Workspace - Day 9 of 14 : The Other Shelf

This shelf has three categories of books. Money. Relationships. Stillness.

Dave Ramsey taught me about debt and discipline. Never Eat Alone taught me that every relationship is a compounding asset. The Dhammapada taught me to sit still when everything in my business was screaming at me to react.

I did not read these books because someone recommended them. I read them because I was stuck.

When Solpak tripled revenue and I was more miserable than ever, I picked up Ramsey. When I realized I was the bottleneck for every client relationship, I read Ferrazzi. When the Canadian dollar crashed and I was awake at 2am convinced I was about to lose everything I had built over ten years, I opened the Dhammapada.

Most founders read business books. I read whatever solves the problem I am in right now. Sometimes that is a sales manual. Sometimes it is Buddhist wisdom. The shelf does not judge.

What is the last book that actually changed how you operate?