I find myself on a pretty continuous quest for knowledge, it’s just who I am and how I work. The problem is that I lead a busy lifestyle, not just with work, but also ‘play’. Striking a balance is an important part of a healthy lifestyle but I struggle to find the time to read as much as I would like to. Audio books are a great way to solve this problem because I can listen on the plane while I’m traveling, or while I’m out walking the dog or riding my bike. Audible is the worlds largest provider of digital audio books so it makes sense to take a look at the best resources that they can offer to help photographers. Now obviously audio books don’t lend themselves to showing images so these books are more aimed at the business side of things. Realization that you are in fact, (or about to embark on becoming) a self-employed entrepreneur when you are a photographer, is the first step to a successful business. You’ll have to manage your marketing, communications, accounting and business development on top of your shooting schedule. That’s a lot of balls to juggle and you really can’t afford to drop any one of them. This list of audio books is a collection of the best books for creative business owners or simply people who want to make their work stand out from the crowd. The first two in the list, The War of Art and The 4-Hour Workweek are absolute MUST READS (or must listens!). I know the title of Tim Ferriss’ book is a little bit spammy sounding but trust me and 1.5 million other people that have purchased this book, it will change the way you allocate your time and run your business.
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The War of Art – Steven Pressfield
Winning the Inner Creative Battle
Book and kindle edition available here.
The 4-Hour Workweek – Tim Ferriss
Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich
Of course, if you prefer, you can also get the regular book or the kindle edition here as well.
The Lean Startup – Eric Ries
How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses
Also available as a book or digital kindle edition.
The E-Myth Revisited – Michael E. Gerber
Why Most Small Business Don’t Work and What to Do About It
You can also find Michael’s book in physical form or on Kindle here.
The Referral Engine – John Jantsch
Teaching Your Business to Market Itself
You can get The Referral Engine as a book or kindle digital edition right here as well.
Rework – Jason Fried , David Heinemeier Hansson
“Ignore this book at your peril” – Seth Godin
Rework is available on Amazon here as well.
The Accidental Creative – Todd Henry
How to Be Brilliant at a Moment’s Notice
Todd’s great book is also available in physical form and Kindle edition here.
Ctrl Alt Delete – Mitch Joel
Reboot Your Business. Reboot Your Life. Your Future Depends on It
Ctrl Alt Delete is available from Amazon in book or Kindle format as well.
The Icarus Deception – Seth Godin
How High Will You Fly?
The Icarus Deception can be found on Amazon here as well.
7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen R. Covey
Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
You can also grab this book in physical form or Kindle edition.
Bonus #11
The Art of Possibility – Rosamund Stone Zander , Benjamin Zander
Transforming Professional and Personal Life
one of my favorite self help book “7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE by STEPHEN R. COVEY”. Thanks for sharing such a great stuff.
Ah yes that book does come up quite often.