We are frequently asked to recommend books and blogs to those interested in effective business practices, achieving goals, and social responsibility.

This page contains a list of our books and audiobooks. We hope you enjoy them as much as we have.

"Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten." - B. F. SKINNER

Brighter World Consulting Media Relations can be contacted by emailing info@brighterworldconsulting.com

Elizabeth Amini, BWC's Founder, is available for speaking engagements for single topic and panel discussions.

Speaking topics include:

• How to Be a Successful Entrepreneur
• Five Steps to Boosting Your Company's Revenues
• Keeping Your Brain Young: Strategies for People over 35
• Women & Entrepreneurship
• Women, Confidence, and Power
• Innovation and Creativity
• How to Set Up a Virtual Office
• The Implications of the Information Age
• Convergence in the Entertainment Industry
• New Models in Advertising
• Socially Responsible Business and Profitability
• Success Business People and Philanthropy
• The Cure for Fear
• How to Find a Career You Love
• Important Lessons Not Taught by the Education System

Recent speaking engagements:

• USC Marshall School of Business
• Association for Strategic Planning
• Net Impact/Consulting Club joint event at Caltech
• ASPIRE Woman at UCLA
• Sally Ride Science Festival at Caltech
• Entrepreneurial Mentor Society

Recommended Book and Audiobooks:

(We donate 50% of the affiliate profits generated by the links below to charities)

Strategy & Business Development

• The Art of Profitability by Adrian Slywotzky
• The Daily Drucker: 366 Days of Insight and Motivation for Getting the Right Things Done by Peter F. Drucker
• Good to Great by Jim Collins
• Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins
• Innovation and Entrepreneuship by Peter F. Drucker
• Wikinomics by Don Tapscott & Anthony D. Williams
• The 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris
• Mavericks at Work by William Taylor and Polly Labarre
• Good to Great by Jim Collins
• Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey Moore
• The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
• Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip and Dan Heath
• The Art of War by SunTzu
• The Irresistible Offer by Mark Joyous
• The Joy of Selling by Steve Chandler
• Marketing to Women: How to Understand, Reach, and Increase Your share of the Largest Market Segment by Marti Barletta

Entrepreneurial and Executive Coaching:

• The Magic of Thinking Big by David Schwartz (audiobook recommended)
• Founders at Work by Jessica Livingston New recommendation!
• Art of the Start by Guy Kawasaki
• Blueprint to a billion by David Thomson New recommendation!
• Giant Steps by Anthony Robbins New recommendation!
• Work Less, Make More by Jennifer White
• Art of the Start by Guy Kawasaki
• The Entrepreneurial Journey by Thomas O'Malia
• The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done by Peter F. Drucker
• The Drucker Foundation Self-Assessment Tool: Process Guide by Gary J. Stern, Peter F. Drucker, and Frances Hesselbein
• Coaching Into Greatness: 4 Steps to Success in Business and Life by Kim George
• Growing and Managing Your Business: 25 Keys to Building Your Company by Kathleen Allen, Ph.D.
• 100 Ways to Motivate Yourself by Steve Chandler
• The Laws of Money by Suze Orman
• 17 Lies That Are Holding You Back and the Truth That Will Set You Free by Steve Chandler
• How to Make Peace with Anyone by David J. Lieberman
• Get Out of Your Own Way at Work by Mark Goulston, M.D.
• The Four Steps to the Epiphany by Steven Gary Blank
• Starting from Scratch: Secrets from 22 Ordinary People Who Made the Entrepreneurial Leap by Wes Moss New recommendation!
• Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
• Books by Dale Carnegie (he has many great books)
• The Law of Success by Napoleon Hill
• The Power of Full Engagement by Jim Loehr & Tony Schwartz

Social Responsibility:

• The Soul of Money by Lynne Twist
• Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman by Yvon Chouinard
• Raising the Bar: Integrity and Passion in Life and Business: The Story of Clif Bar & Co. by Gary Erickson and Lois Lorentzen
• Creating Customer Evangelists: How Loyal Customers Become a Volunteer Sales Force by Ben McConnell, Jackie Huba, and Guy Kawasaki
• MegaTrends: The Rise of Conscious Capitalism by Patricia Aburdene
• The Market for Virtue: The Potential And Limits of Corporate Social Responsibility by David Vogel
• Good to Great in the Social Sectors by Jim Collins
• The SRI Advantage: Why Socially Responsible Investing Has Outperformed Financially by Peter Camejo

Other Resources :

• Business Law by Henry Cheeseman
• Soundview Executive Summaries
• The-Leap.com
• Entrepreneurship Education Resources
• Guy Kawasaki's Blog
• Seth Godin's Blog

Please note: these links lead outside of BWC's website and BWC is not responsible for their contents and recommendations.