18 books like Acres of diamonds

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Personality Plus Florence Littauer · 1983 · 198p · ≈ 6h · Moderate A revealing "personality profile" self-test and Littauer's insightful advice help readers better understand themselves and others. A best-seller. Shares: Religious aspects of Success, Christianity, Success

The $100,000 Club D. A. Benton · 1998 · ★ 4.0 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Now bestselling author D. A. Benton shows you how to break through your personal glass ceiling and earn $100,000 a year -- or more! Her can-do plan not only helps you change your whole approach to making money but, more important, helps you make new choices that lead to a happier, more successful life in every way. Shares: Wealth, Self-Improvement, Business

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success Deepak Chopra · 1994 · ★ 4.2 · 125p · ≈ 4h · Moderate In The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, Deepak Chopra distills the essence of his teachings into seven simple, yet powerful principles that can easily be applied to create success in all areas of your life. Based on natural laws that govern all of creation, this book shatters the myth that success is the result of hard work, exacting plans, or driving ambition. Instead, Chopra offers a… Shares: Religious aspects of Success, Wealth, Success

Barking Up the Wrong Tree Eric Barker · 2017 · ★ 4.1 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Wall Street Journal BestsellerMuch of the advice we’ve been told about achievement and personal development is logical, earnest…and downright wrong. In Barking Up the Wrong Tree, Eric Barker reveals the extraordinary behavioral science behind what actually determines success and most importantly, how anyone can achieve it. You’ll learn:• Why valedictorians rarely become millionaires, and how your… Shares: Success, Business

Thought-Force in Business and Everyday Life William Walker Atkinson · 1901 · 102p · ≈ 3h · Challenging To the minds of most people, the term Personal Magnetism conveys the idea of a current radiating from the person of the magnetic individual, drawing to him all those within the radius of his magnetic force. This idea, whilst on the whole erroneous, still contains within it the germ of the real truth. There is a current of attracting force radiating from man, but it is not a magnetic force in so… Shares: New Age, Self-Improvement, Business

The human machine Arnold Bennett · 1908 · 123p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Considering that we have to spend the whole of our lives in this human machine, considering that it is our sole means of contact and compromise with the rest of the world, we really do devote to it very little attention. When I say 'we,' I mean our inmost spirits, the instinctive part, the mystery within that exists. And when I say 'the human machine' I mean the brain and the body - and chiefly… Shares: New Age, Self-Improvement

Your Word Is Your Wand Florence Scovel Shinn · 1928 · ★ 4.5 · 95p · ≈ 3h · Challenging "La palabra del hombre es una varita cargada de magia y poder. Jesucristo insistió en el poder de la palabra: "Por tus palabrás serás justificado y por tus palabras serás condenado", y "La Muerte y la Vida están en el poder de la lengua". Así, el hombre tiene el poder de cambiar una situación adversa al utilizar la varita mágica que es su palabra."--P. [4] of cover. Shares: New Age, Self-Improvement, Success

How to be rich J. Paul Getty · 1965 · ★ 4.0 · 224p · ≈ 7h · Moderate J. Paul Getty draws on his own experiences of becoming the worlds first generally recognized billionaire to explain money and economics. He does so in a way that is very readable even to the novice. He is surprisingly down to earth and rather philosophical in his discussion of what wealth is, what it means to have wealth and as the title itself states "How to be rich". J. Paul explains in… Shares: Wealth, Success, Business, Biography & Memoir

The art of money getting, or, Golden rules for money getting P. T. Barnum · 1880 · ★ 4.3 · 48p · ≈ 1h · Challenging Barnum, the legendary entertainer and co-founder of the Barnum and Bailey Circus, was not just a successful businessman, but a philanthropist and writer as well. This short, pamphlet-length work distills Barnum’s advice on achieving success and wealth, in his own words. Shares: Self-Improvement, Success, Business

Money, and the Law of Attraction Esther Hicks & Jerry Hicks · 2008 · ★ 4.5 · 250p · ≈ 8h · Moderate How to attract money and other desires. Shares: New Age, Wealth, Success

The Game of Life and How to Play It Florence Scovel Shinn · 1925 · ★ 4.1 · 96p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Reprint of 1941 Second Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. One secret of Shinn's success was that she was always herself . . . colloquial, informal, friendly, and humorous. She herself was very spiritual . . . and taught by familiar, practical, and everyday examples. --Emmet Fox By studying and practicing the principles laid down in… Shares: New Age, Self-Improvement, Success

What are you waiting for? Justin Herald · 2004 · 178p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Who better than one of Australia's leading entrepreneurs to divulge the secrets of success? Justin Herald, in his down-to-earth, forthright style provides the motivation to implement change in your life and strive for success.All good things come to those who wait. Yeah, right! Success doesn't happen overnight it takes commitment, determination and conviction. Just ask Justin Herald, one of… Shares: Self-Improvement, Success, Business

The Art of Strategy Avinash K. Dixit · 2008 · ★ 3.8 · 512p · ≈ 17h · Moderate Game theory means rigorous strategic thinking. It's the art of anticipating your opponent's next moves, knowing full well that your rival is trying to do the same thing to you. Though parts of game theory involve simple common sense, much is counterintuitive, and it can only be mastered by developing a new way of seeing the world. Using a diverse array of rich case studies―from pop culture, TV,… Shares: Wealth, Success, Business

Elon Musk Joseph Greene · 2022 ELON MUSKDriven by idealism and the desire to be actively involved in the progression of humankind, Elon Musk has been dubbed a "thrillionaire" by The New York Times; a tech entrepreneur using his wealth to turn science fiction into science fact.Musk wants to save planet Earth, send civilians into space, and colonize Mars. He wants to create artificial intelligence that will aid humanity, and he… Shares: Business, Biography & Memoir

Self-help Samuel Smiles · 1800 · ★ 3.8 · 386p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Self-Help; With Illustrations of Character and Conduct is a book published in 1859 by Samuel Smiles. The second edition of 1866 added Perseverance to the subtitle. It has been called "the bible of mid-Victorian liberalism".M. J. Cohen and John Major (eds.), History in Quotations (London: Cassell, 2004), p. 611. Darwin biographer Janet Browne called it "the bible of the improving middle classes,"… Shares: Self-Improvement, Success

The Richest Man Who Ever Lived Steven K. Scott · 2006 · ★ 4.3 · 260p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Drawn from the example of King Solomon’s life and the wisdom contained in the book of Proverbs, provides a storehouse of guidance for achieving wealth and happiness. Shares: Wealth, Success

Secrets of the Millionaire Mind T. Harv Eker · 2005 · ★ 4.5 · 224p · ≈ 7h · Moderate 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… Shares: Wealth, Success, Business

It's All a Matter of Attitude Justin Herald · 2006 · 104p · ≈ 3h · Moderate A motivational gift book from the bestselling author of Would You Like Attitude With That? and What Are You Waiting For?, featuring 50 of Justin Herald's slogans accompanied by a brief, witty, commentary.I'm in the business of winning and business is good. If you think you're beaten you are! It's not whether you get knocked down it's whether you get back up. At the age of 25 Justin Herald used… Shares: Self-Improvement, Success, Business

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