Over the past few years I have found a new passion for Self Help books, those types of reads that provoke thought, inspire new ideas, provide new ways of approaching and solving a problem and even those that slap you in the face and drill home that you have been doing it wrong this whole time.
I wanted to share a few books with you that I read this year that really changed the trajectory of my music career. I have been in the music business for many years with plenty of peaks and low valleys, but since I have committed myself to read more, take in more and expand my sources of information I have found some steady success. This year I placed my first song on a popular TV sitcom, I have increased my client pool by 200% thus increasing my income and I also found my way to better quality clients, all because I shifted my approach to my business.
These successes may not rank up there with the best of them, but it’s a big win in my world and mostly due to strategies I have applied through reading. So let’s get to it!
The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9–5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich is a self-help book by Timothy Ferriss, an American writer, educational activist, and entrepreneur
A Free Ebook chock full of great advice on Value vs Time in the delivery of Services and or Products. Serves as an introduction to value based pricing in freelance and small service companies.
In The $100 Startup, Chris Guillebeau shows you how to lead a life of adventure, meaning and purpose — and earn a good living.
The blueprint you need to turn your passion into your profession and will give you the tools to turn yourself into a brand, leverage social media, produce great content and reap the financial benefits of it.
Provocative, eye-opening, and often surprisingly funny, Made to Stick shows us the vital principles of winning ideas—and tells us how we can apply these rules to making our own messages stick.
How to Make It in the New Music Business is a must-have guide for anyone hoping to navigate the increasingly complex yet advantageous landscape that is the modern music industry.
