What Book Inspired You?

10 years ago

Originally Posted by vivo

For me it was the Four Hour Work Week. It encouraged me to find my muse, and enjoy life. Now I am back on the IM track, working basics, and thinking I might have decent success.

It's almost always anything by Tony Robbins for me.

Any time I get off track and find myself stuck in the rut (and it's become much easier to identify when I am) I know that a good couple of hours with Tony and I remember not just what I'm doing but why it is I'm really doing it for.

The only downside is that I can only read two every couple months of so, given the overlap between his content. Not that it's a bad thing - it makes choosing a book of his a more exciting process, but it makes reading his entire collection a bit taxing on the mind.

Also, a bit random and not directly related to making money, but if you ever feel like being an outsider because you're working by yourself I'd recommend taking a look at Christopher Hitchens "A Letter To A Young Contrarian". Oddly motivating in those moments where you feel like everyone is holding you down while all you try to do is succeed.

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datingworld

10 years ago

There are lots of book that have inspired me but mostly the religious and faith books give me lots of inspiration and faith.

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Michael Ten

10 years ago

Originally Posted by vivo

For me it was the Four Hour Work Week. It encouraged me to find my muse, and enjoy life. Now I am back on the IM track, working basics, and thinking I might have decent success.

That book The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich is definitely a good one. I find it to be quite inspiring, too.

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Ian Ralphs 10 years ago

Originally Posted by Michael Ten

That book The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich is definitely a good one. I find it to be quite inspiring, too.

All great choices Michael!!

You should check out "Fans not Customers" by Vernon Hill - the guy that started Metro Bank in the UK - some great takeouts in there, and anyone who has become a billionaire must be doing something right ;-)

I actually worked for him a while back, and his key emphasis is on creating amazing customer experiences - and using the positive 'word of mouth' to help grow whatever business you're in...online or offline.
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Trey Morgan

10 years ago

Rich Dad Poor Dad and Think and Grow Rich are the two books that got me to shift my way of thinking and start taking action towards building a business.

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Mr Bill

10 years ago

The Magic Of Thinking BIG!

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jamiller

10 years ago

Excellent choice Mr Bill! And it is good to see you friend

Now, the one book that gets hyped up the most is Think and Grow Rich.....and for good reason. However, I feel that most people only see it for the words on the page, and not the true meaning....

Powerful stuff can also be found in places such as....
The Science of Getting Rich - Wallace D. Wattles
The Millionaire Next Door - Stanley & Danko
Secrets of the Millionaire Mind - T. Harv Eker

There are SO many....these are some of my favorites. The messages can run deep in them, so try and read not just what is on the surface.

I have picked up so much from my reading endeavors through the years it is hard to put a finger on a single book....but the few I've listed have at least made me ponder over some of my decisions at one point or another.

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Luscious84

10 years ago

Steve Job's book is a good inspirator

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Copeland Becker

10 years ago

The book that got it all started for me was:

Crush It! by Gary Vanderchuk

The very next day I started looking up methods to build an online business.

It is a great book. I make a point to read it a couple times a year.

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kingofthesouth

10 years ago

Originally Posted by vivo

For me it was the Four Hour Work Week. It encouraged me to find my muse, and enjoy life. Now I am back on the IM track, working basics, and thinking I might have decent success.

Rich Dad Poor Dad

I really took this book to heart because it told the truth about the circumstances that create wealth and debt.

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asryyymf

10 years ago

its goals from Brian Tracy.

did anyone read it?

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cyberzolo

10 years ago

Think and Grow Rich Napolean Hill

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LastingLifeSuccess

10 years ago

Tony Robbins for me. His motivation and long essays about his life and what challenged him and how he grew from each experience. My cup of tea that.

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senkcity

10 years ago

I've read all of them listed and they all are great resources to enhance your view on life.

I suggest re-reading them once you've had a major change in your life because you will see the same materially differently and will add more value that you didn't even know was there.

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dave147

10 years ago

First one I read a few years ago was "The Power of Positive Thinking" - Norman Vincent Peale
That was an inspiration for change.

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Brantley Whitley

10 years ago

For me it started with Rich Dad, Poor Dad but the book that I read over and over is the Cashflow Quadrant. That book has helped me shift my mindset and my methodology. Every time I read it, I find something that didn't "click" before but does now.

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inspire2prosper

10 years ago

Originally Posted by vivo

For me it was the Four Hour Work Week. It encouraged me to find my muse, and enjoy life. Now I am back on the IM track, working basics, and thinking I might have decent success.

For me it was definitely The Secret by Rhonda Byrne, it has changed my life. This was the first inspirational book i ever read, and i highly recommend it.

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RogozRazvan

10 years ago

There were many books that had add up to what I am today.

The top three are:
1. Robert Greene - Mastery (I'm reading it these days and it's one of the best books on the topic I've ever read).
2. Dale Carnegie - How To Win Friends And Influence People.
3. Earl Nightingale - The Strangest Secret (It's not a book per se but I've listened to it again and again and again ...)

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Ignas LT

10 years ago

There are many inspiring books, but i would recommend to read these:

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin Sharma

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ThomasOMalley

10 years ago

For 2013 and moving forward, Emmet Fox's Power Through Constructive Thinking, the Collected Essays of Joel Goldsmith, and Raymond Charles Barker's How To Be Healthy, Wealthy, Happy, have inspired me to pursue my real business and financial goals.

Best wishes to everyone for 2014.

Thomas O'Malley

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Zincabopa

10 years ago

I actually got into self improvement reading a book on pick up. It was a book on how to pick up women (pretty pathetic, I know), but to me it changed my mindset from thinking that you're born into your life the way you are, and there is nothing you can do to change that, to thinking that everything in your life is the result of the choices you make. Pretty good for a book about picking up women. Also, http://www.thathungrymind.blogspot.ca

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IM Inc 10 years ago

The book of awakening by Mark Nepo is an interesting read.
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- Jeff Schuman 10 years ago
  
  I keep looking at "It Works". The famous little red book that makes your dreams come true. A clear definite common sense plan of accomplishment. It is only 12 pages long, but really packs a punch.
  
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  ClickDale 10 years ago
  
  It looks like I might be alone on this one. The book that started the mental shift in my head was Who Moved My Cheese. This quick and simple read was an absolute life changer for me. Had I not started here, I wouldn't have been inspired to read most of the other titles listed above.
  
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futureB

10 years ago

my top 3 are

3. the warrior of light
2. secret of millionaires mind
1. the best salesman in the world

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Arun Chandran

10 years ago

No excuses - Brian Tracy

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BigFrank

Banned 10 years ago

Think and Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill

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6figure101

10 years ago

Tony Robbins CD's / DVD's is my inspiration of choice.

And The Success Principles by Jack Canfield is one of the books I often recommend!

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koocnaed

10 years ago

Ranulph Fiennes: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know

That man does not know boundaries!!

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automationhero

10 years ago

I really like 4HWW. I also really enjoyed all the books by Gary Vaynerchuk. Crush it, The Thank You Economy, and his latest, Jab, Jab, Right Hook

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Jonathan 2.0

Banned 10 years ago

I stumbled upon this book while I was having a bad day with my illness and it really lifted my spirits. It was the exact thing I needed to hear at the time.
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Titled "An Iron Will" this book was authored by Orison Swett Marden. Orison was one of the first personal development, positive thinking, and new thought authors. He founded "Success Magazine" (one of the first of its kind) in 1897 and "An Iron Will" was first published 30 years before "Think And Grow Rich."

Here's some of my favourite passages from the book:
　

1. "The education of the will is the object of our existence," says Emerson. Nor is this putting it too strongly if we take into account the human will in its relations to the divine.

2. There are three kinds of people in the World. The Wills. The Won'ts. And the Can'ts. The first accomplish everything. The second oppose everything. And the third fail in everything.

3. "The man that exercises his will," says an English essayist, "makes it a stronger and more effective force in proportion to the extent to which such exercise is intelligently and perseveringly maintained."

4. There are no two works in the English language which stand out in bolder relief, like kings upon a checker board, to so great an extent as the worlds "I will." There is strength, depth and solidity, decision, confidence and power, determination, vigour and individuality, in the round, ringing tone which characterizes its delivery.

5. The positive man, the decided man, is a power in the World, and stands for something; you can measure him and estimate the work that his energy will accomplish.

6. It is the man with a positive nature, the man who believes that he is equal to the emergency, who believes he can do anything he attempts, who wins the confidence of his fellow man. He is beloved because he is brave and self sufficient.

7. The World turns aside to let any man pass who knows wither he is going.

8. The mind has undoubted power to preserve and sustain physical youth and beauty, to keep the body strong and healthy, to renew life, and to preserve it from decay, many years longer than it does now.

9. "The more difficulties one has to encounter, within and without, the more significant and the higher in inspiration his life will be."--Horace Bushnell

10. Persistency of purpose is a power. It creates confidence in others. Everybody believes in the determined man. When he undertakes anything his battle is half won, because not only he himself, but everyone who knows him, believes that he will accomplish whatever he sets out to do.

11. Opposing circumstances create strength. Opposition gives us great power of resistance. To overcome one barrier gives us great ability to overcome the next.

12. Success is not measured by what a man accomplishes, but by the opposition he has encountered, and the courage with which he has maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds. Not the distance we have run, but the obstacles we have overcome, the disadvantages under which we have made the race, will decide prizes.

"An Iron Will" is in the public domain. Search Google to download it for free. I hope it brings you as much inspiration and motivation as it did me. : )

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slingingshot15 10 years ago

For me it was How To Win Friends And Influence people. That book changed my life and introduced me to the wonderful world of Personal Development
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- vschneider4 10 years ago
  
  Definitely The Four Hour Work Week. Slowly but surely getting there!
  
  I love that Tim Ferriss isn't just concerned with making money, but milking every last drop out of life and living it to its full enjoyment. His other two books, The Four Hour Body and The Four Hour Chef are equally insightful, inspiring, and entertaining. Highly recommended, as well as his blog.
  
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trusodesign

10 years ago

There are many books that inspire. the one that I like is the novel "laskar pelangi" from Indonesia and Think and Grow Rich

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entrepreneurjay

10 years ago

Get Rick Click, And The 4 Hour Work Week Are Good Reads.

Oh and the classic rich dad poor dad.

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eldib3

10 years ago

"Go For No! Yes is the destination, No is how you get there" By Richard Fenton. Its a spectacular read. Teaches one how to accept failure and rejection and then turn it into a money making success. Check it out guys.

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Daret

10 years ago

Some of the books that inspired me a lot are:

1. Think and Grow Rich by Napolean Hill
2. How to win friends and influence people by Dale Carnegie
3. You can win by Shiv Khera
4. The seven habits by Stephen Covey

Its good to find other nice books listed above, I can now read some more books that u guys have mentioned above...

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bhshravankumar

10 years ago

The alchemist , its a very good book , i read it once a week compulsory.

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