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The Rick Barrera bookshelf

Twelve books.
Quick reads, quicker implementation.

Thirty years of what works, in print, on selling, branding, alignment, leadership, service, and becoming the best version of you. Most run under 100 pages by design: enough to change how you work, short enough to finish this week.

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12 booksAcross six themes
WSJ bestsellerOverpromise and Overdeliver
Under 100 pagesMost titles, by design
30 yearsOf field-tested ideas
Growth, sales & branding

Growth & Sales

4 books
Overpromise and Overdeliver book cover
WSJ Bestseller

Overpromise and Overdeliver

The secrets of unshakable customer loyalty.
How the best brands make a bold promise and then beat it, building loyalty price can't buy.
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Alignment

The Shortcut to Marketplace Dominance.
Get every touchpoint of your business telling one clear story, and pull ahead of competitors who don't.
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Collaborative Selling 2026 edition book cover

Collaborative Selling

Sell by opening, not closing. New 2026 edition coming.
The methodology that turns salespeople into trusted partners. See the full site →
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Non-Manipulative Selling

Win customers by earning trust, not applying pressure.
The classic case for selling as service, and the trust-first approach behind Collaborative Selling.
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Leadership & teams

Leadership

2 books
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We Before Me

End workplace selfishness and build a team that performs as one.
The book behind Rick's leadership work: how to put the collective ahead of the individual, and win because of it.
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Leaders Are Readers

How to master any business book in under an hour.
A system for extracting what matters from any business book, fast, so you learn more in less time and lead better for it.
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Customer experience & service

Customer Service

2 books
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New

The Customer Is the Strategy

The leader's edition. Put the customer at the center of everything.
For executives: why customer experience isn't a department, it's the whole strategy, and how to lead like it.
Coming soon
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New

Make Someone's Day

The frontline edition. Great service, one moment at a time.
For the people who face customers every day: simple, memorable rules for turning service into loyalty.
Coming soon
Personal growth & learning

Personal Development

2 books
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Becoming the Champion of Your Dreams

Author your own life instead of living someone else's script.
A short, motivating guide to taking charge of your story and going after what you actually want.
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Learners Are Earners

Earn raises and promotions by becoming indispensable.
Half of what you know will be obsolete in five years. Here's how to build a lifelong learning habit that keeps you ahead.
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Starting & building companies

Entrepreneurship

2 books
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The Entrepreneurship Imperative

Double your income and control your life by starting your own company.
A step-by-step case, and playbook, for taking your slice of the economic pie through entrepreneurship.
Unabridged →Abridged →
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How to Write and Publish Your Non-Fiction Book in 10 Days

Get the book in your head out into the world, fast.
The exact process Rick uses to turn expertise into a finished, published book in days, not years, a powerful move for any founder building authority.
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Not sure where to start?

New to Rick's work? Begin with Overpromise and Overdeliver for the big idea, or pick the title closest to what you're wrestling with right now.

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