What's On Your Reading List?
Hey everyone!
So, each weekend, I will write out my plan for the coming week, complete with posts to write, tasks that must be completed, a studying timetable, and a list of books to read. Little did I realise that the last point on that list was actually the most important.
I've always loved reading, and I was lucky enough to grow up in a very personal-development-rich environment. In fact, as a teenager, I was surrounded by very successful network marketers, who actively encouraged us to read personal development books.
I'm 26 now, and have had a long break from that environment....but the similarities between the network marketing environment and Wealthy Affiliate are astonishing. Both of them are very supportive places, where you're encouraged to ask questions, learn, and grow.
I think that a very large part of my growth has been down to the books I've read, so I wanted to share a few titles with you, both of my all time favourites, and my current reading list.
Here we go then, my all time favourites:
- Rich Dad Poor Dad - this book changed my entire outlook on finance, and showed me that there's a better way than simply 40 hrs/week for life.
- 7 Strategies For Wealth And Happiness - Jim Rohn is a legend, and I'll read anything he writes. This is simply a personal favourite, and my favourite personal development book ever.
- The 4 Hour Work Week - showed me that my dream of creating a mobile business could very well become a reality.
- The E-Myth Revisited - really great, easy read for understanding how to grow a small business.
- Outliers - speaks for itself, an absolutely fascinating look at humans and exceptional performance.
- The Survivor Personality - an obscure choice, but this book explained so much of life to me, and helped me to understand that surviving hardship will make or break you....let it make you.
- Turning Pro - this book genuinely changed something inside of me, and showed me how to get the best out of myself, face my fears, and stop running away from what I should be doing with my life.
And my current reading list looks something like this:
- Pour Your Heart Into It (just finished, it's a great read- the story of how Starbucks started)
- Made In America
- The Science of Getting Rich
So, over to you:
What are your favourite books of all time (ideally relating to business/finance/personal development)?
And which books have changed your life?
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I'm listening to "Black Box Thinking", a very interesting book about success and how's it's linked to learning from your failures. Loads of great examples of how many types of people never learn, how they cover up and re-frame their mistakes.
That sounds really interesting- I've never heard of it before but am now going to do some research....it'll be added to my reading list!
It makes so much sense, too, that in order to grow we must learn from our mistakes.
Thanks for sharing.
Chloe
It's definitely worth getting. It explains why and how certain groups or types of people never admit their mistakes. Think politicians, doctors, and lawyers. Also explains how the airline industry is the most open and pro-active industry in the world because every time there is an accident the black box is scrutinized by an independent organisation and the information made public. Hence, the name of the book :-). Some very interesting real-life stories in there. I'm about one-third the way through.
I have to read the four hour work week. I must spend that much time(if not more) weekly just going though email!
Debby
Haha, you're right about that, Debby!
Even though I didn't cut my hours down after reading this book, it certainly inspired me to work smarter, not just harder.
I'd definitely recommend it :)
Some good reading going on their currently I am still working my way through awaken the sleeping giant within you,, by Tony Robbins the last one was the 7 highly effective habits by Stephen Covey , it all helps develop us and build a great attitude
How are you finding the book? I think I read it a while back, but can't remember....and on that note, I'll definitely have to re-read it.
Ah, 7 habits is another fantastic book- there's so many to choose from, it's awesome.
Thanks for sharing :)
Chloe
I am enjoying it thank you there is something to be gained from these good books and agree there are too many to choose from
Good morning Chloe. I like your suggested reading materials. . Would help me more smarter:) So far, I have been reading not books but some blogs aligned to sales and marketing where my career is. Super thanks taking the time to share.
Good morning Coney!
I'm glad you got something from the list, and there are also some brilliant suggestions coming in from the comments.
That's great, though, that you get a lot from blogs- would you recommend any in particular? One of my favourite bloggers right now is Neil Patel, his site is an absolute goldmine of fantastic information.
I am a free subscriber to several content marketing entities and receiving daily blogs. To name a few.
Jess at Contently, Hubspot Blog, Daniel Tan (SEOpressor), Georgina from Unbounce, Brian Dean and sometimes I get a blog from Jeff Bullas.
Hi Chloe,
I enjoy good self-help books oriented to wealth creation such as the ones you list, but I find I get a great deal more from occasionally reading the classics. I would say that one of the most important books ever written in the English language is Edward Gibbon's "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" that he finished writing in the evening of 27 June of 1787. It's not a short paperback, it's written in a somewhat difficult 18th century pedagogical style but it not only provides a complete history of Rome's rise and fall and the reasons behind it (and explains why America finds itself in its current condition by analogy) but also illuminates how and why the modern European and Asian world came to be in the form it is today, with its national, religious and philosophical divisions. It also teaches the reader a set of methods by which to examine any question methodically, logically and with rigorous intellectual discipline. It's a difficult book to read, at first, but those who read it in its entirety transform the manner in which they see the world and the way to approach the solution of difficult issues. It's for people who are intellectually brave, and want to expand their mind and not erect blinders that focus them on the sole issue of becoming wealthy.
There are a great many more classics that also deserve attention for similar reasons. I prefer to read both types of books because it helps me place the goal of wealth creation in a broader context of possible purposes of my life beyond pure self-interest.
Gene Laka
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Thanks for the recommendations
Sami
You're very welcome, Sami :)