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A very interesting and mind-opening book in which the author shows some tricks to train your brain to accumulate anything you want. From riches and fame to harmony in your mind. There is only one limit and it lies in your thinking. 14 chapters to learn how to control yourself and to get to a higher level of thinking. The last chapter consists of the six basic fears of every human being and how to conquer them. A really enlightening pocket book for young and old who want to achieve more.

My favourite quote of “Think and grow rich” by Napoleon Hill:

“You are the master of your destiny. You can influence, direct and control your own environment. You can make your life what you want it to be.”

Information about the author Napoleon Hill:        

• an American self-help author, salesman and journalist
• interviewed the most famous men of his time like Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, …
• grew up poor, died rich

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You are a salesman and you have never read this book? Shame on you. Ogilvy on advertising is a book all about how to sell a product. But I have nothing to do with selling? Oh, you are not ready for earning money. You sold your skills for money to the company you work for. If you want to know how to make advertising that sells the product and how an advertising agency is build up this book is perfect for you.

My favourite quote of “Ogilvy on advertising” by David Ogilvy:

“When you reach for the stars, you may not quite get one, but you won’t come up with a handful of mud either.”

Informations about the author David Ogilvy:

• an advertising tycoon
• started his own advertising agency “Ogilvy & Mather”
• his agency made selling advertisements for Shell, Rolls-Royce, Schweppes, Dove, …

• his company sold for 864 Million USD

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You want to know how the rich get richer while the middle and poor will not get out of their financial misery? Then this book is perfect for you. Learn how you can change your view of money to get yourself wealthy. Grasp what teachers in the school will not lecture. The author advices through his childhood experiences with his friend´s financially educated, rich dad. While his own dad is very intelligent, but poor. So, he got two points of view on the theme of money. The rich and the poor dad. Very fast read book with a review of every chapter and some quizzes to see how you think about finances and money.

My favourite quote of “Rich dad, poor dad” by Robert T. Kiyosaki:

“Rich dad believed that the words “I can´t afford it” shut down your brain. ” How can I afford it?” opens up possibilities, excitement, and dreams.”

Informations about the author Robert T. Kiyosaki:

• an American businessman and author
• his first two businesses went bankrupt
• today he asserts making 2 million USD cash flow per month from his businesses and investments

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If you like small, fast read books on making money the millionaire booklet by Grant Cardone is a good advice for you. On 44 pages you get very good advice on how to get super rich. He describes how he made his money and how he manages it to make even more. If you can do a little bit of math you know how to get to a million dollars a year. Get 5000 people to pay 17 $ per month for 12 months or sell a 100 $ product to 10000 people. However, he also describes, you have to have self-discipline to get where you want. So, let’s go and workout your mind and body.

My favourite quote of “The millionaire booklet” by Grant Cardone:

 “You are the business, you don’t start a business.”

Information about the author Grant Cardone:

• New York Times bestselling author
• international speaker
• business innovator
• social media personality
• top sales trainer
• holds a real estate portfolio an estimated $ 350 million

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Another very good book of the rich dad poor dad series. If you liked the first book of this series then this book is a must read for you. Learn more about the cashflow quadrant. How the word risk can scare people on the one side of the quadrant and make the other side excited. But for the people of the B and I sector, there is no risk. They know how to manage their money. Attain how you can get out of the rat race of the left side of the quadrant into the freedom of the persons who make money work for them even when they are on vacation.

My favourite quote of “Cashflow quadrant” by Robert T. Kiyosaki:

“You can get out at any time - so why give up now.”

Information about the author Robert T. Kiyosaki:

• an American businessman and author
• his first two businesses went bankrupt
• today he asserts making 2 million USD cash flow per month from his businesses and investments

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Like the title of the book already suggests it’s a book for people who want to know tips and tricks about how to get a good leader. These 21 laws are not only for businessperson. They could also be applied in every other life situation. For example, the author John C. Maxwell has experienced all these principles in his function as pastor and later on as leader of his companies. No matter what you are doing if there are people involved these guidelines could be very helpful. Throughout history there have always been good leaders like Mahatma Ghandi, Theodore Roosevelt, Steve Jobs, Roald Amundsen… . The last person mentioned was the leader of the first expedition to reach the south pole. You see if there is a goal to reach you need somebody to lead.

My favourite quote of “Leadership” by John C. Maxwell:

“Successful leaders are ready to learn their entire life. This willingness is the result of discipline and endurance.
Every day, you want to further develop the progress of the previous day.”

Information about the author John C. Maxwell:

• Founder of the international leadership development organizations INJOY and EQUIP
• Leadership guru
• Led churches in Indiana, Ohio, California and Florida

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This book is absolutely useful for everyone. With the tips out of this lecture you can really change the course of your life. Also, because they are so simple that everyone can understand them. Like you don’t have to be the best narrator just be a good listener. For every way of getting people for your ideas the author gives real life applications from students of his courses. Tips to manage your relationship with people can help you in every situation in life and can get you out of otherwise big problems. You don’t know what you can make people do for you till you tried these principles.

My favourite quote of “How to Win Friends & Influence people” by Dale Carnegie:

“Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.”

Information about the author Dale Carnegie:    

• American lecturer
• developer of courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking, and interpersonal skills
• communication- and motivation coach

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You wanna exceed the level you´re currently in. Get best, fastest, strongest. Then you should get an insight of how successful athletes set their minds. Now you will ask yourself, why would I want to know how famous sportsmen got where they are now? I´m not interested in sport superstars. I thought absolutely the same when I first saw the book. But then I started reading and like a lot of books on this page, you can apply the content to any aspect of life. The willpower of an outstanding basketball player for example, can lead you to anything you want. The author, Tim S. Grover is also very good at motivating. You can read a chapter of this book and after it you wanna do something to reach your goals.

My favourite quote of “Relentless” by Tim S. Grover:

“Be relentless. Done. Next.”

Information about the author Tim S. Grover:

• Personaltrainer of sport legends like Michael Jordan, Dwayne Wade, Charles Barkley, …

• CEO of “Attack Athletics” a training philosophy

• International authority on sports performance

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You want to learn more about the Wall Street and how to invest your money in a smart way? This is the bible for stock and security investors. You think you have to search for days to find the perfect stocks for your own portfolio? That´s not right. If you have time to spare, you can try yourself as an enterprising investor, but you can also invest safely without too much effort. The revised edition of Benjamin Grahams “The intelligent investor” is filled with useful links to search for special criteria of companies online and commentary about the 2000´s stock market by Jason Zweig. This book also gives examples for pure greed and speculations followed by the loss of money that could be avoided by one glance at the financial status of the company.

My favourite quote of “The intelligent investor” by Benjamin Graham:

“People who invest make money for themselves; people who speculate make money for their brokers.”

Information about the author Benjamin Graham:        

• Father of value investing
• Founder of Graham-Newman Partnership, a fund management company
• Key figure for the 20-year-old Warren Buffet

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I am personally very interested in chemistry and space travel and this book is maybe the best suiting book for both interests. The rocket fuel history is one with a lot of explosions and dangerous materials. Little mistakes can be very dangerous in this business. Still the author’s slight humorous style of writing gives this theme a funnier atmosphere. However, I wouldn´t recommend it for people who are interested in rocketry in general but don´t like chemistry. The main content of the book is the research of new fuels and oxidizers for rockets and because there is always some sort of stability or freezing point problem with these substances the book also includes the additive research. From the beginnings of the rocket propellants to the today used once and some forecasts on this theme, everything is described in this book.

My favourite quote of “Ignition!” by John D. Clark:

“By the nature of research more tests are going to fail than are going to succeed.”

Information about the author John D. Clark:       

• Rocket fuel developer
• Chemist
• Writer of science fiction books

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Starting a business is hard. You will need a lot of money. Is this what friends said to you, when you mentioned your start-up ideas, then get your tips from a professional. This book explains that a business can be started in minutes at a very low budget. Also, real life applications are all over the place in this read. Questions like: How to find something to sell and how to grow everything if it´s running are answered. If you consider minding your own business and being your own boss, but don’t know where to start it´s optimal to read this book. With some step-by-step checklists for a product launch or market testing of a service this book offers actual help and wants you to take action immediately after reading.

My favourite quote of “The $100 Startup” by Chris Guillebeau:

“Get started quickly and see what happens.”

 
Information about the author Chris Guillebeau:

• Blogger
• Visited every country in the world
• entrepreneur

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Do you want to say you got trained in selling by the Wolf of the wall street? You can learn the art of influencing people and get them to buy your product. Jordan Belfort describes his system: the straight line selling. From how to get yourself in the right mood for a sales conversation all the way to the perfect tonality for every sentence you say. It´s worth knowing 91% of the person-to-person communication is nonverbal. That means body language, tonalities and expressions are essential. What I like the most about his system is that so much things have this good enough factor, which means most tips can be very effective even if you are a bloody beginner. By the way there is a perfect example of a sales talk on YouTube, where Jordan used everything he mentioned in this book.

My favourite quote of “Way of the Wolf” by Jordan Belfort:

“Success in the absence of ethics and integrity is not success at all.”

Information about the author Jordan Belfort:

• Started selling Italian ice as a kid
• Former door to door meat and seafood seller
• The movie “The Wolf of the Wall Street” is based on his days as stockbroker