The Book Club
This is overdue! I’ve always wanted to start an online book club with my IG followers and blog readers and here we go! This is so exciting.
I am a sucker for spicy romantic novels, I would eat a whole 7 books saga in 6 days, but after years of doing this, I realized that even though I enjoy reading those novels because they keep me relaxed, hopeful, and dreamy, I had to use my time reading books that contribute something to my intellect. So a few years ago I started choosing books that wouldn’t entertain me as much but I would get important and basic life knowledge.
These books would range from finance to learning how to navigate the complex waters of humanity with finesseeeee (yeah, I am like a full gallon of gasoline near a lit match).
I am kicking off this book club with the world's most basic books but necessary in life. Too many people are out there oblivious to how money works, but they love to be out there leaving stupid comments and having too many opinions about subjects they don’t even know the basics of.
Rich Dad, Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki.
It advocates the importance of financial literacy (financial education), financial independence, and building wealth through investing in assets, real estate investing, starting and owning businesses, as well as increasing one's financial intelligence.
Rich Dad Poor Dad is written in the style of a set of parables based on Kiyosaki's life. The titular "rich dad" is his best friend's father who accumulated wealth due to entrepreneurship and savvy investing, while the "poor dad" is claimed to be Kiyosaki's father who he says worked hard all his life but never obtained financial security.
To me, this is one of the most important books I’ve ever read. The idiot-proof way this man explains taxes and how you can make debts work for you is is a game changer.
The hand draw graphics are hilarious.
2. The Richest Man in Babylon, George S. Clason.
The famous “Babylonian parables,” are hailed as the greatest of all inspirational works on the subject of thrift, financial planning, and personal wealth. In language as simple as that found in the Bible, these fascinating and informative stories set you on a sure path to prosperity and its accompanying joys. Acclaimed as a modern-day classic, this celebrated bestseller offers an understanding of—and a solution to—your personal financial problems that will guide you through a lifetime.
This is the business book that holds the secrets to keeping your money—and making more. May they prove for you, as they have proven for millions of others, a sure key to gratifying financial progress.
I read this one in a day and a half, that good and financially assertive this book is, explained in simple words.
3. Billionaire Babes Club: Shh! The Secret Guide by the Wives and Girlfriends of the Wealthy on How To Land a Rich Man, Arabella R. Irvine.
Billionaire Babes Club is the book the affluent society doesn't want you to read. Learn how to lure a wealthy man into spending money on you, falling for you, and in the end becoming his Spoiled Girlfriend or Trophy Wife. Billionaire Babes Club lays out the practical steps to upgrade the everyday lady into becoming a high-value woman. Included in the book are guides on leveling up, etiquette, and personality. As well as the secrets to femininity, seduction, and manipulation. Learn online dating tips from how to set up your profile and take your photos, to scripts and scenarios for first dates, how to get a second date, traveling, and more.
This book is the bible on freestyling and meeting men in real life. Get any man to approach you. We cover it all. You will have access to text message examples and real stories from the Spoiled Girlfriends and Trophy Wives you aspire to be.
No, this book is not about becoming a gold digger, it is actually about femininity and elevating oneself. Super entertaining and easy to read.
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4. "Trickle Down Theory" and "Tax Cuts for the Rich", Thomas Sowell.
This essay unscrambles gross misconceptions that have made rational debates about tax policies virtually impossible for decades.
At various times and places, particular individuals have argued that existing tax rates are so high that the government could collect more tax revenues if it lowered those tax rates because the changed incentives would lead to more economic activity, resulting in more tax revenues out of rising incomes, even though the tax rate was lowered. This is clearly a testable hypothesis that people might argue for or against, on either empirical or analytical grounds. But that is seldom what happens.