence People, an amazing book that was life-changing for him because he was, and still is, a massive nerd. — 00:00:01
  • ★★ Ali says to study The Pathless Path if you are thinking of taking a leap and quitting your job to do something more unknown. — 00:00:01
  • ★★ Ali says to study $100M Offers super hard and go through its process whenever you create a new product, as his team does. — 00:00:01
  • ★★ Ali says to study The Making of a Manager if you manage people and to skip it if you do not. — 00:00:25
  • ★★ Ali says to skip Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion: one of the originals in the field, but many of its principles now seem obvious and are built into other business books, though it is still interesting to read. — 00:00:25
  • ★★ Ali now rates The 4-Hour Workweek a read rather than a study: it used to be a study, but its principles are now so ingrained in society and business that you need not study it. — 00:00:25 · The 4-Hour Workweek
  • ★★ Ali calls The Sweaty Startup a super interesting book on finding boring business ideas; its main use is to show you that boring business ideas are everywhere. — 00:00:25
  • ★★ Ali says to read or listen to The Psychology of Money; he listened on Audible and found it great, super digestible, with really interesting stories and very easy to get through. — 00:01:03 · Audible
  • ★★ Ali says to study The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, one of the originals of personal development: every time he reads it he learns new things, and it has stood the test of time. — 00:01:03
  • ★★ Ali says to read Million Dollar Weekend and act at once on what it says: it helps you act on a business idea within 48 hours, so anyone procrastinating on an idea for longer should read and apply it. — 00:01:03
  • ★★ Ali says to read or listen to The Millionaire Fastlane by MJ DeMarco, which he listens to on Audible: an incredible book that will completely rewire your brain around how to make money. — 00:01:42 · The Millionaire Fastlane, Audible
  • ★★ Ali says to skip Traction until you manage at least three people and your company is growing, and then to study it hard. — 00:01:42

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Central: $100M Offers · The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People · The Millionaire Fastlane

Also: People: MJ DeMarco

Works: How to Win Friends and Influence People · Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion · Million Dollar Weekend · Rich Dad Poor Dad · The 4-Hour Workweek · The Making of a Manager · The Pathless Path · The Psychology of Money · The Sweaty Startup · Traction (book)

Products: Audible

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