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RamonP23

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I was reading 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The Flight Plan and Goals at the same time, and I've bearly finished with Flight Plan a couple days ago.

Flight Plan, by Brian Tracy, is my favorite among them because is very easy to read and learn a lot in a short time.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen R. Covey, is really good too, but I think it's too long, use a language too technical and has some parts that are not necessary.

Goals! by Brian Tracy, is a good book, but it is basically the same than Flight Plan, but with older and less information.

I love Donald Trump's books as well. My favorite is Think Big and Kick a$$, and I just bought Why We Want You to Be Rich.
 
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Outliers: The Story of Success

Read this book last week. It gives a really interesting look at success based on opportunity, timing, and of course the hard work that goes along with anything successful. Definitely worth the read.

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What Rich People Know and Desperately Want To Keep Secret.
 

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I just finished Crash Proof by Schiff ... did anyone else think the book seemed highly redundant? I did enjoy it however.
 

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I just finished Crash Proof by Schiff ... did anyone else think the book seemed highly redundant? I did enjoy it however.
Peter Schiff is a good read but is very repetitive. Attack it from all angles, repeat, and say it again, etc.
 
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Recently, I have read:

Building Your Cult
The Top 10 Distinctions Between the Millionaires and the Middle Class
The Persuation Skills Black Book
The Nonverbal Advantage

All were pretty good. The cult book has a lot of self improvement stuff that was pretty good.
 

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Just finished RDPD. Now I'm on to Wood and Sangster's Business Accounting v.1 and then v.2 .

I've found that books like RDPD and 4HWW are successful because they leave out the boring bits, and its easy to get hooked on feel-good books and not end up anywhere.

Hence I'm reading some 'bread on the table' how-to's for the next month or so.
 

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PROBLOGGER: by Darren Rowse and Chris Garrett

I got this book for my birthday today and was wondering if you guys have read it. I'm focusing heavily on AM stuff and think that focusing on blogging would be too distracting since I'm working on SEO and landing pages. This is also the second edition of the book so I don't know if the info. is too dated. Any comments?
 

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#88 the narrow road
#basic lisp techniques
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#html, xhtml & css bible 3rd edition

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common lisp - an interactive approach
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what rich people know & ...=
 

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Just finished "How to win friends and influence people" Dale carnigie

Really liked it and am actively applying concepts from it.

Now I am onto Goals! By Brian Tracey. This one is interesting thus far. I am also reading Starting Stregnth by Mark Rippetoe.

Next will be ReWork and either awaken the giant within or getting things done.


Feels good to be catching up with all these books that i see over and over. Now i can get them read and can relate.
 
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Just finished "How to win friends and influence people" Dale carnigie

Really liked it and am actively applying concepts from it.

Now I am onto Goals! By Brian Tracey. This one is interesting thus far. I am also reading Starting Stregnth by Mark Rippetoe.

Next will be ReWork and either awaken the giant within or getting things done.


Feels good to be catching up with all these books that i see over and over. Now i can get them read and can relate.

Wow. I'm impressed. You finishing these many books, this fast? congrats, it seems the purchase of the decade for you was that Reader, huh?
 

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Wow. I'm impressed. You finishing these many books, this fast? congrats, it seems the purchase of the decade for you was that Reader, huh?


Yeah, it makes it a bit more enjoyable because every book reads the same as far as font and style. It makes it quick and fast to read. It really was the purchase of the decade for me. I keep getting to a point where I am like "well what am i going to read next" I pulled most of the titles out of this thread already.
 

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Just finished 5 minutes ago, Are you there, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea. First book I've read in years that made me laugh til I cried. Sorry guys, you wont get the chick humor. But girls, you've got to lose 2 hours of your life to read this hilarious little piece of work.

WARNING: You will learn NOTHING fastlane. But you will LAUGH. And sometimes, that's important.
 
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if any of your are into long-term market investing, I've been reading Buffet Beyond Value by Prem Jain. seems good thus far.
 

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Inside her pretty little head: A guide about marketing to women effectively and understanding their motives to buy-I'm hoping to learn some tactics to apply to my next venture. Haven't read so much of it yet but the author is very very intelligent.

The Art of the deal by Donald Trump: Awesome book! really gets me juiced to do some big corporate deals!
 

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The Dip by Seth Godin

Conspiracy of the Rich by Robert Kiyosaki (re-reading)

The Secret by Rhonda Byrne

Beyond the Secret (forgot the author and don't have the book in front of me right now)
 
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Eh, its got some new stuff in it but if I recall its mainly a rehash of his and Trumps book, why we want you to be rich. I still enjoyed reading Conspiracy though!


On a side note about books... was thinking about getting this ---->
How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes (Hardcover)

~ Peter D. Schiff (Author), Andrew J. Schiff (Author)

Someone around these forums I think mentioned how Schiff was one of the few people to predict the economic/stock collapse in 2006/2007 so I watched some of his videos... he has a channel on youtube and found out he just put out this book. It may be good.

Has anyone around here had a chance to read this or even heard about it yet?
It got VERYYYY good reviews on amazon.
 

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I already own it. It's fantastic.

Gives a super-dumbed down version for the layman to understand. It's a story with pictures that relates to our current economic environment.
 
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I am also reading Every Man a Speculator by Steve Fraser

In the author's own words:
But Every Man a Speculator is rather mainly about the rest of us. It tries to tell the two-hundred-year-old story of how Wall Street has inspired dreams and nightmares deep inside American culture, leaving its imprint on the lives of ordinary as well as some extraordinary people.
 

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Dan Kennedy "No B.S Ruthless Management of People and Profits"

This guy is all about pragmatic marketing applications, making money and most of all speed...I've read his entire library in the last 3 days...10/10.
 

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Fiction: Atlas Shrugged - can't believe I've never read this book before. It's like reading the newspaper nowadays!

And I usually have a non-fiction book running at the same time, but not this time. Atlas Shrugged is real enough!
 

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