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<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 2462" data-quote="Gymjunkie" data-source="post: 378390" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=378390" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-378390">Gymjunkie said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Yeah, not really a believer so gonna skip it then.. thought it&#039;s different. <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-smile2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /> Cheers! </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>I was in the same boat, however, it was a great read. The belief parts you can just imagine them as the laws of the universe or something.<br /> <br /> Current reads:<br /> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Influence - Robert Cialdini</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ca$hvertising - Trying to read the whole thing this time</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Secrets of Power Negotiating</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Art of War</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Poor Charlie&#039;s Almanack (This thing is worth it!)</li> </ul><br /> Read recently (Last two weeks)<br /> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Lean Startup</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sam Walton: Made in America</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Thick Face: Black Heart</li> </ul></div>
 
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<div class="bbWrapper">Came across MJs reccomended reading list recently...So I&#039;m about to finish: What Rich People know and desperately want to keep secret. Good read so far some practical strategies on how to run a business I think it may be a few years old now but I feel the advice is still very relevant now. Next onto to Cashvertising, and unfortunately I cannot locate Who owns the Icehouse so I will have to order that one online...also completing a writeup for my partner and I on Lean Startup.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">100 to 1 in the stock market. Some nice 1970s wisdom on stock investing.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 17744" data-quote="Mike Kavanagh" data-source="post: 397232" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=397232" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-397232">Mike Kavanagh said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Poor Charlie&#039;s Almanack (This thing is worth it!) </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> YES.<br /> <br /> Got some new reads.<br /> <br /> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The 48 Laws of Power</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Family Fortunes</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Breakthrough Advertising</li> </ul></div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Man I am reading Thou Shall Prosper by Rabbi Daniel Lapin and it is <b>phenomenal<br /> </b><br /> Second only to TMF</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><b>Self-Discipline in 10 days: How To Go From Thinking to Doing</b><br /> <br /> Great book if you tend to overthink things. What I got from it:<br /> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><b>Part of you doesn&#039;t want you to succeed. Because succeeding means going through discomfort and pain.</b> That part of you is called Hyde in the book (as in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde). It&#039;s the childish side of a person, who just wants to play and have fun and avoid discomfort. You beat Hyde by STARTING (forcing yourself to take action, breaking a big goal down into smaller goals and completing them one by one) and FOCUSING (reminding yourself what you&#039;re doing through positive self-talk therefore shutting out Hyde who&#039;s constantly trying to talk and trick you into a distraction too.)</li> </ul>It works really. I&#039;ve been a productivity Machine ever since I read it two days ago and the changes I had to make to get there were minor (mindset changes).</div>
 
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<div class="bbWrapper"><i><b><a href="http://theleanstartup.com" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="noopener">The Lean Startup</a></b></i> and <i><b><a href="http://tractionbook.com/" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="noopener">Traction</a></b></i>. Just started both.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">@<a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/members/23081/" class="username" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" data-user-id="23081" data-username="pickeringmt">pickeringmt</a> thanks for the heads up on Rabbi Daniel Lapins book...powerful stuff!</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 23081" data-quote="pickeringmt" data-source="post: 397290" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=397290" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-397290">pickeringmt said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Man I am reading Thou Shall Prosper by Rabbi Daniel Lapin and it is <b>phenomenal<br /> </b><br /> Second only to TMF </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Thanks for the recommendation. That book is insane. I gotta say before reading it I sometimes wondered about &#039;unproportionate&#039; number of Jews in business, but the author explains why that is perfectly. I&#039;m not going to spoil it for someone who&#039;s going to read it, but I&#039;ll say it has something to do with the familiar concept of CREATING VALUE.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 14021" data-quote="TheKing" data-source="post: 402897" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=402897" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-402897">TheKing said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Thanks for the recommendation. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Yeah, I found the premise of the book a bit odd at first glance, but as soon as I started reading it I was hooked. The book was actually given to me at least a year or so ago, and I just shelved it. I was bored one night and picked it up.<br /> <br /> I just love the connection it makes between business and what I would consider spirituality. It is so awesome to see a really solid connection between the two. Both of these areas are very important to me, but have always kinda been in separate silos of my life.<br /> <br /> Very cool, multi-faceted book touching on a huge range of things. <br /> <br /> Glad you enjoyed it as well <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/members/14021/" class="username" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" data-user-id="14021" data-username="@TheKing">@TheKing</a> .</div>
 
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<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 11296" data-quote="craig1928" data-source="post: 403050" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=403050" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-403050">craig1928 said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> the power of now, so good so far </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> If you&#039;re reading it, I STRONGLY recommend getting the audiobook. So much better, as it is Eckhart himself speaking. His voice is very powerful and conveys the message better in my opinion.<br /> <br /> Currently reading Abundance: The Future is Better Than You Think</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">How To Win Friends &amp; Influence People by Dale Carnegie</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">I am currently reading TMF (15 pages left) and I have got to say it is amazing. Also, Choose yourself by James Altucher, Toilet paper entrepeneur, and not connected to the business world :The Ruins by Scott Smith, whick is really f*cked up to say the least..</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins </li> </ul><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss</li> </ul></div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Hmm...I&#039;ve been reading just about everything from leadership, sports psychology, mental toughness, non-violent communication, and relationships, writing, grammar, editing, marketing. Problem is they all say the same thing, and you probably can find the same information in the books already listed.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Recent for me:<br /> Lean Marketing by Sean Ellis (Basically his blog posts in ebook format. Recommended)<br /> Biography of Nikola Tesla (If you aren&#039;t educated on Tesla, check him out. Pretty eye opening<br /> Biography of Alexander the Greats campaigns</div>
 
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<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 23081" data-quote="pickeringmt" data-source="post: 397290" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=397290" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-397290">pickeringmt said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Man I am reading Thou Shall Prosper by Rabbi Daniel Lapin and it is <b>phenomenal</b> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Now is November&#039;s Giveaway on the Inside! Thanks for the recommendation.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 8202" data-quote="Vigilante" data-source="post: 403093" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=403093" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-403093">Vigilante said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Just discovered this guy in a used book store last week. I only breezed through a collection of his essays so far, but another one that stood out to me along with <i>Civil Disobedience </i>was <i>Walking</i>.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">I am currently reading The 4 hour work week, and for some reason I have read a third of it and not so impressed yet. Maybe I have high expectations since this book is one of the most recommended ones. Or maybe it is because I feel it is more like a manual to outsourcing. Hopefully there will be other interesting chapters coming up in the book.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 27016" data-quote="pz4ever" data-source="post: 411592" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=411592" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-411592">pz4ever said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I am currently reading The 4 hour work week, and for some reason I have read a third of it and not so impressed yet. Maybe I have high expectations since this book is one of the most recommended ones. Or maybe it is because I feel it is more like a manual to outsourcing. Hopefully there will be other interesting chapters coming up in the book. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote> <br /> Im about the same distance through the 4HWW and like you am not overly impressed yet, some good tips on outsourcing etc, hope it gets better.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 26513" data-quote="xabi" data-source="post: 411847" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=411847" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-411847">xabi said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Im about the same distance through the 4HWW and like you am not overly impressed yet, some good tips on outsourcing etc, hope it gets better. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Funny, that&#039;s about where I set it down too.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">I&#039;m rather a fan of Tim Ferriss and his 4 hour workweek (Tim IS polarizing I&#039;ve found you love him or hate him...and those that hate him seem stuck on the 4 hour thing.....you work your a$$ off for a year then you CAN work 4 hours a day, not just work 4 hours a day from the get go)....but I bet he wishes he had stuck with the original title &quot;drug dealing for fun and profit&quot;<br /> <br /> Book i&#039;m on<br /> Poverty Sucks! How to Become a Self-Made Millionaire by Ms. Aimee Elizabeth<br /> starts off with a rag to riches story (and the rags part are a doozy) then gets into how to start a service business (or how to pick the best one for you)<br /> only about halfway through but quite interesting (if you have kindle unlimited its a borrower book)</div>
 
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