Read these

Sorry, my computer is a complete fuckshow at the moment, it only does not work on Blogger. Odd. Managed to put this through on another computer, will try get my stone age laptop working by next week...hopwfully.

If you are only interested in doing your own thing in life, then these are two books that you must read. Because I did, and I can confirm, they were good.

The first is Richard Bransons Autobiography, Losing My Virginity. It tells the full story of his life, from starting Student magazine to Virgin Records and his airline. It's truly brilliant the way that he thinks. He is not really afraid to try anything and will do most things. I read it about two years ago, but the updated version is now available.

The second is his short book, Screw It, Let's Do it: Lessons In Life
This book is great, and you will probably read it in about an hour or so. It's not really about business as so many other books claim to be, but it's rather about a mindset. As it say's on the back cover: People will always try and talk you out of ideas and say: 'It can't be done,' but if you have faith in yourself you'll find you can achieve almost anything.

I have read other books such as Robert Kiyosakis "Rich dad poor dad" and his "Retire young retire rich" Did I really think I was going to retire young and retire rich on a book that cost R80? No, but I thought maybe I could learn something new. I think it is clear that our boy Robert is probably making more money from his books than he did in his previous career. If you look at all the people who have read Rich dad poor dad, you may notice that not many of them are making any more money than they originally were, and are probably still doing the same job, while the book collects dust. One book of mine that does not collect dust it Screw It, Let's Do It, because I always pick it up to read, even though I have already read it a few times.

It's just brilliant, and is probably better if you are not really the studying type, but the ideas type of person. Some people enjoy college, the office all day, and the boss. Some don't. For the latter, Richard Branson is your man.

I find Robert Kiyosakis books too vague, and not really that inspiring. You just learn how HE made money, what HE did,and it all gets a bit complicated at times. For example, when things get complicated, he says you should see a financial advisor. Fuck off, I bought your book, I want YOU to explain it to me tool.

Besides, many of his dealings were lucky. He may buy empty apartment blocks without having any money, but in reality today, this is not possible. You can't even buy a house for R1,5 million without the bank wanting to know everything about you and your job and your salary. His ideas are good on paper, but shit in real life.

As I say, Bransons books are about a different mindset, and he believes in even the smallest ideas. He also never finished school, and everything he had built up is through seeing things that others couldn't. Something college can never teach you.