BECOMING BOSS OF MY TIME (BOMT)

How a regular 9-to-5 employee earns passive income for financial independence

Books That Shaped My Investing and Life Philosophy

Since I don’t personally know any billionaires, hedge fund managers, or investment gurus, I turn to books for wisdom and guidance. The titles listed below are ones I’ve read—some of them multiple times (especially The Intelligent Investor and Security Analysis). Each has offered powerful insights that have shaped how I approach investing, career decisions, and life in general.

Personal Finance

  1. Peter Lynch and John Rothchild (1995). Learn to Earn. Simon & Schuster Paperbacks. ISBN-13 978-0-684-81163-5
  2. Peter Lynch and John Rothchild (2000). One Up On Wall Street. Simon & Schuster Paperbacks. ISBN-13 978-0-671-66013-8
  3. Benjamin Graham, Bavid L. Dodd (1988). Security Analysis. McGraw Hill. DOI: 10.1036/0071592539
  4. Benjamin Graham (1984). The Intelligent Investor. HarperBusiness. ISBN 0-06-015547-7
  5. Philip B. Town (2010). Payback Time. Crown Business. eISBN 978-0-307-46188-9
  6. Morgan Housel (2020).  The Psychology of Money. Harriman House. eISBN 978-0-85719-769-6
  7. Pat Dorsey (2008). The Little Book That Builds Wealth. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-22651-3
  8. Vicki Robin, Joe Dominguez (2018).  Your Money or Your Life. Penguin Publishing. ISBN 978-0-143-11576-2
  9. Jeremy J. Siegel (2008).  Stocks for the Long Run. McGraw Hill. DOI: 10.1036/007/1494707

Career

  1. Jim Collins, Jerry I. Porras (1994). Built To Last. BusinessHarper. ISBN-13 978-0-06-051640-6
  2. Jim Collins (2001). Good to Great. HarperCollins. 
  3. Stuart Diamond (2018). Getting More.  Penguin Random House. ISBN 978-0-141-04994-6
  4. Robert I. Sutton, Huggy Rao (2014). Scaling Up Excellence.  Cron Business. ISBN 978-0-385-34702-0

Life

  1. Dale Carnegie (2016). The Dale Garngie Omnibus Volume 1: How to Win Friends and Influence People, Develop Self-Confidence, Improve Public Speaking, The Quick & Easy Way to Effective Speaking. Rupa Publications. ISBN 978-81-291-4034-0

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