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Reading is great, but getting off the ground requires you to take your head out of the books and apply the knowledge you have learned. These books outline tried and tested methods and legitimate steps you can take as you work on your strategy.

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    The 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Feriss

    Forget the old concept of retirement and the rest of the deferred-life plan - there is no need to wait and every reason not to, especially in unpredictable economic times. Whether your dream is escaping the rat race, experiencing high-end world travel, earning a monthly five-figure income with zero management, or just living more and working less, this book is the blueprint. This step-by step guide to luxury lifestyle design teaches: * How Tim went from $40,000 dollars per year and 80 hours per week to $40,000 per MONTH and 4 hours per week * How to outsource your life to overseas virtual assistants for $5 per hour and do whatever you want * How blue-chip escape artists travel the world without quitting their jobs * How to eliminate 50% of your work in 48 hours using the principles of a forgotten Italian economist * How to trade a long-haul career for short work bursts and frequent 'mini-retirements'.

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    Rich Dad’s Retire Young Retire Rich by Robert T. Kiyosaki

    If you don't plan on working hard all your life this is the book for you. If you're ready to retire (or would like to retire early enough to enjoy the retirement years) you can learn from Robert's story of how he and his wife Kim started with nothing and 'retired' financially free in less than 10 years.


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    How to be a Student Entrepreneur by Junior Ogunyemi

    Would you like to be financially free and live life fully? Are you at a crossroads with regards to what to do when you finish your education? Do you want to create another stream of income so you can quit that boring part-time job? Would you like to join the growing number of students making their own fortune before they graduate? In your hands you are holding the key to thinking like an entrepreneur and becoming one. How to be a student entrepreneur is the ultimate guide to making millions whilst you study. This book is both inspirational and practical. It addresses everything from your personal development as a business leader to how you can manage time, stress and finance. It also reveals the secret recipe for cooking up a million-dollar idea and becoming an expert at sales and marketing. This book even provides you with the most comprehensive collection of resources to get you started, so you have no excuses - get the book, go forth, and make it happen! Also contained is easy to follow and straightforward advice on: funding your venture, creating a business that fits your life, changing a negative mind-set, plus more...

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    The One Minute Millionaire by Mark Victor Hansen & Robert Allen

    Bestselling Chicken Soup author Mark Victor Hansen and financial guru Robert Allen offer a practical inspiring lesson in creating true wealth whether you aspire to become a millionaire or simply beat credit-card debt and have enough money to live on without worrying. Two books for the price of one! On the right side of the page is Hansen's fable of Michelle, a widowed mother whose life is on the brink of ruin; unless she can raise a million dollars quickly she will lose custody of her children. On the left hand side are Robert Allen's rules for achieving financial success. His advice parallels the action in Michelle's story, as he urges readers to identify their fears and doubts, and eliminate from their lives all the roadblocks that limit their potential. They'll learn how to transform Restraining Forces into Driving Forces- whether their goal, like Michelle's, is to become a millionaire or just simply to save money for the future. Together these two halves of The One Minute Millionaire work as a powerful tool of self-discovery, an inspirational lesson in unlocking the winner in everyone.


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    The Soul Millionaire by David J Scarlett

    Aged 28, David Scarlett was alone, broke and homeless. Yet, thanks to chance introductions to mentors and new friends... he turned his life around, repaid over £100,000 of debt, and became a respected Financial Adviser and Business Coach. Today, David inspires others to become 'Soul Millionaires' through his programmes, books, products and consultancy. This book is a fictional account of the rags-to-riches story - riches that are not confined to money alone, and that can only be defined as 'True Wealth'. Packed with easy to follow steps, principles and models - the story delivers countless insights and epiphanies that you can apply in your own life. So, immerse yourself in the journey. Enjoy the story of Jonathan Broom, and learn how you too can change your life - inside out - in just one year! Discover from Jonathan • Why The 10 Soul Millionaire Laws inevitably lead to True Wealth • Why your knowledge and experience is already worth a fortune • How to multiply your income, more easily than you thought possible • The five rules essential to significant marketing and publishing success • How to enjoy success, fulfillment... and make a difference in this world "When Dave Scarlett speaks, I listen. When he writes, I read. He has written a modern-day parable that I wish I had read 20 years ago," Chris Barrow, www.CoachBarrow.com "The Soul Millionaire is a straightforward and easy-to-read guide on how to free yourself from the misery of debt and enjoy life. Highly recommended," Mike Southern, The Beermat Entrepreneur "This book convincingly confirms that the road to financial freedom must start in the heart, mind and spirit - not the wallet. A useful, and all-encompassing, guide to the vital knowledge, the patience, persistence and maturity, needed to secure total riches. I urge you to buy this book today," Gill Fielding, The Wealth Company and one of Channel 4's Secret Millionaires

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    Make it Happen: The Prince’s Trust Guide to Starting Your Own Business

    Foreword by Prince’s Trust Chairman and founder of Carphone Warehouse Charles Dunstone. Includes advice and guidance from James Caan, Mike Clare and many more top entrepreneurs. The first all–encompassing start up guide from the UK’s most respected business charity. The Prince’s Trust has been helping people start their own businesses since 1983…now you can make it happen too. Make It Happen brings together, for the first time, these years of wisdom and expertise. Now everyone has access to The Prince’s Trust’s unique start–up advice…for just the price of this book. This is a one–stop shop for starting and running your own business – a definitive guide that covers everything you’ll need to know and do to start the business you’ve always dreamed of.   Including: Coming up with your business idea Getting funding Writing your business plan Finding an office Making your first sales Dealing with the finances Real life stories from successful entrepreneurs  Everyone dreams of working for themselves and making their own fortune – come on, stop dreaming and Make It Happen.   The Prince’s Trust helps change young lives. Founded in 1976 by HRH The Prince of Wales, The Trust works with disadvantaged young people to get them into work, education or training. The Prince’s Trust also provides financial and practical support to inspire young entrepreneurs as part of its Enterprise Programme.  It is very proud to have the support of some of the UK’s leading entrepreneurs who are committed to supporting the next generation of young businesses.


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    Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki

    Personal finance author and lecturer Robert T. Kiyosaki developed his unique economic perspective from two very different influences - his two fathers. This text lays out Kiyosaki's philosophy and his relationship with money.

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    Money for Life by Alvin Hall

    Well known for the astonishing success of his financial makeovers on YOUR MONEY OR YOUR LIFE, Alvin Hall now gives everyone the basic understanding and skills they need to take control of their money and never worry about a bill again. With quizzes, bullet points, boxes and case histories he brings the subject to life and demystifies the jargon. He shows whether you're an owl or an ostrich about money, how to get your finances into shape fast, set your savings goals, make good investments, handle financial advisers, always prepare for the worst, but aim for the best. Straight talking advice from the best and most popular expert in the business, this is a book no one can afford to be without.


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    Virtual Freedom by Chris Duckett

    Entrepreneurs often suffer from "superhero syndrome"--the misconception that to be successful, they must do everything themselves. Not only are they the boss, but also the salesperson, HR manager, copywriter, operations manager, online marketing guru, and so much more. It's no wonder why so many people give up the dream of starting a business--it's just too much for one person to handle. But outsourcing expert and "Virtual CEO," Chris Ducker knows how you can get the help you need with resources you can afford. Small business owners, consultants, and online entrepreneurs don't have to go it alone when they discover the power of building teams of virtual employees to help run, support, and grow their businesses. Virtual Freedom: How to Work with Virtual Staff to Buy More Time, Become More Productive, and Build Your Dream Business is the step-by-step guide every entrepreneur needs to build his or her business with the asset of working with virtual employees. Focusing on business growth, Ducker explains every detail you need to grasp, from figuring out which jobs you should outsource to finding, hiring, training, motivating, and managing virtual assistants. With additional tactics and online resources, Virtual Freedom is the ultimate resource of the knowledge and tools necessary for building your dream business with the help of virtual staff.

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    The Millionaire Fast Lane by MJ DeMarco

    Is the financial plan of mediocrity -- a dream-stealing, soul-sucking dogma known as "The Slowlane" your plan for creating wealth? You know how it goes; it sounds a little something like this: "Go to school, get a good job, save 10% of your paycheck, buy a used car, cancel the movie channels, quit drinking expensive Starbucks lattes, save and penny-pinch your life away, trust your life-savings to the stock market, and one day, when you are oh, say, 65 years old, you can retire rich." The mainstream financial gurus have sold you blindly down the river to a great financial gamble: You've been hoodwinked to believe that wealth can be created by recklessly trusting in the uncontrollable and unpredictable markets: the housing market, the stock market, and the job market. This impotent financial gamble dubiously promises wealth in a wheelchair -- sacrifice your adult life for a financial plan that reaps dividends in the twilight of life. Accept the Slowlane as your blueprint for wealth and your financial future will blow carelessly asunder on a sailboat of HOPE: HOPE you can find a job and keep it, HOPE the stock market doesn't tank, HOPE the economy rebounds, HOPE, HOPE, and HOPE. Do you really want HOPE to be the centerpiece for your family's financial plan? Drive the Slowlane road and you will find your life deteriorate into a miserable exhibition about what you cannot do, versus what you can. For those who don't want a lifetime subscription to mediocrity and a slight chance of elderly riches, there is an alternative; an expressway to extraordinary wealth that can burn a trail to financial independence faster than any road out there. -- Why jobs, 401(k)s, mutual funds, and 40-years of mindless frugality will never make you rich young. -- Why most entrepreneurs fail and how to immediately put the odds in your favor. -- The real law of wealth: Leverage this and wealth has no choice but to be magnetized to you. -- The leading cause of poorness: Change this and you change everything. --How the rich really get rich - and no, it has nothing to do with a paycheck or a 401K match. -- Why the guru's grand deity - compound interest - is an impotent wealth accelerator. -- Why the guru myth of "do what you love" will most likely keep you poor, not rich. -- And 250+ more poverty busting distinctions.


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    The 44 Most Closely Guarded Property Secrets by Rob Moore and Mark Homer

    'The 44 Most Closely Guarded Property Secrets' will teach you how to easily and effortlessly secure financial independence through property. You will learn the proven secrets most investors wish they knew and the mistakes 99% of investors make [so you don't have to]. This information packed, fun and sometimes provactive guide from two young and successful property investors will guarantee you success if you apply what you learn. Read this book and you will discover how to: - Retire rich through property - Profit in a 'boom' and 'crash' - Easily replace any pension whatever your age - Make passive income without working - Earn year after year with specialist knowledge - Apply the secrets 99% of investors don't know - Save huge amounts of tax.