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Coaching Success · Reading with purpose
Joel’s Business Library
Good books can change the way you lead, think and run your business. The value comes from what you do with the ideas.
A curated reading resource for Vancouver-area business owners, entrepreneurs, executives and managers. Browse six focused shelves, choose a book that meets your current challenge and try one practical action.
Start small. Each shelf has ten selections, with three suggested starting points. Every book includes who it is for, why it belongs and an action to try. You do not need a longer reading list—you need a useful next step.
What would you like to work on?
Strategy, Growth & Profit
Make clearer decisions, understand the numbers and choose where growth should come from.
Sales & Marketing
Understand customers, communicate your value and improve the conversations that lead to sales.
Productivity, Systems & Owner Freedom
Focus your time and build a business that relies less on your constant involvement.
Mindset & Personal Growth
Explore habits of thought, confidence and the personal side of professional growth.
Personal Inspiration
Step beyond business into stories, meaning, perspective and the questions that stay with us.
Three good places to begin
Develop your team
Trillion Dollar Coach offers a starting point for better coaching conversations and helping capable people grow.
Make a clearer decision
The Road Less Stupid creates space to think before committing to another project or a busier week.
Make progress repeatable
Atomic Habits is a useful place to begin when you know what matters but struggle to follow through consistently.
Book of the Month · September 2026
The Road Less Stupid
Before filling the next quarter with activity, give your most important business question some uninterrupted attention. This month’s selection is an invitation to improve the quality of a decision before increasing the pace of execution.
This month’s action: Reserve thirty minutes. Write one important question, three possible explanations and the evidence that would change your mind. Leave with one small experiment or a clearer decision.
Explore the bookTurn an idea into a 90-day plan with GrowthCLUB →
A book by Joel
Win the Claim Game
An Insider’s Guide to a Successful Home Insurance Claim
Written from Joel’s experience in the UK insurance industry, this book explores how to understand and prepare a home insurance claim. It offers a different window into his work: making a complicated process easier to understand.
From reading to action
Use the 6 Steps business guide to identify your current business priority. Bring a question to ProfitCLUB, build an action plan through GrowthCLUB, or explore individual business coaching for focused support.
How to use this library
These selections connect business challenges with useful ideas from Joel’s reading and highlights. The notes and exercises are original application prompts from Coaching Success; they are not quotations or replacements for the books. Different authors offer different perspectives. Test ideas against your own circumstances.
Borrow from your local library, choose an independent bookshop or buy the edition you prefer. The library does not require a purchase. Bookmark this page and return for the next featured selection.