The Sell By: Fredrik Eklund

★★★★★

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I'm a new real estate agent so this book was really informative for me.

I love Fredrik's personality and I love how he's not afraid to show it.

He gives great advice in the book about real estate, business, relationships, and how to be professional.

He really focuses on social media and specifically Instagram which I thought was interesting.


Started Reading: July 22, 2016
Finished Reading: Sept 5, 2016

The Art of War By: Sun Tzu

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★★★★★

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This book is basically a manual for war strategy, it's very text book.

Sun Tzu takes every possible situation and shows how you can be victorious.

Started Reading: Feb 10, 2016
Finished Reading: Feb 10, 2016

Outwitting the Devil By: Napoleon Hill

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★★★★★

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Great book about overcoming fears and anchors that hold you back in life.

Talks about what you should not do when accomplishing success.

I believe that the devil didn't actually speak with Hill, but I feel like Hill was smart in marketing and structuring the book in this way, applying the knowledge and wisdom he took from his life of interviewing successful people.

Started Reading: Dec 29, 2015
Finished Reading: Jan 21, 2016

Moonwalking with Einstein By: Joshua Foer

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★★★★★

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Wow wow wow! What a thought provoking book. I learned a lot about the mind, memorizing, learning, the school system, literature.

Started Reading: July 3, 2014
Finished Reading: April 8, 2015

The Millionaire Next Door By: Thomas J. Stanley & William D. Danko

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★★★★☆

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Very informative book.

It's all about the study of the millionaire's mind.

They have a lot of interesting statistics in the book too.

The only thing I didn't like was that it drags on a lot and is very repetitive.

Started Reading: October 1, 2014.
Finished Reading: October 10, 2014.

The Automatic Millionaire By: David Bach

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★★★★☆

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Best way to not have to be disciplined and budgeted is to make everything automatic.

If it's automatic you don't have to think about it and it's just running in the background.

Even saving 5% of your pay will make a huge difference in the end.

Started Reading: July 3, 2014.
Finished Reading: July 4, 2014.

Today Matters By: John C. Maxwell

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★★★★☆

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"Money doesn't change men, it merely unmasks them. If a man is naturally selfish or arrogant or greedy, the money brings that out, that's all.” - Henry Ford

Sacrifice now, for more options later, money may not bring happiness but it does bring options.

This book is about having value, prioritizing, and practicing them. Really enjoyed this book.

Started Reading: June 9, 2014.
Finished Reading: June 9, 2014.

The Richest Man in Babylon By: George S. Clason

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★★★★★

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Classic values and lessons of dealing with money and persistence.

Always set aside at least 10% of what you made and pay yourself.

Never have money idle, make sure you're making investments to grow the existing money. Yet still enjoy life and treat yourself.

Started Reading: May 27, 2014.
Finished Reading: May 30, 2014.

Cold Hard Truth By: Kevin O'Leary

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★★★★☆

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Kevin is actually a pretty cool guy, he seems so harsh and cold on tv but reading his words changed my opinion of him.

He's so driven and ambitious it's infectious.

It was interesting to see where he's come from and his background. He has a lot of set values that I admire and he inspires me.

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Finished Reading: February 13, 2014

How to Win Friends & Influence People By: Dale Carnegie

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★★★★★

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Life changer. Just read it.

Started Reading: April 8, 2013.
Finished Reading: August 18, 2013.

What the Dog Saw By: Malcolm Gladwell

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★★☆☆☆

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This book was a little difficult to read since it didn't have an overall purpose, it was just study after study, which was interesting but you couldn't read it for hours.

And the studies weren't very interesting either, they were just okay.

Started Reading: April 25, 2013.
Finished Reading: June 4, 2013.

Rich Dad Poor Dad By: Robert T. Kiyosaki

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★★★★☆

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Read: April 10, 2013.

Good moral's, excellent read for a young person. For me personally I didn't learn much but there was much to learn if your not familiar with money management. The author loves to repeat himself a million times about what he preaches which is a good/bad thing. I found the way he thinks is extremely similar to my thinking.

Read again Feb 4, 2016
Great book explaining the mind set of how the rich think. It teaches how to separate yourself from the masses and to take risks and take a path less taken, like owning your own business. There's many perks to operating a business including tax savings compared to the heavy tax from a job (just over broke). Life is not about - Go to school, find a good company to work for, instead, go to school, find a good company to buy. Accumulating assets, and/or assets that produce cash flow, instead of liabilities. "Broke is temporary, poor is eternal."