Drive - Daniel Pink [Review]

I recently finished reading Drive by Daniel Pink, which offers a thought provoking view on the inner workings of human drivers and how to get the best out of people within the workforce.

Pink’s book explains that under motivation 3.0, employees within a company achieve staggering results and their desire to improve is cultivated. Under the old model of motivation 2.0, employees are still provided with rewards for conformity and in the long run, their motivation stifled.

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Losing My Virginity - Richard Branson [Review]

WOW, what a book! ‘Losing My Virginity’ by Richard Branson is brilliant and takes you through all the emotions that make a good book good. Far from a boring collection of stories about his wealth and his business profits etc, this book is written in true story form and is just such a page-turner in the way that it keeps you hooked. He starts from his childhood, detailing some of the things his parents made him do as well as the lessons they taught him about how to approach life. 

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Unfair Advantage - Robert Kiyosaki [Review] Pt 2

This is the full review of Unfair advantage. When I began reading this book I felt that is was slightly slow on the jump off, with many ideas repeated from his previous works and so I didn’t believe that I was going to get much out of it as a result. Ideas such as your home [residence] not being an asset are ideals that Kiyosaki fans are all familiar with as 

well as the idea of saving money in a traditional bank being old and obsolete etc. As the book continues however, it becomes a lot more meaty in terms of giving information about various types of investments and how they work e.g. [stocks and how to reduce risk by increasing control]

What is new about the style of the book is the fact that Robert calls upon the experience of his advisors and uses their expertise and own words to answer certain questions which involve various areas of finance such as taxes and stocks, for example. These questions appear to be the answers to those that he has been asked most frequently. After he has provided a short answer, he provides greater detail to elaborate.

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Real Estate Riches - Dolf De Roos [Review]

For those wanting a simple to read, fun and insightful book on property/real estate, look no further than Real Estate Riches by Dolf De Roos. This book contains everything that you could possibly need to start investing in the ultimate income vehicle. The book makes a powerful case for investing in property and explains why the sheer leverage that you can get by getting banks to put up a huge percentage of the money makes it better than any other investment you can think of, and I personally agree. 

All the main questions you would ask if you wanted to start is covered; questions such as, ‘How do I analyse whether it’s a good property’, ‘how many properties would I need to look at’, ‘how do I find the money’, ‘how do I write the adverts’ etc

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Unfair Advantage - Robert Kiyosaki [Review]

So guys I will now be conducting regular reviews of books and material that has helped me to improve my knowledge in the area of finance, investing and self development.  

I believe that investing in yourself is the most important thing that you can to improve your knowledge and achieve success faster.

Today’s post is a very quick one, but there is a new book coming out from Robert Kiyosaki entitled ‘An Unfair advantage’ where

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