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[PaulRobert]

Finished- The Secret

Currently reading- The Big Idea by Donny Deutsch

 

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[hatterasguy]

The Forgotten 500, its about downed airmen in WW2. Now that school is in, I'm slowing down on a lot of reading. I have case studies about Walfart to read, yeah!


I'm looking for a good fantasy series to sink my teeth into, something thats not a manga I'm following to many of those as it is. Nothing has struck my fancy though.

Finished it, also read:

Panzer Battles by F.W. Von Mellenthin.

Fantastic read, written in the typical German fashion of concise detail with little story telling. Although Mellenthin isn't nearly as dry as Guderian, he certianly is no story teller like Hans Von Luck. Mellenthin's book was fascinating from a tactical level on the Russian front. Hearing how the 48th Panzer Corps faught and the tacits that worked against the Russians was interesting. I know modern generals still read it, I think it gives some good ideas how to operate when you are outnumbed and have a long front. As Mellenthin said the German army could operate with a favorable chance of victory at 5 to 1 odds. He doubts if any modern army could do better than that. Mellenthin also lived long enough to incorperate modern developments into his book, both political and technical.

Now I'm working on:

On War By General Carl von Clausewitz
A Narrative of a Revolutionary Solder, Some of the Adventures, Dangers, and Sufferings of Joseph Plumb Martin.

http://www.mccsiwakuni.com/docs/rsc/data/20061107202522MarineCorpsProfessionalReadingList.pdf
Here is one of my reading lists.

I still want to read some more on the Wehrmacht, probably Rommel next. After I'm done with Germany I'll switch to Japan. I think I'll read about the Shinsingumi, Tokugawa bakufu, Ishin-shishi, and Meiji era. I want to learn how a country can transform so quickly and in a fairly bloodless manner. Also the foundation for WW2 was laid at these times.

I have given up on finding a good fantasy series for the time being, I'm just watching Stargate SG1 again for the first time in years. Screw reading something else.

Its fascinating how things are so interconnected. I'm a WW2 buff but to properly understand the Germans tactics I have to go back to Clausewitz. By doing so I can see the grains that great thinkers like Guderian and Manstein took and developed into modern warefare.

 

[Scout]

So I started to go through the thread to choose my next book and was getting lost so I took my lunch break and consolidated all the books mentioned to date. So with the list completed I'm now overwhelmed in what to choose next. :huh2:

Here is the list, I tried to put them in categories but having not read them they may be miss placed. Also if the title has a number in brackets in the front, they were listed by that many people.


$$$$

The Top 10 Distinctions Between Millionaires and the Middle Class, by Keith Cameron Smith
(2) Zero to One Million..., by Ryan Allis
Ready, Fire, Aim: Zero to $100 Million in No Time Flat, by Michael Masterson
Gold: The Once and Future Money, by Nathan Lewis
(2) The Richest Man in Babylon, George Clason
(3) RDPD, by Robert Kioysaki
(2) Cash Flow Quadrant, by Robert Kiyosaki
(2) Guide to Investing, by Robert Kiyosaki
Success Stories, by Robert Kiyosaki
Retire Young, Retire Rich, by Kiyosaki
Free File Hosting - File Dropper: File Host for Mp3, Videos, Music, Documents.
(5) How To Get Rich, by Felix Dennis.
How to Get Rich, by Donald Trump
(2) Think and Grow Rich, by Napoleon Hill
The Teenage Investor
Internet Riches
Your idea can make you rich
The Science of Getting Rich, by Wallace D. Wattles
Who took my Money,
(2) The Millionaire Maker, by Loral Langemeier
Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom, by Van Tharp
The Millionaire Mind, by Thomas Stanley
Getting Started with Options,
(2) Why We Want You To Be Rich,
Rich Dad Prophecy, by Robert Kiyosaki
Million Dollar Habits, by Brian Tracy
Intelligent Investor,
The One Minute Millionaire,
Million bucks by 30, by Alan Corey
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, by Edwin Lefèvre
Trading for a Living, by Alexander Elder
Trend Following, by Michael W. Covel
How I Trade for a Living, by Gary Smith
The Little Book That Beats the Market, by Joel Greenblatt
Cracking the Millionaire Code, by Mark Victor Hansen/Robert G. Allen
The Warren Buffet Way, by Robert G. Hagstrom, JR.

Real Estate

Investing in Commercial RE, by Trump University
Investing in Real Estate for Dummies
(4) The Millionaire Real Estate Investor, by Keller
Real Estate 101, By Trump University
The Complete Guide to Flipping Properties, by Steve Burgess
Grow Rich with the Property Cycle, by Kieran Trass
(2) Nothing Down for the 2000's, by Steve Allen
The Pre-foreclosure Real Estate Handbook, by Frankie Orlando
Dictionary of Real Estate Terms, by Barrons
Real-estate Advantages
(3) ABC's to Realestate
The Landlord's Troubleshooter
(3) The Complete Guide to Buying and Selling Apartment Buildings, by Steve Burgess
(4) How to Buy and Sell Apartment Buildings, by Vollucci's
Landlording: A Handy manual for Scrupulous Landlords and Landladies Who Do It Themselves
Real Estate Investing in Canada, by Don R. Campbell
How I turned $1,000 into Five Million in Real Estate, by William Nickerson
How to Get Started in Real Estate Investing, by Robert Irwin
Tips & Tricks When Mortgage Hunting, by Robert Irwin
Tips & Tricks When Negotiating Real Estate, by Robert Irwin
(2) Every Landlords Tax Deduction Guide, by Stephen Fishman
Home Inspection Handbook, John E. Traister
The Complete Landlording Handbook, Socartes
Buying Real Estate Foreclosures, by Melissa S. Kollen-Rice
The Pre-Foreclosure Property Investor’s Kit, by Thomas J. Lucier

Strategy

(2) The Art of the Start, by Guy Kawasaki
(4) How To Win Friends & Influence People, by Dale Carnegie
The Power of Now, by Eckhart Tolle
Rule #1, by Phil Town
The Big Idea, by Donny Deutsch
The Greatest Salesman In The World, by Og Mandino
Mavericks At Work, by William Taylor and Polly Labarre
(2) 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People, by Stephen Covey
Selling the Dream, by Guy Kawasaki
Negotiating for dummies,
The ultimate sales letter, by Dan Kennedy
(2) Getting everything you can out of all you've got, by Jay Abraham
Art of The Comeback,
21 Ways You Can Out-Think, Out-Perform, and Out-Earn the Competition,
100 ways to motivate yourself,
(4) Awaken the Giant Within, by Tony Robbins
How life imitates chess , by Gary Kasparov
Successfull Interpersonal Communication - Another handbook
How to have kick-a$$ ideas, by Chris Barez-Brown
Succeed on Your Own Terms, by Herb Greenberg and Patrick Sweeney
Instant Systems, by Bradley J. Sugars
(2) Sales Dogs, by RD advisor
Plug Your Book, by Steve Weber
Raising the Bar,
The Tipping point, by Malcom Gladwell
Integrity-The Courage To Meet The Demands Of Reality, by Henry Cloud
The 48 Laws of Power, by Robert Greene
The Power of Focus, by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Les Hewitt
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity, by David Allen
Stop Procrastination Now!,
(2) Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive, by Harvey Mackay
3 Steps to Yes, by Gene Bedell
The MavHERick Mind, by Liz Pabon
Blue Ocean Strategy,
Coach Yourself to Success, by Talane Meander
The Law of Attraction, by Esther & Jerry Hicks
(2) Think Big and Kick a$$, by Donald Trump

Business

Every Business Is A Growth Business, by Ram Charan
Before You Quit Your Job, by RK
Smartest Guys in the Room, and on Idealized Design,
(3) Internet Riches, by Scott Fox
Start Your Own e-Business, by McGarve (old library book)
When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long Term Capital Management, by Roger Lowenstein
(5) The 4-Hour Workweek, by Timothy Ferris
(2) Guerrilla Marketing For Writers, by Jay Conrad Levinson
The Forgotten 500,
Marketing, by Trump University
The Birth of Plenty : How the Prosperity of the Modern World was Created, by William Bernstein
Gold and Iron, by Fritz Stern
Beating the Street, by Peter Lynch

Other

Hold'em Wisdom For All Players, by Daniel Negreanu
e book. http://www.robbooker.com/books/Mirac...Discipline.pdf
Ulysses, by James Joyce
The Naked Gentleman, by Sally MacKenzie
(2) The Secret,
Chain of Blame,
The E-Myth Revisited, by Michael Gerber
Panzer Battles, by F.W. Von Mellenthin
On War, By General Carl von Clausewitz
An Introduction to Psychology
(2) Harry Potter
Spook Country, by William Gibson
Writing Non-Fiction, by Dan Poynter
Self-Publishing Manual, by Dan Poynter
Animal Farm , by George Orwell
Culture Warrior, by Bill O'reilly
Parenting the Hurt Child,
(2) World is flat, by Thomas L Friedman,
THE DIP, by Seth Godin
Big Russ and Me: Father and Son: Lessons of Life, By Tim Russert
The Age of Turbulence,
The Long Tail,
Interred with their Bones,
The Driver, by Alex Roy
(2) Atlas Shrugged,
The Fountainhead,
The Bridal Quest, by Candace Camp

 

[Scout]

Already back on track, I just finished downloading: The One Minute Millionaire (e-audio, free through my library). Figure it will be a good way to make up the 1/2hr it took me to put together the list.

After that based on other peoples comments and repeated entries I'm going with:

How To Get Rich, by Felix Dennis
How To Win Friends & Influence People, by Dale Carnegie

 

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[hatterasguy]

The problem with all those money books is they start to say the same things after awhile.

 

[qwerety]

Self Discipline In 10 Days
by Theodore Bryant
(Only read a certain amount of pages a day and will finish in 8 days)

Enhancing Trader Performance
by Brett N. Steenbarger

Next ones which may be in just under 2 weeks

The Top 10 Distinctions Between Millionaires and the Middle Class
by Keith Cameron Smith

Fooled By Randomness
by Nassim Taleb

 

[Pinnacle]

Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
by Ayn Rand

One of the greatest books ever written. Though it was written maybe 40 years ago, the message is as current as if it had been written this year.

 

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[Knowledge Kick]

Recently Completed:

The Art Of The Start by Guy Kawasaki
Internet Riches by Scott Fox
Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
Cashflow Quadrant by Robert Kiyosaki
The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss

Next On The List:

How To Get Rich by Felix Dennis
Think And Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

 

[johnny604]

New Psycho Cybernetics; Maxwell Maltz
E-myth revisited
Lazy investor (Canadian book) -- simple but a good Longterm (~5+ yrs) of investing in high-yield dividend stocks + also taking part in DRIP and SPP's.

 

[rcardin]

Anything that doesn't make me think while on vacation. Lately Michael Connely and Stephen Coonts. Easy reading and not much thinking.

The past few days have been devoted to this forum. Time to catch up

 

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[hatterasguy]

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This book is looks to be very good, I'll give feedback after I read it. Its about one of those lost WW1 stories, it would probably make a good movie. Hollywood cannot compete with reality.

 

[Halli]

I'm not reading one at the moment.But I've read "The Alchemist" many times over.It's a great book.It really opened my eyes about my place in my life and my options.

 

[Jill]

Fiction: The Apostle - Brad Thor
Non-Fiction: America Alone - Mark Steyn
Business: SEO for Dummies (appropriately enough)

 

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[TaxGuy]

Going back over Four Hour Workweek and From Patent to Profit and picking out the "actionable items" such as web addresses, contact info and exercises to help both starting an e-biz and learning licensing/trademark.

In addition, got myself a "for dummies" book- How to Start An Internet Business

And finally, a few books on "For Sale By Owner" to learn an added tactic in trying to sell my home(will most likely do FSBO or rent to own), a couple more trademark/ebiz books and a book by Richard Branson.

 

[Gymjunkie]

Just finished "Winning" by Jack Welch, now reading "When nothing else matters" Michael Leahy (about M.Jordan's second comeback to NBA Washington Wizzards, paints a pretty bad image of Jordan)...

 

[CashFlowDepot]

Culture of Corruption by Michelle Maulkin -- all about all the Chicago style corruption going in in DC now. SHOCKING INFORMATION!!!!!

 

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[randallg99]

I had to read it for myself. So many successful people here swear by it.

Four Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferris. It's entertaining so far (at page 50+/- now)

 

[sheeky]

American Shaolin by Matthew Polly. I love it because while its a memoir, this is a guy who just 'went for it.' Threw aside what everyone told him and did what he wanted to do. Great read, and really fun.

 

[Dooley]

A friend give me this book ''Millionaire by 26: Secrets to Becoming a Young, Rich Entrepreneur'' by Hayashi Ken, just finished first chapter, love it.

 

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[dharbour]

Liberty and Tyranny - Mark Levin
Greatest Salesman in the world. OG Mandino

Great Books

 

[Oracle]

Just finished Secrets of the Tomb, by alexandra robbins.

reading The New Elite, now. This book is like the Millionaire Next Door.

Next I will read 8 keys to Greatness by Gene Landrum.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

I'm on page 112 of The Millionaire Fastlane ... ha ha, no kidding!!

 

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[Chitown]

Hurry it up, MJ, hurry it up!;-)

 

[kawasaki_kid]

The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey

Rich Kid Smart Kid by RK

 

[hatterasguy]

Sir Winston Churchill
Book 2 "Alone"

May 10 1940 - June 22, 1941

After the first forty days we were alone, with victorious Germany and Italy engaged in a mortal attack upon us, with Soviet Russia a hostile neutral actively aiding Hitler, and Japan an unknowable menace.

I'm at the part where the Panzers are about to sweep south and finish off France, they should be entering Paris tonight.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sqjTkrFM48]YouTube - king tiger tank[/ame]
One of the defining sounds of the 21st century, tank tracks.

 

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[Travis_G_Dunlop]

The alchemist is a great book.... if there was one book i did remember from high school it was the alchemist.... and catcher in the rye

 

[EdmontonShaz]

The Next 100 Years by George Friedman.
and Rich Dad, Poor Dad for the 1,000th time.

 

[Jonleehacker]

Reading and listening to The Science of Getting Rich

 

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[kingLouie]

Learning... One of the essences of life.

Great Thread This is.

Awaken The Giant Within - Tony Robbins

How I Raised Myself From Failure To Success In Selling - Frank Bettger
Incredible simple yet powerful book. I highly recommend it because we are all in sales...
in one form of another.

Multiple Streams Of Income - Robert Allen

The Slight Edge - Jeff Olson
Keeping things simple and doing small things everyday will compound.. just make sure you are doing the RIGHT small things.

These are the main ones right now that I'm reading... here are some of the audios that I'm listening to.

Mental Toughness - Steve Siebold
THIS IS A MUST GET... check out on youtube

Sales Dogs - Blair Singer

 

[nipsid]

I just finished a book on internet laws which was very interesting and useful. Ive just ordered asp.net2.0 with c#. It looks really good. I cant wait till it gets here lol.