Welcome back. I am Brandon from South Australia.
We're gonna start with the wealth category. And the first book, Rich Dad Poor
Dad. An absolute classic. What a fantastic book. One of the first books I read. That's
gotta be a solid 4.5, completely changed my mindset around creating money. Next up Think and
Grow Rich an absolute classic. Upon further research, I think there's some sketchy stuff
about how Napoleon Hill went about this book. With that said, some of the principles are
very good, they're timeless. We'll go a 3.5 for now. Basically, my rating system is 5...
that's like God-tier. 4.5 is excellent, 4 is good. 3.5, not bad. 3. Yeah. Okay.
2 pshh! And 1 just in the trash. Coming to The Richest Man in Babylon. So I can say there's
block in like one sentence, which is put aside 10% of your money for the rest of your life,
period. You could definitely live life without this book. I'm just gonna put it in the sort
of meh category for now. Next up, Fu Money by Dan Lok. Well, if you want to make money,
great, not super keen on the author after learning more about what goes on ,
um, feel free to do your own research, but the book's good. Yeah, we'll give it a Four
Money Master The Game by Tony Robbins. Uh, Seven Principles for Financial Freedom. We'll
stick it in 3.5 category. The Millionaire Fastlane.
I'm no millionaire, so don't listen to me. Read the book yourself. Oh, 4.5, 4, 4.5, 4... I'm,
I'm gonna give it a 4.5. That's an excellent book. Benjamin Graham, The Intelligent Investor.
This is commonly, uh, recommended by Warren Buffett. So I'll give it a four. DotComSecrets
by Russell Brunson. Russell Brunson is probably one of the top marketers in the space at the
moment. He created ClickFunnels, which most people use for their sales pages. You'll sell
things if you really apply this. So I'm sort of hovering between 4 and 4.5. Yeah, we'll
go 4.5. I Will Teach You to be Rich. Classic personal finance book. Yeah, it's it's a good
book. It's a good book. Yeah. Not bad. The Millionaire
Next Door. Honestly, can't remember much about
this book, but the basic idea is what it says in the title. Um, yeah, it's all right. Uh,
Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey. Uh, Dave Ramsey helps people get out of crippling debt.
I don't know what's going on over there in the US, but it doesn't look pretty... Where to
place this? Ahhhh...
Well, it'll help you get out of debt. There's some,
some good principles in there. I mean, they're,
they're, they're pretty straightforward, but they work if, if you make it work and put
in the effort, uh, yeah, I'll give it a four. Psycho Cybernetics. Yep, that's, uh, that's
a four. Everyone loves this book. I, I noticed in the, in the self-improvement book space.
Thinking Fast and Slow, one of the first books I read, this is very comprehensive on human
behavior and psychology. Some fantastic studies done by Daniel Kahneman and his co-author.
I forgot his name. But yeah, they really go in depth to like 20 different like cognitive
biases. So if you're into that sort of intellectual
well and understanding your mind and, and,
and yeah, these cognitive patterns, uh, fantastic book. This is probably the go-to book for
that. So yeah, we'll give it a solid four.
The Power of Habit. I feel this drags on a bit, but the principles are good. So we'll,
we'll, we'll put it on 3.5 outliers. Don't remember squat about this. We're just gonna
put it in the three for now. I just heard Malcolm Gladwell. Everyone's reading Malcolm
Gladwell. So let's read Malcolm Gladwell. Malcolm Gladwell, Malcolm Gladwell. Speaking
of Malcolm Gladwell, we have The Tipping Point. I believe I did a book summary on this, but
this one is another one I read so long ago. I honestly can't remember much, but I remember
it being slightly better than the tipping point. So we'll give it a 3.5 flow. Fantastic
book. Look, I'm close to putting it in the 4.5, but just after reading some more, uh,
spiritual books that I feel go more in depth into the mind, I'm tempted to put it in the
four rather than 4.5.
So we're sort of hovering. Maybe what we'll do is we'll bring it across and put it high
in the fours. There you go. Nice little snuggly spot for you. Next up, Emotional Intelligence.
Uh, this is one of my most popular book summaries on this channel. Uh, feel free to check it
out. There's a link in the description below. Seems the corporate world is obsessed with
emotional intelligence. Yeah, it's okay. Uh, I'll give it a 3.5. Next Mindset by Carol
Dweck. That's a solid read. We're gonna give that a four. Next, we've got a funny book.
It's called Civilization and it's Discontents. I first found out about this book through
Tai Lopez's reading list, just a very interesting book. I remember when I was over in Hawaii,
I had like this anxiety crisis and I was like hanging out with the homeless people, like
sitting on the ground, having terrible day.
Picked this up at the bookstore and it offered some solace of some sort. I remember suggesting
this book to someone else, but they completely didn't resonate with it. So this one's like
a coin toss, I reckon. But yeah, I'm gonna go with a solid four as well. The Six Pillars
of Self-Esteem. Good book, learned optimism. Read this a long time ago. One of my first
books I picked up. Don't remember much about it. We're gonna put it in the three for now.
All right. Wasn't even recording. Uh, let's resume. Next up. Freakonomics the infamous
apple book cover. Yeah, not that good. We're actually gonna go for our first two here,
which is pshh... Unreal. Just, uh, yeah, like you could live without this book Drive by Daniel
Pink. This is a pop psychology book. You can definitely go without reading. This may even
go in the two category.
Yeah, you know what we're going into. Sorry, Daniel Pink. I know you put a lot of work
into this book, but we just don't need it. Next up, Evolutionary Psychology by Dr. David
Buss. This is one of Tai Lopez's number one book recommendations. It's a big ass textbook.
I think they use it, it at university and read this one front to back. And yeah, it's
got some good, uh, stuff in it. At least when I was going through my phase of psychology.
These days, I turn more to sort of spiritual, uh, ideas, meditative practices, as opposed
to using sort of evolutionary psychology as a way to learn about and learn about my behavior.
Uh, you can completely override your biology and evolution. So this is why I feel
this book is not the most conducive to self-improvement.
You definitely don't need to read the whole
textbook, so I don't really know where to put this one, somewhere in the middle, but
yeah, you can see my subconscious is going to three here.
It's like it was meant to be. So let's pop it here. Moving on to Influence: The Psychology
of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini. We got a video book summary of this, so check it out. You
don't need to read the whole book. I would put this. That's good. It's, it's good, it's
good. Let's give it a four. Stumbling on Happiness. This is another pop psych book.
Uh, we just don't really need it. Sorry, Daniel Gilbert. I know you put a lot of work into
this too, actually. Oh, we, we could put it three, but my intuitive answer is two. So,
you know, it's hard to do this tier list. It's, it's difficult. There's so many great books,
but when we're ranking him, something's gotta, gotta shove. All right, we are entering a
new category, ancient Wisdom, uh, starting with the 48 Laws of Power by Robert Green.
Everyone loves this book.
Yeah, 3.5. Next up, Ego is the Enemy, Ryan, Ryan Holiday. Honestly, this has gotta go on the
sorta somewhere in between. I don't know. I remember reading this book, but I don't
remember taking like, anything from it. It just went completely over my head. And maybe
that was my own ego not wanting to see the truth in the book. On The Shortness of Life.
Oh heck, yeah. Let's jack it up to 4.5. Yeah, read it. Fantastic book. Just read it. Get
it, get it now. Uh, next up The Obstacle is The Way by Ryan Holiday. I remember this being
a very solid read, just a very positive book. Uh, next up Meditations by Marcus Aurelius.
We'll pop this in four. Next up we've got, as a Man think of by James Allen. We'll give
this a four, too. Next up we've got letters from a Stoic by Seneca.
I can't quite remember things resonating a lot, so we'll put it in 3.5. Uh, but I believe
the ideas, uh, are very good, much like meditations.
Cool. Next up we got the Immortality Key by
Brian Muraresku. He had a secret history of the, what is it? The Religion with No Name.
So he was on the Joe Rogan podcast and research psychedelics and its influence on spirituality
and West Psychedelics lie within the ultimate truth. So, very interesting, very interesting
stuff. I found the book to be a little bit hard to follow and maintain my attention at
times, yet that doesn't discredit all the work that Brian's put into it. So I reckon
a 3.5. What do we have next? The Laws of Human Nature.
Yeah, I don't know. I feel like... I'm not like a super fan of Robert Greene. I feel like sort
of the books are written to sell. I feel like there's just a little something missing with
Robert Greene's work, actually. You know, it's kind of neatly put together. These are the
laws of human nature, but I don't feel it comes from a place of true understanding.
It's more so just some observations made by an author who is selling books. That's just
the truth that I see in it. 3.5. Next up, Seven Habits of Highly Affected People. That
is a solid four. Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins. Understanding the mind and behavior
patterns. I don't know, at the time it seemed good, but I don't feel like I ever derived
much practical stuff from it. And I feel like Tony was just sort of guessing with nutrition.
So it's okay. My intuition would say it's a three. My conscious mind will try and make
it a 3.5, but we're gonna listen to intuition. We're gonna pop it on three
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The Four Agreements. I remember this being a solid read. The Power of Positive Thinking.
We'll give it a 3.5. The Magic of Thinking Big. Yeah, I think this could motivate and
inspire a lot of people, but for me, it just didn't do a lot. So good principle. But yeah,
there's just so many other cool books. I've
gotta put it somewhere. Next up we got Self-Reliance
by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Uh, it's been a long time since I read this. Put it somewhere in
the middle. But honestly, I, I'd have to go over that book again. It's one of those books
you just need to pick up again and, and see. Walden by that dude who exited society, went
out to live by a lake in this little cabin in the woods, 3.5. The Road Less Traveled.
I don't remember that changing my life a whole lot, but it was very popular back in the day.
All those boomers. Managing Oneself. Ohhh...
we either going four or
what, what's our intuition saying? Oh! I reckon it's like a 4.2 or something. So we'll go
four. Uh, this is a recommendation from Tai Lopez, particularly interesting, I guess for
entrepreneurs, business owners, managers, but really anyone can pick this book up and
read it. How to Stop Worrying and Start Living. Excellent. 4.5 stars. We've got a video book
summary. Check it out. Oh no! And we've got the trash heap, Dianetics by L. Ron Hubbard.
So he's the guy who runs, uh, or created Scientology,
the religion that cooks people's brains.
HORRIBLEBOOK. I remember walking down Adelaide, my, my local city here in Australia walked
into that, uh, personality quiz sign place. I thought that sounds interesting. And before
I knew I was being sucked into Scientology. I gotta say though! I'd give that an extra
point cuz of the cover. The cover is awesome.
Look at that volcano... That's some artwork. That's some artwork my man. Next Atomic
Habits, that is just a solid four. Great read. Excellent. We've got a video book summary
for that too, made recently. Check it out. Next up, The Subtle Art of Not Giving an F.
This has been flying off the, the bookshelves and Amazon charts for years now by Mark Manson.
Ahh.. I'd have to say a 3.5. Code of The Extraordinary
Mind. I just remember really loving this book.
So we're gonna whack it in the 4.5 category. Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins. Heck will
give him a solid four. I just love, uh, Goggin's voice. His personality...