Rachel’s Blog

The writing of an Idealist

Over-Achiever

Well, I really wanted to do book reviews on this site- a ‘report’ on every book I read, but I must say that idea was biting off a bit more than I can chew right now.

I have been reading- my new aim is a book a day (which I’m not doing, but that’s what I’m working up to). So far I’ve finished three books since I made that goal last week.

The result? I’m getting lots of great input, and I love it- but there’s no way I can keep up on doing a book review of every book (especially since I couldn’t keep up with it before).

So I figure the next best thing I can do is to share what books I have read, and then give a ‘rating’ on how well I liked them.

This week I finished:

The Lectures on Faith by Joseph Smith

- A very excellent book on using the power of faith. It correlates very well with the Law of Attraction.

Awaken the Giant Within by Anthony Robbins

- This book took me awhile because it has so much in it- a lot of action steps, reflection and commitments to make. I absolutely loved it! One of the books that has changed my life forever. He scientifically explains why we do what we do, and how to change instantly! A must read for anyone and everyone!

Cash Machine For Life by Loral Langemeier

- I really like Loral Langemeier, she is one of my mentors. A great businesswomen and example for women who want to create wealth. I personally liked her other book better, The Millionaire Maker, but I still got some good ideas and strategies for creating and building a Cash Machine. I still need to read her Wealth Cycle Investing.

I’m currently in the process of reading:

May 23, 2008 Posted by racheldenning | Current Reads, To Read | , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments Yet

Tim Ferris’ Recommend Reading

April 20, 2008 Posted by racheldenning | To Read | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

The Millionaire Maker

by Loral Langemeier

An excellent book. I read it in one day it was so good (I stayed up until 3:00 am to finish it). Written by a very successful entrepreneur, she takes a very practical approach to creating and managing wealth, getting out of your job and living the life you desire.

She is literally known by many people as The Millionaire Maker, because “she actually makes millionaires,” so says T. Harv Eker, author of the New York Times #1 bestseller, Secrets of the Millionaire Mind. Loral was also a featured expert in the bestselling The Secret. (I’ve read both and they are great.)

Her book is a series of case studies of people whom she helped to improve their financial situations, by recognizing where they were and where they wanted to go, then laying out the steps needed to get from here to there.

The studies vary so much, that there is sure to be a situation that is similar to yours, and you will then be able to imitate the steps to produce the same results in your life.

Chapter 1- The Wealth Cycle: Money in Motion

Chapter 2- The Gap Analysis: Mapping Your Way to Millions

Chapter 3- Sequencing: The Right Thing at the Right Time

Chapter 4- Direct Asset Allocation: Assets to Income, Income to Assets

Chapter 5- The Cash Machine: Learn to Earn

Chapter 6- Entities: Getting Your House in Order

Chapter 7- Forecasting: The Right Stuff in the Right Bucket

Chapter 8- WAPP: It’s All about Me

Chapter 9- Debt Management: Bad Debt Has Got to Go

Chapter 10- Your Financial Baseline: Walk the Beans

Chapter 11- Financial Freedom Day: See the Money

Chapter 12- Teamwork and Leadership: Team-Made Millions

Chapter 13- Conditioning: A New Conversation

Chapter 14- Teach Your Children: Doing it Differently for the Next Generation

Loral Langemeier also has these two follow up books, which are on my list To Read

April 17, 2008 Posted by racheldenning | Current Reads, Financial, To Read | , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Crowd Psychology

Alexander Elder suggests studying the psychology of crowds to understand why masses make the decisions they do and how it affects the market. I’m adding some books to my To Read list that deal with crowd psychology:


I’m not sure if this one is about crowd psychology or word-of-mouth marketing, but it’s been on my list for awhile.

The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

April 15, 2008 Posted by racheldenning | Financial, To Read, Trading | , , , , , , | No Comments Yet

Carlos Castaneda

Adding to my To Read list.

These were recommended to me by one of my favorite authors, Wayne Dyer. I’m adding them to the list to read.

April 12, 2008 Posted by racheldenning | To Read | , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Marianne Williamson

Adding to my To Read list-

For awhile I’ve wanted to read these books by Marianne Williamson

April 12, 2008 Posted by racheldenning | To Read | , , | 1 Comment

The Power of Now

My sister-in-law shared that she was reading The Power of Now and A New Earth: awakening to your life’s purpose by Eckert Tolle.

I thought they looked very interesting, so I went to my library’s website to request a hold on them. Wow! Are they popular. I was number 80 in position for The Power of Now and position 259 for A New Earth! Unbelievable.

I want to add them to my To Read list, so I guess I’ll just have to order it online!

April 11, 2008 Posted by racheldenning | To Read | , , , , | No Comments Yet