Money Lovers:
Weirdly, it was through synchronicity
that I found the article below. For my new book "Money Wisdom for
Smart People — Dummies Don't Bother," I was looking to add to my list of
recommended financial books. The first result on Google was:
The 10 Best Personal Finance Books of 2020: "Manage your money better with these reads" BY BEVERLY BIRD - Updated April 10, 2020
Here's how the 10 books played out
for me:
- I didn't read the first one, find it interesting, so I ordered it.
- I own and have read the next 5.
- The 7th I wasn't that interested in.
- The 8th I don't have, I find it very interesting, and ordered it!
- The 9th — I saw that book somewhere before — Oh right, I have around 500 copies of it downstairs!
- The 10th — Not that interested in it so I didn't order it.
In short, even though I don't need any new
books on how to handle money, I still ordered two new books on the subject.
Of course, people who are broke and
handle money badly likely have not read any of these books — and will not order
any of them!
(Oh well, as Mark Coker recently stated,
"Darwin will sort out the delusional, pig-headed, and willfully ignorant.")
Just a note that I have finally published the new edition of THE LAZY PERSON'S GUIDE TO SUCCESS — FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE AND PERSONAL FREEDOM TOO!
Copies can be ordered at:
— from The Lazy Person's Guide to Success
"Those who make the worst use of time most complain of its shortness."
— Jean de La Bruyère
"Sometimes it’s important to work for that pot of gold. But other times it’s essential to take time off and to make sure that your most important decision in the day simply consists of choosing which color to slide down on the rainbow."
— Douglas Pagels
"The work ethic is a terrible mistake — a cute term gone haywire.
— from "The Lazy Person’s Guide to Success"
"If people knew what they had to do to be successful, most people wouldn't. "
— Lord Thomson of Fleet
"If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain."
— Dolly Parton
"If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all."
— Michelangelo
What's more, in late October I did a tally and realized that my books have now sold over 900,000 copies worldwide since I started self-publishing in September 1989. That’s an average of 34, 615 copies per year over 26 years.
— Francoise Rene Auguste Chateaubriand