Recommended Financial & Business Literature

DiscoJango on 17/02/2019 - 09:35

Whats on your key list of essential reading to start or increase your knowledge in finances and business?

Some of the more popular ones are:

. The 7 habits of highly effective people - Stephen R Covey
. How to win friends and influence people - Dale Carnegie
. Rich Dad Poor Dad - Robert T Kiyosaki
. Think and grow rich - Napoleon Hill
. 12 Rules for life - Jordan B Peterson
. Tools of titans - Tim Ferriss
. The richest man in babylon - George S Clason

There are many many more however these seem to be the essentials that cover the basics, including your mindset, rather than pure facts

If you did read any of these, did you agree or disagree with their contents?

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Comments

  • Quantumcat on 17/02/2019 - 10:08
    +2

    Barefoot investor

  • ihbh on 17/02/2019 - 13:18

    Recommend 7 Habits for wide-ranging personal development material - it was the basis of Covey's thesis.

    Have read/skimmed most of the others.

    essential reading to start or increase your knowledge in finances and business

    None of the list will - basic or simplistic info or try to challenge conventional wisdom aimed at unsophisticated readers.

    Recommend the Australian Financial Review, Strategy/Strategic Management textbooks with case studies, Harvard Business Review, management consulting papers - hard going initially, but the best way to learn if you're serious.

  • Seraphin7 on 17/02/2019 - 13:56
    +1

    The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham is a must read for anyone serious about investment matters.

    • DiscoJango on 18/02/2019 - 08:57
      +1

      Thats also on the list, i forgot to write it down!

  • [Deactivated] on 17/02/2019 - 16:02

    If you only read the books that everyone else is reading , you can only think what everyone else is thinking and that's not how you become rich.

    • DiscoJango on 17/02/2019 - 17:34

      i never said anything about becoming rich, only increasing knowledge.

      • [Deactivated] on 17/02/2019 - 17:40

        Still applies :) A good book I've re-read recently was Mindsight Not business or finance literature. It's more about the workings of the brain.

        • DiscoJango on 17/02/2019 - 21:29

          yes, they do go hand in hand

          and like you mentioned, most of it is a mindset. its not enough to just know how the stock market works. its also being able to ride out the tough times, to keep going despite setbacks or failure

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