What BOOKS do you read for your BUSINESS & FINANCIAL LIFE?

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currently reading, "success" - built to last

[AmorsoloX]

to succeed in the business world and in life

"the 48 laws of power" - read this and i guarantee youll be primed for the challenges in business.. if not.. life itself..

• Law 1 Never outshine the master
• Law 2 Never put too much trust in friends, learn how to use enemies
• Law 3 Conceal your intentions
• Law 4 Always say less than necessary
• Law 5 So much depends on reputation. Guard it with your life
• Law 6 Court attention at all cost
• Law 7 Get others to do the work for you, but always take the credit
• Law 8 Make other people come to you, use bait if necessary
• Law 9 Win through your actions, never through argument
• Law 10 Infection: avoid the unhappy and unlucky
• Law 11 Learn to keep people dependent on you
• Law 12 Use selective honesty and generosity to disarm your victim
• Law 13 When asking for help, appeal to people's self-interest, never to their mercy or gratitude
• Law 14 Pose as a friend, work as a spy
• Law 15 Crush your enemy totally
• Law 16 Use absence to increase respect and honor
• Law 17 Keep others in suspended terror: cultivate an air of unpredictability
• Law 18 Do not build fortresses to protect yourself. Isolation is dangerous
• Law 19 Know who you're dealing with, do not offend the wrong person
• Law 20 Do not commit to anyone
• Law 21 Play a sucker to catch a sucker: play dumber than your mark
• Law 22 Use the surrender tactic: transform weakness into power
• Law 23 Concentrate your forces
• Law 24 Play the perfect courtier
• Law 25 Re-create yourself
• Law 26 Keep your hands clean
• Law 27 Play on people's need to believe to create a cultlike following
• Law 28 Enter action with boldness
• Law 29 Plan all the way to the end
• Law 30 Make your accomplishments seem effortless
• Law 31 Control the options: get others to play with the cards you deal
• Law 32 Play to people's fantasies
• Law 33 Discover each man's thumbscrew
• Law 34 Be royal in your fashion: act like a king to be treated like one
• Law 35 Master the art of timing
• Law 36 Disdain things you cannot have: Ignoring them is the best revenge
• Law 37 Create compelling spectacles
• Law 38 Think as you like but behave like others
• Law 39 Stir up waters to catch fish
• Law 40 Despise the free lunch
• Law 41 Avoid stepping into a great man's shoes
• Law 42 Strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter
• Law 43 Work on the hearts and minds of others
• Law 44 Disarm and infuriate with the mirror effect
• Law 45 Preach the need for change, but never reform too much at Once
• Law 46 Never appear perfect
• Law 47 Do not go past the mark you aimed for; in victory, learn when to stop
• Law 48 Assume formlessness

some insightful qoutes;

“Do not be held a cheat, even though it is impossible to live today without being one.
Let your greatest cunning lie in covering up what looks like cunning”.
Baltasar Gracian 1601-1658.

“If you want to tell lies that will be believed, don’t tell the truth that won’t”.
Emperor Tokugawa Ieyasu of Japan, 7th Century.

“It takes great talent and skill to conceal ones’ talent and skill”.
La Rochefoucauld 1613-1680.

[AmorsoloX]

Hehehehe! Tig basahan pud diay ka ani? IMG is using these princples of Sun Tzu in dominating market share in the Financial Industry.

Move like water, let your forces keep a low profile. Mura lag wala, but a nuclear explosion is already there and preparing for domination.
It threatens the goliath companies. He who controls large networks of distribution controls the market's future. Who controls distribution can dominate and dictates an entire business empire.

He who builds, multiply, outlets agressively can threatens his competition. If you build outlets of people, your shop is mobile and unstoppable. If you build strong leaders in your organization, you can build and convert people.

para nako shallow ra kaau ang approach sa art of war... though naa ang principles.. it lacks the finesse to run and grow a successful business

a good read for business would be MIEN KAMPFE by Adolf Hitler... there are more down to earth tactics to be used.. principles of art of war are applied in practical uses here..

also read the book by Carl Von CLauswitz.. "ON WAR"... lots of tactics to use

BLITZKRIEG strategy is a very good strategy.. its the preferred tactic i use in Business and in Life...

and yes, the concept of superiority is VERY VERY important to compete on any Market.. (but only in business arena.. i believe and promote equality of humans.. im no Nazi)

TIME is the most precious resource you have...
(thats the reason y i dont invest primarily on paper assets as it tooks too much time and immobilizes a considerable chunk of capital)

for those who want to be wealthy on a short amount of time investments should be
primary : businesses
secondary : real estate
tertiary : paper assets

[Githyanki]

Harvard Business Review Publications
Wall Street Journal
Times Magazine

[wizard_jamex]

1. My Maid in Invest in Stock Market...by Bo Sanchez
2. Wealth within your Reach, Pera Mo Palaguin Mo! Book 1 by Francisco J. Colayco
(This is good book to read especially for the newbie...)
3. Ang pera na hindi bitin by Eduardo O. Roberto, Jr.

[pauld32]

Robert Kiyosaki - Guide to Investing

[nodols3]

Harvard Business Review Publications
Wall Street Journal
Times Magazine

nice.....^_^ pang international na gyud ka bro....nice nice...

[medwarc]

mine is from Bo Sanchez. nailimot ko sa complete title sa books. naa man gud sa ako room...

[AmorsoloX]

up lang ko. hehehe

i recommend e-myth.

its like a business-for-dummies book..

its good to know whether you own a business or you own a job

[kenart]

my husband has a few financial books
most of them, the contents I find it hard to follow
except for David Bach's The Automatic Millionaire
it's very simple and practical
we could be practicing it already

few parts only applies to the US though
i hope a Philippine edition will come out soon