The very concept of wealth is one that seems evasive but yet ever so close within our grasp. We all go about our daily lives, mostly wondering what better way to spend our lives doing what we want when we want and how we want. Sadly, this is a fairytale to those not rich enough to attain this due to lack of resources (time is also a resource but of a limited amount).
Society subtly teaches us that there are amongst us select few predestined to make wealth; while few others are of mere luck -like that of a lottery winner- paraded as excellence. This is not the case, having conducted extensive research and interviews with generations of renowned ‘‘Wealthy” men and women. It is now brought into the limelight -the elephant in the room – that has been staring at us all the whole time. There’s a pattern to this.
The very thought of the possibility of radical change in a person’s thinking that can create wealth through legitimate finance schemes is both revolutionary and enlightening. This means that a man from a poor background – if conditioned properly has a glimmer of hope; the promise of a life outside the rat race called “job security”. Listed below are 7 books to begin your revolutionary journey of enlightenment to becoming rich.
7 POWERFUL BOOKS ABOUT WEALTH
1. THE MILLIONAIRE NEXT DOOR BY THOMAS J. STANLEY AND WILLIAM D. DANKO
This is a book based on a step-by-step approach to wealth development and -more importantly – the sustainability of wealth creation. Ironically making the author, Thomas J. Stanley and William Danko, millionaires next door. It educates on the ways and techniques the rich manage surplus income to generate more income.
This new income, in turn, is then used to acquire assets. This cycle of events is then mastered and repeated, finding better, more efficient ways through self-development and practice over long periods.
2. RICH DAD, POOR DAD BY ROBERT T. KIYOSAKI
This being the no.1 grossing personal finance book for several years on the New York Times best-sellers, is a great read for every future prospective financial mogul. Robert finds a way to clear cut baby steps explains the ever-complicated world of growing finance. Decades after hitting the book stores, the finance book still gets positive reviews online.
He achieves this feat using annotated diagrams, sketches, and even personal stories of life experiences all to better convey the message that is being passed along.
3. HOW RICH PEOPLE THINK BY STEVE SIEBOLD
How Rich People Think by Steve Siebold is not your conventional book on the topic of wealth. In a bid to enjoy the richness of this book, it’s advised to not get caught up in the language used but rather in the message the writer is emphasizing on. It makes use of political incorrect- sometimes edgy- choice of words.
This is to drive home the point: To attain what so many want but few have, a person must be willing to do what few ever do to get the desired results. It is a summary of the undiluted harsh reality of the nature of financial success in our ever-changing world today.
Siebold delightfully summarizes every preemptive money-shaming, crab mentality-inspired verbal exhortation. Taking pointers at indicators of behavioral traits do the rich amongst us.
4. THINK AND GROW RICH BY NAPOLEON HILL
Few books encompass the secret to acquiring wealth like Think and Grow Rich. All in the puzzled revolutionary mind of Napoleon Hill, this masterpiece is brought about. Journey into the thought processes of one of the world’s greatest self-help mentors and teachers, as he expounds on principles to living a better life through financial liberation.
This liberation is attained through conscious effort in a person’s thinking faculty. Although it’s not as easy as it sounds, if seen through consistently to the end will bring about results beyond expectations.
An intuitive approach to avoiding insidious higher cognitive processes that will lead to a deteriorating quality of life. Sometimes just how to do a thing right, is an excerpt of how not to do a thing wrong. Such is the case in the path to becoming rich.
5. RICHEST MAN IN BABYLON BY GEORGE S. CLASON
Set in past Babylonian times; this book sets to layout simple, but profound laws told from the lips of the supposed richest man in Babylon. It’s a clarion call to the truly free man in each of us enslaved by the pursuit of wealth.
It cites examples that though are not still in existence but is relatable to present-day lifestyle and decision-making processes. This is a must-read for any who strives for financial success. The book gives clarity to the enigmatic wealth parables of the old.
6. THE SCIENCE OF GETTING RICH (A THRIFTY BOOK) BY WALLACE WATTLES
In The Science Of Getting Rich (A Thrifty Book), author Wallace Wattle s attempts to standardize methods, philosophies, and ideologies that rich people have. These behavioral patterns put to the test the limitless possibilities of rich people.
This book is a social report of recorded findings – mostly qualitative data- as regards wealth creation – much more pressing than wealth development-. It is easy to read the book; making use of his and was sentence structures to ease understanding. It’s a frontier classic being one of the initial publications on wealth in the year 1910.
It tells of ways to emulate such methods, philosophies, and ideologies of the rich consistently to bring about standardized practice. The resulting workflow of ethics is what brings about the change in a person’s financial world.
7. THE AUTOMATIC MILLIONAIRE BY DAVID BACH
This is rated as an entry-level for personal finance and investing literature; owing to its simplicity and ease of understanding.
The concepts in this book are very simple, and if you do them, you will have financial independence, it is that simple, yet the vast majority of people don’t do them and he gives a variety of reasons people give for not doing so.
Just as the famous saying goes, “Remember, inspiration unused is merely entertainment”. To get new results, you need to take new actions to achieve wealth. It is of paramount importance that readers remember at all points, that the aim of reading, so they can indulge themselves fully in grasping the lessons to be learned. The best take-home from the listed books is worthy of recommendation to friends and families.
