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The Psychology of Money Book Summary, Review, Notes
The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel reveals the thought processes that happen before financial investing. It highlights the most significant factors contributing to a person’s financial success, such as risk taking, making reasonable decisions, uncertainty, leaving room for error, positive realism, financial independence, and personal happiness. Book Title: The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons
The Millionaire Fastlane Book Summary, Review, Notes
The Millionaire Fastlane by MJ DeMarco is a book that teaches you how to become wealthy. The book describes three states of wealth: The Sidewalk where people will never be rich and will live from paycheck to paycheck, The Slowlane that helps you get rich at 65-70 years, and The Fastlane which helps you build
Start-Up Nation Book Summary, Review, Notes
Start-up Nation tells us the story of Israel’s economic miracle: one startup on every 1,800 Israelis. The book describes how a bottom-up culture, military, the concept of brashness and sincerity (chutzpah), and interconnectedness were the main ingredients of building a start-up nation. Book Title: Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic MiracleAuthor: Dan Senor, Saul
Influence Book Summary, Review, Notes
Influence is Cialdini’s evergreen book on the six psychological principles that help us influence someone: reciprocation, commitment & consistency, social proof, liking, authority, and scarcity. Book Title: Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion Author: Robert B. Cialdini Date of Reading: January 2017 Rating: 8/10 Table of Contents What Is Being Said In Detail: Influence has quite
How To Fail At Almost Everything And Still Win Big Book Summary, Review, Notes
How To Fail At Almost Everything And Still Win Big is a personal story of how a mediocre person with a mediocre set of skills can still win big. The creator of comic Dilbert, Scott Adams, leads us through his life’s story of failure that eventually led to his success. Book Title: How to Fail
Shoe Dog Book Summary, Review, Notes
Shoe Dog is the autobiography of Phil Knight, the founder of Nike. The story follows Knight from starting Nike (Blue Ribbon Sports at the start) all the way up to the 2010s’. Knight reveals stories about his personal life, his first group of employees, and his relationship with his mentor Bill Bowerman. Book Title:
Bad Blood Book Summary, Review, Notes
How a $15 billion company with more than 1000 employees was actually a scam with a product that doesn’t work. This is the horrifying story of today’s Enron- Theranos- and its founder, Elizabeth Holmes. Book Title: Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley StartupAuthor: John CarreyrouDate of Reading: November 2018Rating: 9/10 Table of
Barking Up The Wrong Tree Book Summary, Review, Notes
The book answers the question, “What really produces success?” by presenting the dichotomous view we have of success— is it who we know or what we know, do nice guys finish first or last, do quitters never win and winners never quit. Book Title: Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything
Will it Fly Book Summary, Review, Notes
Will It Fly by Pat Flynn shows us how to figure out (fast) if your business idea has merit, will it succeed, and is it the right business for you—in other words, testing out will your idea fly. Book Title: Will It Fly?: How to Test Your Next Business Idea So You Don’t Waste Your
Side Hustle Book Summary, Review, Notes
Side Hustle: From Idea to Income in 27 Days by Chris Guillebeau shows us how to create an additional stream of income (side hustle) that generates anything between $400 to $3000 a month. Book Title: Side Hustle: From Idea to Income in 27 DaysAuthor: Chris GuillebeauDate of Reading: October-November 2017Rating: 7/10 Table of Contents What
