October 20, 2024 • 28 mins
Discover the transformative power of reading as we reveal our top book picks for personal growth and development. You'll learn how to kick procrastination to the curb with "Level Up" by Rob Dial and delve into the psychological intricacies of human behavior with insights from Oscar's favorite, "The Laws of Human Nature" by Robert Greene. These books are not just about self-improvement but are guiding lights on our personal journeys. We also explore the inspiring story of Armando Christian Pérez, better known as Pitbull, whose autobiography is a testament to resilience and success against all odds. From his rise from a tough Miami neighborhood to becoming a global music icon, Pitbull's journey is peppered with lessons on business acumen and philanthropic ventures that are sure to motivate anyone.
But it’s not just about books and biographies. We tackle the complex ties between money and masculinity, emphasizing financial literacy and emotional intelligence. Dive into the psychological aspects of financial decisions and grasp the importance of embracing competition through stories like Colonel Sanders' relentless perseverance. We'll challenge you to rethink your financial mindset and explore power dynamics in relationships and business, drawing from thought-provoking works like "The Rational Male." This episode is packed with insights that encourage resilience, strategic thinking, and the courage to face life's challenges head-on.
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Speaker 1 (00:11):
Welcome back to another episode of the Finance
Bible Podcast.
You're joined with myself, zekeand your co-host Oscar.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
But before we get into it, please note that
nothing in this podcast shouldever be considered as personal
financial advice.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
But if that is what you are seeking, get in touch,
let us know and we will hook youup with the correct
professionals Sit back, relaxand enjoy the show.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Let's get into it.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Welcome back.
You're in another episode ofthe Finance Bible Podcast with
myself, Mr Goontroff and Mr Don,sitting about 40 centimeters to
my right, correct Welcome,thank you.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Thank you.
Today we'll be talking aboutbook recommendations.
This was probably, I think, thesecond time we've done this.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Yes, but it's different every time.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
But it's quite a bit of time in between each book
recommendation episode.
So everything changes.
New books come out, new authorsarise and the boys like reading
different bits of information.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
I will say none.
Of my three recommendations forthis episode are new.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
Well, that's fine as well.
Like sometimes you might goback into the old ones.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
I haven't said them before.
No, but then yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Well, actually two of them are new, but we're going
to do six recommendations, sowe're going to do three each.
We both like quite similarthings, but at the same time
quite different, so it's goingto be like a game of table
tennis, where the school willhit one and then I'll hit one
back.
These books won't be.
We won't be crossing over, Iknow that for a fact.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
We haven't pre-discussed, but I-.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
Yeah, we actually have no idea what books we'll be
talking about.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
The rules are going to be not aligned.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
So, first things first, I do recommend reading.
It might be physically or anaudio book, getting knowledge
into your brain, depending whatit may be.
It might be self-help, it mightbe motivational, it might be
just learning about politics orlearning about your favourite
athlete's journey.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
It might even be song lyrics.
Yeah, fair enough.
I only bring that up because,at the point of listening to
this, you guys will be strappedin on a Thursday night just
enjoying it, listening to ourvoices, while we will be
listening to whose voice?
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Yes, Olivia Rodrigo will be attending.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
Yes, we're currently in Melbourne and we've got
around the city hype.
She's currently within fivekilometres of us.
We do like her.
She's a very goodsinger-songwriter.
She's one of our favourites.
She's been with us for ourwhole journey of the podcast.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Well, not just the podcast as well.
We were just talking about thisearlier when we're going
through a tough time in our oldjob not getting paid and there's
a few things going.
Driving out to work 40 minutedrive, her and beams were the uh
always on repeat in the car andthey and a bit of pit for
motivation.
They got us through and nowwe're here.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
So first book who do you want to go, you or me?
Speaker 2 (03:01):
I'll go, okay now there's a man named rob dial.
He does have his own podcast,more about personal growth,
personal development.
If you're into that, give him alisten.
We're all about finance andmoney over here, so that's fine.
He's not really a competitor, sogo have a listen if you want,
even if he was still do it, yeah, but I've been listening to his
podcast quite a bit and he cameout with a book probably three
(03:24):
months ago called Level Up.
So the book really is all hisphilosophies and all the
knowledge from his podcast intothis one book and it's
realistically, the mainaccomplishment or the main goal
of the book is to help youovercome procrastination and
take action toward your goals,as opposed to just writing down
(03:45):
your goals and never actuallymoving towards them.
So he actually throws in quitea few different motivational
strategies and just generalpractical steps which everyone
overlooks, which is so simplebut so effective.
And he also helps yourealistically like break free
from not believing in yourself.
So actually break free from notbelieving yourself.
(04:06):
So actually breaking free fromlimiting beliefs and kind of
changing and gearing yourmindset to a more positive
mindset, um, as well as like agrateful and helps you practice
gratitude.
So really good, he's anentrepreneur, he's got, he's a
business owner.
So it's really, you know, takesyou from the start, where you
(04:29):
might be right now and how youcan, as the japanese I think
it's japanese philosophy of k'send daily improvement, one step
at a time, keep improving.
So that's all it is, but it's agreat book, easy read.
Summary after every chapter.
Highly recommend it's goodhavingmary after every chapter.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Highly recommend.
It's good having a summaryafter every chapter.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
Dial it in, give you a summary of it.
And he's also got journalprompts as well.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
So after every chapter he's got five or six
journal prompts which herecommends writing down in your
journal and actually askingyourself these questions.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
That's good, which is actually pretty cool.
It kind of enforces it upon youExactly right.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
You've got to do this .
Yeah, so that's my number one.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
I like it.
Well, now I'm trying to figureout what order I want to present
my three in.
It doesn't matter.
During that I just thought of abonus one as well.
Oh geez, so we're going toseven.
Right, I think I might followalong that sort of train that
you're talking about.
This one is called the Laws ofHuman Nature by Robert Green.
(05:28):
This was in 2018.
It came out and published.
So this man, mr Robert RobertGreen he mostly does research on
strategy and human behaviourand stuff like that.
So the book's mostly exploringpsychological motivations behind
human behaviour and stuff likethat.
So the book's mostly exploringlike psychological motivations
behind human behavior and thenstrategies for like
(05:49):
understanding that and reactingto things and sort of playing
chess with your emotions in away.
So it helps you kind ofunderstand what's going on with
people around you and yourselfVery important to know and then
you can figure out how you wantto react so you can then take
control of your life, as opposedto following societal norms and
like reacting is this anaudiobook?
Speaker 2 (06:11):
you read this or is this?
Speaker 1 (06:12):
this is an actual book there might be an audiobook
on it.
That's unannounced at thispoint in time for me, um, but
yeah, it'll help you betterunderstand yourself and others.
Um, and some of the keyinsights.
I've just taken a couple ofquick dot points to share.
So, firstly, understandinghuman behaviour.
So you know you can interpretdifferent clues that people kind
(06:33):
of emit when they're talking toyou and the way they move and
that kind of thing which, ifyou're in like a sales role,
like any role, actually, or evenin, like a partner dynamic.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
Yeah everything.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Yeah, just day in life like understanding the cues
that people are giving justfrom like.
You know whether they take astep back from you or they
cuddle you yeah, yeah, whatever,it is basically cue yeah, um,
and knowing that helps you thenunderstand the why, like why
they're behaving the way theyare.
So you can kind of figure out,okay, okay, well, that's due to
(07:05):
this and that and that, and thatHelps you manage your emotions,
which I think is extremelyimportant in today.
I think people are veryover-emotional, over-reactive.
Yeah, some people can be.
And, yeah, get a grip on youremotions, basically is what I'm
saying here.
So he'll teach you how todetach yourself from your own
emotions and then, basically,master self-control.
So he's not saying don't haveany emotion at all, but he's
(07:28):
saying get away from youremotion in order to make the
decision that you need to make,like, understand why you're
having that reaction.
Speaking of emotion developsempathy.
So you know, he really focuseson the importance of empathy,
which allows you to gain insightinto perspectives of other
people.
So you know it's not just going, it's not just saying I feel no
(07:50):
emotion.
It's saying understand it alland how to react to it and
behave with it and stuff likethat.
And then my favorite point isresisting conformity.
Just simply live your purpose,live your life and do not engage
in societal pressures.
Resist them, do not conform,don't be a sheep.
Yeah, don't be a sheep.
He's not saying go and be acriminal.
He's not saying go and be acriminal.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
Do your own thing.
Speaker 1 (08:13):
Yeah, he's just saying do what you need to do
and you don't need to conformwith society, you don't need to
go and do things that people aredoing.
Speaker 2 (08:20):
You don't have to go to uni.
You don't have to get anine-to-five job.
You don't have to do the normalbuy a house, get married.
You don't have to Exactly, youdon't have to get on every new
trend and do this and do thatand all of that nonsense.
Speaker 1 (08:34):
So yeah, it's a really good read.
It gives you timeless truthabout behaviors.
It could be the 1950s, it couldbe 2080.
It could be 2080.
It could be whenever, and it'sgoing to be the same 2080,
that's going to be aninteresting time.
It will be an interesting timeif we're still kicking it I hope
we are.
One of us might be the other,maybe not so much.
That's for you guys todetermine.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Good record there, thanks.
My second book is called SelfMade.
Author is Olivia Carr, so Iactually stumbled across this
book when I was in a Brisbanedomestic airport and, like every
airport, I like to go to thebookshop to just have a look at
the top selling books on theshelf.
I love it.
And then this one stood outbecause the cover was just all
(09:19):
it said in just big fontself-made.
And I was like, oh, this looksgood.
So all I actually picked up thebook because of its cover and
everyone says, don't trust thebook by its cover, but I did and
the book is unbelievable.
So the author, olivia carr, isthis well, she's now a
successful entrepreneur.
(09:40):
Entrepreneur who startedliterally as a broke mum of two
kids, like living in a car,basically when she was, you know
, mid-30s, to now like a mega,mega successful entrepreneur who
you know gets Kylie Jenner andthe Kardashians to promote her
products on their Instagrams.
That's how she actually got big.
(10:02):
Um, because they promoted oneof her like silk sleep mask.
Do you remember that?
It was probably like eightyears ago.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
The Jenners and stuff were their own names I don't
recall, but it makes sensebecause I've seen a lot of them
popping off.
Speaker 2 (10:15):
Oh yeah, well, that's it.
So she started that.
But this book guides you andthe readers of the
practicalities of building asuccessful business.
It might be a business which isa service, like Asset Road, for
example.
It might be a business whichhas products, like an e-commerce
store or something like thatwhich is actually selling eye
(10:36):
masks, or whatever it may be.
But the book itself goes throughall the nitty gritty from
starting a business to beingsuccessful and getting people to
help you run it.
So it talks about what youshould be looking out for with
your cash flow, yourprofitability, different
strategies to help you navigatewhen there's a bit of
uncertainty and you're notgetting the numbers you may want
(10:56):
to be getting.
Shows you how to kind ofnavigate throughout that and
make sure that you can still payyourself and you're still
successful.
But it's all about balancingyour business leadership as well
as your personal life.
So working hard, yes, but alsohaving time to yourself, with
your friends, with your family,and still being successful and
(11:19):
growing professionally.
So Unreal Book, another easyread.
I do love easy reads.
It's a hard read.
It's like well, there's nopoint.
I don't want to read 600 pagesof like a size 10 font.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
I need like a catch every yeah, this one is a catch
to make me be like, oh cool,that's awesome.
Speaker 2 (11:35):
I like the other book , this one has summaries after
each chapter of like actionpoints.
So I believe, like section onewas figure out your business
plan, which is something we didand it is exciting.
If you have actually started abusiness, it's a.
Any book like this is fun toread because you kind of relate
to everything.
You're like, oh yeah, Iremember doing this and then I
was just like going through allthe action tips and points and
(11:58):
being like, yeah, we did that,that, that Done it all unreal
and we were pretty actually onpoint.
So, yeah, it's a pretty easysummaries after everything.
So if you are starting orlooking to start a business,
probably a good place to startis just picking up this book.
Go to the airport I think it'sstill a top 10 on the airport
book list at the moment becausethey always have a top 10 there
(12:19):
and I'll be having another looktomorrow and seeing if it's
still there at the airport.
I'll confirm I'll be buyinganother book.
I might buy one as well.
Yeah, great book, self-made,love it Well you, I want as well
.
Speaker 1 (12:29):
Yeah, great book, self-made, love it.
Well, you've pretty much justscared me straight into my next
one.
Right, you mentioned the wordself-made and that just
instantly.
We already, we already knowwe're talking about the
self-made, self-paid millionaire, mr pitbull.
Uh, he's around the worldgetting paid.
Yeah, girl problems, noproblems, mr pitbull the man the
myth, the legend, or should Isay pitbull the man the machine?
(12:50):
That's the audio book we listento, isn't?
Speaker 2 (12:53):
it.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
Oh, we have one yes, but this one is called Pitbull.
The man, the machine, the musicoh.
Came out in 2013, obviouslywritten by the man himself,
armando Criskin Perez, or AmandaBond, as he likes to refer to
himself in a couple of songs MrWorldwide, mr 305, mr Miami,
(13:15):
whatever you want to call him.
Here he is.
This book is sort of like anautobiography where he talks
about himself.
Now, this is a great book.
Because he's a Cuban-American,his parents fled Cuba.
He's born in America.
Because he's a Cuban-American,his parents fled Cuba.
He's born in America, but he'sa Cuban-American in Miami, back
(13:37):
in, like, you know, the 90s,through to like 2010.
Terrible place.
It wasn't the Miami we knowtoday.
Yeah, I remember him saying thatit was a challenging
neighborhood to say that much.
And it was sort of all aboutthe drug life.
You know you, you either becomea gangster, um, as it was
(13:59):
called back then, or you getkilled.
That was basically it.
And he, he just goes throughhis upbringing, through his rise
to international fame and beingthe number one in the world
there's a lot of insight intothe struggles.
There's a lot of insight intothe world.
There's a lot of insight intothe struggles.
There's a lot of insight intothe business mind.
There's a lot of insight intoescaping things when you're not
dealt the best cards.
There's a lot of insight intomaking mistakes and doing the
(14:21):
wrong thing but then correctingyour path.
So you know, there might bepeople out there right now who
are drug dealers or criminals,or you know they've made a few
mistakes in their time.
They who are drug dealers orcriminals, or you know they've
made a few mistakes in theirtime.
They might have even beenlocked up here and there, and or
even it doesn't have to be thatextreme you could have just
made a bad decision and gonesomewhere you didn't want to go.
But it's not too late to change.
And Pitt, our man, mr ArmandoPerez, he walks through his life
(14:47):
in that time period and so he'sabout overcoming adversity.
So he shares his strugglesgrowing up in that neighbourhood
and how he overcame obstacleslike poverty and a troubled
family life.
Like he was out of home.
His dad was an MIA drug dealer.
He was getting housed differentplaces because his mum couldn't
(15:09):
afford to house him and was offworking three or four jobs
trying to get money to then gethim back into somewhere.
Jeez, it'd be a toughupbringing that one.
Yeah, it was tough, and that'sactually why he's written his
song with Dolly Parton calledPowerful Women, where he talks
about ladies working five tonine and nine to five it's a bit
of a remake on that where theygo off.
(15:30):
He talks about persistence andhard work, emphasising like
perseverance and dedication inachieving success.
He talks about Cuban heritageand this is going to be good for
anyone who, you know, might notbe necessarily born into a
family with wealth, or theymight be a first-generation
immigrant or asecond-immigration immigrant and
they're looking for thatmotivation.
He gives it hard, that's right.
(15:50):
He talks about his Cuban roots,the influence of his parents
and that kind of thing, and thenhis business acumen um, so
ventures outside of music,including.
You know he's built schools andstuff.
Now he's basically the man, themyth, the legend or, as he calls
it, the man, the machine, themusic.
As well as that, if audiobooksare more your thing, he's got an
(16:12):
audiobook.
I think it's only on Audible,because it's actually kind of a
stretch of a podcast that hedoes, called From Negative to
Positive Great podcast, but he'sgot an audiobook which is
another autobiography, calledFrom Negative to Positive, and
it's similar to the man, theMachine, the Music, but it's up
(16:33):
until a certain point.
So he talks more about hischildhood and more about the
start and more about mistakes,like, for example, he started to
get a bit of traction and got ashow and he literally just got
so drunk that he couldn't evenget words out.
So he was on stage, made amockery of himself and then had
to restart again.
Talks about his first album,miami, and obviously Miami
(16:54):
stands for money is a majorissue.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
But yeah, anyway, that's, that's obvious.
But there you go.
Speaker 1 (17:00):
Well, it is in my world, because I love Pit, you
do love Pit.
There is my recommendationnumber two, and kind of another
one in there from Negative toPositive.
Speaker 2 (17:10):
Give that a listen.
Yeah right, I do love it and Ican confirm the audio book we
did listen to was great, verymotivational when he got on the
mic.
Speaker 1 (17:19):
Well, it's interesting as well to go back
and listen to his first maybe 30songs.
Speaker 2 (17:24):
It's all rap, very rap.
Speaker 1 (17:25):
I understand the lyrics behind them Very
different to now.
Yeah, like his style, and it'sfunny too, because he actually
discusses in it why his stylechanged.
Yeah, and what it wasrepresenting and like how he
realized.
But he's got a line in a songwhere he goes I'm involved in
the music business.
But the funny thing is a lot ofthese fools don't know music,
don't know business, have nobusiness in music.
(17:47):
What is this?
And he's basically saying musicis just a business, right, like
songwriting, singing, all ofthat.
Yeah, sure it's entertainment,but it's a business at the end
of the day.
Yeah, everything's a businesswhat is your?
unique selling proposition.
Yeah, what are you doing thatothers aren't?
And that's how you get thewhole spanglish creation where
(18:07):
he goes from one language toanother.
You know, one night, one night,two worlds English Spanish, one
night, two girls English,spanish, bang.
That's enough about Pitt.
Next, what is it?
Speaker 2 (18:17):
Don't go down.
I could talk for decades aboutPitt.
This is a bit of a classic.
If you're a regular at abookshop, you would have seen
this pop up many times.
But it's Morgan, I think it'spronounced Morgan, hussle or
Hussle.
How are we reading that one?
It's Psychology of Money.
Speaker 1 (18:35):
Oh yeah, that looks about right.
Yeah, I think it is Maybe evenHousel.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
Yeah, housel, we'll go with Housel.
Speaker 1 (18:40):
Just Morgan H big dog .
Speaker 2 (18:43):
Morgan H the Psychology of Money.
The book is called thepsychology of money how you
should think about money inday-to-day life, how to simplify
the thoughts of money, becauseit goes on about many
individuals in the world, whichwe've talked about before on our
own podcast, hate talking aboutmoney.
They don't want to talk aboutmoney.
(19:04):
They get all sweaty andagitated and anxious when money
is being brought up inconversation.
It's like you're sitting arounddinner with your family but no
one asks.
So how's your business going?
How much money are you makingLike?
Are you making enough money toget your goals?
Speaker 1 (19:19):
If I may, even if they do ask that the person on
the receiving end might get alittle bit offended.
Yeah, Might put their hands up.
Speaker 2 (19:26):
It's like whoa, whoa, whoa.
Please don't talk about that.
Yeah, why are?
Speaker 1 (19:28):
you like quizzing me?
Am I not good enough?
What's going on?
Speaker 2 (19:31):
It's bizarre because the one thing, the one common
denominator between everyone inthe world is money.
Everyone needs money to live.
Everyone wants money and lotsof money to live the life they
always want.
Because you don't grow up notwanting to like have the fastest
car or have a big house.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
Everyone grows up wanting to have a car one day,
or you always have a goal.
Speaker 2 (19:54):
You've just reminded me, and sorry for cutting you
off.
No, mate.
Speaker 1 (19:56):
You're not cutting me off Podcast for the future
Slavery yes, why, we are allactually slaves today.
That is actually very good.
Yeah, I've been having dreamsabout it.
I do like that.
You know my late night thoughts.
Speaker 2 (20:08):
I do, yes, I've had some, I do Alright out and I do
like my late night thoughts.
I do, yes, I do.
All right, continue, sorry, myapologies.
Right, no stress, um, but yeah,the psychology of money.
Apart from just talking abouthow we need to talk about money
on a regular basis and make itnormal, he emphasizes that
success with money isn't justwhat you you might think, it's
about how you behave.
So how do you actually spendyour money day to day?
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Are you spending it on drinksat a club, ridiculous amounts of
vodka, shots, or clothes andRolexes?
And, like the Menendez brothers, as we just watched, they
bought fancy watches, fancy cars, houses, et cetera, just
because they were splurging?
But it's about how you behaveand if you're smart with your
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money and you invest itaccordingly and frugal.
In a way, it's that's thedifference between someone in 20
years who's successful and setup to someone who's still living
paycheck to paycheck.
But he talks about thepsychological aspects of
financial decisions, exploringthe irrational nature of the
habits deep dives into, reallyabout investing, saving as well
(21:17):
as understanding risk.
So that is one of the big ones,the risk component, because
everyone thinks well noteveryone, but some people when
they're presented with aninvestment opportunity when it
comes to money.
Be like hey, jimmyimmy, if youinvest in this, you can double
your money in two years.
All right, let's go two yearslater, gone, never coming back.
Talks about the risk associatedwith money and how you need
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emotional intelligence at theend of the day to make money
work for you and figure out howyou can really behave
accordingly and actually makethe most of your life.
It's's just a simple book which,as it says in the heading or
the name of the book, understandthe Psychology Behind Money,
breaks it down, which I love,and it's a must-read for anyone
(22:03):
looking to improve theirfinancial literacy and also
navigate complexities of wealth.
It's good.
Yeah, it's a good book.
Simple title, very simple,simple, simple.
And they talk about what thebook's called, so it makes sense
to me.
My next book.
Speaker 1 (22:23):
A good book, one of the greatest books of all time
Rousseau Poor Dad.
No, we've done Rousseau Poor.
Speaker 2 (22:29):
Dad, I was going to say we have done that before.
I'll say still read that if youhaven't the Rational Male.
Speaker 1 (22:33):
Oh, have not read that.
This is one for the maleaudience.
Apologies to those femaleshaving a little listen, but this
is for the men.
It's for boys, for boys.
If you are a woman, feel freeto recommend this to your man,
or your son, or your friend.
Speaker 2 (22:50):
Or anyone, any guy you know, yeah, just any male.
Speaker 1 (22:55):
It's put by.
I think his name is called anddon't quote me on this but I
think it's Rollo TomasiR-O-L-L-O.
Tomasi Rollo yeah, I love that.
Published in 2013.
Now, this man.
He's well-known in what theycall the manosphere.
It's basically a bunch ofcommunities in the manosphere
(23:16):
that are focused on men's issuesand like masculinity and that
kind of thing.
The book kind of goes throughthings like intergender dynamics
and challenges of traditionalnotions of like masculinity,
relationships and stuff likethat and the importance of
actually embracing likecompetition and masculinity and
(23:38):
all of that kind of stuff formen that is so talks about, um,
power dynamics and how all ofthat kind of works in terms of
virtually everything anyrelationship, friendship and
that kind of thing,understanding a power dynamic.
And one of my favourite, or twoof my favourite points where it
talks about rejection.
Rejection is better than regret.
(24:00):
Yes, that's right.
Everyone's instantly going tobe thinking we're talking about
relationships and arsing girlsout on dates and stuff.
Speaker 2 (24:08):
Yeah, like, what else do you think of?
Speaker 1 (24:10):
her.
But that is not specificallywhat he's talking about.
So rejection is better thanregret, is saying any form of
rejection is better than livingregretting Like, yeah sure,
we're all thinking back to thatgirlfriend all the men out there
anyway, thinking back to thatgirlfriend or potential
girlfriend that when we werelike 17, you know we, we didn't
make a move and you know wemissed out on a great
(24:32):
opportunity.
We're thinking about it now.
Speaker 2 (24:33):
Well, mate I uh, yeah .
Yeah, I guess I'll say mate, Iuh had one lost, one, got it
back.
Speaker 1 (24:40):
Oh yeah, happy man that's a good man, um, but it's
talking not only aboutpartnerships, relationships, but
business as well.
Oh, um, like any form ofrejection, if you come with a
deal, or you come with a plan,or you come up with a product
and you present it and you gethit with rejection, keep trying.
The rejection is better thanthe regret.
(25:02):
Don't not ask carl sanders, ourman Pitbull talks about how
many times did he?
Mr Sanders, we all know him, weall love him, some more than
others.
Wicked Wings unreal what he gotrejected 1,009 times before his
recipe was actually used.
The man that's created one ofthe biggest fast food joints in
(25:24):
the world, an absolute behemoth,behemoth Was rejected 1,009
times.
Imagine if he just went.
I give up, never copped therejection, he got rejected once
and went.
Oh, that hurts so much I cannever do it again.
No, mate, 1,009 times later,bang success.
Speaker 2 (25:43):
It's like sales as well.
If you've got leads and you'reprospecting every day, you might
call 150 leads and get no on149 of them, but all you need is
that one person who wants to dobusiness with you and then all
of a sudden you've got a sale.
Speaker 1 (25:57):
Yeah, just keep persisting.
All jokes aside, get familiarwith rejection.
Do whatever you can to do it.
If you are single, feel free towalk into bars and clubs and
just go up to girls and go hey,you want to dance?
Get rejected, do what you needto do and just keep the
rejection flowing.
Eventually you'll be completelynumb to it and it's not going
to matter.
Rejection is fun.
Speaker 2 (26:17):
And you're lucky.
Last, You're a bonus dude.
Speaker 1 (26:20):
Or is that the people's the next point?
No, it's not people.
The next point is self-controland personal power.
So real power, like actualpower, comes from controlling
your own circumstances, right.
So he dives into that.
Dives into everything I've justspoke about and a few more
things which you won't hear.
Ultimately, good book for theman.
(26:41):
Go have a read.
You do need to be sensible whenyou read it and take into
account what things you want totake on board and don't want to
take on board.
It's a quick disclaimer, butwe'll get that out of the way.
Finally, a little bonus I wasgoing to do.
Speaker 2 (26:53):
I've decided against because we're at 31 minutes in
all right, that keeps the uh,the podcast name and the six,
six books.
I was gonna have to do six plusone yeah, we're too far into
the into the podcast.
Speaker 1 (27:05):
People are pulling up to work right now and going oh
crap, I can't sit in the car andbe late.
We're not going to make youwait and be late to work out of
anticipation.
Go get in there, get the jobdone, don't get fired on our
behalf.
Speaker 2 (27:18):
But do you have some?
Speaker 1 (27:18):
rejection.
Maybe at work start asking yourboss for a pay rise, or you
might be approved, who knows?
Yeah, ask him 1,009 times andhe might just give in.
We will catch you all next time.
Enjoy, hope you enjoyed thebook recommendation episode.
Speaker 2 (27:34):
As always, the third is a charm.
Have a read, let us know.
But as we should finish thepodcast, one word to say Dale,
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Welcome back.
You're in another episode ofthe Finance Bible Podcast with
myself, Mr Goontroff and Mr Don,sitting about 40 centimeters to
my right, correct Welcome,thank you.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Thank you.
Today we'll be talking aboutbook recommendations.
This was probably, I think, thesecond time we've done this.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Yes, but it's different every time.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
But it's quite a bit of time in between each book
recommendation episode.
So everything changes.
New books come out, new authorsarise and the boys like reading
different bits of information.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
I will say none.
Of my three recommendations forthis episode are new.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
Well, that's fine as well.
Like sometimes you might goback into the old ones.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
I haven't said them before.
No, but then yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Well, actually two of them are new, but we're going
to do six recommendations, sowe're going to do three each.
We both like quite similarthings, but at the same time
quite different, so it's goingto be like a game of table
tennis, where the school willhit one and then I'll hit one
back.
These books won't be.
We won't be crossing over, Iknow that for a fact.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
We haven't pre-discussed, but I-.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
Yeah, we actually have no idea what books we'll be
talking about.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
The rules are going to be not aligned.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
So, first things first, I do recommend reading.
It might be physically or anaudio book, getting knowledge
into your brain, depending whatit may be.
It might be self-help, it mightbe motivational, it might be
just learning about politics orlearning about your favourite
athlete's journey.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
It might even be song lyrics.
Yeah, fair enough.
I only bring that up because,at the point of listening to
this, you guys will be strappedin on a Thursday night just
enjoying it, listening to ourvoices, while we will be
listening to whose voice?
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Yes, Olivia Rodrigo will be attending.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
Yes, we're currently in Melbourne and we've got
around the city hype.
She's currently within fivekilometres of us.
We do like her.
She's a very goodsinger-songwriter.
She's one of our favourites.
She's been with us for ourwhole journey of the podcast.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Well, not just the podcast as well.
We were just talking about thisearlier when we're going
through a tough time in our oldjob not getting paid and there's
a few things going.
Driving out to work 40 minutedrive, her and beams were the uh
always on repeat in the car andthey and a bit of pit for
motivation.
They got us through and nowwe're here.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
So first book who do you want to go, you or me?
Speaker 2 (03:01):
I'll go, okay now there's a man named rob dial.
He does have his own podcast,more about personal growth,
personal development.
If you're into that, give him alisten.
We're all about finance andmoney over here, so that's fine.
He's not really a competitor, sogo have a listen if you want,
even if he was still do it, yeah, but I've been listening to his
podcast quite a bit and he cameout with a book probably three
(03:24):
months ago called Level Up.
So the book really is all hisphilosophies and all the
knowledge from his podcast intothis one book and it's
realistically, the mainaccomplishment or the main goal
of the book is to help youovercome procrastination and
take action toward your goals,as opposed to just writing down
(03:45):
your goals and never actuallymoving towards them.
So he actually throws in quitea few different motivational
strategies and just generalpractical steps which everyone
overlooks, which is so simplebut so effective.
And he also helps yourealistically like break free
from not believing in yourself.
So actually break free from notbelieving yourself.
(04:06):
So actually breaking free fromlimiting beliefs and kind of
changing and gearing yourmindset to a more positive
mindset, um, as well as like agrateful and helps you practice
gratitude.
So really good, he's anentrepreneur, he's got, he's a
business owner.
So it's really, you know, takesyou from the start, where you
(04:29):
might be right now and how youcan, as the japanese I think
it's japanese philosophy of k'send daily improvement, one step
at a time, keep improving.
So that's all it is, but it's agreat book, easy read.
Summary after every chapter.
Highly recommend it's goodhavingmary after every chapter.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Highly recommend.
It's good having a summaryafter every chapter.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
Dial it in, give you a summary of it.
And he's also got journalprompts as well.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
So after every chapter he's got five or six
journal prompts which herecommends writing down in your
journal and actually askingyourself these questions.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
That's good, which is actually pretty cool.
It kind of enforces it upon youExactly right.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
You've got to do this .
Yeah, so that's my number one.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
I like it.
Well, now I'm trying to figureout what order I want to present
my three in.
It doesn't matter.
During that I just thought of abonus one as well.
Oh geez, so we're going toseven.
Right, I think I might followalong that sort of train that
you're talking about.
This one is called the Laws ofHuman Nature by Robert Green.
(05:28):
This was in 2018.
It came out and published.
So this man, mr Robert RobertGreen he mostly does research on
strategy and human behaviourand stuff like that.
So the book's mostly exploringpsychological motivations behind
human behaviour and stuff likethat.
So the book's mostly exploringlike psychological motivations
behind human behavior and thenstrategies for like
(05:49):
understanding that and reactingto things and sort of playing
chess with your emotions in away.
So it helps you kind ofunderstand what's going on with
people around you and yourselfVery important to know and then
you can figure out how you wantto react so you can then take
control of your life, as opposedto following societal norms and
like reacting is this anaudiobook?
Speaker 2 (06:11):
you read this or is this?
Speaker 1 (06:12):
this is an actual book there might be an audiobook
on it.
That's unannounced at thispoint in time for me, um, but
yeah, it'll help you betterunderstand yourself and others.
Um, and some of the keyinsights.
I've just taken a couple ofquick dot points to share.
So, firstly, understandinghuman behaviour.
So you know you can interpretdifferent clues that people kind
(06:33):
of emit when they're talking toyou and the way they move and
that kind of thing which, ifyou're in like a sales role,
like any role, actually, or evenin, like a partner dynamic.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
Yeah everything.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Yeah, just day in life like understanding the cues
that people are giving justfrom like.
You know whether they take astep back from you or they
cuddle you yeah, yeah, whatever,it is basically cue yeah, um,
and knowing that helps you thenunderstand the why, like why
they're behaving the way theyare.
So you can kind of figure out,okay, okay, well, that's due to
(07:05):
this and that and that, and thatHelps you manage your emotions,
which I think is extremelyimportant in today.
I think people are veryover-emotional, over-reactive.
Yeah, some people can be.
And, yeah, get a grip on youremotions, basically is what I'm
saying here.
So he'll teach you how todetach yourself from your own
emotions and then, basically,master self-control.
So he's not saying don't haveany emotion at all, but he's
(07:28):
saying get away from youremotion in order to make the
decision that you need to make,like, understand why you're
having that reaction.
Speaking of emotion developsempathy.
So you know, he really focuseson the importance of empathy,
which allows you to gain insightinto perspectives of other
people.
So you know it's not just going, it's not just saying I feel no
(07:50):
emotion.
It's saying understand it alland how to react to it and
behave with it and stuff likethat.
And then my favorite point isresisting conformity.
Just simply live your purpose,live your life and do not engage
in societal pressures.
Resist them, do not conform,don't be a sheep.
Yeah, don't be a sheep.
He's not saying go and be acriminal.
He's not saying go and be acriminal.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
Do your own thing.
Speaker 1 (08:13):
Yeah, he's just saying do what you need to do
and you don't need to conformwith society, you don't need to
go and do things that people aredoing.
Speaker 2 (08:20):
You don't have to go to uni.
You don't have to get anine-to-five job.
You don't have to do the normalbuy a house, get married.
You don't have to Exactly, youdon't have to get on every new
trend and do this and do thatand all of that nonsense.
Speaker 1 (08:34):
So yeah, it's a really good read.
It gives you timeless truthabout behaviors.
It could be the 1950s, it couldbe 2080.
It could be 2080.
It could be whenever, and it'sgoing to be the same 2080,
that's going to be aninteresting time.
It will be an interesting timeif we're still kicking it I hope
we are.
One of us might be the other,maybe not so much.
That's for you guys todetermine.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Good record there, thanks.
My second book is called SelfMade.
Author is Olivia Carr, so Iactually stumbled across this
book when I was in a Brisbanedomestic airport and, like every
airport, I like to go to thebookshop to just have a look at
the top selling books on theshelf.
I love it.
And then this one stood outbecause the cover was just all
(09:19):
it said in just big fontself-made.
And I was like, oh, this looksgood.
So all I actually picked up thebook because of its cover and
everyone says, don't trust thebook by its cover, but I did and
the book is unbelievable.
So the author, olivia carr, isthis well, she's now a
successful entrepreneur.
(09:40):
Entrepreneur who startedliterally as a broke mum of two
kids, like living in a car,basically when she was, you know
, mid-30s, to now like a mega,mega successful entrepreneur who
you know gets Kylie Jenner andthe Kardashians to promote her
products on their Instagrams.
That's how she actually got big.
(10:02):
Um, because they promoted oneof her like silk sleep mask.
Do you remember that?
It was probably like eightyears ago.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
The Jenners and stuff were their own names I don't
recall, but it makes sensebecause I've seen a lot of them
popping off.
Speaker 2 (10:15):
Oh yeah, well, that's it.
So she started that.
But this book guides you andthe readers of the
practicalities of building asuccessful business.
It might be a business which isa service, like Asset Road, for
example.
It might be a business whichhas products, like an e-commerce
store or something like thatwhich is actually selling eye
(10:36):
masks, or whatever it may be.
But the book itself goes throughall the nitty gritty from
starting a business to beingsuccessful and getting people to
help you run it.
So it talks about what youshould be looking out for with
your cash flow, yourprofitability, different
strategies to help you navigatewhen there's a bit of
uncertainty and you're notgetting the numbers you may want
(10:56):
to be getting.
Shows you how to kind ofnavigate throughout that and
make sure that you can still payyourself and you're still
successful.
But it's all about balancingyour business leadership as well
as your personal life.
So working hard, yes, but alsohaving time to yourself, with
your friends, with your family,and still being successful and
(11:19):
growing professionally.
So Unreal Book, another easyread.
I do love easy reads.
It's a hard read.
It's like well, there's nopoint.
I don't want to read 600 pagesof like a size 10 font.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
I need like a catch every yeah, this one is a catch
to make me be like, oh cool,that's awesome.
Speaker 2 (11:35):
I like the other book , this one has summaries after
each chapter of like actionpoints.
So I believe, like section onewas figure out your business
plan, which is something we didand it is exciting.
If you have actually started abusiness, it's a.
Any book like this is fun toread because you kind of relate
to everything.
You're like, oh yeah, Iremember doing this and then I
was just like going through allthe action tips and points and
(11:58):
being like, yeah, we did that,that, that Done it all unreal
and we were pretty actually onpoint.
So, yeah, it's a pretty easysummaries after everything.
So if you are starting orlooking to start a business,
probably a good place to startis just picking up this book.
Go to the airport I think it'sstill a top 10 on the airport
book list at the moment becausethey always have a top 10 there
(12:19):
and I'll be having another looktomorrow and seeing if it's
still there at the airport.
I'll confirm I'll be buyinganother book.
I might buy one as well.
Yeah, great book, self-made,love it Well you, I want as well
.
Speaker 1 (12:29):
Yeah, great book, self-made, love it.
Well, you've pretty much justscared me straight into my next
one.
Right, you mentioned the wordself-made and that just
instantly.
We already, we already knowwe're talking about the
self-made, self-paid millionaire, mr pitbull.
Uh, he's around the worldgetting paid.
Yeah, girl problems, noproblems, mr pitbull the man the
myth, the legend, or should Isay pitbull the man the machine?
(12:50):
That's the audio book we listento, isn't?
Speaker 2 (12:53):
it.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
Oh, we have one yes, but this one is called Pitbull.
The man, the machine, the musicoh.
Came out in 2013, obviouslywritten by the man himself,
armando Criskin Perez, or AmandaBond, as he likes to refer to
himself in a couple of songs MrWorldwide, mr 305, mr Miami,
(13:15):
whatever you want to call him.
Here he is.
This book is sort of like anautobiography where he talks
about himself.
Now, this is a great book.
Because he's a Cuban-American,his parents fled Cuba.
He's born in America.
Because he's a Cuban-American,his parents fled Cuba.
He's born in America, but he'sa Cuban-American in Miami, back
(13:37):
in, like, you know, the 90s,through to like 2010.
Terrible place.
It wasn't the Miami we knowtoday.
Yeah, I remember him saying thatit was a challenging
neighborhood to say that much.
And it was sort of all aboutthe drug life.
You know you, you either becomea gangster, um, as it was
(13:59):
called back then, or you getkilled.
That was basically it.
And he, he just goes throughhis upbringing, through his rise
to international fame and beingthe number one in the world
there's a lot of insight intothe struggles.
There's a lot of insight intothe world.
There's a lot of insight intothe struggles.
There's a lot of insight intothe business mind.
There's a lot of insight intoescaping things when you're not
dealt the best cards.
There's a lot of insight intomaking mistakes and doing the
(14:21):
wrong thing but then correctingyour path.
So you know, there might bepeople out there right now who
are drug dealers or criminals,or you know they've made a few
mistakes in their time.
They who are drug dealers orcriminals, or you know they've
made a few mistakes in theirtime.
They might have even beenlocked up here and there, and or
even it doesn't have to be thatextreme you could have just
made a bad decision and gonesomewhere you didn't want to go.
But it's not too late to change.
And Pitt, our man, mr ArmandoPerez, he walks through his life
(14:47):
in that time period and so he'sabout overcoming adversity.
So he shares his strugglesgrowing up in that neighbourhood
and how he overcame obstacleslike poverty and a troubled
family life.
Like he was out of home.
His dad was an MIA drug dealer.
He was getting housed differentplaces because his mum couldn't
(15:09):
afford to house him and was offworking three or four jobs
trying to get money to then gethim back into somewhere.
Jeez, it'd be a toughupbringing that one.
Yeah, it was tough, and that'sactually why he's written his
song with Dolly Parton calledPowerful Women, where he talks
about ladies working five tonine and nine to five it's a bit
of a remake on that where theygo off.
(15:30):
He talks about persistence andhard work, emphasising like
perseverance and dedication inachieving success.
He talks about Cuban heritageand this is going to be good for
anyone who, you know, might notbe necessarily born into a
family with wealth, or theymight be a first-generation
immigrant or asecond-immigration immigrant and
they're looking for thatmotivation.
He gives it hard, that's right.
(15:50):
He talks about his Cuban roots,the influence of his parents
and that kind of thing, and thenhis business acumen um, so
ventures outside of music,including.
You know he's built schools andstuff.
Now he's basically the man, themyth, the legend or, as he calls
it, the man, the machine, themusic.
As well as that, if audiobooksare more your thing, he's got an
(16:12):
audiobook.
I think it's only on Audible,because it's actually kind of a
stretch of a podcast that hedoes, called From Negative to
Positive Great podcast, but he'sgot an audiobook which is
another autobiography, calledFrom Negative to Positive, and
it's similar to the man, theMachine, the Music, but it's up
(16:33):
until a certain point.
So he talks more about hischildhood and more about the
start and more about mistakes,like, for example, he started to
get a bit of traction and got ashow and he literally just got
so drunk that he couldn't evenget words out.
So he was on stage, made amockery of himself and then had
to restart again.
Talks about his first album,miami, and obviously Miami
(16:54):
stands for money is a majorissue.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
But yeah, anyway, that's, that's obvious.
But there you go.
Speaker 1 (17:00):
Well, it is in my world, because I love Pit, you
do love Pit.
There is my recommendationnumber two, and kind of another
one in there from Negative toPositive.
Speaker 2 (17:10):
Give that a listen.
Yeah right, I do love it and Ican confirm the audio book we
did listen to was great, verymotivational when he got on the
mic.
Speaker 1 (17:19):
Well, it's interesting as well to go back
and listen to his first maybe 30songs.
Speaker 2 (17:24):
It's all rap, very rap.
Speaker 1 (17:25):
I understand the lyrics behind them Very
different to now.
Yeah, like his style, and it'sfunny too, because he actually
discusses in it why his stylechanged.
Yeah, and what it wasrepresenting and like how he
realized.
But he's got a line in a songwhere he goes I'm involved in
the music business.
But the funny thing is a lot ofthese fools don't know music,
don't know business, have nobusiness in music.
(17:47):
What is this?
And he's basically saying musicis just a business, right, like
songwriting, singing, all ofthat.
Yeah, sure it's entertainment,but it's a business at the end
of the day.
Yeah, everything's a businesswhat is your?
unique selling proposition.
Yeah, what are you doing thatothers aren't?
And that's how you get thewhole spanglish creation where
(18:07):
he goes from one language toanother.
You know, one night, one night,two worlds English Spanish, one
night, two girls English,spanish, bang.
That's enough about Pitt.
Next, what is it?
Speaker 2 (18:17):
Don't go down.
I could talk for decades aboutPitt.
This is a bit of a classic.
If you're a regular at abookshop, you would have seen
this pop up many times.
But it's Morgan, I think it'spronounced Morgan, hussle or
Hussle.
How are we reading that one?
It's Psychology of Money.
Speaker 1 (18:35):
Oh yeah, that looks about right.
Yeah, I think it is Maybe evenHousel.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
Yeah, housel, we'll go with Housel.
Speaker 1 (18:40):
Just Morgan H big dog .
Speaker 2 (18:43):
Morgan H the Psychology of Money.
The book is called thepsychology of money how you
should think about money inday-to-day life, how to simplify
the thoughts of money, becauseit goes on about many
individuals in the world, whichwe've talked about before on our
own podcast, hate talking aboutmoney.
They don't want to talk aboutmoney.
(19:04):
They get all sweaty andagitated and anxious when money
is being brought up inconversation.
It's like you're sitting arounddinner with your family but no
one asks.
So how's your business going?
How much money are you makingLike?
Are you making enough money toget your goals?
Speaker 1 (19:19):
If I may, even if they do ask that the person on
the receiving end might get alittle bit offended.
Yeah, Might put their hands up.
Speaker 2 (19:26):
It's like whoa, whoa, whoa.
Please don't talk about that.
Yeah, why are?
Speaker 1 (19:28):
you like quizzing me?
Am I not good enough?
What's going on?
Speaker 2 (19:31):
It's bizarre because the one thing, the one common
denominator between everyone inthe world is money.
Everyone needs money to live.
Everyone wants money and lotsof money to live the life they
always want.
Because you don't grow up notwanting to like have the fastest
car or have a big house.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
Everyone grows up wanting to have a car one day,
or you always have a goal.
Speaker 2 (19:54):
You've just reminded me, and sorry for cutting you
off.
No, mate.
Speaker 1 (19:56):
You're not cutting me off Podcast for the future
Slavery yes, why, we are allactually slaves today.
That is actually very good.
Yeah, I've been having dreamsabout it.
I do like that.
You know my late night thoughts.
Speaker 2 (20:08):
I do, yes, I've had some, I do Alright out and I do
like my late night thoughts.
I do, yes, I do.
All right, continue, sorry, myapologies.
Right, no stress, um, but yeah,the psychology of money.
Apart from just talking abouthow we need to talk about money
on a regular basis and make itnormal, he emphasizes that
success with money isn't justwhat you you might think, it's
about how you behave.
So how do you actually spendyour money day to day?
(20:31):
Are you spending it on drinksat a club, ridiculous amounts of
vodka, shots, or clothes andRolexes?
And, like the Menendez brothers, as we just watched, they
bought fancy watches, fancy cars, houses, et cetera, just
because they were splurging?
But it's about how you behaveand if you're smart with your
(20:51):
money and you invest itaccordingly and frugal.
In a way, it's that's thedifference between someone in 20
years who's successful and setup to someone who's still living
paycheck to paycheck.
But he talks about thepsychological aspects of
financial decisions, exploringthe irrational nature of the
habits deep dives into, reallyabout investing, saving as well
(21:17):
as understanding risk.
So that is one of the big ones,the risk component, because
everyone thinks well noteveryone, but some people when
they're presented with aninvestment opportunity when it
comes to money.
Be like hey, jimmyimmy, if youinvest in this, you can double
your money in two years.
All right, let's go two yearslater, gone, never coming back.
Talks about the risk associatedwith money and how you need
(21:40):
emotional intelligence at theend of the day to make money
work for you and figure out howyou can really behave
accordingly and actually makethe most of your life.
It's's just a simple book which,as it says in the heading or
the name of the book, understandthe Psychology Behind Money,
breaks it down, which I love,and it's a must-read for anyone
(22:03):
looking to improve theirfinancial literacy and also
navigate complexities of wealth.
It's good.
Yeah, it's a good book.
Simple title, very simple,simple, simple.
And they talk about what thebook's called, so it makes sense
to me.
My next book.
Speaker 1 (22:23):
A good book, one of the greatest books of all time
Rousseau Poor Dad.
No, we've done Rousseau Poor.
Speaker 2 (22:29):
Dad, I was going to say we have done that before.
I'll say still read that if youhaven't the Rational Male.
Speaker 1 (22:33):
Oh, have not read that.
This is one for the maleaudience.
Apologies to those femaleshaving a little listen, but this
is for the men.
It's for boys, for boys.
If you are a woman, feel freeto recommend this to your man,
or your son, or your friend.
Speaker 2 (22:50):
Or anyone, any guy you know, yeah, just any male.
Speaker 1 (22:55):
It's put by.
I think his name is called anddon't quote me on this but I
think it's Rollo TomasiR-O-L-L-O.
Tomasi Rollo yeah, I love that.
Published in 2013.
Now, this man.
He's well-known in what theycall the manosphere.
It's basically a bunch ofcommunities in the manosphere
(23:16):
that are focused on men's issuesand like masculinity and that
kind of thing.
The book kind of goes throughthings like intergender dynamics
and challenges of traditionalnotions of like masculinity,
relationships and stuff likethat and the importance of
actually embracing likecompetition and masculinity and
(23:38):
all of that kind of stuff formen that is so talks about, um,
power dynamics and how all ofthat kind of works in terms of
virtually everything anyrelationship, friendship and
that kind of thing,understanding a power dynamic.
And one of my favourite, or twoof my favourite points where it
talks about rejection.
Rejection is better than regret.
(24:00):
Yes, that's right.
Everyone's instantly going tobe thinking we're talking about
relationships and arsing girlsout on dates and stuff.
Speaker 2 (24:08):
Yeah, like, what else do you think of?
Speaker 1 (24:10):
her.
But that is not specificallywhat he's talking about.
So rejection is better thanregret, is saying any form of
rejection is better than livingregretting Like, yeah sure,
we're all thinking back to thatgirlfriend all the men out there
anyway, thinking back to thatgirlfriend or potential
girlfriend that when we werelike 17, you know we, we didn't
make a move and you know wemissed out on a great
(24:32):
opportunity.
We're thinking about it now.
Speaker 2 (24:33):
Well, mate I uh, yeah .
Yeah, I guess I'll say mate, Iuh had one lost, one, got it
back.
Speaker 1 (24:40):
Oh yeah, happy man that's a good man, um, but it's
talking not only aboutpartnerships, relationships, but
business as well.
Oh, um, like any form ofrejection, if you come with a
deal, or you come with a plan,or you come up with a product
and you present it and you gethit with rejection, keep trying.
The rejection is better thanthe regret.
(25:02):
Don't not ask carl sanders, ourman Pitbull talks about how
many times did he?
Mr Sanders, we all know him, weall love him, some more than
others.
Wicked Wings unreal what he gotrejected 1,009 times before his
recipe was actually used.
The man that's created one ofthe biggest fast food joints in
(25:24):
the world, an absolute behemoth,behemoth Was rejected 1,009
times.
Imagine if he just went.
I give up, never copped therejection, he got rejected once
and went.
Oh, that hurts so much I cannever do it again.
No, mate, 1,009 times later,bang success.
Speaker 2 (25:43):
It's like sales as well.
If you've got leads and you'reprospecting every day, you might
call 150 leads and get no on149 of them, but all you need is
that one person who wants to dobusiness with you and then all
of a sudden you've got a sale.
Speaker 1 (25:57):
Yeah, just keep persisting.
All jokes aside, get familiarwith rejection.
Do whatever you can to do it.
If you are single, feel free towalk into bars and clubs and
just go up to girls and go hey,you want to dance?
Get rejected, do what you needto do and just keep the
rejection flowing.
Eventually you'll be completelynumb to it and it's not going
to matter.
Rejection is fun.
Speaker 2 (26:17):
And you're lucky.
Last, You're a bonus dude.
Speaker 1 (26:20):
Or is that the people's the next point?
No, it's not people.
The next point is self-controland personal power.
So real power, like actualpower, comes from controlling
your own circumstances, right.
So he dives into that.
Dives into everything I've justspoke about and a few more
things which you won't hear.
Ultimately, good book for theman.
(26:41):
Go have a read.
You do need to be sensible whenyou read it and take into
account what things you want totake on board and don't want to
take on board.
It's a quick disclaimer, butwe'll get that out of the way.
Finally, a little bonus I wasgoing to do.
Speaker 2 (26:53):
I've decided against because we're at 31 minutes in
all right, that keeps the uh,the podcast name and the six,
six books.
I was gonna have to do six plusone yeah, we're too far into
the into the podcast.
Speaker 1 (27:05):
People are pulling up to work right now and going oh
crap, I can't sit in the car andbe late.
We're not going to make youwait and be late to work out of
anticipation.
Go get in there, get the jobdone, don't get fired on our
behalf.
Speaker 2 (27:18):
But do you have some?
Speaker 1 (27:18):
rejection.
Maybe at work start asking yourboss for a pay rise, or you
might be approved, who knows?
Yeah, ask him 1,009 times andhe might just give in.
We will catch you all next time.
Enjoy, hope you enjoyed thebook recommendation episode.
Speaker 2 (27:34):
As always, the third is a charm.
Have a read, let us know.
But as we should finish thepodcast, one word to say Dale,
dale.
Speaker 1 (27:45):
As always, we hope you enjoyed the episode and if
you did, you know exactly whatneeds to be done.
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Hit that follow button, subscribe, share it to
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