/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>627845
pls respond

>>627845
I would say the older the book, the sooner you should read it. So start with Carnegie, Napoleon Hill and Benjamin Graham.

>>627864
thanks. kind of off topic, but should i bother with Ayn Rand stuff or is it trash tier?

>>627860
Shit, she was cute then.

Of your post, well, I haven't read all of these but to full stop being plebeian check "The Intelligent Investor".

>>627845
Most are shit IMO. Looks like they were picked by plebs who want to sound smart.
Fooled by Randomness and Black Swan as an example were two of the worst books I've ever tried to read.

A lot of classics are just not there. Where the fuck is Stan Weinstein's Secrets for Profiting in Bull and Bear Markets ?

I didn't really like the intelligent investor, but I dont invest. Im more of a trader. Reminiscences of a stock operator is a worthy read.
I didn't like Dale Carnegie's book. I thought it was mostly common knowledge and only advisable for complete retard autists.
Is Schwager's Market Wizards missing from this list ?
What a shit tier list...

I guess it depends what you want to get out of a book.
I recently finished Michael Lewis Boomerang and enjoyed it.

I'll go check my book shelf in a few mins and report back if I find anything worthy of a mention.

>>627865
When you develop critical thinking, not before.

>>627869
can't tell if sarcastic or not

Don't read theoretical garbage, read books that help you develop real skills that you can instantly begin to use. "The Secret" might be a load of garbage, but you can read it and immediately begin to start using the techniques described in the book, as opposed to reading some M&A buyout literature that you will never end up using.

>>627867
So uh, found anything?

The question you have to answer is: what is your goal?

Do you want to manage your personal finance better? Learn to communicate with people better? Learn about starting/managing a business? Learn to invest money? Learn about trading?

There's no point in reading books about subjects you have no interest in. It's not like these are some literature classics that you simply must read in order to lead a respectable life.

>>627867
Have fun under performing the market.

>>627921
really my goal is getting biz as possible. i was fucking around with music this whole time, and always felt bad for being so financially illiterate.
maybe i'll get a better idea of what i'm actually looking for once i get to read biz related literature.

>>627845
I will teach you to be rich by Ramit Sethi is a good one for practical ideas

>>627947
>Rich indian enterpreneur giving you the most basic money saving tips while you make him richer: the book

/biz/ recommended all those books and /biz/ is filled with poor fucks.

I would recommend looking into what successful people read in order to become successful.

At the end of the day you could've read all those books and then some, but if you aren't out there hustling for success, you're going to remain in the position you are today.

>>627991
Let me also add that "Zero to One" by Peter Thiel is a fucking phenomenal book, it's definitely a part of my top three, but it's mainly targetted towards those who want to start their own businesses.

>>627991
good point heh
>>627997
whats the other top two?

>>627997
I like the book, it's ok. But it really only stresses one point: Build something new and form a monopoly. I don't think it is particularly useful for the vast majority of people. Most rich people did not get wealthy from hitting it big with one idea, they had several mediocre ideas that proved to be profitable and executed on them

If your plan is to build the next Facebook/Google, great, good luck - but starting up a local moving company would probably be more realistic for most people.

>>628007
The other two would probably be Bogleheads Guide to Investing and The Success Principles by Jack Canfield.

Boglehead's Guide to Investing is up there because after you finish reading the book (and even while you're reading it) you can also browse the Boglehead's forums, which is extremely helpful and is littered with advice from people and discussions revolving around investment theories (very good stuff)

link to Boglehead's Forum:
https : / /www . bogleheads . org / forum / index . php

The Success Principles by Jack Canfield isn't actually business related, it's more about improving your life in general, and I would recommend that because although it's not specific to starting a company or investing, it teaches you how to be both mentally, and physically healthy, and overall just improve your life (but you should do what the book tells you to do, don't just read it and move on to the next one). Of course, if you are happy, and healthy, you'll more than likely end up successful as well.

>>628042
That is a good point and I should've addressed that. The book definitely focuses on innovative ideas and I personally am a big fan of that approach and that's why I recommended it (there are too many social media apps, and games that rip off other games, and so on). I look at people such as Elon Musk who sort of followed through with the Zero to One philosophy and ended up with the success they have, Elon in particular started from scratch with SpaceX and even Tesla (although he definitely didn't found Tesla Motors, I'd argue that he's the reason it is successful). Approaches such as the ones given in the book, about growing vertically and essentially "taking the road less traveled" is solid advice to me.

>>628067
thanks anon

>>627845
Start with early retirement extreme to get a handle on how entrenched in consumerism you are

>>628083
i'm pretty frugal actually, even though i'm not a complete poorfag. that being said, money can bring a lot of experiences that are other wise unattainable.

>>627845
Almost finished with economics in one lesson. I would definitely recommend this to most people, regardless of motive.

>>627845
I really enjoyed One up on wall street. Very informative, easy to follow, and is written with insight from one of the greatest investors of all time.