First of all I hope you all enjoyed a great Easter weekend. In Belgium it was summer time with 24+ degrees Celsius. Past week I spend few days in Rotterdam in a technology conference. Technology is rapidly changing the world and the job landscape… it is amazing to discover and to be part of it.
During a relaxing Easter day, I reviewed my 200+ books (I don’t have exact number) library and selected the 5 books that had impacted my thinking and my life. During this blog post I will list them out and describe how they impacted my life.
Book 1 : Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant – Robert T. Kiyosaki
The book with the biggest impact in my life after I had read Rich Dad, Poor Dad, was this book ” The Cashflow Quadrant”.
Rich Dad’s CASHFLOW Quadrant is a guide to financial freedom. It’s the second book in the Rich Dad Series and reveals how some people work less, earn more, pay less in taxes, and learn to become financially free. CASHFLOW Quadrant was written for those who are ready to move beyond job security and enter the world of financial freedom. It’s for those who want to make significant changes in their lives and take control of their financial future.
Robert believes that the reason most people struggle financially is because they’ve been spent years in school but were never been taught about money. Robert’s rich dad taught him that this lack of financial education is why so many people work so hard all their lives for money… instead of learning how to make money work for them.
This book has changed the way I think about jobs, careers, and owning my own business and has inspired me to learn the rules of money that the rich use to build and grow their wealth.
I read this book in a time where my partner at that time wanted to put me in more debt. The end result would have been that I became a slave of the banks for a lifetime paying off my mortgage and my debt. I realized it was better to invest in my financial education and change the course of my life.
Book 2 : The Richest Man in Babylon – George S. Clason
“As a young man, I came across George S. Clason’s classic 1926 book The Richest Man in Babylon, which offered commonsense financial advice told through ancient parables. I recommend it to everyone.” –Tony Robbins, in Money: Master the Game
The ancient Babylonians were the first people to discover the universal laws of prosperity. In The Richest Man in Babylon, George S. Clason reveals their secrets for creating, growing, and retaining wealth.
Through these entertaining tales of merchants, tradesmen, and herdsmen, you’ll learn how to save more out what you earn, get out of debt, put your money to work, attract good luck, choose wise investments, and safeguard a lasting fortune.
Book 3 : Mother of 12.000 Kids – Sophie Vangheel
Sophie Vangheel tells the story of ‘Cunina’ but also reflects about relationships, the role of a woman, faith, life and death. Cunina is an organization that helps 12000 kids in the funding of their education.
In this inspiring book full of beautiful pictures, Sophie takes you on a journey and world travel based on the philosophy of the “life where you are born”.
Life is about making choices. Are those choices leading you to the path of your goals ? Are those choices making you happy?
In 2014 I decided to change somebody’s future and I started funding the education of Anisha in Nepal. The situation of the country Nepal will not change quickly and education is the only path to a better future.
Going forward I hope to provide also the financial literacy education to people in countries such as Nepal so they can also change the financial course of their families.
Book 4 : Winning with Stocks – Roland Van der Elst
One of the first books that I read about the stock market was this book of Roland Van der Elst in 1998. He is an investment expert and also lead the VFB organization in Flanders, Belgium.Book 5 : The Gifts Of Imperfection – Brené Brown
Dr. Brené Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston where she holds the Huffington Foundation – Brené Brown Endowed Chair at The Graduate College of Social Work.
This important book is about the lifelong journey from ‘What will people think?’ to ‘I am enough.’ Brown’s unique ability to blend original research with honest storytelling makes reading The Gifts of Imperfection like having a long, uplifting conversation with a very wise friend who offers compassion, wisdom, and great advice.
How did this book impact my life ? I read this book during my difficult time of divorce. It was a time where I was confronted with a lot of different emotions such as anger, anxiety, sadness, …
This book changed my thinking that I was GOOD ENOUGH and I just had to embrace who I was. If others wanted to blame their failures on me, than that was not my fault. Starting all over again at the age of 42, is difficult but reading this book put me on the right track that I should surround myself with the right people with the right mindset and don’t listen to others. It’s not their life but it’s mine !
Final Words
I always keep on reading new stuff and keep on developing myself as a person, a leader, a husband and father. It’s important for me to feed my brain and develop myself. I am always a student. That’s my state of my mind.
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