 | Andy Snyder
Founder |
Want to be successful... at anything? Then do this. Lots of things bring folks good fortune. What makes one fella rich and happy is different from what brings his neighbor the same great joys. Except for one thing... There's one activity that is common amongst the best of the best. CEOs do the most of it. Poor people do the least of it. Elon Musk does it for hours each day. So do Warren Buffett... Bill Gates... and Mark Cuban. Twenty-five percent of Americans don't do it at all. It shows. Folks in China and India do it the most. No other activity is as closely related to success as reading. Hands down. Read the FactsYou're here because you want to be a good investor. Clearly you know good writing. But how many books have you read over the past year? The higher that number, the less concerned you are likely to be about the headlines these days. You know what history says about rising rates. You know which assets are best to turn to in times like these. You've heard the stories... you've read the facts... and you've seen the data. Read just one book, and you're ahead of many Americans. But read just one book on investing, and you're suddenly ahead of the vast majority of them. It really is that simple. Sadly, the time the average American spends reading each day is on the decline. It shows. [Get Marc Lichtenfeld's Top 5 Dividend Stocks (FREE PICKS)] Adults spend just 16 minutes each day behind the written word. That's down from 21 minutes a decade ago. It makes sense. Netflix... HBO... and the like have stolen the nation's attention. Why blow off the dust on your mind's eye when the TV is there to round the edges and dull the tension away? Sixteen minutes each day go to reading... 190 minutes go to watching TV. Again, it shows. Successful people read. A Great ListThe average CEO reads about five books each month. But don't think they're reading only books they think will get them ahead. They're not all about mission and vision statements or how to get folks to do more for less. No. They're reading novels, plays and history books. Buffett, for instance, recommends a book called In an Uncertain World by Robert Rubin, a former secretary of the Treasury. It is a timely read these days. Meg Whitman recommends a classic... The World Is Flat. So does Jamie Dimon. It's another good read right now. Whitman also recommends A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and The New American Story by Bill Bradley. The latter details why it's past time America rethinks her political system and leadership. Even if you don't believe his thesis, the ideas and history Bradley provides will surely shape and deepen your thoughts on the subject. It's no surprise that Richard Branson has a unique list. He recommends Stalingrad... Long Walk to Freedom... and Wild Swans - a unique look at China's history. How much do you really know about one of our nation's richest trade partners... and our fiercest competitor? Think it might be important right now? Youbetcha. As for us... What's on our nightstand? We're deep into a modern classic - 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus. We figure we can't know where we're going until we know where we came from. This book takes a controversial look at a continent's history... in a whole lot more pages than the four or five we were told to read in grade school. Lots of folks are confused these days. They don't know what comes next. They don't know why things feel so chaotic. And worse, they don't know what to do about any of it. No book has all the answers. But no book is a waste of time. And every book will add to your knowledge. Every successful person reads. It's especially critical for investors. If you want to make more money... it's simple. Read more books. Be well, Andy P.S. HUGE NEWS! We just signed a deal with a top author who just released a new book. We've already got 2,500 copies of it on the way. It's too soon for more details. But the months ahead look quite interesting for Manward... and its readers. Want more content like this? | | | |
Andy Snyder | FounderAndy Snyder is the founder of Manward Press, the nation's premier source of unfiltered, unorthodox views on money and what it means for a free society. An American author, investor and serial entrepreneur, Andy cut his teeth at an esteemed financial firm with nearly $100 billion in assets under management. He's been a keynote speaker and panelist at events all over the world, from four-star ballrooms to Senate hearing rooms. | | |
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