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All of us have accumulated knowledge through books, meeting people or through an educational program that taught practical life experiences.
I’m looking back at the books that impacted my life.
It may be useful for others to suggest a few books that changed the way they look at life that others may enjoy.
I’ll start, in no particular order as some of these were read when I was a teenager.
When Money Dies by Adam Fergusson
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
How to win friends and influence people by Dale Carnegie
Turtles all the way down by Anonymous authors
One can check out online reviews to see if they interest you.
The first three were read when I was a teenager. A Holocaust survivor gave me a dog-eared paperback, “How to win friends and influence people” around 1973 when I was hired to paint the upstair rooms in his strip club with my brother. He was the nicest man you could meet. Terrible health. Was about 40 at the time. One day I asked him about his tattoo on his forearm. I heard his whole story. The last member of this family, came to Canada as a young man around the early 50’s all alone and with nothing. No education. He spoke German so he came to Waterloo County, ON where German was the second language. Many of my childhood friends fathers had been in the German army or grew up in Nazi Germany. I wonder how he coped with that. I believe it must have been tough to be Jewish in our city at that time. He was now an atheist.
He was a voracious reader of self improvement books and had an intense desire to do well. He must have noticed that I was a quiet individual and took an interest in me. He knew I had attention to detail and encouraged me to go as far as I could in a profession. I told him I was interested in Dentistry and he told me to never give up and go for it. Gave me the book and told me to learn about people.
I lost touch with him and heard he had passed at a young age. Likely from his poor treatment at the camp. I still have the book which is falling apart now. I read a revised version from the library about 10 years ago and some of the stories had been updated. I liked the older version better.
You have opened Pandora’s box with this post. I will suggest a few. First off there is a book by Napoleon Hill that was published after his death which is worth reading. He talks a lot about male sexuality. I suspect it wasn’t published back then as it was to on the edge for those days. Great wisdom.
Of course one must mention Creature from Jekyll Island
Confessions of an economic hitman-Perkins
Stan Weinstein- Secrets to making money in bull and bear markets
Harry Browne- How you can profit in the coming devaluation
I did read “Think and Grow Rich” when I was young.
Was also influenced by “The Wealthy Barber” – David Chilton.
“Fourteen Lessons in Yogi Philosophy and Oriental Occultism” struck a chord with me in my early years.
One of the books about investing was about “technical analysis” possibly without ever mentioning that term. It was by a dancer named Nicholas Darvas and titled, “How I Made $2Million in the stock market. The key to his system and success was buying stocks that made new highs. I don’t think he used or mentioned charts but in fact he was basically charting because he made boxes each time a stock made new highs and wanted to see a stock keep breaking out above the top of each higher box. Basically momentum investing despite maybe nobody calling it that at the time. I think the book came out in the early 60’s and I must have read it a couple of years later in my early teens.
I haven’t read all that many Books….BUT…I am with Plunger on the Creature From Jekyll Island …opened my eyes to everything
I have been influenced by what we used to call “Motivational ” Tapes…played in the car on the way to and from work
Earl Nightingale ” The Strangest Secret ” and many other titles
Wayne Dyer is another I was addicted to . …all of which lead me to Jerry and Esther Hicks and Abraham ..
Aha…here’s another Source of information that has changed lives…Blush
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Thanks for all the recommendations.
Will make a list and check them out.
While I may not comment on many posts, I enjoy reading or listening to them. Some posts are quite dark, depressing and demoralizing but am grateful for all the information that is available none the less.
Reposting many to my network of friends.
Rand’s Atlas Shrugged and Fountainhead, for sure.
Both defined the concept of personal integrity and underscored the fundamentally corrupt and corrupting nature of government.
Problem now is that government and big business have locked arms, and put the squeeze on entrepreneurship and financial independence. The more power they acquire, the less freedom remains.
32 years ago The Gospel of John, then Galations in the Bible.
Today I am beginning to understand Revelation.
Amongst all the lies we tell ourselves, being honest with ourselves is an essential attribute of a successful investor. Let alone a successful life.
Maybe you can post a book re ‘being honest with yourself…’
Already did. Here’s an excerpt from John chapter three:
John 3:19-21
King James Version
19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Nice!
Thanks. It’s been years since I opened The Book. Great wisdom to be found there.
The Left will clamp down on all Religions if they succeed in The Great Reset. They have a new Religion. Covidianism and it is evil. Communism has to eliminate all competition.
I’m with you Libertypathfinder. The bible is the best book I have ever read. I never discovered it until I was in my fourties. I was stunned by what was inside. It was filled with one amazing insight after another. I read it cover to cover at least twice and maybe three times. Everything else pales in comparison.