An Entrepreneur's Reading List for 2015

A compilation of interviews with 40 founders of successful businesses, including Paypal, TED, and Flickr. Many facets of starting a business whether online or offline are covered in The Startup Playbook, including determining what's a good idea and overcoming obstacles.

According to Brendon Burchard, the main motive of humans is the pursuit of greater personal freedom, which includes much more than simply living in a democracy like the United States. Different types of freedom Burchard touches on are financial freedom (common motivator for entrepreneurs and others looking to earn money online), emotional freedom, choice-time freedom, social freedom, and spiritual freedom. Burchard explains that there are two "enemies" standing in our way: one being external and the other internal. Because freedom is one of the top motivating factors of entrepreneurs, I think this will be a great read.

These 24 principles help you grow both professionally and on a personal level. The book comes with a success journal and daily exercises you can complete.

Based on personal interviews with more than 50 financial experts from around the world and extensive research. Tony Robbins presents this valuable information on achieving financial freedom in a way that allows you to easily apply the concepts to your life. Knowledge is virtually useless without application.

In the form of a fictional story, Go for No! teaches you how to outperform 92% of salespeople, how to bounce back quickly from failures, the difference between failing and being a failure, and why the most empowering word is "no" instead of "yes".

After studying Proverbs and applying the lessons learned, the author created a successful business. Considering he lost 6 jobs during the first 4 years out of college, most people wouldn't have thought he'd be the type to build a million-dollar business.

Donald Trump and Robert Kiyosaki team up to teach entrepreneurs how to make the greatest impact on the economy via creating more jobs for others.

Family, fun, passion, and listening are key components of Branson's style of leadership, humorously dubbed "The Virgin Way".

An explanation of how the global economy functions and how it affects our daily lives.

The author explains that change in business and our daily lives can be sparked via questions.

The mind is a powerful tool that can either work for you or against you. Learn how to make it work for you more often with The Chimp Paradox.

Charles Duhigg explains the key to all types of success is understanding how habits work, why habits exist, and how they can be changes.