Little Black Book for Stunning Success

For people stuck between changing careers and rekindling the one they have, built around fifteen exercises on fear, resistance and permission. Practical rather than inspirational.

Christopher R. Edgar

An early attempt to put selling on a psychological footing, working through how buyers actually decide. Dated in its examples but sharp on persuasion and reading a room.

William Walker Atkinson

An open account of going full time as a writer in nine months, with the actual revenue numbers and the strategy behind them. Unusually specific about what worked and what did not.

Chris Guillebeau

Carnegie on delivery, nerves, memory and holding an audience, covered across more than thirty chapters with worked examples. The most complete title here on speaking and communication.

Dale Carnegie

Fifty numbered tips on standing out at work, from a management writer known for blunt advice. Each one fits on a page and lands in a sentence or two.

Tom Peters