Get Out of Debt

The books, in order

1. 1

   Personal Finance · 15 min

   Rich Dad Poor Dad

   Robert T. Kiyosaki

   Before you call something an investment, check whether it pays you every month or just sends you a bill after the purchase.

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2. 2

   Personal Finance · 15 min

   The Richest Man in Babylon

   George S. Clason

   Saving money is less about how much you earn and more about the order in which you decide to spend.

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3. 3

   Personal Finance · 16 min

   The Road to Financial Freedom

   Bodo Schäfer

   Blaming the economy, the boss, or bad luck for your own bank balance is comfortable, but it also means giving up the only control that really exists: the next decision about the money coming in.

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4. 4

   Personal Finance · 15 min

   Secrets of the Millionaire Mind

   T. Harv Eker

   Earning more without changing your habits around money tends to land you right back at the same old balance.

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5. 5

   Personal Finance · 15 min

   Smart Women Finish Rich

   David Bach

   A woman's biggest financial risk isn't picking the wrong investment. It's never deciding anything and leaving her entire financial life in someone else's hands.

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6. 6

   Personal Finance · 16 min

   Women & Money

   Suze Orman

   The order the author proposes is people first, then money, then things: whoever flips that sequence usually sacrifices relationships and security to buy stuff.

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7. 7

   Productivity and Focus · 15 min

   Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

   Greg McKeown

   If you don't decide what your priorities are, you end up living the schedule other people chose for you.

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8. 8

   Personal Finance · 16 min

   The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution

   Gregory Zuckerman

   Hiring mathematicians and physicists who knew nothing about traditional stock investing made it possible to spot statistical patterns that market veterans overlooked.

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9. 9

   Personal Finance · 15 min

   Crisis Economics

   Nouriel Roubini

   According to the book, financial crises are recurring phenomena with known causes, not bolts from the blue.

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