Which book had the biggest impacted in your life?

Life changing books-
When I was in middle-school I read:
Thus Spoke Zarathustra : A Book for All and None
By Friedrich Nietzsche.

I followed that up with other Nietzsche books.

Stephen Covey's 7 Habits. It not only has great stuff on how to live your life, but professionally it has a great subchapter on Empathic Listening. Great listening skills are a must for sale people, and the EL technique is excellent.

Susan

Wow, some great reads posted here. I've added a number to my reading list. A few that have had an effect on me:

Fields of Fire by James Webb;
The Power of Intention by Wayne Dyer;
The Congruent Life: Following the Inward Path to Fulfilling Work and Inspired Leadership by C. Michael Thompson;
Now Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham & Donald O. Clifton; and
How to Master the Art of Selling by Tom Hopkins.

--Scott

In my case, the book that had the biggest influence on my life was Robert J. Ringer's "Looking Out For Number One."

It doesn't just deal with financial issues and it could easily be mistaken for rather light pop psychology, I'd say.

It's been probably over 25 years since I first read it. Maybe I should go back and see how it stands up for me.

Has anyone else read it?

I've heard about the book "Looking Out For Number One" but I haven't read it. It sounds like an interesting book Ricardo.

Another Robert J. Ringer book I found interesting was "Restoring The American Dream", although it's more of a commentary on politics and the US.

"Looking Out For Number One" had several different chapters addressing different life issues.

I can't limit it to just one. These are my top four.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson
The One Minute Salesperson by Spencer Johnson and Larry Wilson

Wow great thread, most of the books I love are listed here.

Here are some books that have changed my life that hasn't been listed would be.

Anthony Robbins - Personal Power I & II, Awaking the Giant within, The power to influence
Jack Canfield - The Aladdin Factor
Maxwell Maltz and Dan Kennedy - The New Psycho-Cybernetics
Jim Rohns 2004 Weekend Leadership Event
Eckhart Tolle - The power of Now, New earth
Thomas stanley - Millionaire Next door
Deepak Chopra - Seven Spiritual Laws of Success
J. Earl Shoaff - How to Get Everything You Want Out of Life
Robert Dilts - Slight of mouth

Yes I think you are exactly right.
In my NLP training we did a test where we had 4 groups of 6 people each and the instructor gave us index cards.
He told us to write down 4 posible definitions for the word education. Then we were to get together with our group and see how many matches we had. In all the groups there were only 3 matches.meaning there were 96 definitions and all but 3 were different.
The point is that it is rare that we can be sure someone is understanding our communication.
Eckhart Tolle put it this way "You can't possibly explain the universe with 5 vowel sounds"

"Maximum Achievement" by Brian Tracy was really terrific. I was just re-reading it earlier today because I was feeling a little off-course. Now I'm back to my old self again!

Without a doubt the finest book ever written on selling has to be "Making Major Sales" By Neil rackham. Most people do not understand there are TWO types of sales. If anyone is interested in knowing a little more they can visit my blog at http:www.qselling.com

I am passionate about making that big sale!

Steve