Motivational books

[xxThe_Lebowskixx]

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What do people think of Rich Dad, Poor Dad? I know of people who swear by it but when I read it I hated it. I also hated Who Moved My Cheese?, so maybe I just don't like this kind of book.

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his books are pointless. they keep repeating the same thing over and over. i guess that is their motive, to smash it into your head that you can change, but overall its useless imho.

[SlowHabit]

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What do people think of Rich Dad, Poor Dad? I know of people who swear by it but when I read it I hated it. I also hated Who Moved My Cheese?, so maybe I just don't like this kind of book.

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RDPD is good in a sense that you won't be grinding in life if you find an asset [or positive cash flow vehicle] to grind for you.

Besides that, the material is not fundamentally sound. I haven't read other works by him but the image of him smiling under the subject "Rich Me Poor You" series tilt the hell out me.

[Tien]

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Sounds perfect for Think and Grow Rich

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[SuperWhale]

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Sounds perfect for Think and Grow Rich

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Second that, this book is based on years of research on successful people and the qualities they share. The research was done at Andrew Carnegie's request.

It is a pretty fast read too.

[Genz]

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Sounds perfect for Think and Grow Rich

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Second that, this book is based on years of research on successful people and the qualities they share. The research was done at Andrew Carnegie's request.

It is a pretty fast read too.

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That's the first book that came to my mind too, but I have doubts that it will help in this specific situation. IIRC (I haven't read it completely), it's more for people that already have a specific goal that they want to pursue and helps them getting there (edit: i.e. staying motivated, sticking with the goal, enduring hardships). I don't know if it's motivational if you don't really have a goal in the first place. But I might be wrong.

OP, a few years ago, NLP was all the rage. Maybe YOU want to read a few of those books to learn how to influence your buddy to develop a burning desire. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[Tien]

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what kind of motivation does he need? friends, money, girls, work-related....

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He's currently grinding at a regular job that pays him well (about 85k/year) but we're 23 years old so naturally, I want us to be dangerous.

We have plans on how to be rich [and subsequently, all the moneys, blings, and hoes will follow]. But I feel he doesn't have that sense of urgency to succeed even though he understands valuable time is slowly slipping away. One's window of opportunity can only be open for so long.

Basically, I want to create a burning desire inside of him so we can get going.

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You are better off going off and accomplishing those things you want with someone else or alone.


There is almost no point trying to carry around a heavy weight that will just drag you down years later.


IMO, you are wasting your time on your friend.

[bkholdem]

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I'm currently looking for motivational books so I can help out a friend. I never understand why such books exist and the strategies/advices are cheesy but it seems like most people [or at least most that I know] aren't very motivated.

I am browsing Amazon but there are too many titles with 4.5 stars and I don't want to buy all of them only to find out they give the same advices.

If you don't know any motivation books, any book on how to deal with people [or persuasion] is fine.

Thanks!

PS. Another friend likes "The Power of Now" but he said it's BS after 5 chapters.

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Question: "How many motivational books does it take to motivate a person?"

Answer: "Only one, but the person has to desire to be motivated."

[LDonnie]

I haven't read any of the thread and have no clue what kind of motivation we are looking for but in my personal experience I have found Zig Ziglar's book "Better Than Good" to be great and my father says his "See You At The Top" is a great book also.
good luck

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Napoleon Hill: Think and grow rich
Brian Tracy: Eat that frog. (more about self-organization)
Tom Butler-Bowdon: 50 Success Classics (best book ever)
Stephen R. Covey: The 7 habits of highly effective people
W.T. Gallwey: The inner game of tennis
read these and you are ready. Ready for what, you ask? You tell me.

[untadam]

I find it hard to get motivated by books like these because most of the stuff is general knowledge that gets drilled into us during our schooling yet we refuse to soak it in. If someone doesn't have a desire to live dangerously they aren't going to suddenly change after reading some book. Just my opinion...