Dan Martell - September 28, 2026


Books you NEED to study (young entrepreneurs)

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1 minute

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209

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38

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00:00:00 Rework.
00:00:00 It's a skipper.
00:00:01 It's almost a read, but honestly, there's other books you should read.
00:00:04 The Personal MBA. 1.00
00:00:05 Oh, fuck. 1.00
00:00:05 He's going to hate me, bud. 1.00
00:00:07 The Hard Thing About Hard Things.
00:00:08 Read it.
00:00:09 It's going to make you feel like you're not going crazy.
00:00:11 The E-Myth Revisited.
00:00:12 That was the OG book. 0.80
00:00:14 Essentially build a business that's worth something to somebody else.
00:00:16 High Output Management.
00:00:17 Study.
00:00:18 Teaches you theory of constraints and systems design, which I wish everybody in my life
00:00:22 read this book.
00:00:22 The Psychology of Money.
00:00:24 Study.
00:00:24 It'll teach you how wacky our brains are when it comes to money and value creation.
00:00:27 The Almanac of Naval Ravikant.
00:00:30 Oh my gosh, study. Naval is OG. His thinking on specialized knowledge is so smart.
00:00:36 Start with why.
00:00:37 You can read the title, just skip it.
00:00:39 Essentialism.
00:00:40 It's a skip for now, you're too young.
00:00:42 Radical candor.
00:00:43 No, not yet, skip it.
00:00:45 You don't even have a team. You're still trying to figure out how to talk.
00:00:48 Most kids don't even know how to talk to a person.
00:00:50 The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing.
00:00:52 Study. Marketing grids demand.
00:00:54 The War of Art.
00:00:55 Oh my gosh. Study. The resistance is the biggest culprit of stealing people's dreams.