The Travel Creator: Tips For Travel Influencers
The podcast for travel creators to learn smarter ways to use their content so they can save time and get back to traveling.
I'm your host Laura and I saw travel content creators spending way too much time on their content creation. I used my six years of digital marketing experience to create smarter ways for travel creators to use their content.
In this podcast you'll find tangible tips on how to trade your content time for travel time. We play the long game here! No 'get rich quick schemes' but real strategies you can implement to help you love your travel creator journey again and make it sustainable.
We officially launch Jan 11th 2024! Episodes are out every Thursday after.
The Travel Creator: Tips For Travel Influencers
99: Books I’m Reading in 2026 to Grow My Content Creator Business
Today I’m sharing my 2026 booklist for travel creators and content creators—the exact business books, mindset books, and creativity books I’m reading (or rereading!) to scale my creator business without burning out.
Whether you’re listening from a plane, a hostel bunk, or the world’s loudest café, these books will shape how you think, create, and build your business in 2026.
In This Episode: My 2026 Creator Booklist
I’m pulling back the curtain on the physical books sitting on my desk and the digital ones on my to-read list. These are the titles I believe every travel creator, content creator, or creative business owner needs to read in 2026.
📘 Physical Books on My Shelf (A.K.A. The Non-Negotiables)
1. Mindset — Carol Dweck
2. Clear Thinking — Shane Parrish
3. Essentialism — Greg McKeown
4. Effortless — Greg McKeown
5. The Art of Persuasion — Bob Burg
6. Do Nothing — Celeste Headlee
7. Alchemy — Rory Sutherland
📱 Books on My Digital Reading List (2026 Edition)
8. Slow Productivity — Cal Newport
9. 10x Is Easier Than 2x — Dan Sullivan
10. The 12-Week Year Field Guide — Brian P. Moran & Michelle Lewington
11. Never Not Working — Melissa Clark
12. A Healthy State of Panic — Farnoosh Torabi
13. Please Unsubscribe, Thanks — Julio Vincent Gambuto
14. Crossing the Unknown Sea: Work as a Pilgrimage of Identity — David Whyte
15. The Great Stewardess Rebellion — Nell McShane Wulfhart
💬 Episode Highlights
- Why creators need business books, not just “creator inspiration”
- How reading fits into my business planning for 2026
- The books I reread every year (and why)
- What fiction I’m reading behind the scenes (DM me if you want the list!)
- My nerdy love for surveillance capitalism and attention economy
- Why creators must learn business skills if they want sustainability
- How these books align with the systems we’re building inside my community
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