Best Books Create Wealth and Self Development

• Think and Grow Rich by Napolean Hill

The book details out the most fundamental questions that once bothered the author, Napoleon Hill. The author once set out on a personal quest to find out what really made some people so successful. Why is it that some people manage to remain healthy, happy and financially independent, all at the same time? Why, after all, do some end up being called as lucky? The answers, no wonder, had to be no less than revelations.

For more than a decade, the author interviewed some of the wealthiest and most successful people in the world. It was based on what author learnt in the process from all these people, when asked about how they achieved not just great riches but also personal wellbeing. The author formulated hundreds and thousands of answers, into concise principles which when acted upon, many claim, can help one achieve unprecedented success.

The author has in many places narrated short stories and examples that help explain the concept at hand in an engaging manner. Think and Grow Rich teaches not just concepts but also methods. It is not a book that a reader can use for one time consumption. The book, even author recommends, has to be read one chapter at a time and in sequence. Several readers and even some motivational speakers claim to have been reading this book over and over again, few pages at a time, for a long time now. Till date, it remains the number one self help book in the world, as far as sales are concerned!

2. The Richest Man in Babylon by George S.Clason

If you have a lean purse and are looking for financial wisdom, you’ve picked the perfect book!
“A PART OF ALL YOU EARN IS YOURS TO KEEP.”
From the importance of savings to the essentials on how to become wealthy, this collection of famous Babylonian parables imparts timeless financial wisdom. It offers insights on how to become wealthy and how to attract good luck and discusses the five laws of gold.
A perfect guide to understanding finances and a powerhouse of time-tested principles to gain and retain personal wealth, The Richest Man in Babylon has been inspiring readers for generations. It continues to remain a classic bestseller.

3. Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth BY T.Harv Eker

Secrets of the Millionaire Mind reveals the missing link between wanting success and achieving it!

Have you ever wondered why some people seem to get rich easily, while others are destined for a life of financial struggle? Is the difference found in their education, intelligence, skills, timing, work habits, contacts, luck, or their choice of jobs, businesses, or investments?

The shocking answer is: None of the above!

In his groundbreaking Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, T. Harv Eker states: “Give me five minutes, and I can predict your financial future for the rest of your life!” Eker does this by identifying your “money and success blueprint.” We all have a personal money blueprint ingrained in our subconscious minds, and it is this blueprint, more than anything, that will determine our financial lives. You can know everything about marketing, sales, negotiations, stocks, real estate, and the world of finance, but if your money blueprint is not set for a high level of success, you will never have a lot of money — and if somehow you do, you will most likely lose it! The good news is that now you can actually reset your money blueprint to create natural and automatic success.

Secrets of the Millionaire Mind is two books in one. Part I explains how your money blueprint works. Through Eker’s rare combination of street smarts, humor, and heart, you will learn how your childhood influences have shaped your financial destiny. You will also learn how to identify your own money blueprint and “revise” it to not only create success but, more important, to keep and continually grow it.

In Part II you will be introduced to seventeen “Wealth Files,” which describe exactly how rich people think and act differently than most poor and middle-class people. Each Wealth File includes action steps for you to practice in the real world in order to dramatically increase your income and accumulate wealth.

If you are not doing as well financially as you would like, you will have to change your money blueprint. Unfortunately your current money blueprint will tend to stay with you for the rest of your life, unless you identify and revise it, and that’s exactly what you will do with the help of this extraordinary book. According to T. Harv Eker, it’s simple. If you think like rich people think and do what rich people do, chances are you’ll get rich too!

4. Maximum Achievement: Strategies and Skills That Will Unlock Your Hidden Powers to Succeed by Brian Tracy

Leading authority on success Brian Tracy gives proven principles and step-by-step tips for raising self-esteem and improving your life.

Brian Tracy is one of the world’s leading authorities on success and personal achievement, addressing more than 100,000 men and women each year in public and private seminars. In Maximum Achievement, he gives you a powerful, proven system — based on twenty-five years of research and practice — that you can apply immediately to get better results in every area of your life.

You learn ideas, concepts, and methods used by high-achieving people in every field everywhere. You learn how to unlock your individual potential for personal greatness. You will immediately become more positive, persuasive, and powerfully focused in everything you do. Many of the more than one million graduates of the seminar program upon which this book is based have dramatically increased their income and improved their lives in every respect.

5. The Success Principles by Jack Canfield

The Success Principles is a motivational piece of literature. The author of this book tries to uncover some of the greatest secrets behind success. offering solutions to problems with the help of rules that help one achieve success in life, this book can be read a wide range of people.

The author believes that high performance and success is attainable by all and the right kind of approach is necessary in order to achieve it. In this book, the author has discussed various golden principles and step-by-step action plans, which if followed with commitment would lead to both personal as well as professional success.

Through this book, the author shares 64 simple, yet extraordinary principles. These are the secrets behind the author’s success in life and have led him to write more than 50 bestselling books. This book teaches us the necessity to change our perception and understand what we need in life. The author advises the reader to gather the courage necessary in order to lead a successful life.

The advice given in The Success Principles has helped change the lives of many people. It was published by Harpercollins in 2008 and book is available in paperback format.

6. Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress Free Productivity by David Allen

Getting Things Done describes an incredibly practical process that can help busy people regain control of their lives. It can help you be more successful. Even more important, it can help you have a happier life!

Getting Things Done offers help building the new mental skills needed in an age of multitasking and overload

7. The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9–5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss

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’.

8. Habit Stacking: 127 Small Changes to Improve Your Health, Wealth, and Happiness by Steve Scott

9. 177 Mental Toughness Secrets of the World Class by Steve Siebold

NEW EDITION: Is it possible for a person of average intelligence and modest means to ascend to the throne of the world class? The answer is YES! Not only is it possible — it’s being done everyday. This book shows you how. Some of the Mental Toughness Secrets You Will Learn: Champions Lead Through Facilitated Introspection The World Class Compartmentalize Their Emotions The World Class Are Ferociously Cooperative The Great Ones Possess Supreme Self Confidence The World Class Embrace Metacognition The World Class Are Coachable Champions Know Why They Are Fighting The World Class Operate From Love and Abundance School Is Never Out For The Great Ones Champions Are Interdependent The Great Ones Are Bold Champions Are Zealots For Change The Great Ones Dont Give BackThey Just Give Champions Are Masters Of Mental Organization The Great Ones Only Negotiate Win-Win Deals Champions Seek Balance Champions Believe In Honesty The Great Ones Arent Afraid To Suffer.

10. The Power of Full Engagement by Jim Leohr and Tony Schwartz

The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, is the key to high performance and personal renewal tells you how to use your energy positively. The number of hours in a day are fixed and so time is not unlimited or flexible but the quality and quantity of energy in ourselves is not limited or inflexible. This book teaches you the fundamentals of the power, to revolutionize the way you live.

The book narrates how the management of energy and not time, is the key factor for high performance, good health, abundant happiness and a good balance in life. The Full Engagement Training System that the book talks about is the result of in-depth research that was done with many leading athletes like the tennis champion Monica Seles, the gold medalist in speed skating, Dan Jansen and many more. From the research done with these athletes, it was discovered how the focus on their energy training gave them their superlative performances. The training program has four steps, such as to mobilize 4 main energy sources, equate energy spent with regular energy refreshment, increase capacity in the similar way that some of the best athletes do and form specific and positive energy management systems. The book reveals how, by the power of full engagement, one can get into a positive routine to manage one’s energy, with a practical and scientific approach.