My Top 5 Business Books

  • Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

  • The Interior Design Business Handbook: A Complete Guide to Profitability

  • The Business of Design: Balancing Creativity and Profitability

  • How the World Sees You: Discover Your Highest Value Through the Science of Fascination

  • The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It

Further Reading

1: Introduction

  • Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

  • Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box

  • The Renaissance Soul: How to Make Your Passions Your Life

  • The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

  • Turning Pro: Tap Your Inner Power and Create Your Life's Work

  • The Slight Edge: Turning Simple Disciplines into Massive Success and Happiness

  • The Gift of Maybe: Finding Hope and Possibility in Uncertain Times

  • The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8AM)

  • The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

  • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

2: Business Foundation

  • The Interior Design Business Handbook: A Complete Guide to Profitability

  • The Big Book of Small Business: You Don't Have to Run Your Business by the Seat of Your Pants

  • Business and Legal Forms for Interior Designers

3: Building Your Brand

  • How the World Sees You: Discover Your Highest Value Through the Science of Fascination

  • StrengthsFinder 2.0

  • The It Factor: Be the One People Like, Listen to, and Remember

  • Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

4: Clients

  • Interior Design Clients: The Designer's Guide to Building and Keeping a Great Clientele

  • Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine

5: Selling Your Services

  • Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - and Helped Save an American Town

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

6: Running Your Business

  • Women, Work & the Art of Savoir Faire: Business Sense & Sensibility

  • The Business of Design: Balancing Creativity and Profitability

  • The Success Principles(TM) - How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be

  • The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich

  • The Elements of Style: A Practical Encyclopedia of Interior Architectural Details from 1485 to the Present

  • The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It

  • The Motivation Manifesto

  • Leadership Mastery: How to Challenge Yourself and Others to Greatness

  • The Desire Map: A Guide to Creating Goals with Soul

Toolkit

1. Box Cutter 2. Multi-purpose Laser Level 3. Furniture Moving Pads 4. Furniture Blanket 5. Monofilament Line 6. Tape Measure 7. Felt Pads 8. Goo Gone 9. Laser Distance Measurer 10. Picture Hanging Kit 11. Canvas Bag