My Books

My books help teach business and life lessons I have learned, often the hard way, running my own businesses and helping make their businesses more fulfilling for their life.

My Latest Book

Fewer. Better.

Too many business owners and entrepreneurs are stuck in a false narrative. They think suffering and grinding for a windfall is the path to success. Howard Mann is here to call bullshit on all of it. In this book, Howard blows away the fog and shows how the practice of "Fewer. Better." enables business owners to have the wealth and quality of life they long for.

Gleaned from his popular newsletter and podcast, these concise, honest and practical lessons are a boon to business owners everywhere. Howard argues that improving businesses does not come from the relentless pursuit of "more." Instead, he counsels leaders to focus on doing far fewer things and doing them better than anyone else.

You will learn how to stop boiling like a frog, create a profit machine, say f*ck you to your pride, perform the all-important Reverse Michelangelo and many more transformative lessons.

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  • A point of view that I sincerely hope everyone embraces

    A counterintuitive and, dare I say, subversive little book. Imagine having the audacity to declare that the true purpose of business is to make it fun, fulfilling, and just enough to give you, and those you care about, a meaningful and enjoyable life. Utter madness! And a point of view that I sincerely hope everyone embraces.

    – Tom Asacker
    Author of The Business of Belief

  • Favorite book of the last 12 years

    Howard's first book, Your Business Brickyard has been the number one book recommendation that I've given for the last 12 years – Fewer Better just kicked it out of the top spot.

    – Richard Mulholland
    Founder of Missing Link and Author of Legacide and Here be Dragons

  • Read this when you're deep in the slog.

    Read this when you're deep in the slog. It'll get you to the other side.

    – Andy Sernovitz
    Author, Word of Mouth Marketing: How Smart Companies Get People Talking

The 12 RULES THAT MAKE EVERY BUSINESS INDESTRUCTIBLE.

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Your Business Brickyard

This small book contains the secret basics to unlock the true power and potential of your business. The basics. That’s what you lost when you went from feeling like making your mark to just keeping up and surviving.

It’s time to admit you’re not having fun anymore. And it’s ok to say it.

Only then can you find your way back to the beginning – when your business was all promise and no misery. Only then can you build (and innovate on top of) the basics that will never let you down.

Howard Mann has collected twelve essentials to any business foundation. Mann shows you how to get back to basics, reconnect with your purpose, and grow your business, instead of getting stuck following the latest trend or “Me too” fad.

Most important of all, Your Business Brickyard provides a game plan for how to make your business fun to run again.

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  • Belongs in your pocket for permanent & immediate reference

    To call Your Business Brickyard a “bible” would not be an exaggeration. Doesn’t belong on your Kindle or bookshelf, it belongs in your pocket for permanent & immediate reference.

    – Tom Peters
    Author of In Search of Excellence & The Little Big Things

  • Carry it with you wherever you go

    Never has so much business wisdom been packed into so few pages. My advice is to slip a copy of Your Business Brickyard into your briefcase and carry it with you wherever you go.

    – Bo Burlingham
    Editor-at-large of Forbes magazine
    Author of Small Giants and Finish Big: How Great Entrepreneurs Exit Their Companies On top

  • The book you need to reboot your thinking

    When you’re at an entrepreneurial roadblock, this is the book you need to reboot your thinking and get you back on the right road.

    – Andy Sernovitz
    Author, Word of Mouth Marketing: How Smart Companies Get People Talking