I've just started reading 4 days ago.
After 19 years of hating books and reading, I decided to change that and start fucking reading. I might be dumb as fuck but at least I can follow the advice the richest people give, and the one I've heard the most is "Read books".
After 4 days of reading, I'm about to finish "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" by Robert Kiyosaki.
I really love this book and I'm sad it's coming to an end but I might read it again sometime.
What book did you read and recommend as my next one? Which one is your favorite? I'm looking to read books in the financial education spectrum.
I've read almost all the books quoted by the other members. I'd like to share my opinion on which books helped me and which ones were a waste of time.
Rhonda Byrne - The Secret
You have also a youtube documentary on it. For me it was very useful, and it is not a big book, you can read it fast
"Thoughts become things" can be the 3 word summary of this book. By the end of the book, I had this unlimited supply of positive thoughts. But that was it, just thoughts. I ended up feeling so good about owning everything I desire already (in my virtual world), then I did not take action to bring my goals to reality. The author did not speak about taking action. I personally know tens of people who regret reading and following the instructions in this book.
In Finance niche, I would recommend you
The Millionaire Next Door - The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy (Thomas J. Stanley).
This is a lovely book. It features individuals and families who made millions even from their normal boring businesses. Before this book, I always thought to become a millionaire, one must start something innovative like Uber or Air BNB etc. The stories of millionaires in this book inspired me to stay focused in my boring apparel store business, and I became moderately successful in it -
you can see my clothing business journey here.
Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck. Changed my perspective on life entirely. I was drowning in "hustle porn" a few years back trying to make side money and this book grounded me. Made me realize how blessed I truly am and how I can reach my goals through consistency and patience. I'm not even sure the book explicitly covers the things I just mentioned but reading it helped me come to these realizations regardless.
Very good book to develop an "I don't give a F*ck" mindset.
There's one book that stands above all other books, as it helped me leave my regular job and become self employed. I read it every 6 months to stay on track. It's "How to get rich" by Felix Dennis. The way this book is different from the other "get wealthy" books is, the author was already a self made millionaire BEFORE he started writing poetry and books. Dennis used to sell magazines on the streets of London as a teenager in the 1960s. In a decade he started his own publishing company.
Most of the other authors mentioned in this post got rich AFTER selling books. . By 1992 Dennis had 3500 employees across 13 countries and had done sales of $2.5 Billion worldwide. He wrote the book in 2006 which was much later. That's why I find his books on the subject more credible. The book is useful if you are aiming for serious wealth, not a couple of million dollars or a comfortable income, but insane wealth.
I'm not insanely wealthy yet, far from it. But the wisdom I got from this book helped me make some high risk and very interesting decisions in my life few years ago
