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Books That Make Investing Easy

investing made easy!

Now we come to my favorite part of money management! I have finally found books tht tell us exactly what to do when it comes to investing.

I read Rich Dad Poor Dad a long time ago and it made me angry. The book did not give me clear steps on investing, saving, or actually making money. Rich DadPoor Dad did not meet my expectations. I didn't realize at the time that this was a philosophy or way of thinking type of book. Robert Kyosaki does teach us some good points.

Rich Dad tells us to buy assets instead of liabilities, he tells us to invest and make our money work for us instead of working for money. He tells us that the rich use loopholes in the law in order to avoid paying taxes.

This is all fine advice, but Rich Dad never actually tells us what to do. Rich dad never actually tells us how to invest. What do I do to make my money work for me?! Tell me what those tax loopholes are! If you are curious about the philosophy of money, take a look here.

Now, years later, after not knowing what to do, I actually found books that tell us specifically what to do! Make this as easy for us commoners as possible.

Quit like a millionaire by kristy shen

This book is amazing! Buy it right now! if you only read one book on this list, or anything on nvesting, this is the one. The more I listened to this audio book, the more excited I got. Kristy answered all the questions I had that the Rich dad could not.

Quit Like A Millionaire teaches us how to get out of debt and start saving. First rule is to always pay yourself first. Pay yourself and your savings accounts before you pay any bills or anything else. The more money you can save now, the more freedom you will have in the future.

Kristy Shen teaches us an amaizingly simple plan on how to invest and exactly what to invest in. (Index funds, always index funds.) She teaches us an easy step-by-step plan on where to put our money so it can work for us!

Kristsys' investing plan is wonderful. She helps us with avoiding stock market crashes like what happened in 2008 and the craziness that is going on with Game Stop right now ( January 2021). If we follow her plan, we won't have to deal with anything like the temporary rises and falls that some people constantly freak out about.

We also learn about the what the tax laws are and the easy way to Leagally avoid paying. We learn how to manage our money with the mindset of avoiding fees and paying least amount of taxes as possible.

This book tackles the subject of insurance and health care as well. Of course if you are stuck in the U.S. things are a little harder, but still managable.

The entire goal of Quit Like A Millionaire is to retire early so that you still have the time and energy to live the life you want without wasting your time working for money. what would you do if you didn't have to work every day? What gets you excited about living life? What would you do if you actually had all that time?

Kristy Shen is an inspiring guru and a very entertaining storyteller. I hope her book inspires you as much as it inspired me!

you need a budget by jesse mecham

Obviously this isn't focusing on investing, but I wanted to add Y.N.A.B. to

You Need A Budget is all about how to organize and save your money in a way that wont stress you out. The basic idea is to plan for every event and bill in advance so expenses don't come up as surprizes.

A yearly expense I added to my budget is Girl Scout Cookies. I know I will be spending that money every single year, and I'm gonna plan for it!

This includes anuall bills like buying new tires, or weird and random repairs that we can never expect. We might not expect it but the money we save for it can. This is why everyone tells us to have an emergency fund. We'll never know when we have another health problem or when our basement floods. What we do know is that emergencies will always come up out of nowhere and we need our moeny to be ready for it when it happens.

It is important that we plan our money for the fun things as well as our neccesary expenses. If we plan and save up for somehting fun, we won't feel guilty about spending money on it. If you enjoy buying books and minis for Dungeons and Dragons every other month, then plan for it! If you want to buy that avacado toast every morning, then put it in your budget!

Jesse Mecham has a chapter in this book all about teaching children how to budget. The earlier we learn how to plan and save, the more time and practice we will have to save. Our relationship with money is engrained in our thoughts and emotions at an early age, we need to help the next generation as much as we can as soon as we can.

The more good habits we can create, the better life we can have.

You Need A Budget shows us what we should alread know. Dealing with money can be a lot less stressful the more we can plan where our money is going and what our money is doing for us. It i

financial freedom by grant sabatier

Financial Freedom is another helpful tome that wants you to retire early with financial independence. Grant helps us figure out how much money we would need in order to retire early. We learn how we can reach that goal in the shortest amount of time as we can.

This book has great investing advice. He tells us exactly what to invest in and how to do it in order to grow our money as fast as possible.

Grant Sabatier teaches us how to earn more money with the current job and skills that we already have, and how to maximize those results.

This books gives us great advice on how to plan and start a small business or side hustle to make even more money. It isn't as hard as you think.

This book also talks in depth about simple real estate investing that other investing books don't really talk about.

Financial Freedom is great for creating the habits we need in order to create a more fullfilling and better life. We should try to focus on a life of happiness and abundance. That means spending time on what we want instead of what an uncaring boss wants from us.

Life gets easier when we get better at it.

All of these books that I have talked about so far can teach us amazing things. But knowledge is useless untill we act on it. We have to work on our life in order to make it the best one possible.

Test everything out and don't be afriad to try new things. Find out what works for you and your specific situation.

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3 Books That Will Help you Earn and Keep Your Money

Now it's time to think about the Philosophy of money. I know it can be scary and stressful. I've ignored my debt and money problems for most of my life. Money has always been scary for me. I've ignored bills and wasted my money and time on a lot of stupid stuff. I am finally trying to take care of my money issues and yes it is a lot of work.

I think I have found the right books in order to create a good financial plan. Money is one of the most important aspect of our lives. The better we are with money, the better our lives can become. If you want a happy and successful life, getting educated and in control of your money situation is a nessecity.

The more money we have, the more time and freedom we can have. I am all about freedom.

Before we get to an actual financial plan, I want to reccomend some books about the philosophy and our ways of thinking that surround money. Dealing with money is a major cause of stress and anxiety. The more we can understand our feelings about finances, the more control we can have over them.

Remember that we can read all of the books and feel better about ourselfs for being smart. But if we don't take action and put that information to use, all of our knowledge is wasted.

If you are looking for Ideas about building a business or a side hustle click here.

Rich habits by thomas c. corley

This is a great little book with some great big ideas. It's really short so you can read it in an hour. Rich habits talk about 10 things we can do that can make a huge difference in our lives.

The book challenges us to follow these habits for 30 days. You'll see a drastic improvement if you do.

The habit that hit me the hardest was number 6. I will live each and every day in moderation. Unsuccessful people have little control over their lives they have wild swings in their moods which lead to strained relationships, strained health, and strained finances. I have never realized how important this is, and now I am aware of toxic behavior everywhere.

Rich habits is not specifically about money. The idea is to create a richer life for yourself while creating a better future. Within each habit, Corley talks about the difference between successful people and unsuccessful people. Successful people work hard to create good habits that ensure and easier and mor fullfilling life.

Rich Habits teaches us that successful people take responsibility for every aspect of their lives and strive to make it better.

the richest man in babylon by george s clason

This book is a fictional tale in which each chapter teaches a lesson about handling and saving money. Everyone wants a fat purse full of gold. But not everyone knows how to make their money grow.

This one is another very quick read. It contains a multitude of insights for saving and handling money. Readers will learn why it is so important to work with integrity and responsibility. You won't get very far if nobody trusts you, because no one will work with you.

The Richest Man in Babylon reinforces the mindset and princibles required to earn and keep your gold. If you don't learn to manage the money that you have, you will never be able to earn more.

I enjoyed this book because it read like a fiction novel, very fun and easy to read. The lessons are simple but profound.

secrtes of the millionaire mind by t. harv eker

This is last on the list about the psycology of success and finance. Eker is blunt with his teachings and information. He lays out the thought process toward thinking and acting in a way that will help you succed. Are you begining to see a pattern in philosophy here?

I learned that if you want to be rich, you can't have any negative feelings toward the rich. You can never become what you despise.

Anyone who tries to tell you that money isn't important is broke. If we don't take the time to learn about and control money, it will contol us.

We learn in here more specific ways that the rich and successful people think and act differently. Rich people understand that the more you can get your money to work for you, the less youw ill have to work. If you want to become more successful please pay close attention to Secrets of the Millionaire Mind.

I do have one complaint about this book, Eker continues to advertise his millionaire mind training workshop throughout this book. But we can't let that distract us from the amazing advice and help that this book offers. If you want to complain about this, then you can continue being broke.

There is one chapter here that talks about creating a budget and I wish it was more in depth. I have followed what it says and I already feel a little more in control of my money.

In the next post I want to talk about great books that teach us about actual finances and budgeting.

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3 Books That Will Build Your Business

why am I writing book reviews on a site for dungeon masters?

I originally got this idea on new years eve going into 2021. I was talking with my amazingly smart and beautiful friends when at least 3 of them were talking about trying to start their businesses. I asked them if they were willing to listen to my ranting about all of the books I have read. Instead of ranting, I'm gonna write about it.

Alright nerds, listen up. It's time to get our asses in gear and start making some money. I've read a few books over the years and I want to share my insights. This list will be part of an ongoing series that is part book review and part life planning. The goal is to reccomend books with a (somewhat) short description.

Every book I mention on this site is highly reccomended and has helped me a lot in my current journey. I want to help everyone live the best life possible. I want to help people make some money and hopefully retire early.

I have recently realised that life isn't going to end very soon. I'm not going to die early. And even after some mismanaged plagues (I'm looking at you 'merica), the world isn't going to end. There won't be an apocalypse in my life time. We're here for a long time, so lets make our future something worthwhile, something worth living for.

The 4-hour work week by tim ferriss

Youv'e probably heard about this one and thought "No way! working only 4 hours is impossible." That is what I thought too, and I put off reading this for a long time. I gave this book a second chance after it was reccomended by the amazing youtube channel Charisma on Command.

This is the first book that taught me that it is possible to create a business on your own terms. And it can be a viable option. Stop working for others when your precious time could be your own.

Tim Ferriss lays out a great plan for finding a simple business that could work for whatever your gaols are. After reading this, I hope your goals will become loftier.

This books goes into detail about getting out of the office and working remotely. Tim preaches the 80/20 priciple for maximixing your time in order to be free to do what you want to do. Inactivity and being stuck in a 9-5 job is not the goal, doing what excites you and having the time to do it is the goal.

The 4-hour Work Week gives us a solid plan for automating a business that can fund us and free up our time.

I put this book first on the list for a reason. It was the first time I thought that I could actually acomplish something in life that I actually wanted to do! like write, and try to inspire people. This was the first time I realised that an early retirement could be possible.

Side Hustle by chris guillebeau

This definitly the simplest and the easiest to use business building book that I have read. The chapters are designed for you to work on one simple task each day so you can launch your business or side hustle within the course of just one month!

The steps are easy to follow. Any noob can benifit greatly from this one. You are well on your way to making a real life business, now make sure you have a real life way to get paid for it.

I love Side Hustle, this book spells out the specific things you need to do to build a hustle from scratch while also telling inspiring stories. This can be another great foundation for all of your ventures.

Chirs has a good number of books and I reccomend them all.

The E-myth revisited by Michael gerber

The E-Myth is straightforward in a different way than side hustle. The E-Myths major point is that we should be working on our business instead of working in your business. What is the point of making a busness, if you have basically created another 9-5 job for yourself. We are supposed to be freeing up our time instead of becoming just another employee at a dead end job.

Even if your goal is to create a fully automated business, the E-Myth teaches some great philosophy and insights we can apply as we build a business or a side hustle. This book talks about the stages of growth in a business and what to do to survive to the nest stage.

Gerber teaches the difference between a technician, a mangaer, and an entreprenuer. And how an owner needs to deal with these 3 personalities in themselves and their business. Most businesses fail because a technician take over and stops the entrepenuer from moving forward.

If you follow what The E-Myth has to teach, your side hustle and your life will become more focused and meaningful. Successful people work on their lives, not just in their lives.

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