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Call Me Ted - Ted Turner
Tribes - Seth Godin
All Marketers Are Liars - Seth Godin
The Google Story - David Vise
 
FTC-Hater said:
Maybe I worded what I was trying to get at wrong. I forget exactly how he gathered these millionaires - but the jist of it was that a friend of his mapped out where the highest percentage of millionaires lived and he mass mailed them and asked them to take a survey. The small percentage that actually did do that he quizzed further and the book is centered around each question and the conclusions he draws from them. (More or less.)

It's not that the idea, millionaires, or writing is bad. It's that I expected more.

The average income, yearly, for each millionaire was around half a million and the average net worth around 5 million. (Or a long those lines.)

This is a great accomplishment. But I would much prefer learning about those with say a 50 million dollar net worth. I would much prefer learning about those who really went further and what drove them to succeed when they already had.

...One of the biggest things he talks about is how complacent they all are now and how much they enjoy just 'relaxing'. That's fine. But I was hoping to learn about the drive that got them to where they are and the drive they still have to go further.

Moral of the story: I should've read the cover more closely to see what I was really getting instead of just going by a cover that looked interesting.
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That's the demo they were looking to study. They didn't want the Bill Gates of the world because not everyone is going to be an industry titan. They wanted the average Joes who used sensible saving, hard work and conservative investing principles to become wealthy to prove that it can basically be done by anyone no matter what your career/job/business is. Hence the name The Millionaire Next Door.
 
Just finished "Born to Run" - great book that discusses our evolutionary history as runners mixed in with a story on descendants of a Mayan tribe who run for a living.

"Rag Tree" - a fictional novel about modern Ireland. Pretty good book but I only read it because my dad mailed it to me and then kept asking me how I liked it.

"What the Dog Saw" - Malcolm Gladwell's latest. It's a collection of essays he wrote for "The New Yorker" over the years. It's very engaging and thought provoking. Similar to his other books, style-wise but presents a multitude of different subject material.
 
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Noticed it only has 1 star on amazon.com, by 2 users.. one sounds like he has ADD/Alzheimer's and the other has his panties in a bunch because the book stresses the hindrance that past and false ideologies (i.e. religion) had on the advancement of mankind.

We would have nothing were it not for the curious men and women who precede us. I recommend it to anyone who loves science.
 
FTC-Hater said:
It's not that the idea, millionaires, or writing is bad. It's that I expected more.

The average income, yearly, for each millionaire was around half a million and the average net worth around 5 million. (Or a long those lines.)

This is a great accomplishment. But I would much prefer learning about those with say a 50 million dollar net worth. I would much prefer learning about those who really went further and what drove them to succeed when they already had.
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If you want to read about the "outliers" like you mention read "How To Get Rich" by Felix Dennis which has been recommended before in other threads. It's a very readable book and clues you into the mindset of what you probably need to adopt to become one of those people in the 50 mil net worth like you mention.
 
The Double Helix... boring ass discovery of the DNA molecule.. I have to read it for my social science class :X
 
zimok said:
Noticed it only has 1 star on amazon.com, by 2 users.. one sounds like he has ADD/Alzheimer's and the other has his panties in a bunch because the book stresses the hindrance that past and false ideologies (i.e. religion) had on the advancement of mankind.

We would have nothing were it not for the curious men and women who precede us. I recommend it to anyone who loves science.
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The best science books I have ever read are the "Science of Discworld" series (3 of them) The hardcore, brain melting science and mathematics is written in a way that is very easy to digest ... well ...easy to digest if you can come to terms with things like n-branes, string theory and multi dimensional poinst in phase space...and the short, humorous chapters by Terry Pratchett in between the factual chapters make them highly entertaining as well as very educational books.

I am busy with Unseen Academicals (the latest by Terry Pratchett) and so far it seems to be a bit clumsy - Terry was diagnosed with early onset altzheimers about 2 years ago, so I'm wondering if it has started to affect his writing.
 
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TheCrabb said:
The best science books I have ever read are the "Science of Discworld" series (3 of them) The hardcore, brain melting science and mathematics is written in a way that is very easy to digest ... well ...easy to digest if you can come to terms with things like n-branes, string theory and multi dimensional poinst in phase space...and the short, humorous chapters by Terry Pratchett in between the factual chapters make them highly entertaining as well as very educational books.

I am busy with Unseen Academicals (the latest by Terry Pratchett) and so far it seems to be a bit clumsy - Terry was diagnosed with early onset altzheimers about 2 years ago, so I'm wondering if it has started to affect his writing.
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Very good, thanks a lot - will pick them up for sure. +Raypewtation
 
LotsOfZeros said:
You're missing the whole point of that book then.
The whole Millionaire series was a compilation of data gathered over several years by Thomas Stanley and his associates. The premise of their first book The Millionaire Next Door was based on just the fact that most millionaires are not what you would expect them to be (ie: 'Ballers'). On the contrary, they are more conservative in their purchasing habits, many run their own business in less-than glamorous industries, they don't dress too hip, drive baller cars, a surprisingly low percentage of them are in the typically expected professions (Doctors, Lawyers, Corporate Execs).

Go read The Millionaire Next Door first, then come back to The Millionaire Mind.
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He just come out with a new book (stop acting rich and live like a real millionaire)([ame="http://www.amazon.com/Stop-Acting-Rich-Millionaire/dp/0470482559"]amzlink[/ame]). I picked it up but haven't had a chance to read it yet. Hope its also as good. I loved both m next door and m mind.
 
justo_tx said:
If you want to read about the "outliers" like you mention read "How To Get Rich" by Felix Dennis which has been recommended before in other threads. It's a very readable book and clues you into the mindset of what you probably need to adopt to become one of those people in the 50 mil net worth like you mention.
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Your should read the the richest man babylon, then you'll get it.

Heres an audio link if you prefer. dont worry its a safe link.
 
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TheCrabb said:
I am busy with Unseen Academicals (the latest by Terry Pratchett) and so far it seems to be a bit clumsy - Terry was diagnosed with early onset altzheimers about 2 years ago, so I'm wondering if it has started to affect his writing.
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Sounds like it probably has. In my opinion, the quality of his books has declined slowly but steadily since Guards! Guards!, and that came out decades ago. The exception is Making Money, which is actually an excellent little primer on the gold standard vs fiat currency.
 
Armakuni said:
Sounds like it probably has. In my opinion, the quality of his books has declined slowly but steadily since Guards! Guards!, and that came out decades ago. The exception is Making Money, which is actually an excellent little primer on the gold standard vs fiat currency.
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I gotta disagree with you there, in my opinion his books have gotten stronger over time.

Yes - there are fewer gags on a page by page basis, but the plot lines and the meat of the stories have gotten much better. He's telling well crafted stories rather than flitting from slapstick joke to joke - that's not to say the books aren't funny anymore, but the humour has gotten a lot more suble whilest the stories have gotten a lot deeper and more complex.
 
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