Cover of Rework

Rework

Most business books give you the same old advice: Write a business plan, study the competition, seek investors, yadda yadda. If you're looking for a book like that, put this one back on the shelf.

Read more

Rework shows you a better, faster, easier way to succeed in business. Read it and you'll know why plans are actually harmful, why you don't need outside investors, and why you're better off ignoring the competition. The truth is, you need less than you think. You don't need to be a workaholic. You don't need to staff up. You don't need to waste time on paperwork or meetings. You don't even need an office. Those are all just excuses.

What you really need to do is stop talking and start working. This book shows you the way. You'll learn how to be more productive, how to get exposure without breaking the bank, and tons more counterintuitive ideas that will inspire and provoke you.

With its straightforward language and easy-is-better approach, Rework is the perfect playbook for anyone who's ever dreamed of doing it on their own. Hardcore entrepreneurs, small-business owners, people stuck in day jobs they hate, victims of "downsizing," and artists who don't want to starve anymore will all find valuable guidance in these pages.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 279 pages

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it. Point at it (on a phone, tap it) for less of it instead.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

Liked Rework? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked Rework. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. Anything You Want Shares business, nonfiction, entrepreneurship
  2. Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You Shares business, entrepreneurship, nonfiction
  3. Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose Shares business, nonfiction, entrepreneurship
  4. Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competit ion Shares business, entrepreneurship, nonfiction

“People who read Rework tend to reach for these next.”

  1. Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality
  2. The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Startups That Win
  3. Getting Started in Consulting
  4. Escape from Cubicle Nation: From Corporate Prisoner to Thriving Entrepreneur

“If you want more of the same (business about work), start with these.”

  1. The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses
  2. The Unfair Advantage
  3. #AskGaryVee: One Entrepreneur's Take on Leadership, Social Media, and Self-Awareness
  4. The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future

“If it was the entrepreneurship that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. Small Giants: Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big
  2. The E-Myth Revisted/ The E-Myth Mastery
  3. Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It...and Why the Rest Don't
  4. Virtual Freedom: How to Work with Virtual Staff to Buy More Time, Become More Productive, and Build Your Dream Business

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. Words that Sell
  2. Make Money, Not Excuses: Wake Up, Take Charge, and Overcome Your Financial Fears Forever
  3. The Barefoot Executive: The Ultimate Guide for Being Your Own Boss and Achieving Financial Freedom
  4. Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Tunes into TV