The Savvy Entrepreneur's Top Ten: A list by Linda Richards
 

Build Wealth in 2005: A list by Bryon Krug "Author of 'Vending Business-In-A-Box'"


wsj best seller (20060113) business: A list by ylfdag "gb"
 

Vending Business-In-A-Box: A step-by-step guide to starting a profitable vending business without getting burned

eBay Secrets: How to create Internet auction listings that make 30% more money while selling every item you list

What Color Is Your Parachute? 2005: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers

Ask any one of them: “wouldn’t it be nice if you could work less and earn more?” More than likely, they'll make the same face that you made when you saw the title of this guide (the face that said, “well, duh!”). Of course it would be nice! Unfortunately the streets aren’t paved in gold and that tree that money grows on (the one your mother was always talking about) hasn’t suddenly appeared in your back yard.

So, like so many Americans, you resign yourself to the grim reality that confronts you: put in your forty a week, if you’re lucky stash a little in savings, and wait for the day that you can retire and live off of Uncle Sam’s hand-outs.

The good news is: that only has to be your reality if you choose it. There are thousands of ways to make extra money out there if you open your eyes and look for them. You can start your own business, invest the money that you have, change careers, or move up in the company that you already work for. Plenty of people already are doing what, right now, you can only dream of: working less and earning more. All you need is a friendly kick in the butt and some good reading material and you can be one of them.

CHANGE YOUR DESTINY

The first step toward financial freedom is an investigation of what else is out there that can provide you with an additional income. Believe me there is plenty, and nine times out of ten, you don’t need a fancy degree or a legion of financial advisors to take advantage of them.

I recommend checking out Vending Business-In-A-Box: A step-by-step guide to starting a profitable vending business without getting burned immediately. The author was working 80 hours a week for an up-and-coming software company when he got started in vending. Before long, he’d left said company (and the six-figure income they’d paid him) to work forty hours a week developing his own vending company. Ultimately, he made a LOT more money.

Another great book to check out is eBay Secrets: How to create Internet auction listings that make 30% more money while selling every item you list. If you want to explore the possibility of opening up another stream of income, but want to do so with minimum risk and investment, then selling some things on eBay is the way to go.

Also remember, before you can change your destiny, you need to narrow your focus; decide exactly what it is you want, and why. Clarity in your personal life paves the way for financial clarity. One excellent book to help you with this is What Color Is Your Parachute? 2005: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers. Some others to check out are:

Pursuit of Passionate Purpose: Success Strategies for a Rewarding Personal and Business Life

Now, Discover Your Strengths

The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness

Automatic Wealth: The Six Steps to Financial Independence

PLAYING MONOPOLY WITH REAL HOUSES: INVESTING IN REAL-ESTATE

Real estate offers enormous potential for those who are willing to take risks. Sure, CD ladders and IRAs may be safer, but they also don’t offer the potential for a gigantic return on investment. Whether you purchase properties to rent, buy homes to renovate and then resell, or decide to get a real-estate license so you can work for a large brokerage firm, there is always money to be made in real estate. Some good books to check out to help you evaluate whether or not real estate is for you are:

Investing in Real Estate, Fourth Edition

The Pre-Foreclosure Property Investor's Kit: How to Make Money Buying Distressed Real Estate -- Before the Public Auction

21 Things I Wish My Broker Had Told Me: Practical Advice for New Real Estate Professionals.

Rich Dad's Advisors®: The ABC's of Real Estate Investing: The Secrets of Finding Hidden Profits Most Investors Miss (Rich Dad's Advisors)

Flipping Properties: Generate Instant Cash Profits in Real Estate

Profit by Investing in Real Estate Tax Liens: Earn Safe, Secured, and Fixed Returns Every Time

What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know about Cash Flow... And 36 Other Key Financial Measures

The Beginner's Guide to Real Estate Investing

Building Wealth One House at a Time: Making it Big on Little Deals

Nothing Down for the 2000s: Dynamic New Wealth Strategies in Real Estate

Financing Secrets of a Millionaire Real Estate Investor

A CAREER IN SALES: IT’S NOT AS SCARY AS YOU THINK

Sales professionals, for all the heckling they get, actually can make tons of money. The great thing about sales is, you don’t really need any special qualifications, just a drive to succeed and a willingness to work. If you’re sick and tired of punching that time clock, making the transition into sales may turn out to be the best decision you’ve ever made, for a couple of reasons. First and foremost, the commissions can be truly awe-inspiring, and getting an enormous check makes all that heckling worthwhile. Secondly, no matter what line of work you are in, your ability to sell will prove invaluable time and time again, so it never hurts to learn how to do it. For three great books on selling, pick up:

The Little Red Book of Selling: 12.5 Principles of Sales Greatness

The Sales Bible: The Ultimate Sales Resource, Revised Edition

Build It Big: 101 Insider Secrets from Top Direct Selling Experts

LEARNING TO LEAD IN BUSINESS

Whether you want to start your own business or move up the corporate ladder within your current company, cultivating leadership skills is always a smart move. For some great titles that will help you do just that, consider reading:

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable

Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done

How to Win Friends & Influence People

The 48 Laws of Power

The Goal

The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything

GROWING WEALTH BY CHANGING THE WAY YOU MANAGE THE MONEY YOU ALREADY HAVE

You know that money your Great Aunt Thelma left you a few years back? Where’d it end up going? Did you put it in an IRA? Invest it in commodities? Oh, that’s right, you made a down-payment on that car you’d had your eye on for months! See the thing is, lots of folks have the potential to dig themselves out of that financial rut that they reside in, they just need a bit of practical advice. There are tons of books out there that will give you tips on how to go from ‘just barely getting by’ to ‘safe and secure’ in less time than you’d think.

The Finish Rich series is a great place to start. The Automatic Millionaire : A Powerful One-Step Plan to Live and Finish Rich is a valuable guide to just about anyone. Start Late, Finish Rich: A No-Fail Plan for Achieving Financial Freedom at Any Age is a geared toward the 50+ crowd. There is also The Finish Rich Workbook: Creating a Personalized Plan for a Richer Future, which acts as a nice supplement to all the books in the series.

It’s also a good idea to pick up The Intelligent Investor Rev Ed. (Collins Business Essentials). Loaded with timeless advice, this oldie but goodie is an essential addition to the library of anyone who wants to secure their financial future.

Some other popular texts are:

Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money--That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!

Cashflow Quadrant: Rich Dad's Guide to Financial Freedom

The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness

Missed Fortune 101: A Starter Kit to Becoming a Millionaire and Missed Fortune: Dispel the Money Myth-Conceptions--Isn't It Time You Became Wealthy?

The Millionaire Next Door

Personal Finance for Dummies, Fourth Edition

The One Minute Millionaire: The Enlightened Way to Wealth

Retire on Less Than You Think: The New York Times Guide to Planning Your Financial Future

Perhaps you’re looking for some specialized advice on one particular type of investing rather than a broad overview of personal finance. These books might be a good place to start:

Hot Commodities : How Anyone Can Invest Profitably in the World's Best Market

How to Make Money Selling Stocks Short (Wiley Trading)

Trend Following: How Great Traders Make Millions in Up or Down Markets

Parlay Your IRA into a Family Fortune

KEEPING UNCLE SAM’S GRUBBY PAWS OFF OF YOUR MONEY!

Nobody likes paying taxes. Sure, deep down you know it’s for the greater good, but when you see all that money that you could be pocketing going somewhere else, you can’t help but feel like the joke’s on you. You earn more when you pay out less. Sound good? Then don’t go without reading at least one of these books:

Loopholes of the Rich: How the Rich Legally Make More Money and Pay Less Tax

J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2005: For Preparing Your 2004 Tax Return (J.K. Lasser)

Lower Your Taxes - Big Time! : Wealth-Building, Tax Reduction Secrets from an IRS Insider

CHANGE YOUR DESTINY
1.		Vending Business-In-A-Box: A step-by-step guide to starting a profitable vending business without getting burned [Download: PDF] by Bryon Krug
2.		eBay Secrets: How to create Internet auction listings that make 30% more money while selling every item you list [Download: PDF] by Steven Ellis White
3.		What Color Is Your Parachute? 2005: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers by Richard Nelson Bolles
4.		Pursuit of Passionate Purpose: Success Strategies for a Rewarding Personal and Business Life by Theresa M. Szczurek
5.		Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham
6.		The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness by Stephen R. Covey
7.		Automatic Wealth: The Six Steps to Financial Independence by Michael Masterson
PLAYING MONOPOLY WITH REAL HOUSES: INVESTING IN REAL-ESTATE
8.		Investing in Real Estate, Fourth Edition by Andrew James McLean
9.		The Pre-Foreclosure Property Investor's Kit: How to Make Money Buying Distressed Real Estate -- Before the Public Auction by Thomas Lucier
10.		21 Things I Wish My Broker Had Told Me: Practical Advice for New Real Estate Professionals. by Frank Cook
11.		Rich Dad's Advisors®: The ABC's of Real Estate Investing: The Secrets of Finding Hidden Profits Most Investors Miss (Rich Dad's Advisors) by Ken McElroy
12.		Flipping Properties: Generate Instant Cash Profits in Real Estate by William Bronchick
13.		Profit by Investing in Real Estate Tax Liens: Earn Safe, Secured, and Fixed Returns Every Time by Larry B. Loftis
14.		What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know about Cash Flow... And 36 Other Key Financial Measures by Frank Gallinelli
15.		The Beginner's Guide to Real Estate Investing by Gary W. Eldred
16.		Building Wealth One House at a Time: Making it Big on Little Deals by John W. Schaub
17.		Nothing Down for the 2000s: Dynamic New Wealth Strategies in Real Estate by Robert G. Allen
18.		Financing Secrets of a Millionaire Real Estate Investor by William Bronchick
A CAREER IN SALES: IT’S NOT AS SCARY AS YOU THINK
19.		The Little Red Book of Selling: 12.5 Principles of Sales Greatness by Jeffrey Gitomer
20.		The Sales Bible: The Ultimate Sales Resource, Revised Edition by Jeffrey Gitomer
21.		Build It Big: 101 Insider Secrets from Top Direct Selling Experts by Direct Selling Womens Alliance (DSWA)
LEARNING TO LEAD IN BUSINESS
22.		The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable by Patrick M. Lencioni
23.		Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done by Larry Bossidy
24.		How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie
25.		The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene
26.		The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt
27.		The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything by Guy Kawasaki
GROWING WEALTH BY CHANGING THE WAY YOU MANAGE THE MONEY YOU ALREADY HAVE
28.		The Automatic Millionaire : A Powerful One-Step Plan to Live and Finish Rich by David Bach
29.		Start Late, Finish Rich: A No-Fail Plan for Achieving Financial Freedom at Any Age by David Bach
30.		The Finish Rich Workbook: Creating a Personalized Plan for a Richer Future by David Bach
31.		The Intelligent Investor Rev Ed. (Collins Business Essentials) by Benjamin Graham
32.		Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money--That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! by Robert T. Kiyosaki
33.		Cashflow Quadrant: Rich Dad's Guide to Financial Freedom by Robert T. Kiyosaki
34.		The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness by Dave Ramsey
35.		Missed Fortune 101: A Starter Kit to Becoming a Millionaire by Douglas R. Andrew
36.		Missed Fortune: Dispel the Money Myth-Conceptions--Isn't It Time You Became Wealthy? by Douglas R. Andrew
37.		The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J. Stanley
38.		Personal Finance for Dummies, Fourth Edition by Eric Tyson
39.		The One Minute Millionaire: The Enlightened Way to Wealth by Mark Victor Hansen
40.		Retire on Less Than You Think: The New York Times Guide to Planning Your Financial Future by Fred Brock
41.		Hot Commodities : How Anyone Can Invest Profitably in the World's Best Market by Jim Rogers
42.		How to Make Money Selling Stocks Short (Wiley Trading) by William J. O'Neil
43.		Trend Following: How Great Traders Make Millions in Up or Down Markets by Michael W. Covel
44.		Parlay Your IRA into a Family Fortune by Ed Slott
KEEPING UNCLE SAM’S GRUBBY PAWS OFF OF YOUR MONEY!
45.		Loopholes of the Rich: How the Rich Legally Make More Money and Pay Less Tax by Diane Kennedy
46.		J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2005: For Preparing Your 2004 Tax Return (J.K. Lasser) by J.K. Lasser InstituteTM
47.		Lower Your Taxes - Big Time! : Wealth-Building, Tax Reduction Secrets from an IRS Insider by Sandy Botkin

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