6 Books That Will Change Your Life
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Today, I wanted to share with
you a few of my favorite books.
These are books that have
changed the way I think and
altered the course of my life.
And I'm sharing them with you
because so many women law firm
owners asked me for book
recommendations to help them on
their growth journey. I am an
avid reader. I remember from a
very early age, my parents
taking my sisters in me to the
public library, we each had our
own library card. And as soon as
we hit the door, we'd spread out
in different directions, each
heading to our favorite section.
And after a bit, my dad would
come round us all up and we'd
head to the counter, and each of
us would have a stack of books
and our hands to check out. As
soon as we return home, we'd
spread out again, each finding
our own cozy reading spot. And
then we would sit like that for
hours in silence each of us
reading in my family of five. So
I really credit my parents for
instilling in me not only the
magical world of books, but also
my love of learning in general.
Because of them, I am a lifelong
learner. And I'm always curious
to learn about subjects, which I
might not otherwise have been
exposed at, but you know, but
for my curiosity and seeking
them out. I don't know about
you. But in law school for me,
it almost crushed my reading
spirit, the spirit, the
requirement of reading 50 pages
provide in each class was really
daunting to say the least. So
every time the holiday break
would roll around. Instead of
reading, which is something that
I love to do. I had to find
another outlet for my
creativity. And so I turned to
making art. That's when I
started painting was in law
school. It took me a few years
to really get back to pleasure
reading and my pleasure reading
habit. For many years. If I read
anything, it was a business
book. And still today, I love
business books, I'm always
reading them. But I have managed
to get you know, novels back
into my work back into my
schedule as well. Fortunately, I
also discovered audible, which
really helped me to find the
time to read, you know, to
create the time to read, I was
able to read during commutes
back when we are driving places
still. And now of course while
walking or apply makeup in the
morning. Between Kindle, audible
and actual physical books, I
have three very full bookcases
and other other places where
books have been shoved into
nooks and crannies. My Library
is pretty vast, and I absolutely
crave knowledge and I love to
share with others what I've
learned. All which brings me to
today's topic. And that's six
books that will change your
life. Now you can imagine as
somebody who is widely read the
way I am, and he's been reading
for so long, it's really hard to
narrow down to a list of your
favorite books or favorite
authors, especially when you
read across many genres. So the
books that I've selected here
for you today are I select them,
because I think they're life
changing. And while there are so
many books out there that are
wonderful, and they can truly,
you know, change the course of
our lives, do they truly change
the course of our lives and
shape the way we think? That's
that is the question. And these
books I'm going to share with
you have not only altered the
course of my life, but they've
all by changing my thinking but
they also changed my behavior in
some way. So after reading these
books, I made some change to my
behavior that helped to create
the life that I have now. And
they and I know that these books
these books easily came to mind,
because these are books that I
find myself citing wisdom from
in my daily life as I'm talking
with other women law firm owners
We're friends and I'm giving
advice to or whatever. These are
books that I sort of have
internalized in some way. And
I'm able to remember, because
they were so you know, I had
such aha moments. So if you're
not driving or you're out are
out walking, while you're
listening to this, you want to
grab your notes app, or pen and
paper and jot these down. The
links will also be in the show
notes for you. And also note
that I haven't really put these
in any particular order, I've
just listed them here. So it's
not order preference, or
anything. Number one on my list
is number one, only because I
read it in the 90s. When it
first came out, it was published
in 1989. And that is Stephen
Covey's The Seven Habits of
Highly Effective People. This
book changed the way that I show
up in my work. And in my life.
When I read this book, I, it is
a book that while I haven't read
it, in many years, a lot of the
essays, the stories he tells in
the book, still still are
implanted in my mind, and they
change the way that I think and
the way that I act. One thing in
particular is I'm always telling
my clients to put the big rocks
in first, you might hear this,
if you've ever read eat the
frog, you might hear that eat
the frog, it's the thing where
you where you prioritize what is
most important, and you get that
done first is basically the
concept. If you have ever read
it, you'll know what I mean,
when I say put the big rocks in
first, if not, then I recommend
you go and you read it, because
this concept alone will change
your life. And that doesn't even
include the other six habits. So
it is it is really a life
changing book. And I recommend
that to you as the mind number
one. Number two on my list is
Michael Gerber's event, or you
can read the E Myth revisited.
Now he has a lot of E Myth
versions, different types of E
Myth books, I in particular did
not care much for the E Myth
attorney, because he's included
some other authors in it who are
attorneys. And I think it
changed sort of the tone of the
book. So I didn't care for that
as much. But as an entrepreneur,
read the E Myth or the E Myth
revisited. It is a mystery. If
you're still working in your
business, instead of working on
your business, this book will
help you understand what you
have been missing. So I really,
I recommend this book very
strongly to a lot of my clients.
Number three on the list is Don
Miguel Ruiz's four agreements.
And you might have seen the Four
Agreements floating around as a
meme on social media. And that's
great. But if you have not read
the book, I really recommend you
read it, it is short, but it is
powerful. And there's a lot more
depth to it than what you see in
the social media. I mean, the
agreement that I have must bring
myself back to again and again,
is the one to not take things
personally. So when I'm stuck in
that space, I go and I reread
this book, especially the
chapter on not taking things
personally. It's something that
I find a lot of people struggle
with, and understandably so but
this book will really help you
to move out of that place very
quickly. And I just love the
Four Agreements. It is such a
short book. That is something
it's a pocket, pocket pocket
book book, right so you can
really keep it with you. And
just refer to it again and
again. Number four is Robert
Kiyosaki Rich Dad, Poor Dad. Not
only did I read this book, but I
gave each of my nephews a copy
of this book. As a person who
grew up in a household where
college education and steady
paycheck are viewed as the keys
to success. This book really
transformed my beliefs about how
wealth is created. And does that
mean that I don't still believe
in the value of a good education
or steady dependable flow of
income? Of course not. I do see
the value in that. But this book
opened my mind to a lot of other
possibilities. It made me think
about the power that we all have
to create more of what we
desire. And it also really
established for me, the, the
power of having the ability to
connect, to connect with other
people and also to be able to
sell anything. So a lot of value
in this book. The interesting
thing about Robert Kiyosaki that
you find if you follow him at
all, is Robert Kiyosaki has
written many many books We all
have around this rich dad poor
dad theme. And Robert Kiyosaki
also did not actually write the
books. He his books are all
ghostwritten. Well, I think the
author actually gets credit on
his book. But he, he makes it
known that he does not write
books. And I think this is very
interesting because Robert
Kiyosaki is a very, very wealthy
man. And one of his beliefs is
that he should not he should
always spend his time doing what
he does really well, the highest
best use of his time. And the
highest and best use of his time
is not writing books. And so he
hires other people to interview
him and write books for him. And
I know this can be very shocking
for people when they learn this,
but this is something for you to
think about. If you were to want
to write your own book is that
you don't necessarily have to be
the one to write it you can have
other people that these are very
clearly Robert Kiyosaki these
concepts ideas stories, it is
not that he is not that these
are not his concepts and
beliefs. These are is just that
he has somebody else who's a
better writer sit down and
actually capture all that and
put it on paper. So number five
on my list is Michael McCalla
wits is Profit First, Mike
McCalla watts, I would say
Michael. Although so a lot of
you may have read this book. And
although his exact formula does
not work, for me, for reasons to
detail to go in here. In other
words, I had to kind of pick and
choose different accounts and
sort of set things up in a
little bit different way. His
pay your first philosophy really
resonated with me. And that idea
of sort of hanging on to money,
so that you can put it to work
for you to grow other money, is
I absolutely love that. And if
you want to take it one step
further, you can read the bonus
book I'm gonna share with you,
which is the Automatic
Millionaire by David Bach.
Again, somebody who's written
many, many books around this
theme of the Automatic
Millionaire, but with different
two different audiences. But the
idea behind it is just paying
yourself first and then
automating your wealth growth.
And combining both of those have
been life changing for me those
two concepts. So now we're the
sixth book, or the seventh book,
if you include the bonus book, I
just share that will change your
life more than any other book.
And that is the book that you
writes. Although I have been a
writer my whole life, I was
never an author. until about a
year ago, when I published my
first book, The wealthy woman
lawyers guide to law firm
marketing in the virtual age. My
newest book, The wealthy woman
lawyers guide to building a
systems driven law firm business
has just been released and is
available for purchase on my
website, as is my marketing
book. Are there are these two
books as profound and life
changing as others I've listed
here are listed here as well, I
don't know that's going to be up
to the reader. But they are two
very solid books to help law
firm owners grow their law firm
businesses. So if you are a law
firm owner, we're lucky to
Kreger a law firm business. I
believe there, there are some
concepts in each of these books
that can change your life that
will be life changing for you.
I can tell you though, for me
that these books have altered my
life in ways I've never expected
and my business, it's the same
with every author that I need.
While reading great books by
famous authors will surely
influence your thinking and
maybe even behavior change some
of your behaviors, the book that
you write, are really catapult
your career and establish you as
a go to authority on a
particular subject. It also will
help make you more visible to
your target audience, you'll get
invited to speak more to be more
podcast. It'll help you be seen
by your target audience and make
you more visible in the world.
And also, like I said, will
establish you as you know, the
go to person, you're the one who
wrote the book on a subject. And
here's the exciting thing about
writing and publishing a book in
today's world. You don't need to
be approved by HarperCollins or
you know, any of these famous
publishers to be taken
seriously. Many, many wonderful
business books out there are
self published. And if you've
been thinking about writing your
own book, I want you to shoot me
an email at support at wealthy
woman lawyer and I'll put you in
touch with my publisher. It's a
small press that helped me
publish my first two books, and
very soon will help me publish
my third book. So if you that's
something you're thinking about
doing, I highly encourage you to
to do that. to write your own
book and work on getting that
published out in the world, so
other people can hear your voice
and learn your pointed point of
view and perspective. And think
about, not only will it be life
changing for you, but think
about, even if it only changes
the lives of one or two other
people out there, what a
wonderful legacy and impact to
leave in the world. So I do hope
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and happy reading to all of you.
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