Hello my financially voracious friends!!
If you’re looking for some new reads to sink your teeth into, let me present 6 new ones from our community that have recently hit shelves, covering everything from stoicism, to money paths, to millionaire habits, to even something I bet you haven’t ever heard before: “the energetics of personal finance” ;)
Some of these are new-new, some are a few months old as I tagged them during my accidental sabbatical and missed the promo time, lol, and another won’t hit the shelves until two weeks so you’re gonna be one of the first to hear about it!
And the best part? We’re giving away TWO COPIES of each book here! So scroll to the end to see how to enter, and hopefully you’ll be one of the lucky winners to snag one 👊
Here’s what we’ve got:
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The Stoic Path to Wealth:
Ancient Wisdom for Enduring Prosperity
I’ve been a fan of Darius’ blog for a number of years now, so was super stoked to learn his latest book focuses on the more emotional side to investing and growing wealth. Something most of us struggle hard with!
He has some other classics too around productivity, forming better habits, and generally just living well, but this is the first book I believe to focus on *money* specifically. Even the OG Morgan Housel gave a testimonial on it!
Here’s a clip from its Amazon page:
“The Stoics understood that if you can control your reactions and manage your emotions, you can achieve success. The same principles apply to our financial lives today. The greatest investors approach the markets with discipline, emotional distance, and self-mastery—lessons that the Stoics have been teaching us for thousands of years.
Combining ancient wisdom with practical investment strategies drawn from analysis of the greatest investors of all time, The Stoic Path to Wealth will teach you how to:
- cultivate an investing edge by managing your emotions and developing your unique skills and talents
- develop the discipline to ignore short-term market fluctuations and avoid living in the future
- foster a mindset that allows you to enjoy what you have and avoid greed
- create a sustainable approach to trading”
To learn more or purchase: The Stoic Path to Wealth
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Millionaire Habits:
How to Achieve Financial Independence, Retire Early, and Make a Difference by Focusing on Yourself First
This is the first book from long-time blogger, Steve Adcock, of Millionaire Habits, and while you’ll probably either love this one or hate it as Steve can get pretty feisty, lol, the overall message here will always remain true: when you become financially free you have more time, and energy, to give back to not only yourself but those around you too. But first you must focus on yourself!
Here’s more about the book per Amazon:
“In Millionaire Habits, popular personal finance educator Steve Adcock delivers a fun, insightful, and hands-on discussion of how to build financial security, retire early, and give back to the community. You’ll learn to focus on yourself and your family first, creating personal wealth for the purpose of giving back to others.
In the book, the author explains that “saving money” isn’t a goal in and of itself, but rather the end product of the personal wealth equation: Wealth = Income + Investments – Lifestyle. You’ll discover how to pay yourself first with concrete guidance and practical advice drawn from people who built wealth on modest incomes.
You’ll also find:
- Strategies for maintaining your physical and financial fitness so you can maximize the value of your assets
- Ways to turn your existing wealth into even more valuable investments that generate continued, passive income
- Methods to help you retire early and enjoy your financial independence at a young age
Perfect for young professionals, working families, self-employed people, and anyone else seeking to increase their net worth and get more out of life.”
To learn more or purchase: Millionaire Habits
[You might also recall Steve’s name from the Rockstar Finance days as he was the brains behind all of our tech, allowing us to expand and add features at lightning speed – at one point launching new endeavors with each passing month, whether it was the Blog Directory, the Forums, or the Feed Database where anyone could read any blog post being published across the world! It was fun times, and I owe a lot of the success of the project to Steve. So thanks for everything, buddy – always enjoy working with ya 🤙]
PS: Steve also has an FI Accelerator course if you learn better through action-oriented tasks: FI/Accelerator: Step-by-Step Guide to Achieving Financial Independence
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The Get Ready Blueprint:
A 52-Week Guide to Changing the Way You Think About Money
This book comes from Tony Steuer who recently had me on his podcast, and if the book is anything like the fun conversations we had there I think you’ll enjoy it. I haven’t personally read it, but I’m always a fan of books that not only tell you the *why* behind stuff, but also the *how*. And this one seems from afar at least that it merges both of them nicely.
If you win it you’ll have to let me know if I was correct! ;)
Here’s a clip from Amazon:
“The Get Ready! Blueprint is an essential 52-week planner that helps you understand your financial goals and create and achieve your own strong financial decisions. With this easy-to-use road map and clear action steps, you’ll gain an overall view of how everything in your financial life fits together and how to maintain it.
You’ll begin by building useful habits, then put them to use in planning, calculating, and reviewing key financial information. With Tony Steuer’s proven “Get Ready Method,” you can
- understand your big financial picture
- find clarity to evaluate whether financial products meet your goals
- establish the essential eight habits that will empower you with your money
- use the innovative calendar system to help you keep all areas of your financial life up to date and on track”
To learn more or purchase: The Get Ready Blueprint
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Provider Money, Pleasure Money:
The Energetics of Personal Finance
Okay – now to the “energetics” one :) Which is brought to you by long-time blog reader, and blogger herself, Christine Luken. Another book I have a feeling you’ll either love or hate, but even if you’re just a little into the energies of the world, or into yoga or reiki or any of those more “woo” practices on the fringes I think you’ll appreciate this one. At the very least to get a *different* perspective that you might not have otherwise considered. You never know what might click!
Here’s a snippet from Amazon:
“We often think of money as bills and coins, checking and savings accounts, paychecks and passive income. Yet, at its essence, money is financial energy; that’s why it’s called “currency.”
There are two distinct and complementary energies, the yin and yang, in personal finance: Provider money and Pleasure money. Discover the nature of these two energic forces and how they overlay the entirety of your personal finances. Seeing your money through this energetic lens is a paradigm shift, a philosophy of money rather than a strict how-to guide.
After reading this book, you will have the knowledge and confidence to balance Provider and Pleasure energies, creating a financial life that supports your happiness and peace of mind.”
To learn more or purchase: Provider Money, Pleasure Money
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Plan Your Money Path:
A Guide to Create Your Own Financial Plan
This one comes from long-time reader and frequent publisher, Bill Hines, who’s always kind enough to offer up some free copies to us here. His last book you might recall was “Kiss Your Money Hello!: (And Financial Stress Goodbye)” and just an overall passionate and great guy.
Here’s more about the book from Amazon:
“Imagine how well you’d sleep at night knowing your boxes are checked—everything the kids will need, all your dreams right on through early retirement, when you’re young enough to enjoy those dreams.
This book shows you how to take control and build your own financial plan, using high fidelity, inexpensive software, not the dumbed-down financial/retirement planning tools you find all over the internet.
I’ll take you through some important general financial planning context, and then through the steps to building a financial plan for a sample family. Along the way, we’ll discuss the different inputs and assumptions required for any financial plan, as well as how to interpret the results and put your plan into action.”
To learn more or purchase: Plan Your Money Path
[FYI: This one hasn’t hit the shelves yet, but we’ll get the winners a physical copy by the end of Sept!]
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The Wealth Paradox:
Navigating Money, Free will, and Success: How Unconventional Thinking Influences Your Financial And Personal Life
Lastly, a new book from Alain Guillot – a long-time friend of the blog! This one has only been released as a *Kindle* book, however Alain was kind enough to shoot me a PDF version of it so the two winners will receive that for easy access.
Here’s more about it per Amazon:
“This book is a culmination of years spent navigating the complex landscape of personal finance, entrepreneurship, and self-discovery. It’s about the lessons learned from both success and failure, and the lessons I learned from the experiences of others, including some of the most successful minds of our time.
The book is composed of 10 chapters in which I share my ideas on managing money, yourself—your mind, your habits, and your expectations. We’ll explore topics that challenge conventional wisdom, such as the role of gender in success, the myths surrounding investment choices, and the often-overlooked impact of childhood experiences on our adult lives.
As you turn the pages, you’ll move from basic financial knowledge to ideas of what it means to thrive in a world that often feels uncertain.”
To learn more or purchase: The Wealth Paradox
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Okay! Which ones of these do you want?!
Let me know in the comments below (or via email if you’re reading this there), and you’ll be automatically entered to win! Feel free to enter for as many of them as you wish 👍
The giveaway will end this weekend at midnight, so get your entries in by then and we’ll announce the winners shortly thereafter at the bottom of this post here, as well as on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook – where you can also follow me throughout the week as you wait for a new blog post to hit ;)
Thanks for reading! Good luck!
And also huge thanks again to all the generous authors for providing us free copies here. Super kind of each and every one of you, and perhaps one day I’ll repay the favor if I ever come out with a book that even closely rivals yours :)
Happy reading!
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“Millionaire Habits” seems the most relevant for me (already retired early), so I’d like to enter to win that one. Thanks!
Oh man, The Stoic Path to Wealth and Millionaire Habits both calling my name here!!
Hello J$. Great post. Good hearing from you. Put me in for the Provider $, Pleasure $. Take care.
The Stoic path to Wealth seems interesting, as I am interested in the moral and ethical thinking behind FI, and FI behaviours.
Hey Jay, I’ve been following you for years. Glad you are back.
I’d love to read
1.Plan Your Money Path
And
2. The Get Ready Blueprint
@Jas – Thanks man! Glad you’re still here after all these years :)
@KT – That’s something not many of us in the FIRE space talk about too!
Millionaire Habits – love the idea of combining physical as well as financial fitness!
I would love to read Provider Money, Pleasure Money
The Energetics of Personal Finance. I am into the woo woo stuff! I also would like to share it with my 20 year old daughter as I think it will resonate with her and get her to think differently about money. Thanks!
Very cool!!
I would like to read the stoic path to wealth.
Thanks, Jay!
My choice is The Wealth Paradox, sounds interesting.
Julie
My choice would be The Stoic Path to Wealth
The Stoic Path to Wealth and Millionaire Habits are books that I’d like for my college senior son to read and Plan Your Money Path and The Wealth Paradox I’d love for myself. Win or not, these books will be on my list to check out. Thanks for the opportunity!
Good choices for your son… If he’s still in the younger, feistier years of college then Millionaire will def. speak to him, and if he’s wiser and older than the typical college kid Stoic Path would fit him well. Either way it’s all about sucking them in and then hopefully it sticking for a better future overall! :)
I would love to read The Get Ready Blueprint.
Get Ready Blueprint please!
All of these look interesting and I am sure I’d learn from them. The most interesting would be Plan Your Money Path at this point. I teach college students and have a course on Adulting that I teach every other year where we address financial planning and budgeting among other topics and this looks like it would be a great resource not only for me but to introduce to students in the course.
AHH COOL!!! I *WISH* THERE WAS A CLASS LIKE THAT WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE! Maybe we can connect you with Bill Hines here to set something up :)
Hi Eric, thank you for teaching financial planning to those younger generations, that’s excellent. It will save them from the wolves and they’ll have better lives and relationships. Where are you? I’d be happy to do a guest spot maybe, in person or virtual. I’m in the Bethlehem, PA area.
Millionaire Habits looks like a great read
Thanks for the book reviews!!
Dan Lynch
Millionaire habits and the Stoic Path would both look good on my desk :)
Hey J Money, Don Tillery here, long time follower and reader. So glad you came back to your blog. Well, you know I am always reading and always looking for some good money books. I don’t want to appear greedy, but two of these books look very interesting to me. 1. The Stoic Path to Wealth by Darius Foroux. Clearly I need more stoicism in my life and less greed :). 2. Plan Your Month Path by Bill Hines. I recently heard this quote “If you don’t know what you’re actually chasing or why you are chasing it, it means nothing, you must never forget what you are chasing and why you are chasing it.” I believe this is why it is important to have a path. Thanks again J Money, have a great Day
Love that!! So true!!
Always nice to see you here, man – been a while but looks like we’re both kickin’ :)
So true, Don. I come across so many clients that are doing all these crazy click-baity “optimizations” on their personal finances, introducing so much complexity, and when we do their plan together it turns out they’re nowhere near spending their money in life. Turns out people who get obsessed with that stuff are often excessively frugal. I ask, “Do you want to die with this much in your account? It’s life unlived.” I put a quote in the book from Warren Zevon, “Enjoy every sandwich.” Read the history of when and where he said that, the context. It’s heartbreaking.
the 52 week guide looks cool!
Hi I follow you and i would appreciate any book. I spend my time reading and educating myself and any of these books I would appreciate. thank you
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The Get Ready Blueprint sounds interesting, and it comes in 52 easily digestible sections, I assume. Thanks for adding me to that drawing.
I’ve missed these J$! Thanks for bringing them back, I’m so excited when I see you post now. Will have to add most of these to my library list. Millionnaire Habits will be my pick. Maybe I can barter with Steve for a copy of my book :)
Haha – you should totally try that 😂
Always appreciate you being here, man.
I would love to read these
* The Stoic Path to Wealth: Ancient Wisdom for Enduring Prosperity
* Millionaire Habits: How to Achieve Financial Independence, Retire Early, and Make a Difference by Focusing on Yourself First
* The Get Ready Blueprint: A 52-Week Guide to Changing the Way You Think About Money
Fingers Crossed!
Provider Money, Pleasure Money and Millionaire Habits both sound great, thank you!
Millionaire Habots and the Wealth Paradox both sound super interesting and ones that could be helpful to me considering where I’m at in my journey (~2 years away from early retirement, or as you like to call it WifeFI)
LOLOL … Love it.
I would love to be enter for the following books:
1. The Stoic Path to Wealth: Ancient Wisdom for Enduring Prosperity
2. Millionaire Habits: How to Achieve Financial Independence, Retire Early, and Make a Difference by Focusing on Yourself First
3. The Get Ready Blueprint: A 52-Week Guide to Changing the Way You Think About Money
Thank you for sharing these resources and giving away two books!
Diana
Hi J!
I am curious about the energetics one, Provider Money, Pleasure Money.
Plan Your Money Path is my choice and thanks for the giveaway!
I’ve been following you for a while. I’d love to read Plan Your Money Path and The Get Ready Blueprint
Appreciate you, Lisa!
Hello J, it’s been a while. (remember the Turbo Dog?) I’m glad you are back on the scene in your best role!
I would be interested in reading the Stoic Path to Wealth.
Mitchell
Hey man!! I sure do, haha…. Good times! You doing well over there? :)
All is well! I stink at retirement… had 4 jobs/businesses in the last 8 years! The current one is the sweetest. Check this out. http://www.laurascheesecake.com. My wife wanted to buy this, and I’m having a blast, but I’m looking forward to turning it over to one of our kids in a couple of years after we build it up.
Ahhhhhh that’s so freakin’ cool man!!! Love the story behind this! Would be amazing if a kid took it over later :) If you ever want to guest post on the biz/money side of things on it, or any other of your non-retired ventures, lol, I know a guy who would love to feature it! ;) You got so much good energy going man, keep it flowing 👊
I would love “The Stoic Path to Wealth: Ancient Wisdom for Enduring Prosperity”
or “The Get Ready Blueprint: A 52-Week Guide to Changing the Way You Think About Money”, as both titles captured me. I am a long time follower of your blog/spreadsheets. I hope to win :).
Thanks Candice! You’re entered!
I need more woo woo in my life so I will opt for the Provider Money, Pleasure Money book. :) Thanks for offering these up for grabs!
lolol awesome.
Provider Money, Pleasure Money resonated with me the most. I feel as though this is one approach to money I haven’t looked into yet.
Plan Your Money Path
Would love to enter for any of them except the energies one… sorry :D
all good 😂
I need all six of them. I will share it with family and friends for broader circulation.
“The Stoic Path to Wealth” sounded interesting. Thanks for doing the giveaway!
would love to check out “Millionaire Habits”, “The Wealth Paradox”, and “Plan Your Money Path”
Provider Money, Pleasure Money – Please!
Feeling energetic. :)
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Interested in “Millionaire Habits”
So happy to find a post from J. Money in my inbox! I’ve added all the above to my reading list. I will narrow to three for the drawing –
*The Stoic Path to Wealth
*The GET Ready Blueprint
*Provider Money Pleasure Money
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The money blueprint looks like a cool book – Would love to win that one.
Lisa
I help teach a Dollars and Cents class to high school seniors and think the “Plan your Money Path” might help with that.
Rock on! Thanks for doing that!!
I’d love to win The Stoic Path to Wealth! Love me some ancient wisdom!
love that you’re entering a contest that you’re also on the other side of 😂
give a book, take a book! lol…
Millionaire Habits & Pleasure Money, Provider Money. Thank you for the opportunity! Good luck to everyone!
I’d love to read Plan Your Money Path!
I would love to read any of these! I’m at an interesting financial point in my life and am always looking for new ideas and insight.
ooooh, what kind of interesting?? :)
I’d love to receive The Wealth Paradox – sounds right up my alley :)
I’d like “The Get Ready Blueprint” – for hubby’s 60th b-day last year, I dropped the idea of retiring at 62 to live in Panama. We did a relocation tour earlier this year, consulted our financial advisor and are now in the early stages of selling our business, stuff, home to join the minimalist lifestyle. It will be quite the adventure, but many have done it already!
WOW WOW WOW!!
Love this!! What an adventure in so many different ways!! I’m glad he liked the idea! :)
Millionaire Habits
The Get Ready Blueprint
Hmm, maybe The Stoic Path to Wealth: Ancient Wisdom for Enduring Prosperity.
The Get Ready Blueprint!
*** GIVEAWAY NOW OVER ***
After about 200 entries (online and email), here are the following winners! You’ll be hearing from me soon – congrats! :)
“The Stoic Path To Wealth”
– Jonathon F.
– Jonathan S.
“Millionaire Habits”
– S K J
– Kelli
“52 Week: Get Ready Blueprint”
– Lisa H
– Rene Gonzales
“Provider Money, Pleasure Money”
– Jeanine L.
– Sara K.
“Plan Your Money Path”
– Sharde’
– O
“Wealth Paradox”
– Jasmine
– Adrienne
Thanks for participating y’all! For anyone who didn’t win, you can always try finding these at your local library for a Wallet Win! ;)
We’ll do another giveaway soon…
stoic path to wealth. I’ve been following the stoics for years!!