Editor’s note: This article was first published in June 2018, and presents the best reading for summer 2018; it calls Money: Master the Game probably the best financial education book of recent years, as of 2018.
Summer is here, and with it a little extra time for reading. This time I’m going to keep my 2018 book recommendations to the most interesting titles on our topics: business, personal development and financial education. So this year we’re skipping the filler and going straight to the best.
If you want more reading ideas, you’ll find plenty more in our earlier business book recommendations, which also include books on the stock market and financial education.
The two best books on personal development and business
1. Aprendiendo de los mejores 2 (Learning from the Best 2), by Francisco Alcaide
It isn’t entirely true that sequels are never as good. I already included Aprendiendo de los mejores 1 as an essential book on personal development and business. Francisco Alcaide managed to distil perfectly the wisdom and advice of 50 brilliant people from different fields.
In the second part, Alcaide has done it again, this time with another 50 figures of the stature of Eckhart Tolle, Albert Einstein, Rockefeller, Tim Ferriss and Coco Chanel, among others.
Once again I want to highlight the care and effort the author puts into his books, and how valuable it is to condense the whole lives of 50 people into little more than 400 pages. Without a doubt, a book that belongs in your library.
2. Tools of Titans, by Tim Ferriss
I’ve already written a short summary of what you’ll find in this book, which won’t leave you indifferent. Tim Ferriss also brings together many of the interviews he has done with hundreds of people, such as Tony Robbins and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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The author of the famous bestseller The 4-Hour Workweek won’t leave you indifferent with this fantastic work, from which you can only learn and draw valuable business lessons.
The best financial education book for 2018
3. Money: Master the Game: 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom, by Tony Robbins
I’ve already written a critical review of this book. I was critical because I expected much more from Tony Robbins, but the truth is that after looking for another financial education book to recommend that wasn’t already on my list, it is without a doubt probably the best one written in recent years.
Still, remember what I said in that review: you’ll find plenty of self-promotion by the author, as well as the odd minor contradiction. But in the end, it’s worth reading.
As you can see, I’ve kept this summer’s 2018 book recommendations simple.
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