21 success secrets of self made millionaires, by Brian Tracy

The law of cause and effect: success is not an accident, you must do the things you need to do over and over again until you achieve the financial independence that you desire
1. Dream Big Dreams
2. Develop a Clear Sense of Direction
3. See yourself as self-employed
4. Do what you love to do
5. Commit to Excellence
6. Work longer and harder
7. Dedicate yourself to lifelong learning
8. pay yourself first
9. learn every detail of your business
10. dedicate yourself to serving others
11. be absolutely honest with yourself and others
12. determine your highest priorities and concentrate on them single mindedly
13. develop a reputation for speed and dependability
14. be prepared to climb from peak to peak
15. practice self-discipline in all things
16. unlock your inborn creativity
17. get around the right people
18. take excellent care of your physical health
19. be decisive and action oriented
20. never allow failure to be an option
21. pass the persistence test
Success is predictable

Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy

Brian Tracy is a management/personal development speaker. Eat That Frog is a simple method to prioritize your work. Simply put, evaluate what needs to be done, prioritize, and then don't stop till you finish the most important one. Repeat.

Notes on Eat That Frog
1. Set the table.
1a. Decide exactly what you want.
1b. Write it down.
1c. Set a deadline on your goal.
1d. Make a list of all substeps.
1e. Organize the list into a plan.
1f. Take action on the plan immediately.
1g. resolve to do something every day that moves you towards your goal.
2. Plan every day in advance.
= Proper Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance.
- Master List
- Monthly List
- Weekly List
- Daily List
3. Apply the 80/20 rule to everything.
- Pareto principle 80/20
- Resist the temptation to clear up small things first.
Time management = Life management.
4. Consider the consequences.
- Long term thinking improves short-term decision making.
- Future intent influences and often determines present actions.
- Failures do what is "tension relieving", while winners do what is "goal achieving".
5. Practice the ABCDE method continually.
A = must do tasks
B = should do tasks
C = nice to do tasks
D = delegate tasks
E = eliminate tasks
6. Focus on key result areas.
- Why am I on the payroll?
- Your weakest key result area sets the height at which you can use all your other skills and abilities.
7. Obey the law of forced efficiency.
- "There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing.
8. Prepare thoroughly before you begin.
- Clean work area
- All the required tools.
9. Do your homework.
- "Continuous learning is the minimum requirement for success in any field."
10. Leverage your special talents.
- Focus on your best abilities.
11. Identify your key constraints.
12. Take it one barrel at a time.
- Oil drums to cross the desert - one step at a time.
13. Put the pressure on yourself.
- You have to leave for an all-expense paid vacation tomorrow!
14. Maximize your personal powers.
- Sleep enough
- One day a week: absolute vacation.
15. Motivate yourself into action.
- Look for the good.
- Seek the valuable lesson in every setback.
- Look for the solution to every problem.
16. Practice creative procrastination.
- You can get your time and your life under control only to the degree to which you discontinue lower value activities.
17. Do the most difficult task first.
- List everything you have to do.
- Review with ABCDE, 80/20
- Select A1
- Assemble everything needed
- Clear workspace
- Eat that frog.
18. Slice and dice the task.
- Salami slice - fixed units of work. at a time
- Swiss cheese method - fixed units of time at regular intervals.
19. Create large chunks of time.
- Set aside time for specific work.
20. Develop a sense of urgency.
- Get that mental state of "Flow"
- Develop a bias for action.
21. Single handle every task
- Start a high-priority task and persist till its 100% done.

total money makeover, by dave ramsey

Great book for anyone looking to get rid of debt and increase their wealth. This is not a get rich quick book. Becoming wealthy takes sacrifice, discipline, and hard work. I look forward to reading more of his books.

Richest Man in Town, W. Randall Jones

The Twelve commandments of Wealth.
1. Seek Money for Money's sake and Ye shall not find
2. Find your perfect pitch
a. Argues that you can't be anything you set your mind to. you must discover what your strengths are. You must also discover what you are intrinsically born to do. Once you find that discovery you will pursue it and wealth will follow.
3. BYOB: Be your own boss
4.Get addicted to ambition
5. Wake up Early, Be early
6. Don't set goal; Execute or Be executed
7. Fail to Succeed
8. Location Doesn't matter
9. Moor yourself to morals
10. Say yes to Sales
11. Borrow from the Best--and the Worst
12. Never Retire

Tipping Point by Malcom Gladwell

Talks about Mavens: people who are experts and educate others looking for the info re: a decision on something like purchasing. Connectors: networkers who know people. Salesmen: those sho influence others. Stickiness factors: real reason people get involved with epidemics. Ie. smokers don't like smoking but they want to be like those who smoke: independent and grown up. Then nicotine makes them addicted. Depression is suppressed when smoking. Law of 150: after an organization grows to more than 150 it becomes difficult to work as a team. Bigger companies have groups within organization that don't exceed 150.