Don Juan's Bookshelf

[phatboi408]

whoops I din't mean to have 3 posts.

 

[phatboi408]

sorry

 

[phatboi408]

My mom gave me Rich Dad Poor Dad a week ago and I finished it that day too. It really got me thinking and I'm glad i got the book at 16 so now I am buying all kinds of book so I can build a sense of how to make many work for me.

Your Knowlegde is the most important asset/investment you can ever have. And it is even better if you use it.

Knowledge apllied is power.

 

[Krassus]

You got it at 16? Lucky guy!

 

[phatboi408]

Yeah so I have 2 years before I'm 18 to read.

 

[A-Unit]

Re:

Acquisition of knowledge is a means to an end.

Some books I like, though you don't have to like them:

*The Stellar Man
*The Power of Concentration
*Way of the Peaceful Warrior
*33 Ways to the Infinte Self
*Silent Power
*The Master Key System
*Think and Grow Rich
*The Psycholog of Winning Program
*21 Secrets of Self Made Millionaire
*Behold a Pale Horse
*The Book of Secrets
*The Secret
*The Disclosure Project

Finance:
*The Richest Man in Babylon
*Rich Dad Poor Dad Series

My finance books are very prolific, perhaps 100, in various formats. I haven't tackled them all, but I do tap books here and there and take what works for me now, and leave the rest for later. I don't think finance books can be written to achieve a solid net worth, because in most cases, they don't write books like that. Trump does, but his books are very showy. They have some pearls of wisdom, but there's not a book in my estimation that would teach one to be worth 10,000,000 dollars. If it did, it would talk about systematic investing on monthly basis which would require 10,000 per month to achieve. Some R/E books hint at it, but achieving a high net worth is more a function of DRIVE, than some financial plan to achieving it. You could save every penny you earn, invest it, and then in 15 years your prudent investing program might yield a sizeable net worth, but most Finance books speak only in concepts because the author got rich WRITING that book, not on actually being wealthy before it. The better books to read in achieving a supra high networth would be BUSINESS, SALES, MARKETING, R/E, and then extracting concepts from finance books ON HOW to create and manage money. Even then, most are aimed at the masses, rather than a holistic approach.

While some might decry options, futures, and commodities are risky, fewer people dabble in them versus the stock market, so the potential for higher returns exists. I would take the tract of learning lesser known methods of investing to achieve a well-rounded financial plan. A solid base of liquidity is a must for any person, but beyond that, I would select non-traditional means of accumulating capital, such as REITS, options, commodities, hedge funds, and futures.



A-Unit

 

[g g g unit]

How many books are in the rich dad poor dan series and what are the names because amazon is driving me crazy and il probably end up ordering the same book more than once lol.

And is there by any chance a stock market and commodity trader book for dummies??????

 

[piterx]

I'd encourage and recommend a book called Wild at Heart by John Eldredge.

It's a book on masculinity and follows a similar thread as this forum. I'm only half down, but it's been the best brain protein I've digested since I found this site. It's shuffled some of the pieces around and rearranged them.

It's about being a man, not getting chicks. But getting chicks is not an issue for a man; so why not concentrate on being a man, chicks are a bonus.

!GEORGE GORDON

wild at heart,also the movie of david lynch am i right?

 

[Mac_Laaarry]

Think and grow rich is an excellent book. If you're black or are interested inlearning more about black history i suggest you pick up Think and Grow Rich: A Black Choice. It has much more content than the original and a ton of motivational stories.

 

[djtdot]

Tough Times Don't Last But Tough People Do. I read this book in grade 10 I think. My rank in grade 9 was 35 or so out of 82. In grade 10 it was 5 out of the same 82. Now that was one inspiring book at that time.

 

[beyonder]

My Essential Readlist

Julius Fast - Body Language
Allan Pease - Body Language (1988)
Don Steele - Body Language Secrets (A Guide During Courtship and Dating)
The Multi-Orgasmic Man (ebook)
Robert Greene - The 48 Laws Of Power
Joel Bauer - How To Persuade People Who Dont Want To Be Persuaded
The Venutian Arts Handbook (Mystery Method)
Carlos Xuma - Secrets of the Alpha

 

[B-Lemond]

How do you find the time to read all those books?

The Attractor Factor - "The only self-help book you'll ever need!"