My 10 Favorite Investing and Business Books
Here is a list of my favorite business and investing books, just in time for Christmas!
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! by Robert Kiyosaki - This is a great, easy to read investing book and outlines some of the author's basic principles of growing wealth, which are not about "following the herd." I have read this and many of his other books and highly recommend. This is also a great college graduation gift.
Aftershock: Protect Yourself and Profit in the Next Global Financial Meltdown - by David Wiedemer - This is also a pretty easy read and offers some great unconventional investing advice designed around avoiding future asset bubbles like the last financial crisis we had in 2008. Also highly recommended if you don't like to "follow the crowd."
The Dollar Crisis: Causes, Consequences, Cures by Richard Duncan - In this book the author describes the flaws in the international monetary system that have destabilized the global economy and that may soon culminate in a deflation-induced worldwide economic slump.
The Dollar Meltdown: Surviving the Impending Currency Crisis with Gold, Oil, and Other Unconventional Investments by Charles Goyette - another alternative investing book focused on the author's concerns around our currency system and advocating for gold, oil and other unconventional investments to secure and grow wealth.
Missed Fortune 101: A Starter Kit to Becoming a Millionaire by Douglas Andrew - a fascinating alternative investment strategy involving using home equity and investing the proceeds in whole life insurance policies. Definitely unconventional and worth a read. Warning: he's not a fan of 401(k)'s and IRA's!
Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett by Andrew Kilpatrick - this is the biography of Warren Buffett, widely regarded as one of the greatest investors of our time.
Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries by Peter Sims - This book describes how innovative companies use an approach of methodically taking small, experimental steps in order to develop new products and services. Rather than believing they have to start with a big idea or plan a whole project in advance, they learn a lot from small failures and drive great success.
The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact by Chip and Dan Heath - This book explores how science shows us that brief experiences can jolt, elevate and change us and how we can learn to create such extraordinary moments in our life and work.
Taking People with You: The Only Way to Make Big Things Happen by David Novak - This is a practical, hands on book about leadership and bringing people along in an inspirational way and celebrating / sharing mutual success.
Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't by Simon Sinek - This book is about how great leaders put the interests of their teams ahead of theirs, fostering trust and cooperation and includes his studies of many organizations, including the US Marine Corps who do this well. A very inspirational book.
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