Best Independent Books July 17
We are delighted to recommend the following books from the independent publishing sector.
NON-FICTION
Success DNA: Mastering Persistence in Leadership and Life
by Alinka Rutkowska, Manuel R. Aragon, Golshan Barazesh et al.
This isn’t just a collection of inspirational stories — it’s a call to action for those who are ready to take ownership of their journey and lead with courage, clarity and compassion. In this book, 19 accomplished leaders talk about their journeys from adversity to achievement, revealing the personal qualities that fuel enduring success.
Through powerful storytelling, this anthology illuminates the pathways forged by persistence, resilience and adaptability, traits that transcend backgrounds and redefine what's possible. Each chapter in this book offers deep insights into the evolution of leadership, the strength found in overcoming personal and professional obstacles and the purpose discovered when ambition aligns with core values. From redefining success beyond status and wealth to transforming setbacks into stepping stones, these stories provide a roadmap for navigating today’s complex challenges.
Readers get to explore how effective leadership emerges through experience and reflection, how balance and fulfillment go hand in hand and how lasting impact is created when individuals lift others up. Rooted in real-world lessons and emotional truths, this is a guide to cultivating an authentic leadership style.
Honors: seen on MarketWatch
Category: Business
ISBN: 978-1637353875
Who Moved My Data?: Data-Driven Strategies In Modern Finance
by Craig Fookes and Greg Hood
The role of finance is evolving. No longer confined to spreadsheets and traditional accounting, today’s finance professionals must become data-driven and data-savvy to thrive. This book offers a clear roadmap for navigating this transformation, equipping emerging and seasoned professionals with the tools to embrace data as a core asset.
The authors explore how finance can take ownership of data rather than relying on IT, highlighting the industry’s pioneers who are leading the data revolution. Through compelling success stories, they illustrate how finance professionals have leveraged data to drive strategic decisions and organizational growth. The book delves into actionable insights and data strategies tailored for finance.
This is a practical guide to integrating data into everyday workflows. The authors provide a forward-looking perspective on the future of finance, including the growing impact of artificial intelligence.
Honors: seen on MarketWatch
Category: Business
ISBN: 978-1637353745
Play Bold: How to Win the Business Game through Creative Destruction
by Magnus Penker
In this book, the author, a world-renowned thought leader, details a modern approach to innovation. He finally and comprehensively answers the question why it is that some companies succeed where others — even those with great potential — fail.
The author teaches how to identify and mitigate the corporate antibodies that kill innovation. He outlines how to gain the capability and culture necessary to jump from S-curve to S-curve so as to avoid going down with the ship. He explains why playing it safe is the surest way to a slow death in today’s globalized economy.
The lifespan of companies is rapidly shrinking. This book points the way forward. Innovation at its best destroys what doesn’t work and builds something brilliant from the pieces. Everything we need is right in front of us. All we need to know is how to bring it together.
Honors: seen on CBS and Fox
Category: Business
ISBN: 978-1637350584
Falling Forward: A Guide for Facing Adversity and Planning Your Life
by Gordon Wollman
This compelling guide explores the balance between personal and professional life. It emphasizes that the qualities that make a good businessman and a good human being are one and the same, encapsulated in the golden rule of “do unto others...”
The author recounts a journey through his life experiences — from the farm to the army to financial success. He shares his accumulated wisdom with plainspoken sincerity, always moving toward self-improvement and positively impacting the community surrounding him. He outlines the habits, skills and mindsets required for making a plan, adapting that plan when necessary, and moving forward to transform past failures into future success. It provides insights on how to balance business and personal lives, understand that mistakes are only failures if people choose not to learn from them, and improve self-awareness by seeking counsel to overcome blind spots.
The book also highlights the importance of people surrounding themselves with success and it shares how the author has overcome personal and professional setbacks and how the adversity has made him a better person and leader.
Honors: seen on MarketWatch
Category: Business
ISBN: 978-1637352489
You Are Not Them: The Authentic Entrepreneur's Way
by Sid Mohasseb
This book approaches entrepreneurship the way a master craftsman would. It promotes an iterative lifestyle rather than a final destination.
In this book, the author explains how to develop a unique entrepreneurial philosophy grounded in core personality components. He outlines why the traditional model of entrepreneurship so often fails. He investigates the dynamics between risk, value creation, execution and mindfulness, and teaches how to leverage the wisdom of great leaders without sacrificing the individuality that allows people to break into uncharted territory.
The outcome for entrepreneurs is improved workflow efficiency by developing an awareness of the varying states of entrepreneurship and how each one can be circumstantially levied to the entrepreneur’s advantage; a tailored approach to communication that authentically reflects entrepreneurial values and an understanding of a personal axiom of choices in the context of situational leadership and business development. Fundamentally, everything entrepreneurs need to be successful is already within them. The real question is whether they are paying attention to it.
This is not your ordinary business book. Sid Mohasseb combines his love of poetry, storytelling, history and philosophy. — Az Samad Book Reviews Honors: seen on CBS
Category: Business
ISBN: 978-1637350485
In case you missed the books featured in the last newsletter, here they are again:
NON-FICTION
Resilience Under Fire: From Breakdown to Breakthrough
by Jochen Schwenk
This book is a bold and practical guide to transforming chaos into clarity, setbacks into success and fear into forward momentum. Drawing from high-stakes experiences in military intelligence, special operations and corporate crises at Fortune 500 companies, the author shares a proven framework for leading decisively and rising stronger.
This empowering book reveals how to identify a crisis and take swift, effective action. The author outlines mental models for navigating pressure, overcoming indecision, and making impactful decisions, whether time is scarce or abundant. He introduces innovative methods for thinking inside and outside the box to generate solutions that stand out, even in the most volatile situations. With expert insights and real-world scenarios, he shows how to transform stress into strategy. His step-by-step approach fosters resilience and confidence in the face of adversity, and equips readers to handle the unexpected with precision and strength.
Whether managing teams, steering a business, or facing personal upheaval, this book delivers the tools people need not only to survive, but to thrive. When everything feels uncertain, this is a blueprint for clarity, confidence and renewed purpose.
Honors: seen on MarketWatch
Category: Business
ISBN: 978-1637353806
Who Moved My Data?: Data-Driven Strategies In Modern Finance
by Darius Ross
This is a transformative guide to rewiring mindset, overcoming obstacles and unlocking the discipline needed for lasting success. By shifting perspective and breaking free from mental limitations, readers can take control of their future and reach new heights.
In this book, the author dives into the mental roadblocks that keep people stuck, offering proven strategies to build resilience and confidence. With step-by-step guidance, he reveals how to overcome generational struggles, limiting beliefs and environmental influences. His blueprint provides actionable tools to turn ambition into meaningful change, helping readers embrace their potential. For women and minority communities, this book addresses inherited struggles, societal expectations and systemic barriers, empowering individuals to redefine their stories and build success on their own terms.
Whether improving careers, relationships or personal growth, this book delivers the framework needed to take charge of life and transform trauma into triumph.
Honors: seen on MarketWatch
Category: Business
ISBN: 979-8998713002
Success Mindsets: How Top Entrepreneurs Succeed in Business and Life
by Alinka Rutkowska, Nedra J. Barr et al.
This anthology explores the thought process, attitude and approach of leading entrepreneurs. The difference between success and failure is how people face problems.
This book brings together advice from several dozen exceptional leaders, ranging from CEOs to champions to game-changers. Each chapter reveals methods for developing the right approach to achieve success.
The book looks at several different elements of the success mindset, including adaptability, growth, drive, learning and self-compassion. Minds are more effective when they are open. Someone can always adapt a mindset to the situation in pursuit of particular goals.
One of the collection's standout qualities is its emphasis on the individuality of the success journey. It underscores that there's no one-size-fits-all approach to success... — Readers’ FavoriteHonors: seen on MarketWatch
Category: Business
ISBN: 978-1637350928
The Price Whisperer: A Holistic Approach to Pricing Power
by Per Sjofors
Consumer behavior is irrational. People are finicky, temperamental and subjective, but they’re also highly predictable. Thus, when it comes to determining optimal product pricing, it’s important to keep in mind that the perception of value is value.
In this book, the author explores the complex network of variables that regulate customer perception of price and value. By isolating key factors that determine a target market’s willingness to pay, businesses can effectively hack their existing model, thereby increasing asking price and sales volume. It’s simple psychology. This book explains the unique internal and external factors that control consumer purchase behavior; how to increase pricing without sacrificing sales volume; how to identify the right customers for products and save marketing dollars; why pricing does not exist in a vacuum and how the set-and-forget approach is a recipe for failure; why lowering prices and offering frequent discounts seldomly translates into greater purchasing volume; and how price sets an expectation of quality and benefit or lack thereof. The author advises to approach consumer behavior through a psychological mindset, not an entrepreneurial one.
The product might be right, the marketing strategy might be right and the branding be right, but if the pricing is off, the business will suffer. It’s essential to value a product correctly.
Honors: seen on MarketWatch
Category: Business
ISBN: 978-1637351178
How I Sold 80,000 Books: Book Marketing for Authors
by Alinka Rutkowska
This book is packed with actionable insights to boost income. It teaches how to sell books by the truckload and replicate the author’s success.
The author outlines the truth about book marketing, including what works and what doesn’t, and the critical elements to avoid in author marketing. The book reveals the most powerful strategy to attract readers on Amazon and explains why diversifying beyond Amazon can skyrocket sales. Additionally, it covers an often overlooked tactic to garner book reviews on Amazon and provides essential Kindle publishing guidelines to market a book before it even hits the shelves.
Author marketing is something that can be learnt with the right tools. In this book, the author explains the system which allowed her to sell 80,000 books.
Densely packed and loaded with ideas, strategies and essential tips that are neatly organized, packaged and imparted in a conversational and highly accessible manner — Readers’ FavoriteHonors: Bronze Medal, Business/Finance, Readers’ Favorite Book Awards
Category: Business
ISBN: 978-1943386055
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Alinka Rutkowska
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