10 Best Books to Rekindle Your Business

5. "The New Elite," by Jim Taylor, Doug Harrison and Stephen Kraus. The book was written before the stock market crashed and wiped out many millionaires, but there are still people with wealth and money to spend. This book provides insights into how to market to this group that goes beyond designer names.

6. "Reinvention," by Brian Tracy. Tracy is a master motivator and this book is a good read for anyone whose services are no longer marketable or is tired of what they are doing. He writes about how to reinvent yourself.

7. "Napoleon Hill's Golden Rules," by Napoleon Hill. The author is known for his book "Think and Grow Rich." "Rules" is another motivational book, the type that gets readers' creative juices flowing. It is made up of a series of interviews of rags-to-riches success stories.

8. "Investing in a Sustainable World," by Dr. Matthew Kiernan, founder of Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, which focuses on sustainable investment research. The book looks at money managers who have become experts in this area, which I don't care about because I don't have the money to invest in the market. What I do find interesting are energy and environmental trends the author writes about.

9. "Instant Appeal," by Vicki Kunkel. Obama went from a relatively unknown Illinois state senator to the leader of the free world. Facebook went from an idea in a dorm room at Harvard to an international phenomenon. The book provides insights into how to create demand for you, and your product or service.

10. "Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins," by Annette Simmons. Have you ever noticed that most successful people are good story tellers? Look at Obama. Was he smarter than his opponents? Maybe, but we all acknowledge that he is a better communicator than perhaps any president, with the exception of Ronald Reagan, in the past 100 years. The ability to communicate your concepts increases your chances of success.

The correlation between reading and success is uncontested. Think about the successful people you know and read about. You will find they are all readers.

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