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Mikey:
I love reading books so I thought I'd create this thread and update it whenever I read a new book and give it a promotion and a brief discussion of what it's about. Most of the books I read are biographies of athletes. I also enjoy reading books about finance and wealth because I want to be financially secure in life.

Mikey:


For anybody that wants to read this but doesn't want to purchase it or can't find it at a library you can read it for free on google as there is a free pdf download.

The book is similar to what the title suggests and profiles people that have a net worth of $1M+ USD. Most people equate income with wealth and also luxury goods etc. However, this book explains that the overwhelming majority of wealthy people are usually just above-average income earners (usually from small business) who strictly follow the principle of spending less than they earn and avoiding the lifestyle trap of 'keeping up with the Jones'. The money saved from consumerism gets invested, which has a compounding effect leading to a high net worth.

It was a good book but gets a bit repetitive.

LBSS:
+1 good thread. i <3 books. started using goodreads.com to keep track of books read and books to be read, pretty good system. there's a social element, too, so you can have friends and follow what they're reading and planning to read. my gf is on there and a few other friends. i enjoy, ymmv.

right now i'm reading behemoth: a history of the factory and the making of the modern world, by joshua freeman; home fire, by kamila shamsie; and the island of doctor moreau, by hg wells (out loud with my gf).

seifullaah73:
Great idea for a thread. I love to read.
Just a side note. what happened to upvote arrows on this thread and the reply posts.
Nonexistent.

Mikey:


Working Class Boy is an autobiography of an Australian rock legend in Jimmy Barnes. He was first recognised when he was in the band Cold Chisel before going solo. As the title suggests this book is about his childhood growing up in Scotland before moving to Elizabeth in Adelaide, South Australia when he was a young kid.

Growing up in Glasgow was rough and his father was a working class man who was formerly a handy boxer and loved a drink as many Scots do. His mum married his father when she was 16 and they had several kids. Life was hard in Scotland (the alcoholism didn't help) so they decided to move to Australia for a new life. Unfortunately the problems they encountered in Scotland were exactly the same in Elizabeth. Money was always an issue because his dad would work all day and spend the whole pay drinking at the pub, which lead to domestic violence etc. At the age of 9 his mum walked out the on family and his dad was never home so it was up to his older sister to run the house.

Eventually Jimmy reunited with his mum and his step-dad took him in along with 5 of his siblings but throughout this period he was involved with gangs etc. but he had a natural talent for singing and joined a band and the rest is history.

Commentators of the book called his childhood "harrowing" but growing up in the same city I would say it's more common and normal then harrowing because even today in my city there are literally tens of thousands of kids experiencing the same childhood as Jimmy.

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