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The Millionaire Next Door About Author: Thomas J. Stanley (1944 – February 28, 2015) was an American writer and business theorist. He was the author and co-author of several award-winning books on America's wealthy, including the New York Times’ best sellers The Millionaire Next Door and The Millionaire Mind. He served as chief advisor to Data Points, a company founded based on his research and data. He received a doctorate in business administration from the University of Georgia. Summary of Book: Who are the millionaires? Is it the people living on the Upper East Side in New York the people living on Strandvägen in Stockholm? Well, yes, and yes, but the typical millionaire doesn't live there, they live next door. What can we learn from these peoples so that we also one day, may call ourselves, millionaires? Takeaway number 1: The twelve characteristics of a millionaire: Contrary to many people's beliefs, it's rarely luck or inheritance that decides whether...

The Richest Man in Babylon About Author: George Samuel Clason (November 7, 1874 – April 7, 1957) was an American author. He is most often associated with his book The Richest Man in Babylon which was first published in 1926. Clason was born in Louisiana, Missouri. He attended the University of Nebraska. He served in the United States Army during the Spanish–American War. Summary of book: Takeaway #1: pay yourself first: Bansir was one of the chariot maker in Babylon. One day he was very upset, his friend Coby came near by him and said Bansir why you are sitting and not doing any work I guess you have earned enough for the day, I will request you to give me two coins so that I can have my dinner for today. Bansir replied if I had two coins I would have taken dinner for my family, by this word Coby got irritated and said if you do not have money why you are not working if you will be sitting here no one will pay you for just sitting and not doing anything. Bansir said I was dreaming in w...

Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World About the Author: William Harry McRaven (born November 6, 1955) is a retired United States Navy four-star admiral who last served as the ninth commander of the United States Special Operations Command from August 8, 2011, to August 28, 2014. From 2015 to 2018, he was the chancellor of The University of Texas System. In addition to his duties as COMSOCEUR, he was designated as the first director of the NATO Special Operations Forces Coordination Centre (NSCC), where he was charged with enhancing the capabilities and inter-operability of all NATO Special Operations Forces. Summary of Book: This book is based on speech delivered by a retired United States navy four-star admiral in University of Texas of Austin to students who were graduating on that day. This video went viral and you may have seen this on YouTube and this video have changed many people life. This video is so much logical and powerful that...

The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom About The Author: Don Miguel Ruiz, is a Mexican author of Toltec spiritualist and neoshamanistic texts. His work is best-received among members of the New Thought movement that focuses on ancient teachings as a means to achieve spiritual enlightenment. Ruiz is listed as one of the Watkins 100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People in 2018. Some have associated Ruiz's work with Carlos Castaneda, author of The Teachings of Don Juan. Summary of the book: When we were kids we were type of person who listens to anyone and follow them and agree what he/she is saying and believe them too without knowing that it is right or wrong. If your parent says you are handsome or beautiful you agree to them and if they say you are dumb and not beautiful we make an agreement to our-self without knowing the truth and if it is right or not. This agreement continues until we find someone who will prove us that whatever you have agree...

The Science Of Getting Rich With The Science Of Being Great About The Author: Wallace Delois Wattles ( 1860–1911) was an American New Thought writer. He remains personally somewhat obscure, but his writing has been widely quoted and remains in print in the New Thought and self-help movements. Wattles' best known work is a 1910 book called The Science of Getting Rich in which he explains how to become wealthy. Summary Of Book: There are three resources -  time, money and opportunities  that we want to be successful in life and be wealthy and everyone thinks these resources are never at their side. But what if someone told you that you can create these resources by yourself and there is inexhaustible amount of them waiting for you if you think in a right way. In this book author have discussed six principles if applied correctly in your day to day life will change yourself and achieve your wealth goals: 1.     Competitive to creative mind: You may ha...

Power OF Your Subconscoius Mind About The Author: Joseph Murphy was born in Ballydehob, County Cork, Ireland, the son of a private boys' school headmaster and raised a Roman Catholic. He was encouraged to study for the priesthood and was accepted as a Jesuit seminarian. Murphy travelled to India and spent a lot of time with Indian sages, learning Hindu philosophy. He later on formed a new church in America with Hindu ideologies.   Short Summary Of The Book: P ower of your subconscious mind is one of the brilliant and beloved spiritual self-help book that works all the time and help you to heal yourself, remove your fear, sleep better, enjoy better, enjoy better relationship and feel happier. Joseph have used simple and practical technique which can be used in our day to day life and use your subconscious mind power. Our mind works on two platforms conscious and subconscious, a conscious mind is what you see and decide any task to do and you are aware of but subconscious...

The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*ck   About The Author: Mark Manson (born March 9, 1984) is an American self-help author and blogger. As of 2019 he had authored three books, two of which, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck, and Everything Is Fucked: A Book about Hope, were The New York Times bestsellers. Manson started his first blog about dating advice in 2008.   In 2010, he started a new blog called Post Masculine (now defunct) which provided general life advice for men. Manson moved his blog to markmanson.net in 2013.   In 2015, Manson published a blog article "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck", which would form the basis of his second book by the same name.   Summary Of The Book: The book says that key to living a good life is not giving a fuck about other things but you should give a fuck about only things that matters and will enhance your personal values. This book helps us to visualize success and think about the type of person you want ...

7 habits of highly effective people About the author: Stephen Richards Covey (October 24, 1932 – July 16, 2012) was an American educator, author, businessman, and keynote speaker. His most popular book is The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. His other books include First Things First, Principle-Cantered Leadership, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families, The 8th Habit, and The Leader In Me — How Schools and Parents Around the World Are Inspiring Greatness, One Child at a Time. In 1996, Time magazine named him one of the 25 most influential people. He was a professor at the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University at the time of his death. Short summary of book: The 7 habits of highly effective people is a self-improvement book and convey that we see world entirely based in our perceptions. In order to change the situation we must change ourselves and to change that we have to change our perceptions. There are some common habits which we will see in e...