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Soon after he opened his vineyard for business many years ago, the Wealthy Gardener noticed a puzzling fact. Everyone wanted money, but only a few people managed to accumulate it. The reason, he realized, is that most people focus on short-term gains instead of achieving lasting wealth. As he grew old and aware of his dwindling time on this Earth, the Wealthy Gardener began to share his hard-earned wisdom with the financially troubled in his community, patiently mentoring those who asked for his practical advice on the ways of prosperity.

In business, the right behaviors matter. But getting it right is tricky. Even when we acknowledge the need to change what we do and how we do it, life has a habit of getting in the way, upsetting even the best-laid plans. And just how do we manage those situations that can provoke even the most rational among us into behaving in ways we would rather forget?

It’s time for women to become more empowered to invest than ever before. No matter what business a woman is in, it’s key that she is not just entrepreneurial minded but investment minded. Most women are one paycheck or one man away from being bankrupt or homeless. Even those with businesses pour their earnings back into the business, and, in the end, never truly see long-term wealth. It’s time for that to change.

Keller Williams' The Millionaire Real Estate Investor is your handbook to the tried and true financial wealth-building vehicle that rewards patience and perseverance and is available to all: real estate.

You'll learn about the myths about money and investing that hold people back and how to develop the mindset of a millionaire investor; how to develop sound criteria for identifying great real-estate investment opportunities; and more.

In Family Banking with Purpose: A Story About Financial Freedom Through Infinite Banking, Rick is in the same situation. He’s fighting the headwind of a financial system that’s not designed to help him be successful. Though he and his wife do the best they can with their money based on what they know, they are falling short of their goals - until Rick’s grandfather shows him a way to rapidly eliminate debt, create cash-flow freedom, and build a family legacy.

Raising Real Money covers everything from: How to structure your real estate equity fundraises the correct way for each transaction type and real estate asset type, so you don't have to overpay attorneys to research for you, fund incentive structures such as catch-up fees, promotes, waterfalls, and management fees, so you can explain to your investors how beans are divided and how and when they get paid, how to start up your emerging real estate fund: Expenses and how and when the fund manager recaptures those expenses, and more.

Los hábitos acerca del dinero son la clave de la riqueza. Sorprendentemente, millones de personas trabajan día tras día para ganar algo que no saben cómo administrar pero sí cómo gastar. La mayoría sufre por el mal manejo de deudas contraídas y por un avasallante número de tarjetas de crédito que dan un sentido aparente de liquidez pero son terreno fértil para las víctimas del consumo emocional, con el subsecuente deterioro de la economía del tarjetahabiente, que sólo contribuye, con esa actitud, a enriquecer la vida de otros.

As the prospect of a secure financial future and a comfortable retirement becomes increasingly remote for many, and experts are concluding that conventional investing and financial planning strategies aren’t working, Pamela Yellen reveals an extraordinary, little-known but time-tested method for growing wealth safely and predictably, even when the stock and real-estate markets and other investments tumble.

First published in 1934, Security Analysis is one of the most influential financial books ever written, and has provided generations of investors with the timeless value investing philosophy and techniques of Benjamin Graham and David L. Dodd. As relevant today as when they first appeared nearly 75 years ago, the teachings of Benjamin Graham, “the father of value investing”, have withstood the test of time across a wide diversity of market conditions, countries, and asset classes. This new sixth edition is enhanced with commentary from some of today’s leading Wall Street money managers.

Ask a member of the middle class what it takes to become wealthy, and she'll tell you it takes a bold new idea. Tell that to a self-made millionaire, and he'll vehemently disagree. What explains the difference in mind-set between the self-made wealthy and the rest of us? It's not what you think, as journalist and entrepreneur Lewis Schiff convincingly illustrates through groundbreaking research and compelling storytelling.

The goal of money management is to maximize our happiness at every stage of our lives. Whether you are a novice investor or a seasoned pro, starting your first job or contemplating retirement, these 24 straightforward lectures are an excellent primer for making successful financial decisions at every stage of your life. Professor Finke takes you on a tour of some of the most widely available financial products and tools, from mutual funds to life insurance to college savings accounts.

You make a good salary, and you're putting away savings that barely keeps up with the cost of living. You need a professional, trustworthy team to build your passive income cash flow. In The Wealth Elevator: Real estate syndications, accredited investor banking, and tax strategies for first-gen millionaires, real estate investor and fund manager Lane Kawaoka shows you how to ascend the investment floors to financial freedom.

Own things, don't run things. This is the secret to living your American Dream. These days, everyone seems to have a big idea that could be leveraged into a business. But few understand what it takes to build something of lasting value. In Grit It Done, serial entrepreneur Reid Tileston shares the simple but practical path to building generational wealth through entrepreneurial business ownership.

Set yourself up for a lifetime of unlimited, ever-flowing wealth! Start enjoying multiple streams of effortless income in as little as 90 days from now! Do you want to be financially free? Do you want to end your money pressures forever? Would you like to double your income while working half as much or even less?

Become Zen with your money and alleviate your anxieties about finances and earning potential. Ken Honda - Japan’s number-one best-selling personal-development guru - will help you heal your relationship with money and discover the lifestyle that will truly make you happy.

Get ready to meet Your Rich BFF. Former Wall Street trader Vivian Tu is on a mission to demystify the world of finance and teach you the methods of the wealthy so you can beat them at their own game. In 7 easy-to-follow chapters, Rich AF will give you the financial foundation you wish you got in school (but never did). This book will cover everything from personal finance 101, to budgeting and investing and will reveal the easiest way to get rich, STRIP-ing. Get your mind out of the gutter.

Bloomberg's Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway explore the most interesting topics in finance, markets and economics. Join the conversation every Monday and Thursday.

All of our relationships and decisions involve trading at some level. This is a book about decision-making through the lens of a professional prop trader. For years, behavioral and cognitive scientists have shown us how human decision-making is flawed and biased. But how do you learn to avoid these problems in day-to-day decisions where you have to react in real-time? What are the important things to think about and to act on?

For those who have money… or want more of it! Join Mindy Jensen and Scott Trench (from BiggerPockets.com) weekly for the BiggerPockets Money Podcast. Each week, financial experts Mindy and Scott interview unique and powerful thought leaders about how to earn more, keep more, spend smarter, and grow wealth.

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator is the thinly disguised biography of Jesse Livermore, a remarkable character who first started speculating in New England bucket shops at the turn of the century. Livermore, who was banned from these shady operations because of his winning ways, soon moved to Wall Street where he made and lost his fortune several times over. What makes this book so valuable are the observations that Lefèvre records about investing, speculating, and the nature of the market itself.