The 5 books that will inspire you to quit your job and start a company

Over the years I learned that there are two kinds of people, from the point of view of work: some people prefer to be employees and be assured of his salary to make ends meet, and some people are able to give up everything to build a dream. Employees and entrepreneurs. None is better than the other. Perhaps the second type of person, if successfully harvested will be better in life, minutes before his death, the mental sum of all things, gave him the best smile of his life, to make the bottom line. But the road is not easy, sometimes it's smarter to build a career in the traditional manner, and be forever a chess piece. It's generally safer, and less roller coasters on the road. On the other hand, quitting your job, yelling a few things to your boss cantinflérico, hanging out with his eyes up and start your own business, has a sweet flavor that is completely indescribable, Beatrix Kiddo sorry your Hattori Hanzo katana. But to be an entrepreneur must possess certain characteristics in your personality, just not all people have: idealism, risk, certain irresponsibility, stubbornness, ambition, dreams and idea. After all, you are no better or worse person for being one of the two.

But if you are an employee, and occasionally feel the spark, there's good news. You have a world of knowledge, almost free, waiting for you on the Internet and some books. No information is what you become an entrepreneur, is a more complex process, everyone has a path for it. What you are seeing the other side of the mirror, place the risks and benefits in a mental balance, find inspiration and the map that others have followed, then become a cartographer. A few weeks ago I bought these 5 books, which are relatively new and may serve to awaken the "tiger in you." Literature on these issues there is a lot, this is not a top of the 5 best books for entrepreneurs. It is a small selection of a few drops of the sea that exists out there. What I do not have any doubt that if you read these 5 books, the chances that one day you invite me a beer in your country, paying me the airfare, is quite high. It's time to read and try. Unfortunately the books are in English, and I have not been translated into our language at the moment.

The Art of Non-Conformity: Set Your Own Rules, Live the Life You Want, and Change the World

If you're open to new ideas, dissatisfied with the status quo, you take personal responsibility and work hard, this book is for you. Not the traditional book written by a self-improvement guru that tells you you have to leave everything to succeed, written from the comfort of an office that has not changed in a thousand years. Its author, Chris Guillebeau , is a passenger in the geographical sense of the word, and also in the philosophical. We all know that travel changes us, transforms us, we return to be different, our ideas and expand horizons. That's why I relied on books written by those who travel. His ideas and paragraphs are more sincere. This book, in short, shows us how human beings should value their life, time and other people. How we do what we want and how we find our way, leaving aside what is traditionally expected of us. It is a good book to start.

The Thank You Economy

If Gary Vaynerchuk were born in Venezuela would maracucho, people living in Maracaibo talks fast, is effusive, are sincere and has a joyful spirit that spreads easily. They are also very noisy on the beaches, but that's beside the point. Gary is a person who understands very well what happens on Twitter, Facebook, blogs and video podcasts. He has built an empire that is a dragon with two heads, first selling wine and changing the industry in the U.S., and secondly, communicating how he has succeeded. This book is essential to understand how social networks are changing the traditional business settings and enterprises worldwide. This book will help you understand the way you can keep your customers happy, and how you can "forget" social media expert ear pierces you for months on Twitter.

Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality

To start a new company need to have an idea. Today everything is incredibly cheap, never so many tools to produce and be creative had cost so little, have more power on the computer you read this, that all universities in the world in 1950. Have an idea, a thousand Chinese factories ready to turn your dream into reality. But ideas have to happen, power transformer that feeds your brain, a tangible product. The most difficult, more complicated, it takes all the money in the world: an idea. And sorry, but if you already have and not the console, you're a real idiot. Scott Belsky this book teaches you how to move your idea from the limbus, the first world of Fringe.

Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions

This is the manual of good to become a snake charmer. Steve Wozniak on this book says: "Read this book to create a company as Enchanting as Apple" and perhaps a bit exaggerated, but it shows the essence of the content. What makes this book is to awaken in us the idea to excite our customers. Our product, idea, brand or company, is part of the lives of people in a positive way. It's marketing in the background, but distilled to the new paradigms. If you have passion for what you do, you can make other people feel the same. Guy Kawasaki writes a book that teaches you how big companies delight their customers, so you can do so from your home.

Poke the Box

Seth Godin got tired and quit intermediaries to sell their books through traditional publishers. This book is the first experiment outside the machine. Poke the Box is a manifesto. Is the book you must read if you spend thinking "I want to start creating / making things." This book is a great cry, it's time to start. In his own words: "Please, stop waiting for a map. We reward those who draw maps, not those who follow. " What explains the book is that the world moves by the initiative that people have, that spark that means moving a little absurd to leave our comfort and devote our time to start a new project. Finally decide that home.

I hope these 5 recommendations will be useful. Twitter also ask what books I recommend and these are the answers . If you have any recommendations you can leave it in the comments.

The five books that will inspire you to leave your current job and found a company written ALT1040 April 27, 2011 by Inti Acevedo
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