Robert Kiyosaki: Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!
Rich Dad Poor Dad is perhaps the most influential personal finance book of all time. It will give you a basis of all we talk about on this blog and completely reshape your mindset. The main discussion of the book explains the difference between assets and liabilities, and how buying assets allows money to work for you. This concept is instrumental to achieving financial freedom.
Tim Ferriss: The 4 Hour Workweek: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere, And Join The New Rich
The 4 Hour Workweek is one of the most pivotal books out there to help reach financial freedom. Tim Ferriss’s teachings will allow you to build yourself a business that runs on autopilot through leveraging out responsibilities. It is truly liberating to read Tim’s book and then see what happens when you put his principles in place in your own life to the best of your ability.
Grant Sabatier: Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need
Financial Freedom makes achieving high-level success and sustainability seem so much less daunting and impossible than the majority of people believe. This is a great read for those with immense fear of risk as it will help ease nerves and show that a better life is very achievable.
Clever Fox Planner: Clever Fox Planner – Weekly & Monthly Planner to Increase Productivity, Time Management and Hit Your Goals – Organizer, Gratitude Journal – Undated – Start Anytime, A5, Lasts 1 Year, Rose Gold(Weekly)
Clever Fox Planner is my favorite planner because it allows you to track progress with long and short term goals, and is structured in a way that will help lead to accountability and success.
Burton Malkiel: A Random Walk Down Wall Street
A Random Walk Down Wall Street is hands down one of the best stock market investing books of all time. It shows the various ways you can use and invest in the stock market, and goes into depth about the importance of index funds.
Benjamin Graham: The Intelligent Investor
The Intelligent Investor is a timeless classic that above all other principles illustrates the importance of investing in sound companies that are undervalued. This along with many other tidbits have stood the test of time with this amazing title.
Phillip Fisher: Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits
Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits is another classic stock market book that has stood the test of time. It is filled with golden tips and advice throughout.
Jordan Peterson Books: Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life , 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
Perhaps the most influential mind of our generation, Jordan Peterson goes into his principles of life in depth throughout these two books. Watch his lectures and read his books. They will change your life forever.
Brandon Turner: The Book on Rental Property Investing
The Book on Rental Property Investing is a beginners guide on how to invest in what I believe is the greatest asset in the world, real estate! Turner provides valuable insight into the basic aspects that make up real estate investing in this easily digestible book that the newbie investor can understand and learn from.
David Greene: Sold
Sold is directed at real estate agents, but really offers great principles to follow for any business owner. I would recommend this book highly to anyone looking to simplify and grow their business.
Dan Sullivan and Dr. Benjamin Hardy: Who Not How
Who Not How talks a lot about how to identify problems the right way by asking “who can do this for me?” instead of “how can I do this?”, and how finding the right help can make a huge difference. This is hands down one of the most influential books I have ever read and hope you get the same value from it as I have.
Cameron Herold: Vivid Vision
Vivid Vision is an amazing guide to help structure your business and life. Entrepreneur and business coach Cameron Herold breaks down his Vivid Vision which takes the place of a mission statement. Mission statements are usually broad and open to interpretation. Vivid Visions help portray to your employees exactly what you see for the future of your company, and get others to buy into your vision to help turn it into a reality.
George S. Clason: The Richest Man In Babylon
The Richest Man In Babylon is a classic century old tale of financial literacy. It’s amazing lessons and teachings have stood the test of time. Never has wealth building been so easily explained in a way that seems achievable to anyone. This timeless gem is a must-read for anyone who wants to better their life and reach financial freedom.
David Greene: Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat. The BRRRR Rental Property Investment Strategy Made Simple
BRRRR is an amazing real estate investing technique that allows you to keep recycling the same capital to buy more investments. David Greene does a masterful job breaking down this concept into understandable, tangible, and actionable knowledge. At first glance, the BRRRR strategy can be tricky, but by using the techniques Greene talks about in this book, it can become a process that is very much achievable for anyone.
Brandon Turner: The Book On Real Estate Investing With No and Low Money Down
No and Low Money Down is an amazing guide on how anyone can invest in real estate regardless of who they are, how much money they have, or any other factors that keep people from investing. Turner goes over many methods of getting into real estate investing using none to little of your own money, opening the barrier of entry to real estate investing to anyone who has the drive to learn and take action!
J Scott: The Book On Flipping Houses
As an investor who started his career around the 2008 crash, J Scott understands real estate at a level few do. His understanding of acquiring and flipping homes is second to none, and he outlines an actionable course for one to take to flip your first or next house in this book. Whether you want to flip as a side hustle to fund more buy and hold deals or you want a full-time income, The Book On Flipping Houses might be the answer to your prayers.
Hal Elrod: The Miracle Morning
Never has there been a more accurate book title than The Miracle Morning. Hal’s morning routine is nothing short of a miracle. Even if you’re “not a morning person”, this book will convince you that anyone can and should be, and that the power of self-belief and affirmations truly affect the subconscious and how we think and feel. The goal of a miracle morning is to have time every day to work on yourself, and this method accomplishes that at the highest degree. If you struggle with discipline, accountability, or improving yourself on a daily basis, this book will change your life forever if you implement it’s teachings and stay consistent.
Napoleon Hill: Think and Grow Rich
Think and Grow Rich is a masterful decade’s old book that illustrates the simplicity of building wealth by pulling examples from some of the wealthiest people this world has ever seen. Every single person who builds wealth has one thing in common, and it can be found in this book. Although wealth building is simple, its no easy feat and requires immense belief in oneself and relentless determination.
Jocko Willink and Leif Babin: Extreme Ownership
Extreme Ownership is an intense book that demonstrates the characteristics of what makes a great leader great. An ability to take ownership over every single mistake, whether it be themselves personally or a subordinate, is always the responsibility of a great leader. Taking on this accountability instead of projecting blame rallies others around you, and allows you to see where things may have went wrong so you can improve and avoid making the same mistake twice. These principles are lacking in today’s society and are severely needed to create great men and women who lead our country into the future.
Michael Gerber: The E-Myth Revisited
The E-Myth Revisited is an amazing book that teaches the value of systems and how they allow you to scale sustainably for a long period of time more so than anything solely hard work could produce. Learning to work on your business rather than in it is the only possible way for you to reach the next level of success. Embrace the idea of “The Franchise Model”, and create your systems to do the heavy lifting for you with this classic read!
Gino Wickman and Mark C. Winters: Rocket Fuel
Rocket Fuel illustrates the dichotomy between the most important relationship in any business, the visionary and the integrator. The visionary’s job is to solve the big problems and to create the big vision for the business, while the integrator formulates that idea into reality through systems and processes. These two key personalities are vital for the growth and sustained success of any business.
David H. Sandler: You Can’t Teach A Kid To Ride A Bike At A Seminar
You Can’t Teach A Kid To Ride A Bike At A Seminar is the definitive sales classic that reshaped the way the sales industry conducts business. Instead of the traditional way of pushing a product’s features and benefits, this new take on sales teaches salespeople to probe for a prospect’s pain and helps the prospect find the solution to their pain in your product or service on their own terms.
Dr. Matthew Walker, phD: Why We Sleep, Unlocking The Power Of Sleep And Dreams
Why We Sleep, Unlocking The Power Of Sleep And Dreams brings the conversation about sleep into the spotlight and how so many people suffer at the expense of, or more precisely, lack thereof, sleep. Walker dives deep into the cognitive and physical advancements possible of the human body and brain through the simple process of obtaining a nightly sleep of 8 hours, and methodically picks through the detriments of failing to do so. This book will never make you want to miss another necessary minute of shut eye ever again…
Gary Keller and Jay Papasan: The ONE Thing
The ONE Thing is an amazing guide to success that challenges the preconceived notions of achieving it. Instead of going big and casting a wide net, The ONE Thing argues to narrow your approach and focus on the smaller things you do best. The combination of thinking big, teaming up with others and harnessing the power of their “ONE Thing” while continuing to recognize and utilize yours is a superpower for success. The ONE Thing is a guide on how to unlock this superpower.
Wealth Without Cash is the blueprint for getting started in real estate investing from the ground up regardless of how much cash you have, your knowledge base, or any other limiting factors or beliefs. In the book, Pace walks through creative real estate acquisition strategies such as subject to, seller finance, and much more. He reiterates that your most important step is your next step and the best thing you can do to build your wealth in real estate or anything for that matter is to simply just get started.
Patrick Bet-David: Your Next Five Moves: Master The Art Of Business Strategy
Your Next Five Moves is a book about vision and the discipline to see your vision through. In it, you will learn to understand yourself and your needs, how to process issues, build your team, and crush the competition! The only limits for your growth are the limits you self impose both consciously and subconsciously. Plotting your next moves with the end in mind makes the journey seem a little less daunting and a little more tangible.
Cal Newport: So Good They Can’t Ignore You
“Follow your passion”, is the advice we receive from all our teachers and parents at a young age. “Follow your passion and you’ll never work a day in your life.” So Good They Can’t Ignore You dispels the notion of this passion theory. In it, author Cal Newport argues that passion is derived from proficiency and autonomy and is not something that can just be found. Using what he calls “career capital” which is essentially valuable experience and skills, you can level up in your career path and unlock the passion you desire rather than chase your tail looking for it elsewhere.
Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant
There is a sea of red oceans out there where the competition is furiously fighting one another for the same market share. Creating a new submarket to differentiate from that red ocean in turn creates a blue ocean of uncontested market share. Stand out from the competition by changing the market entirely and tackle problems that create an audience your previous competition all but neglects. Blue Ocean Strategy is the blueprint on running a successful business without the extensive competition!
The 12 Week year is a systematic program to get more done in less time. It reframes the year into a 12 week period making the time within those 12 weeks much more valuable. The book highlights tactics to increase self accountability and avoid excuses when trying to reach your goals and achieve your vision. I am currently using this program with my team and it has helped us align our actions and intentions with our goals in the highest performing way possible!
As a high achiever, it is natural that we measure our success against our ideals. This creates an issue that Dr. Benjamin Hardy and Dan Sullivan refer to as being in the gap. When we measure things forward, we are constantly shooting for a moving goalpost in our lives. When we measure backwards, we see all we’ve accomplished and achieved through our journey so far in our lives and are in turn more fulfilled and grateful. This is called being in the gain and it can be the most simple yet most powerful tool in your toolbelt!
James Clear: Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
Habits shape your identity. In order to create the identity we want for ourselves, we need to learn how to break bad habits and establish good ones. The Four Laws of Behavioral Change make understanding just how to do this simple. They are, make it obvious, make it attractive, make it easy, and make it satisfying. By following these four laws as outlined in the book, you will be well on your way to establishing habits that’ll last a lifetime!
Cal Newport: Deep Work: Rules For Focused Success In A Distracted World
We live in the most distracted time in human history. With the advent of the smartphone, internet, social media, and the constant dinging of all these devices and applications in our ear constantly, its no wonder its difficult to concentrate! Couple that with busywork being prioritized over deep and productive work by employers and teachers and you have a disaster waiting to happen! Deep work is a method in which we enhance our concentration by eliminating distraction from our lives for a prolonged period of time. This time allows us to fall deep into concentration and reach levels of productivity that wouldn’t be possible otherwise.
The 12 Week Year is a concept that allows you to get more done in 12 weeks than most do in an entire year. The concepts force you to get serious about attainable goal planning and really nail down the “tactics” to achieve these goals within the 12 week timeframe. These tactics are designed to be actionable and measurable on a day to day basis so that by completing them, tangible progress is being made towards your goals every day. This is a MUST READ for anyone looking to produce results both in their business and personal lives.
Simon Sinek: Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t
Leaders Eat Last is an amazing narration of how the culture of leadership in America has over time turned into something that cares more about numbers than people. Author, Simon Sinek, uses scientific and case study research to back his beliefs in a people-centric working environment rather than one that relies on numbers and book balancing which is how most modern corporations and businesses are run. When a leader puts their people first, people are capable of extraordinary things and the workplace becomes one of collaboration, productivity, and advancement.
Crucial Conversations is a must read for anyone looking to better their ability to communicate effectively. Some of the key principles the book emphasizes is establishing a circle of safety with the person you’re in communication with, active listening, establishing mutual purpose for the conversation, and let facts lead the conversation over assumptions and biases. To be an effective communicator, you must have the skills this book preaches.
Maxwell Maltz, MD, FICS: Psycho-Cybernetics: Updated and Expanded
Psycho-Cybernetics uncovers the true power we hold over our lives with something so simple yet so overlooked. That is the power of our unconscious mind. What we tell ourselves consciously and what we develop as conscious beliefs sync into our subconscious. If we are not careful and cognizant of what we are led to believe, our subconscious mind can become our worst enemy, literally sabotaging any chance we have at success. On the other hand, with the right frame of mind. we can do and achieve anything. This book will unlock a new world for you, one where you realize how much control you truly have over your life. Use this power wisely.
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