Now whilst I haven't quite got there, the books I've read have been very interesting and certainly provided food for thought.
Reading these books provide me with not only new and inspiring ideas I can implement in my own small business; but ideas I can share with my small business coaching clients, presentation audiences and social media/email community.
Some books I buy or receive from wonderful people, others I get from my local public library because my house is full of books and I'm running out of room π.
As always, there's at least one nugget I get from every book so here's the small business books I read in 2025 and recommendations for your 2026 Reading List.
I promise you β it will be a worthwhile investment of your time and money.
βπ‘ And even though I have a never-ending reading list including piles of books in my house but I'm always looking for recommendations so please let me know what books you think I should add to my list π.
Once I'm back on deck, I'll let you know my 2026 Reading List and after seeing an interview with Cas Holman about her new πplay ful which intrigued me, it may get added to the list.
The Leadership Secrets of Santa Claus β Eric Harvey
π BUSINESS BOOKS I'M READING
I'm continually changing my reading pile as books also come in from the library and bookstoreπ€£β€
π #10 Solve For Happy β Mo Gawdat
π #11 The Courage To Be Disliked β Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga
π #12 The Gap and the Gain β Dan Sullivan and Dr Benjamin Hardy
π #13 The 5 Second Rule: The fastest way to change your life β Mel Robbins
π #14 The High Five Habit: Take control of your life with one simple habit β Mel Robbins
π #15 The Let Them Theory: A life-changing tool that millions of people can't stop talking about β Mel Robbins
π #16 That Little Voice In Your Head β Mo Gawdat
π PERSONAL BOOKS I'M READING
π #10 The Impossible Fortune β Richard Osman
What I've just got in from Booktopia β as if I didn't need any more books but hey that's my π²π to me which will be added to my 2026 Reading List
π The Myth of Multitasking β Dave Crenshaw
π The Power of Curiosity β Kathy Taberner and Kirstin Tabener Siggins
π Book Blueprint β Jacqui Pretty
π Six Figure$ While You Sleep β Kate Toon (Winner 2025 Australian Business Book Awards β Specialist Business Category)
π Success Tips from my lessons in Business Leadership & Golf β Vera Gilford
π I Was Busy, Now I'm Not β Joseph Peck
π Seven Games of Life and How To Play β Richard Smoley
π Create Uniqueness β Riccardo Pozzoli
π The Gap and the Gain β Dan Sullivan with Dr Benjamin Hardy
π Leading Beyond The Numbers β Susan Ni Chriodain
π The Re Builders β Sara Tate and Anna Vogt
π Focus - Keith Abraham (or any of his 4 other books)
π Win The Grant With the Grant Writing System βNatalie Bramble
π AI and U: Reimagine Business (Finalist 2025 Australian Business Book Awards -Specialist Business Category) and The End of Technophobia (Winner 2021 Australian Business Book Awards Book of the Year) - Tracy Sheen
π The 2 Hour Workshop Blueprint - Leanne Hughes
π Rediscover Your Athlete Within - Brett Lillie
π The Mother Of All Opportunities - Katrina McCarter
π From Hire to Fire & Everything In Between - Natasha Hawker
π Home Force - Jo Alilovic
π My Parents Are Ageing, What The Heck Do I Do? - Coral Wilkinson
π The Happy Healthy Leader - Margie Ireland
π Small Business, Big Impact (just out) and Small Company Big Crisis: updated edition - Bronwyn Reid
π Grunt, Grit and Grace - Ally Nitschke
π Small Town Big Impact - Jenn Donovan
π Rock Your Stripes: updated edition - Jilinda Lee
π Leadership at 43000 Feet - Chris Smith
π The Science of Happy Employees - Dr Brenda Jamnik
π Systemology - David Jenyns
π Propelling Performance - Rob Nankervis
π The Accountability Advantage and No - Darren Finkelstein
π Who Not How β Dan Sullivan
π Essentialism and Effortless β Greg McKeown
π The Power of Habit β Charles Duhigg
π Rocket Fuel β Gino Wickman
π Busy β Tony Crabbe
π Content Inc β Joe Pulizzi
π Build a Storybrand β Donald Miller
π Curious Habits β Luke Mathers
π Secrets of the Millionaire Mindset- T Harv Eker
π Five Stars β Carmine Gallo
π Stories That Stick β Kindra Hall
π Think Again β Adam Grant
π Do the Work β Stephen Pressfield
π Four Thousand Weeks β Oliver Burkeman
Tamara Simon helps overwhelmed Chief Everything Officers (sorry owners π)
SIMPLIFY their small business by....
πFINDING the cracks
πͺFACING the cracks
π οΈFIXING the cracks
For over twenty-five years as a Speaker, Author and Coach, she's been providing much needed support to small business owners and their teams to build simple profitable businesses they actually β€οΈ.
β FRUSTRATED because you know something's WRONG but don't know WHAT it is
β CONFUSED because you know WHAT is wrong but don't know HOW to solve it
β OVERWHELMED with managing your growing business BECAUSE what was working now isn't
Then check out her website to find out how to work with her, and book the 'Bob the Builder for Small Business' to speak at your next event.
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