Peter Spann

A new question for you Peter,

I assume you have read a few books in your time on investing etc…..

Which Book or Author has most influenced your way of thinking ???

Cheers

love this quote – dnt care where u got it from but im gonna use it..hehehe – thanks

P.S: still waiting for the cheque, book, house…[biggrin]

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Well, you have 3 of the best books ever written on wealth creation on your list.

“The Richest Man in Babylon” changed my life. It was the book that was given to me when I was a check out chick in Wollies. If I had never read that book I would not be where I am today, undoubtedly.

I made a promise that I would give away 10,000 copies of the book as my way of repaying the author and for many years it was a give away at my seminars and so I achieved my target.

Ironically Clason has never seen a penny of the royalties. He wrote it while as an employee of a bank and they were the ones who published it. Today’s “moral rights” laws would have changed that but unfortunately for him he died before all that. His other books are little known.

“Think and Grow Rich” is the second most important book ever written on wealth creation. I have read it more than 100 times (stopped counting then), 72 times alone in my first 5 years of investing.

As far as I am concerned there needs to be no more books than these two – if you “got” what was in them you wouldn’t need a how to book.

Then of course you have my books – and based on the reviews I have published above you will see they are excellent. [biggrin]

Who influenced me? Well, I have to give credit to Jan Sommers and Noel Whittaker as they were the only 2 Australian authors I could find when I started, and the “how to’s” they gave me in their books are still all applicable today and again saved me heaps and heaps of time effort and energy. Legends both.

Here is the Recommended Reading List from the back of my new book, “How You Could Build a $10 Million Property Portfolio in just 10 Years” …

* Highly recommended
** A must-have

Graham J. Airey, Buying and Selling Property in a Nutshell,
Wrightbooks, Brighton, Vic., 2001.

* Graham J. Airey, The Property Investor’s Handbook,
Wrightbooks, Brighton, Vic., 1998.

**Wayne Berry, How to Get the Be$t Deal Every Time: Without
Rubbing People the Wrong Way!, Information Australia,
Melbourne, 2000.

* Wayne Berry, Negotiating in the Age of Integrity, Wrightbooks,
North Brighton, Vic., 1995.
* Mark Bouris, Wealth Wizard, Hardie Grant, South Yarra, Vic.,
2002.

Peter Cerexhe, Smarter Property Improvements: Ways to Maximise
Returns by Transforming Your Property, Allen & Unwin,
Crows Nest, NSW, 2004.

* Deepak Chopra, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A
Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams, Bantam,
Sydney, 1996.

** George S. Clason, The Richest Man in Babylon (first published
in 1926), Penguin, Ringwood, Vic., 1991.
James W. Coghlan, Capital Gains Tax: An Australian Investor’s
Guide to Wealth Maintenance, Wrightbooks, Elsternwick, Vic.,
2000.

Tony Compton, Rental Property and Taxation: An Investor’s
Guide, Wrightbooks, Brighton, Vic., 2001.

* Stephen R. Covey, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People:
Restoring the Character Ethic, Business Library, Melbourne,
1990.

* Martin S. Fridson, How to Be a Billionaire: Proven Strategies
from the Titans of Wealth, Wiley, New York, 2000.

* Mchael Gilding, Secrets of the Super Rich, HarperCollins,
Pymble, NSW, 2002.
Paul Hanna, You Can Do It!, Penguin, Ringwood, Vic., 1997.

** Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich: The Famous Andrew
Carnegie Formula for Money-Making (first published in 1937),
Wilshire Book Co, California, 1999.

Tim Hewat, Super Safe Investing with Syndicates and Listed
Property Trusts, Wrightbooks, Brighton, Vic.

Vivienne James, The Woman’s Money Book, Anne O’Donovan,
Melbourne, 2000.

Neil Jenman, Don’t Sign Anything!, Simon & Schuster.

Neil Jenman, Real Estate Mistakes, Rowley Publications, 2000.

Robert T. Kiyosaki, Rich Dad, Poor Dad, Tech Press Inc, Arizona,
1997.

** John McGrath, Most Valuable Lesson I have Learned: Over
100 Success Concepts to Change Your Life, HarperCollins,
Pymble, NSW, 2002.

** John McGrath, You Inc.: How to Attract Amazing Success in
Your Life and Business, HarperCollins, Pymble, NSW, 2003.

** John McGrath, You Don’t Have to be Born Brilliant: How to
Design a Magnificent Life, Hodder Headline, Sydney, 2000.

Jim McKnight, Ordinary Millionaires, Freehold Press, Oatley,
NSW, 2002.

Edward Mundie, The Beginner Renovator: A Guide to the Repair
and Alteration of Houses, Hyland House, South Yarra, Vic.,
1987.

Richard Reed, Reverse Mortgages: Unlocking the Potential of Your
Home, Wrightbooks, Milton, Qld, 2004.

* N. E. Renton, Negative Gearing: A Plain English Guide to
Leverage for Share and Property Investors, Wrightbooks,
Brighton, Vic., 1998.

E. James Rohn, The Five Major Pieces to the Life Puzzle, Brolga
Publishing, Ringwood, Vic., 1991.

* E. James Rohn, The Seasons of Life, Brolga Publishing,
Ringwood, Vic., 1994.

* Jim Rohn, Seven Strategies for Wealth and Happiness: Power
Ideas from America’s Foremost Business Philosopher, Prima,
New York, 1996.

Martin Roth and Chris Lang, How Investing in Commercial
Property Really Works, John Wiley & Sons, Camberwell, Vic.,
2003.

* Terry Ryder, Confessions of a Real Estate Agent, Wrightbooks,
Elsternwick, Vic., 2001.

Terry Ryder, Property Smart: Learn the Rules of the Real Estate
Game, Wrightbooks, Elsternwick, Vic., 2002.

Barbara Sher, I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was:
Discover What You Really Want, and How to Get It, Hodder
& Stoughton, Sydney, 1995.

* Jan Somers, Building Wealth in Changing Times, Somerset
Financial Services, Cleveland, Qld, 1994.

* Jan Somers, Building Wealth: Story by Story, Somerset
Financial Services, Cleveland, Qld, 1998.

** Jan Somers, Building Wealth Through Investment Property,
Somerset Financial Services, Cleveland, Qld, 1992.

Richard Spencer, Private Lending Made Public, Wrightbooks,
Elsternwick, Vic., 1999.

Allan Staines, The Australian Renovator’s Manual, Pinedale Press,
Caloundra, Qld, 1996.

Sam Vannutini, Renovate For Profit, self-published

Denis Waitley, Seeds of Greatness: The Best-Kept Secrets of Total
Success, Pocket Books, New York, 1986.

Monique Wakelin & Richard Wakelin, Streets Ahead: How to
Make Money From Residential Property, Hodder, Sydney, 2002.

Peter Waxman, Investing in Residential Property: Understanding
the Australian Market, John Wiley & Sons, Camberwell, Vic.,
2004.

Mark Wehse, Home Loans — A No-nonsense Guide,
Wrightbooks, 2001.

** Noel Whittaker, Golden Rules of Wealth, Simon & Schuster,
Sydney, 1999.

* Noel Whittaker, Making Money Made Simple, Simon &
Schuster, East Roseville, NSW, 2000.

* Noel Whittaker, More Money with Noel Whittaker, Simon &
Schuster, East Roseville, NSW, 1992.

hhhmmm – maybe one day – u might here some vauable wisdom from me and promise to send me 10,000 cheques as your gratitude as per you did with Clason’s book[biggrin]

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funnily enough…

i read the same books..Jan Somers when it first came out ( was it 1986?)….i’ll go look

No i bought it in 1992, and bought my first IP in 1991 for $69’500

and i “loved’ Noel’s books and still get his newsletter, i’ve boughtall of Noels books and even bought the retirement one for my father and father -in-law when they decided to retire..

Noel WHITTAKER put me onto The RichestMan in Babylon and ‘many’ others..
i’ve bought approximately 20 copies of “The Richest man in Babylon” and given away to friends as presents.

i still have my copy of Think and Grow rich..and several others on Peters list

i recommend also “Maximum Achievement ‘ by Brian Tracy and “As a Man Thinketh” ( approx 100 yr old book..very good) “Wealth Wizard” by Mark Bouris(?) of wizard Home loans and Highly recommend Steve’s book “From 0-130 properties in 3.5yrs’..have you read it Peter??? you should if you haven’t..

However, i guess i ‘never’ got as much out of the books as Peter did ( our comparitive net worths are miles apart ) and i’m now learning a lot from Peter’s CD’s and his books..so i guess it’s what you take ‘out’ of what you learn, remember it’s not ” Knowledge is Power, but rather-Applied Knowledge is Power”

“Absorb what is usefull and discard the rest”..[fear]

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guys – where do u find the time to read[blink]

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Geo..

it’s an Australian tradition, to use the smallest room in the house[biggrin]

Actually, i read mainly at lunch or when i’m going to sleep..use Audio CD’s in the car when driving..

and now, recovering from an operation, it’s a great time….

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DC is brilliant in terms of mind-set – I love his stuff.

Haven’t had the call from Mike yet! LOL

Yes I have. I found it interesting and obviously a lot of people have used the strategy to success. Just not my “style”.

The book is certainly a publishing phenomenon here in Australia and Steve is to be congratulated for his success.

My publishers ‘hate’ me for being so tardy in writing my book (it was due about the same time Steve’s was published and they were just sitting there wringing their hands thinking my book could “coattail” on its success). Oh well, now that I’ve published it after the property boom it’ll just have to stand on it’s own two feet!

How do you find the time NOT to read?

To me reading is magic. For thirty bucks you can get all the wisdom of an author that has taken them years to collect and apply. And even the self-published and ‘opportunistic’ books have something to offer.

I figure it would take me years of trial and error to get the same knowledge.

My books have more content than I can cover in a 2 day seminar.

When I was first starting out I couldn’t even afford the books and I certainly couldn’t afford seminars but I could afford a $2 library card and a whole world was opened up to me sitting there at the back of public libraries that I never knew existed.