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.