First published in 1937 during the great depression, Think and Grow Rich written by Napoleon Hill is an absolute classic and a must have. Hill’s inspiration came directly from the great Andrew Carnegie’s magic formula for success. Hill will show you the great secret and how to master it. Once mastered, Hill claims that you may have whatever you want in life.

            Think and Grow Rich begins with the first chapter titled: “Thoughts are Things.” He tells a story of a man who literally thought his way into a partnership Read the rest of this entry

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                  If you are in control of money you can go to work because you want to. If money is in control of you then you go to work because you have to. This is a subtle difference in writing, but a big difference in how you live your life. Even in the wealthiest Country’s in the world, 99% of the population is still being controlled by money mostly because they don’t know how to manage money better. The effect is lack of money, the cause is thinking.

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            So, I’m at work the other day and I am talking to people about retirement and personal finance basics. I told them that basically I don’t want to work a job forever and I will most likely leave my current job within the next few years. I was surprised to find that most people I told this to laughed and asked if I was planning to win the lottery. This got me thinking. Is this how most people are planning to retire or leave work early? Do they realize that they could have so much more? After talking to more people and doing a little research, it became obvious that not only do most people not have plan, their ideas for attaining retirement are just down right ridiculous.

            I find it funny that a large group of people think they will get to retirement by winning the lottery. Perhaps funny is the wrong word, maybe I should say Read the rest of this entry