Built to Last by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras is one of the very first business books I ever read. I sat down at my desk one morning and got up when I finished reading. It was at a time when I was thinking about how to turn a “project” into the kind of business I would like to own and run. It inspired me to read that often times, making the right decision for a business is about making the right choices in life.

Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies

Jim Collins also wrote another inspiring book about how to grow a business:

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t