As everyone knows, Warren Buffett is the fifth richest man in the world, with a fortune of 118,000 million dollars.
However, before his presence on the charts Forbes of the most successful millionaires, Buffett was an ordinary man, with a business idea and a plan to achieve success; this He achieved it thanks to a lot of effort, dedication, great ideas and a book that taught him very important lessons.
Although he currently does not surpass Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos, he always appears on the list and does not usually lose money (as happens with many others who are named in the top 10), and this happens because he is a brilliant businessman, who manages to know perfectly how invest your capital and is smart enough to make important decisions.
According to Buffett himself, all his wisdom and everything he has achieved so far comes, in part, from a book that marked him when he was just a child, which was definitely very busy for a child, but it led him to realize all the potential he had and how he might exploit it.
Warren Buffet’s book you must read to be rich
in the documentary Becoming Warren Buffett, the billionaire Oracle of Omaha (who allegedly threw secret parties that Anna Delvey snuck into) said that when he was seven years old, he stumbled upon the book One Thousand Ways to Make $1,000, from FC Minaker, and learned it by heart.
The book, which is currently sold out in most international bookstores (but can be found on the Internet), tells the story of James Cash Penney, founder of JC Penney stores, and other successful entrepreneurs, presenting anecdotes of how they built their businesses and achieved success, including practical lessons in business, sales, and investing (which is where Buffet is an expert).
In a 1988 interview, Buffett told the magazine Fortune that the book inspired him to start selling Coca-Cola, newspapers, and gum from door to door when he was too young to start his own business.
It is a text that seeks to inspire others to undertake, seek new ideas and never stop moving on the path of professional development, presenting the best and most important success stories and even some tips and steps that people can follow to take off your own projects.
In addition to One Thousand Ways to Make $1,000, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett also often recommend the book Business Adventures, where journalist John Brooks talks regarding a series of important moments in the histories of iconic companies such as Ford and General Electric.
According to history, Buffett, who was something of a mentor to the founder of Microsoft, lent the book to Gates in 1991, and he recommended it as one of the essential books in 2014, within the reading lists that he usually shares on his blog.
It should be noted that Buffett and Gates are not the only ones, Jeff Bezos has also talked regarding several books that have helped him to be successful, and Elon Musk has also recommended some throughout his time at Tesla y SpaceX, So, if there’s one thing to learn from these successful men, it’s that reading is really important to open your mind and become the greatest in the world.
Although not all books are focused on economics and business, the most successful have come to recommend novels, science fiction books and even video games.