If you are attracted to the subject of entrepreneurship, you will find numerous books that promise riches for a few easy steps--drop shipping, sales funnels, marketing hacks--and they are dubious at the start and age like milk.
Enter Dane Maxwell. Like a modern day Dale Carnegie, he removes the trappings of methodology and drives down the the heart of what makes a business successful from even before the day it's started. The Start from Zero book is a blueprint for reforging your mind, your heart, and your expectations to be laser focused on the spirit of a successful endeavor.
It's not about having the best spiel, it's not about having the killer product...it's about who your efforts are helping and bringing true solutions to.
This podcast makes an excellent counterpart to the book. The principles covered there are given true life and application here, and the opportunity to sit in on both the business advice and true examples of the personal growth we all need to pursue is not only refreshing and encouraging to listen to, but also gives us an understanding of why our own previous endeavors might have failed.
If you are thinking about starting on your own path to independence, then your first stop should absolutely be here. Carry these principles inside you, and they will in turn carry you to the life you want.