I heard of this book through one of Jim Rohn’s talks on YouTube! I really enjoyed it! The book is by George S. Clason. 

This was a quick read! I read it in three sittings! It’s a financial advice book, but it is told through a story about the richest man in Babylon. He is hired by the King to teach the citizens of the Babylon how to become wealthy and successful! The principles he teaches are extremely simple and definitely work in today’s world.

I’d recommend this book to anyone looking to get their financial life in order. I know it’s helped me!

The Book Covers 7 Basic Principles for Finances and Success:

1) Start thy purse to fattening

2) Control thy expenditures

3) Make thy gold mutiply

4) Guard thy treasures from loss

5) Make of thy dwelling a profitable investment

6) Insure a future income

7) Increase thy ability to earn

Recently I’ve become really interested in studying out entrepreneurial leadership. I actually started reading this book from a referral from a book I’m reading on Church Planting. The author said to read it and everywhere it  says entrepreneur, put in church planter instead. I’m glad I followed his advice and read this book.

This was one of the most practical books I’ve ever read. It covers everything you’ll need to know if you’re going to be an entrepreneur. The authors are very straight forward. They tell you exactly the kind of mentality you’ll need to succeed, the knowledge, the team, the right skills, etc.. Perhaps the greatest thing I appreciate about it is that it shows you the price you need to be willing to pay in order to be successful. Most people are not ready or willing to pay the price, and thus the business they start doesn’t last and fails miserably.

If you’re interested in becoming an entrepreneur, you need to read this book!

Buy it Here: Rich Dad’s Before You Quit Your Job: 10 Real-Life Lessons Every Entrepreneur Should Know About Building a Multimillion-Dollar Business

Some Highlights:

• “Our schools train young people to become employees. That is why so many parents say to their child, ‘Go to school so you can get a good job.’ I have yet to hear any parent say, ‘Go to school to become an entrepreneur.”

• “The reason most people who want to become entrepreneurs remain employees is that they have some excuse that keeps them from quitting their job and taking that leap of faith. For many people, the power of their excuse is more powerful than their dreams.”

• The worst thing about living a life of security is that you often lead two lives—the life you live and the unlived life you know you could be living.

• If I were starting my entrepreneurial career all over again, I would start with a network marketing or direct sales business, not for the money but for the real world business training I could receive, training similar to the type of training my rich dad gave me.

• “My point is that it is the fear of losing money that costs people the most money. They are so afraid of losing . . . they lose. They settle for a steady paycheck. They may not lose much money in their life, but they lose out on the potential for great wealth.”

• Start the business. Fail and learn. Find a mentor. Fail and learn. Take some classes. Keep failing and learning. Stop when successful. Celebrate. Count your money, the wins and the losses. Repeat the process.

• My rich dad said, “The main reason to start a business is to have a business to practice on.

• “You must get a job in sales. Being able to sell is the basic skill of all entrepreneurs.”

• The problem for most of them is that they cannot sell, which means they cannot raise money. The inability to raise money may be reason number one why most want-to-be entrepreneurs give up and go back to their jobs.

• “Work to learn, not to earn.”

• “If you want to have the best team around you, you need to be the best at something as well. If you are only mediocre at communications, then you will never need the best attorneys, engineers, designers, or accountants. You will only need mediocre ones because you are mediocre.”

• If your costs frighten you off, then maybe being an entrepreneur is not for you. High expenses are an everyday challenge in business. Taking on that challenge is one of the most important jobs of an entrepreneur.

Sun Stand Still. It’s more than just a book. It’s a movement. Steven Furtick, the author, is 30 years old and pastors a church  that he planted that is only 4-5 years old and has thousands of members. Incredible. God’s done incredible things in and through him and the people in his church.

After reading this book, you can see why God has done something so unique there. Steven’s prayer and hope is that through reading this book, that what is going on through his church won’t just be an anomaly, but something happening all over the planet, as people dare to have audacious faith and believe God for the impossible.

This book is a must read. It will enable you to dream God sized dreams for your life, enable you to dream again, enable you to step out in faith, and empower you to go after the vision God’s put in your heart.

Buy the book Here.

Join the Movement Here.

Sun Stand Still series promo from NewSpring Media on Vimeo.

Some highlights from the book:

• I’ll take that further: if you’re not daring to believe God for the impossible, you’re sleeping through some of the best parts of your Christian life.

• if the size of your vision for your life isn’t intimidating to you, there’s a good chance it’s insulting to God.

• does the brand of faith you live by produce the kinds of results in your life that you read about in the biblical stories of men and women of faith?

• The story God has scripted for your life isn’t inferior to Joshua’s—or anyone else’s.

• If we have the audacity to ask, God has the ability to perform.

• God gives people the exact experiences he wants them to have in order to shape the specific destiny he’s designed for them.

• I despaired at the thought that my life might slip by without seeing God show himself mightily on our behalf.

• When you examine the lives of people who are called to do great things for God, regardless of their age, you’ll usually notice three things: They offer God a long list of excuses. God doesn’t seem surprised. God doesn’t change his mind.

• “I’m not raising my kids to survive the world. I’m raising them to change it.”

• before God can do an impossible work in your world, you need to let him do a deep work in your heart.

• sometimes God has to let your dream die so that his vision for you can come alive.

• Live a life that can be explained only by the existence of a God who is infinitely great.

• If all God wanted to do was get right to the happy ending, you’d be in heaven by now. If his only intention were to make your dreams come true, he’d snap his fingers and your vision would appear out of thin air. But that’s not all God wants. And deep down, it’s not really all you want either. You want to learn to walk by faith, not by sight. And you can’t learn that without walking through periods of complete darkness. The apprehension and gut-level fear you’ll feel in these stages may make you turn back and pursue something safer.