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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.
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