Reading books remains one of the keyways of exposure to knowledge and enlightenment – not just any kind of book, but the right book. Not all books were written with the intention to bring clarity and truth to it readers, some are written to incite biases and fear to string the reader’s mind. Over the centuries, countless books have been written in several genres of literature and works of life just to feed the readers with specific or generalized knowledge, thereby empowering readers into leaders that eventually impact the world in some way.
Reading the right book matters most when you’re someone who is seeking for truth about success and failures, financial freedom, wisdom, historical event etc. It's a proven fact that people get smarter and more intellectually prepared when they read great books, because it helps improve the quality of thought and ideas in the mind. And there are four great books listed in this article for anyone who’s seeking to transcend beyond mediocrity.
LAWS OF SUCCESS
This book was written by Napoleon Hill in 1925. He was one of the earliest classical American authors in the new movement of he thought he was one of the first producers of the modern genre of self-successful literature. He is widely regarded as one of the great successful writers.
This book is one thousand one hundred and seventy pages long which contains first-hand interviews and teachings between the author and about five hundred people who were the first rich and powerful innovators and captains of industry in the United States during its industrial revolution. The book was known to be a textbook that was to be read not once, because its content was seen as a life guide towards all aspect. In this book, readers were further advised to read it with study groups, employers were also urged to read it with their employees and parents to read with their children. The teachings from this book were for the first time in the history of the world, based on true philosophy upon which all personal success is built on. The author interviewed most of the prominent figures we hear today that established their names in history as pioneers and problem solvers which are the likes of Thomas Edison who invented the first incandescence light bulb, Henry Ford who commercialized the use of automobile, Andrew Carnegie who was the first richest man in America from steel production, John D Rockefeller who was the first petroleum magnet, Abraham Lincoln who was the first US president to end slavery in America, Asa Candler who bought a secret ingredient from a dying pharmacist and branded it of gold called Coca-Cola and so From the authors encounter and study of each of these great men, he noticed a similar trait that these men have in common that made them achieve astounding achievements in their lifetime which he tailored into principles and Just like the way Sir Isaac Newton discovered the law of gravity and lift even though it is unseen with the naked eyes, but it’s there and effective, likewise the laws and principles of success which is also unseen and effective. And these great men used it very well and it worked like any natural law. The author broke down these laws into 13 laws and detailed stories and experiences where each of these great men applied each of these laws.
This book has lived for more than a century now, and it has become a blueprint for this generation’s billionaires in the United States. It’s for anyone that is curious enough to discover the proven laws and principles towards a successful life.
THINK AND GROW RICH
This book was also written by Napoleon Hill, published in 1937.This book tries to explain why some people make great fortunes while others fail to make ends meet. Since its launch in 1937, this book has always been the go-to book for wealthy researchers. Some part of the book focused on a detailed teaching from Andrew Carnegie and then he went to on teach 100,000 men to check it effectiveness. The author also emphasizes on a single secret which he never stated expressly. However, several examples were given of people who were successful after acquiring this secret. For him, all the people who have learned this secret and used it have been blown away by the success! So, the author says that this secret has nothing to do with in-depth studies or with a particularly well-educated education. Cite the example of Henry Ford who never went to high school.
Finally, Napoleon Hill concludes that if the rich thought and reader is ready for this secret, it will be released of the text before his very eyes, and he will recognize this secret in each of the chapters of the book.
RICH DAD AND POOR DAD.
This book was written by Robert Kiosaki and Sharon Lechter, published in 1997.Robert Kiosaki is an American businessman, author, and founder of Daddy's Wealthy Business. This book advocates the importance of financial literacy and education as schools should focus on teaching pupils about money and the culture of identifying the loss and benefit in asset and liability investment. The book focused on the two father figures in the author’s life and the moral similarities between them. But he highlighted the philosophical differences in their view about their financial lives. His biological father, who was a highly educated teacher, was the poor father of this literature, his rich father was his best friend’s dad who’s a college dropout and an entrepreneur died a rich man and left wealth for his children. He decides to learn from both dads which made him a successful businessman.
SOCRATES VS ORUMILA
This book was written by Pro. Sophie Oluwole in 2014. She was a professor in African school of philosophy. The book dared to make some comparisons between two ancient figures and their teachings to their disciples. The author has done extensive research on Orumila, considered by many to be the god of wisdom. But she researches aimed to dispute that notion, stating that figures like Orunmila were humans like us and were revered even after death because of their contribution towards political, economic, and religious development of society through philosophy and wisdom which was also peculiar to Socrates contribution towards the European race. The book also describes how the Ifa system was taught by Orunmila to his followers. She further explained that Ifa means Wisdom (Truth) not sorcery, not as the colonial masters painted to us. The book also stated the scientific and mathematical aspect of the Ifa system that the succeeding generation failed to build upon.
Finally
There are more books like this great books that can help shaping your thought and equip you with knowledge that can set you free from all the shackles of the confusion in life. Books like this help us to keep an open mind towards humanity and living a purposeful life.
