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Sports Motivation Podcast

Books + Bars: Felix Dennis, “How to Get Rich”

Sports Motivation Podcast

Niyi Sobo

Soccer, Football, Basketball, Crossfit, Mindset, Sports, Psychology, Dominate, Business

4.8755 Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2017

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Looking for that get-rich-quick scheme? Good luck. Today’s Book & Bars episode features one of those books that has no shame in keeping it REAL. At the end of the day, what do you want to be remembered for? Are you willing to put in those incredible work hours to reach your dreams? Drop your fear of failure in the eyes of the world, and pick up this book and start reading.

 

Check out Felix Dennis' book here: “How to Get Rich”

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to the Sports Motivation Podcast. It is me, your host, Nieu-Shobo. I'm excited.

0:07.9

This is Books and Bars. I told you all is going to be breaking down books, excerpts from my favorite books, really quick.

0:16.1

Breaking them down, give you my take, and also bars, meaning lyrics lyrics from my favorite rap songs. Possibly some

0:23.2

R&B. Probably not, though. But today is we're breaking out a book. Now, this book is really

0:30.8

awesome. And I have a couple different copies of this book, and I like to keep it in different

0:36.6

places because it's one of those books that I like to refer back to a lot.

0:41.0

Now, the book is called How to Get Rich, and it's by Felix Dennis, and he is the guy who founded

0:47.5

Maxim Magazine.

0:49.1

He died not too long ago.

0:51.6

I can't remember exactly when, but a few years ago.

0:57.4

And he is, he was worth by about 700, 800 million, something around there. So certainly not one of the richest

1:02.7

men in the world. Actually, no. I think that qualifies him to be one of the richest in the

1:08.8

world.

1:11.6

But definitely rich, super rich by most people's standards.

1:16.6

Now here's the cool thing about this book.

1:20.6

I don't know if you are courageous enough to announce that you'd like to get rich. I don't know if you're one of those people who act like you don't want to make a lot

1:30.3

of money or act like, I don't know if you have a bunch of hidden underlying negative

1:36.3

beliefs around money that cause you to think very small.

1:39.3

I can't tell you how many people I run into that way.

1:41.3

And I'm by no means I'm judging because I too was that

1:44.5

way and still battle with some of those petty, weak-minded thoughts that have been conditioned

1:53.2

through my past, parents, church, religion. I'm not going to get into that. And I'm not here to talk about money. I don't

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