Book recommendations

Start with Proverbs and Ecclesiastes.

The Book of Job might not be a bad idea either.

For a philosophy of salesmanship

The Greatest Salesman in the World  by Og Mandino

How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in Selling by Frank Bettger

It's an older book about an insurance salesman, but he had some great ideas and it's an easy and interesting read.

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I second the recommendation of The Greatest Salesman in The World by Og Mandino. As a matter of fact...all of his books are great!

"...I will persist until I succeed..."

Next Nick Murray's "The New Financial Advisor."

"Mr. & Mrs. Prospect...if you hire me as your advisor I will guarantee that NO ONE, who does not have your last name, will care more about your money than I will."

Last..."Values Based Selling" by Bill Bachrach.  The book opens in the first Chapter telliong you how to get rid of PITA's from day one.

Congratulations on your decison to enter the field.  Study hard, learn alot...and remember..."It's  All About Them..."

indyone

please tell me your kidding!  who mentioned the Bettger book to you?

The New Financial Advisor.   by Nick Murray

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Start with Proverbs and Ecclesiastes.

The Book of Job might not be a bad idea either.

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Wondering...

why...

you...

never...

read...

them...

yourself.

I’ve not only read them, I try to live by them.  That explains both my success and your failure(s).

[quote=Starka]I've not only read them, I try to live by them.  That explains both my success and your failure(s).[/quote]

Sorry "Captain".

Judging by your posts, which shed a great deal of light on your mentality and your lifestyle choices...

...you are failing at trying to live by them.  And I mean failing BIG TIME. 

Try to imagine how much an evaluation from someone as base as yourself means to me.

Probably not much.  Of course that just proves me correct.  You preach one set of tenets and live by another set of tenets.

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Probably not much.  Of course that just proves me correct.  You preach one set of tenets and live by another set of tenets.

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I'm afraid that there's NOTHING that could possibly prove you correct about anything.

Still, I'm commanded to hate the sin but love the sinner, so it's not necessary for me to show you up EVERY time!

Why dont you two go make out in a closet somewhere…

Way off topic guys… remember… book recommendations please.

What do y'all think of the Jim Cramer books?

They would be good to prop up an uneven table leg.

This is a little off topic, but if you’d like the dope on Cramer, Lou Dobbs, Ron Insana and the rest of the talking heads, get a copy of “The Fortune Tellers”, by Howard Kurtz.  If nothing else, whenever someone asks you about something he saw on CNBC or any of the other financial pornography, you can come back with “he’s an idiot, and here’s why…”.

Jim Cramer is an over hyped ivy league assh*le! He knows no more than we know. He got into Harvard either because of his parent’s wealth or his parent’s legacy.

Yes, but Cramer’s ‘piker-dom’ pales to insignificance when compared with (Drumroll, please…) Suze Orman!

I would recommend "Devil Take the Hindmost"...i don't have it in front of me so I can't give you the authors name, but it goes through the history of financial speculation and bubbles.

Also, "making of an American Capitalist" by Roger Lowenstein, it is an biography of Buffet

I would read "When Genious Fails" it is about the rise and fall of LTCM.

And the best in my opinion would be "How to win friends and influence people" by Dale Carnegie

Good luck

I say inspire the bull inside of you with "Wallstreet" and "Boiler room".

Ahhh those are movies.. Maybe "Braveheart" or "Gladiator".. Something to make you really want to kick some butt the next day, week or month.

I better have a beer and get to bed..

Hell yeah.. I am a passionate person and watching moving like these fire me up!

Also other feel good things like City Slickers are great! I totally believe that TV is the anti christ of our society. You see everyone spending 5 hours a day watching crap, but a great movie to inspire is awesome!

** Hey cancer (I mean melotonine), you love to attack people. Do you wake up and go to bed pissed off. Although this is just a thread you can get an idea of what someone is about by their posts. You seem to hate your self as much as you like to attack others.

Man there is more to life then hate and your endless search to find an excuse why your a failure (right now you focus alot on race as your stump). My reccomendation is to find your self a girlfriend and if that does not work get a puppy. They will keep you some company when everyone else runs from your negative persona.

Read this then look in the mirror and state "I am a man with no excuses and I love me" about 5 times daily. In a month you might be a better man.

Sonny I dont have a problem with you or anyone. There is someone on this thread that my description fits.

Good job if you lacked the looks. As long as people look their best most of us should have game.

Confidence is number one.

Experience helps alot. Working with what you have helps alot. Health goes a long way.

I always think people are on the same level. Some treat their body and mind like crap so they probably will be with a partner who does the same. Some people are all about fitness and health and they will be together. Others are big into business and have solid goals.

Like women the man needs to know what he wants. If this is the case we rule the land! I feel like a lion.