High-Speed Reads

Victoria Devine is the founder and host of She’s on the Money, an award-winning retired financial adviser and writer. She has a background in behavioural psychology, an extremely successful podcast, and is this week’s author in focus. Devine continues to help thousands of people change their relationship with money through these various mediums, making hard-to-understand concepts ‘fun, fresh and relatable’. While this book is most definitely targeted towards young women – I believe the notions shared by Victoria are applicable to all. As such, I have selected and shared what I believe to be the most important ideas, concepts, and excerpts.

In his work with various organisations and companies around the world, Sinek noted that some teams trust each other so much that they would put their lives on the line for their peers. While other teams were full of bickering, negative, and under-performing staff. Why? The answer became clear during a conversation with a Marine Corps general. "Officers eat last," he said. What's symbolic in the chow hall is deadly serious on the battlefield: Great leaders sacrifice their own comfort--even their own survival--for the good of those in their care. This book investigates this idea in great detail, exploring the qualities of true leadership, and attributes of effective leaders. For reference, Leaders Eat Last received 4.6 Stars on Amazon.com, and 4.1 stars on Goodreads, being received positively overall.

Tony Robbins is an entrepreneur, #1 bestselling author, investor, business strategist, philanthropist, and motivational speaker. He has empowered more than 50 million people from 100 countries around the world through his audio programs, educational videos, and live seminars. Tony has been in the game for over 45 years, with many attesting to his warmth, humour, and transformational power. He is also involved in more than 100 privately held businesses with combined sales exceeding $7 billion per annum. Robbins is the author of 6 international bestsellers, including the 2014 New York Times #1 financial bestseller, Money Master the Game: 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom which is this week’s book in focus.

David Leslie Koch was born on the 7th of March 1956, in Adelaide, SA. He began his professional career as a financial journalist, writing for several different publications before eventually moving to television. Since this move, he has retained the host of the Seven Network's ‘Sunrise’ for over 20 years, sharing his financial knowledge and on occasion, a couple of chuckles. In this time, he has written the book of the week, Kochie's 11-Step Money Plan for a Better Life.

Welcome to the season 2 premiere. Thanks for joining me for the second season, I’m lucky to have you here and appreciate it more than you know. The book for this week, Money Magnet: How to Attract and Keep a Fortune That Counts, like many of which we have previously covered – is a great all-rounder with regards to better understanding money and the many facets of wealth-building.

Dale Carnegie was born in Missouri in 1888, becoming a salesman and aspiring actor after being educated at Warrensburg State Teachers College. In 1936, Dale Carnegie published his renowned book “How to Win Friends and Influence People.” Many of Carnegie's teachings are still applicable today, and his four-part book contains advice on how to create success in business and personal lives. In the many years since, this popular book has sold over 15 million copies and positively impacted countless lives. As noted in the skit from last week’s episode, Dale gave away 90% of his wealth to various causes.

This book is considered cultish by some, and a godsend by many. Just like my skit from last week would suggest, this week we’re covering ‘The Barefoot Investor’, By Scott Pape. This book has sold 2 million copies and can be found in 1 in 20 Aussie households. Scott states that you can get your money sorted in 10 minutes or less per week – as this review will confirm.

This week, we're taking a look at ‘Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal With Change In Your Work and In Your Life’, By Dr Spencer Johnson. Dr Johnson is also the writer of the best-selling book ‘The One Minute Manager’, which has sold 15 million copies and has been translated into 47 languages, while the book of the week has sold 28 million. Not bad, eh? Anyways, the story of Who Moved My Cheese? Was created by Dr. Johnson to help him deal with a difficult change in his life. It showed him how to take his changing situation seriously, but not take himself too seriously. Additionally, the 28 million people Spencer has reached, have kept their sense of humour, changed, and gained something better for themselves. His readers have ‘reported… improved…careers, businesses, health, and marriages. It’s important to understand that it is not what is in the story of Who Moved My Cheese? but how you interpret it and apply it to your own situation that gives it value’.