Here are 3 awesome reads for inspiration and wealth accumulation. Now that you’ve made your achievable goals for the year, you might be looking for inspiration. Often times we have good ideas that excites us to the core. You can picture the end result in your mind but unfortunately have no clue how to forge ahead and make things happen. Reasons might be because you have a lot of baggage to deal with, such as family, health, or money issues.
As the saying goes, “When the going gets tough, the tough get going”. Now is the perfect time to go for inspiration, not desperation in order to achieve your goals. With that in mind, here are three awesome books to give you that extra push you might need, Mojo juice if you will!
3 AWESOME READS FOR WEALTH AND LIFE INSPIRATION
What is wealth?
It is important to define what wealth means to you because it changes from person to person. The definition of wealth according to the dictionary is “an abundance of valuable possessions or money, and a plentiful supply of a desirable thing”.
You can therefore conclude from the definition that wealth might mean making boat loads of money, while to someone else, their measure of success (and thereby wealth) might be a famous scientist maybe with a wealth of knowledge. The ultimate authority in a particular field.
Whatever the motivation, here are three highly regarded books that a lot of the gurus (think of famous people who went on to start multi million dollar companies).
These 3 awesome reads for wealth and life inspiration are in no particular order. Each was selected to cater to a different mindset with all three combined to round out a full on regrouping and way of thinking going forward.
7 Habits of Highly Effective People Book or Kindle:
This book has been a bestseller for 25 years. It is quite inspirational. It motivates you to set your goals with a win/win mindset. There’s a reason why it has sold over forty million copies and continues to top the charts. Supposedly read by top business leaders. I skimmed it a very long time ago and remember being empowered.
I am planning on reading it again in the near future for some more life lessons, because hey, 40 million people can’t be wrong! The change in attitude has to come from within and this one helps you identify what personal behavior you need to modify or cater to in order to lead a more effective and better life. Human beings being creatures of habit, this forces you to concentrate on the good habits.
The Millionaire Next Door Book or Kindle:
A very common book in the Early Retirement and Personal Finance forums, which is where l discovered it as well. The advice given might have been revolutionary when it was first published and now it’s almost a given, what with the internet and all. The most important takeaway is to live below your means and watch your money grow.
The constant need to keep up with the Joneses will only drain your funds. I for one used to love changing my car every couple of years back when l still lived in Hollywood (it was just the lifestyle creep) and l always bought new.
After reading this book, I was able to change my mindset. The last vehicle l bought was a used, but new to me BMW 540i that l not only purchased for almost $50,000 less than the new price thanks to depreciation (it had just come out from a 2-year lease and was in sparkling new condition) but one that l used for just under 9 years, then sold for a really good price.
The proceeds funded one whole year of living in Malta! While I try not to dwell on mistakes of the past, but l wish I’d read the book sooner. Lesson learned.
The Year of Yes book and Kindle:
By now, pretty much everyone knows who this firecracker of a woman is. At any time of day all over the world, one of her shows is most likely playing on a TV screen. Surely you’ve heard of “Grey’s Anatomy”, “Scandal” and her latest “How to Get Away With Murder” .
Most recently, her Shondaland endeavors have extended to the streaming world via her new worldwide hit called Bridgerton. Make sure to watch it on Netflix if you like a historical romance set in London’s high society. Not my cup of tea after an episode.
Her strong female characters have become trademarks of her shows. That alone should inspire. In this book, she writes about being an introvert who finally decided to come out of her shell, thanks to a random statement from one of her sisters. The challenge was to say “Yes” to things and it transformed her life. I am trying for my own year of yes 🙂 as l tend to be introverted as well.
“The Best Way To Get Started Is To Quit Talking And Begin Doing.”
– Walt Disney
Wrap-Up on the 3 awesome reads for wealth inspiration:
One thing l have found to be helpful to me is to have inspirational quotes and motivational sayings somewhere in my vicinity at all times. I am still old fashioned in some ways, and use a calendar still that l write my appointments or chores in, and each day has a different quote.
I find these quotes inspiring and a lot of times, they keep me motivated, even when l have a setback. You might think of different ways to implement this into your life. It could be through a mailing list where you get your quotes daily ( I have used this one for years).
Often by changing our quality of thinking, we can change our quality of life. Think of how you feel when someone lightens your mood with a simple smile.
All these titles are available on Amazon as shown (affiliate link). You might even be able to get them free if you try the Amazon Audible, but you would need to cancel before the 30 day trial period is over! Don’t say you weren’t warned :-).
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Have you read any of these 3 inspirational books or do you have any to add to the list? Where do you get your motivation from?
I have not read any of these books, but I should put them on my list. I am currently reading Jen Sincero: “You are a badass”
Haha! Love the title of that one. I will check that out, it sounds like it would give you a kick in the butt :-).
One of my grad school professors made us read 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Great read!
Oh how cool! I still think of one of my professors who introduced me to Impressionist art with affection. Can’t wait to read it properly this time.
I didn’t realize these were on audible. I’ll have to check them out. I want to read Year of Yes but if I can hear it in the car, that’s just as good.
Glad that you will check them out. Yeah.. I was surprised, it might just be that you get any 3 titles in whatever form within 3 0 days. I plan on trying to squeeze these 3 into the trial period because l’m not sure how l feel about “hearing” books 🙂 .
I was reading another blogger write about Shonda’s “Year of Yes” and she stated that it was crass and not well written. Like you I thought is was an honest personal take on her life experiences. I’m happy to see it shared in a positive light.
Yep! It’s her life, and she can write it anyway she wants since it’s her experience. The thing is..just looking at her shows, you can anticipate the spiciness of the book. The message and takeaway is the most important fact. You can’t argue with the humongous success that she’s had :-).
I’m committed to reading 12 books in 2017. I have already picked my January and February books, and have been debating on whether or not the year of yes would be on my list. I really love Stephen Covey, wasn’t so much a fan of The Millionaire Next Door, but these are great books to set your strategy and focus for the year.
12 books?? My, you’re going to be one very busy lady! It’s funny, I used to read a lot more before when l was working full-time 🙂 . I just might add some more to my list. The Millionaire Next Door seems to be polarizing .. haha! I might hit you up for more books then when l run out :-).
I need to read all of them. I heard Shonda’s book was really inspirational I want to share this with my book club!
Cool! They all make good reads and are inspiring. Your book club would probably like the message :-).
I tend to read fictional books, but i need to start reading more help self books. Shionda Rhimes book may be a good read, she has accomplished so much, it would be interesting to read. Never try to keep up with the Jones so true, first of you never know what the Jones are going though and what it took to get there.
Haha! Exactly true about the Joneses 🙂 . You ever know what goes on behind the scenes. I like fiction too, even though most of my favorite authors are dead. :-(. Harold Robins, Sidney Sheldon etc.. I need new ones to add to old John Grisham. Give the other side a try..mix it up :-).
I really believe in the power of Yes. I need to check out Shonda’s book.
You might just like it 🙂 . I’m trying to say yes more often.
These are really good picks. I’ve read the first two but I’ve been meaning to read shonda’s book as well. Have heard great things about it!
Thanks Andrea! It was hard to narrow them down but l wanted to get a well rounded picture that kind of touched on all aspects 🙂