Today everyone is trying to create a better financial future for themselves so we have the freedom to do and go anywhere we want.
Also, i think most of us have read stories of people going from rags-to-riches and sometimes ordinary people joining the millionaire club from regular jobs.
These stories talk about the people who achieved amazing financial independence and even at early ages then they travel the world and blog about it. Here, i will suggest a mix of personal finance books to read and some are best sellers while others are upcoming in popularity.
After i list the books ill give a brief summary of what they talk about then provide quick next steps to take to put you on the fast track.
Whether this is your first step towards creating wealth or not applying these steps will give you an edge and control on your finances.
List of financial books to read:
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
Riches begin with a state of mind. If we want to get rich, we must first change our minds so that we become, as Napoleon Hill calls it, money conscious. He says that we must literally THINK ourselves rich.
The term riches by the way could mean any form of wealth like money, happiness, healthy relationships, business success etc..
This book offers the How-To of the aforementioned concept. It shows us how we must think to become money conscious.
It shows us how to think ourselves rich, how to control our minds and our thoughts so that we can become rich.
- Rich Dad poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
This book is about Robert Kiyosaki and his two dads — his real father (poor dad) and the father of his best friend (rich dad) — and the ways in which both men shaped his thoughts about money and investing.
Rich people make money work for them.
The Five Key Concepts
The poor and the middle-class work for money. The rich have money work for them.
It’s not how much money you make that matters. It’s how much money you keep.
Rich people acquire assets. The poor and middle class acquire liabilities that they think are assets.
Financial aptitude is what you do with money once you make it, how you keep people from taking it from you, how to keep it longer, and how you make money work hard for you.
The single most powerful asset we all have is our mind.
Rich Dad Poor Dad Lessons
Lesson 1: The Rich Don’t Work for Money
Lesson 2: Why Teach Financial Literacy?
Lesson 3: Mind Your Own Business
Lesson 4: The History of Taxes and The Power of Corporations
Lesson 5: The Rich Invent Money
Lesson 6: Work to Learn — Don’t Work for Money
- The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness by Dave Ramsey
This book shows you that you’re not as financially secure as you think, that it’s time to stop accepting debt as normal and that all it takes to build the financial future you want is a seven-step plan.
Baby Steps to Building Wealth
Baby Step 1 — $1,000 to start an Emergency Fund
Baby Step 2 — Pay off all debt using the Debt Snowball
Baby Step 3–3 to 6 months of expenses in savings
Baby Step 4 — Invest 15% of household income into Roth IRAs and pre-tax retirement
Baby Step 5 — College funding for children
Baby Step 6 — Pay off home early
Baby Step 7 — Build wealth and give!
- I will teach you to be rich by Ramit Sethi
A personal finance book for millennials and their parents, which shines with a simplified and automated money strategy that’ll ensure you save on autopilot, while allowing yourself to spend guilt-free on what matters most to you.
- Millionaire Scope Secrets of Wealth & Prosperity by Martize Smith
This book outlines practical ways along with advice from proven methods that have helped ordinary people reach millionaire status as well as live a life of prosperity.
Furthermore, things such as habits, routines, and actions needed to execute ways that help increase a person’s net worth and improve one’s entire financial environment will be included in this book.
This book is meant to guide those in search of simple ways to get a quick start on working toward a better financial future. Methods in this book are universally sound and anyone of any social economic background can use this to get ahead in life.
Additionally, this book also focuses on the approach to greatness, a person’s vision, executing the vision, education, self-purpose, and having a major influence on others.
Every concept or principal discussed in this book all lead toward wealth and prosperity. The number one way to increase a person’s wealth is financial education, which is what this book delivers.
- The Richest man in Babylon by George Samuel Clason
Save at least 10 percent of everything you earn and do not confuse your necessary expenses with your desires.
Work hard to improve your skills and ensure a future income because wealth is the result of a reliable income stream.
You cannot arrive at the fullest measure of success until you crush the spirit of procrastination within you.
- The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles
First published in 1910, this was one of the earliest self-help books that explained how to acquire wealth in a scientific way based on metaphysical concepts.
Wallace Wattles promises that if you truly grasp the ideas in this book and apply them like a scientific formula, it will be the only book on getting rich that you’ll ever need to read.
In The Science of Getting Rich summary, we’ll give an overview of the foundations/ principles behind his approach, as well as the key elements of this scientific formula.
- The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner: A Powerful Plan to Finish Rich in Real Estate by David Bach
This book is an actionable, step-by-step plan for building wealth without being disciplined by relying on fixed percentages, small payments, and automated transactions.
Quick next steps to take immediately are:
Right down on paper the exact amount of money you want overall
Set a amount to save every month consistently & reward yourself once you meet the monthly savings goal
Research different types of investing vehicles then decide on an area you want to invest in
Set a deadline for when you plan to have accumulated the overall amount of wealth you desire
Read every day at least one hour on the subject of personal finance then pick a concept to apply to your life
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