A friend and mentor let me borrow a book this week called The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea.

I would highly recommend it to anybody, whether you are in business or not. It is an extended parable about a “go-getter” that is trying to land the biggest sales deal of his career. He is introduced by a friend to a man who teaches him the 5 Principles of Stratospheric Success.

It’s a quick read, but will leave you thinking for a long time. For me, it easily lands in my top 5 business books of all time (a list that includes Good to Great and Blue Ocean Strategy).