Books that changed my life, what about you?

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1. Rich Dad Poor Dad (Favorite book)
2. Cashflow Quadrant
3. Guide To Investing
4. The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Real Estate Investing (was my 1st pure real estate book)
5. The Art of Deal
6. The ABC's of Real Estate Investing
7. The Unofficial Guide to Real Estate Investing
8. The E-myth
9. The Power of Positive Thinking
10. The Magic of Thinking Big
11. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
12. The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership
13. Awakening the Giant Within
14. Your Erroneous Zones
15. The Power of Now
16. Emotional Intelligence
17. Think and Grow Rich
18. Start With Why
19. Slight Edge
20. The Compound Effect
21. 48 Laws of Power
22. The Wealth of Nations
23. The Art of Seduction
24. The 5 Love Languages
25. The Art of Start
26. The Crash Course
27. Business Model Generation
28. Secrets of the Millionaire Mind
29. The Secret
30. The Art of War
31. Emotional Intelligence
32. The Psychology of Winning
33. The 4 Agreements
34. The Richest Man in Babylon
35. The 7 Spiritual Laws of Success
36. The monk who sold his Ferrari
37. A whole new world
38. Your Erroneous Zones
39. As Man Thinketh
40. Eat that Frog

I read Rich Dad Poor Dad and I quitted from College in 2012 (I started in Real Estate in 2007), I was about to start a degree on Computer Science with a minus concentration in business administration. Now I'm a a real estate investor. I've read more than 305 books in these past 2 years.

[Joe Fairless]

Rich Dad, Poor Dad is the #1 more influential book I've read.

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@Joe Fairless Me Too, Totally True!!

[Andy Robison]

Rifle man Dodd
Enders game
Starship troopers
Democracy in America
Federalist papers
I'll have to look at my library tomorrow

[Christian Lautenschleger]

No love for Malcolm Gladwell?

[Zach Zepp]

Originally posted by @Christian Lautenschleger:

No love for Malcolm Gladwell?

Malcolm Gladwell is awesome.

Blink was a big deal to me - don't second guess.

Tipping Point was also influential.

Outliers really got me into spending more time on certain things. 10,000 hour rule.

Rich Dad, Poor Dad was good.

Dale Carnegie books.

And most of all:

Berenstain Bears books. Loved them.

[Christian Lautenschleger]

The Tipping Point is one of the most influential books I've read.

I suppose I could list 30 books if I wanted.

I've never read any Rich Dad books, mainly because I find the author to be dubious.

[Colleen F.]

Books that influenced me greatly:Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance;Atlas Shrugged; to love is to be happy with. None of which are the kind of thing that talk real estate but they all made me think deeply about how I view the world and how I act within it.

[Rolanda Eldridge]

1. Bible---Love, Wisdom, Patience, Grace, etc....daily read

2. The Fred Factor..Mark Sanborn...read it about twice a year..Basically about having passion in your everyday life...turning the ordinary into the EXTRAORDINARY..

3. See You at The Top...Zig Ziglar...read this about 30yrs old and it completely changed my life...Basically you will have everything in life if you help others...

I could go on, on , on...but just a tidbit for inspiration...

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in time of comfort and convenience but in times of challenge and controversy...MLK Jr.

[Tom Meade]

The Alchemist

Siddhartha

The Fountainhead

[Sharad M.]

Originally posted by @Account Closed:

None. What changed my life was what my professor said.

What did your professor say?

[Juan Garcia]

Just finished reading rich dad poor dad and what can I say I feel the same way! I'm heading into my senior year In college and sometimes I wonder what am I really doing In life. Is what I'm doing really what I want or is it just so I can fit in and be "normal" this book opened up my eyes to see what I really want and that is to be self efficient and to be free, from all the restrictions society has put on all of us. Be who you were meant to be is what I think.

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Originally posted by @Sharad M.:

Originally posted by @Account Closed:

None. What changed my life was what my professor said.

What did your professor say?

When I went to grad school, my favorite engineering teacher made this comment, and it struck a nerve. He said "I know what you should be doing in life just by looking at your night stand." I went home and saw 3 real estate books on my night stand. Apparently, real estate has always been my passion, not engineering. :)

I have been a student of real estate since the late 90's. I've read more real estate books than engineering books. However, the 1% rule mentioned in various books didn't exist in the Bay Area at that time. After some research, I flew to Florida to look at properties that exceeded the 1% rule in the early 2000. In some cases, they met the 2% rule. It was a major disappointment when I showed up in Tampa Bay to check them out. These neighborhoods were so sketchy. So I went to DFW Texas afterward in search of investment properties. Apparently, the 1% rule also didn't apply in the neighborhoods I wanted to buy in TX. It was closer to 0.7% rule. In addition, their property tax was about 3% so that was a big turn off because it would have made my fixed holding cost too high.

I went home and looked at 4plexes in San Jose selling for $700k while bringing in $4,000-$4,400/month. Interest rate was around 7% at that time. The numbers did not compute so sat out until 2009. Fortunately, things worked out for the best.

[Anoop Chawla]

For me it would be The master key system from Charles F Haanel.

Its an intesive 24 weeks course, focuses on improving your visualization, developing rare insights and over all self development.