The 10 Best Books Of 2012 On Business & Investing

Before I get started on the best books of 2012, let me first quote Derek Bok, an American educator and lawyer who once said that “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance”.

Derek’s 7 powerful words have since stood the test of time and that’s why the wealthy, successful and goal oriented people read more as compared to others who would rather pass their time watching the TV instead of self-educating themselves. This is why the latter tend to cry foul when things don’t go their way and when they finally do, they believe that it’s some sort of a onetime event instead of realizing that they have the ability and opportunity to do much more.

I personally believe in self-education as a first step towards financial freedom and that’s why we shall be looking at a list of the best books of 2012 and to be specific, the best books of 2012 on business & investing which I hope will be of assistance to anyone who is interested in venturing into business or in sharpening their inner entrepreneur.

“Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is”-Isaac Asimov 

 

How Did I Come Up With The List Of The Best Books Of 2012 On Business & Investing?

I arrived at the list of the best books of 2012 on business & investing by doing a relatively small research on Amazon; an American international ecommerce company founded by Jeff Bezos and which first started as an online bookstore. It has since gone ahead to be the world’s largest online retailer.

The criteria that was used by Amazon to come up with the list of the best books of 2012 on business & investing was based on the total number of sales i.e. they were ranked by sales.

This simply means that the best books of 2012 on business & investing were ranked using customer preference rather than editorial preference which at times may be biased.

Top 10 List Of The Best Books Of 2012 On Business & Investing

#	Title	Author	Main Formats
1	The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business	Charles Duhigg	Hardcover & Kindle Edition
2	The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business	Patrick M. Lencioni	Hardcover & Kindle Edition
3	Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder	Nassim Nicholas Taleb	Hardcover & Kindle Edition
4	Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power	Steve Coll	Hardcover & Kindle Edition
5	Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City	Brad Feld	Hardcover & Kindle Edition
6	The Strategy Book: How To Think and Act Strategically to Deliver Outstanding Results	Max Mckeown	Paperback
7	Reverse Innovation: Create Far From Home, Win Everywhere	Vijay Govindarajan, Chris Trimble and Indra K. Nooyi	Hardcover & Kindle Edition
8	How Much is Enough?: Money and the Good Life	Robert Skidelsky and Edward Skidelsky	Hardcover & Kindle Edition
9	The Launch Pad: Inside Y Combinator, Silicon Valley’s Most Exclusive School for Startups	Randall Stross	Hardcover & Kindle Edition
10	The End of Money: Counterfeiters, Preachers, Techies, Dreamers–and the Coming Cashless Society	David Wolman	Hardcover & Kindle Edition

So there you have it, the best books of 2012 on business & investing as per Amazon’s customer preference. I hope you will give some thought into planning to buy and read some of them which I’m sure will be of great assistance to anyone who wants to venture into business or even entrepreneurs who are already operating and managing their various businesses.

“You can make positive deposits in your own economy every day by reading and listening to powerful, positive, life-changing content and by associating with encouraging and hope building people”-Zig Ziglar

 

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