Welcome to the Growth Stacking Podcast. This is Dan Martell.

A long time ago, I got myself in trouble, ended up in rehab, and somebody wrote a book, a book on Java programming, and I found that book.

Learning how to code became my new addiction. It filled a hole inside of me. And from that one

book, I went on a journey to acquire knowledge. My dad did something really cool. He said,

as long as you finish the book, you have an unlimited budget to buy the next book. And I've applied

that to my life. I have an unlimited budget to invest in my knowledge. Today, I read every day. I think of

it as my way of programming my mind. 10 pages is usually the minimum. And what I'm doing every time,

I'm not just reading, I'm studying books. Because I believe the words we read and the words we tell

ourselves, the beliefs we have creates our future. So I've read

over 1,800 books and I've had to distill it into these 10 books that will make you rich.

The first book is Secrets of a Millionaire Mine. So fun fact, this book back in the day,

it came with a ticket to go to the event. And the reason why this book

was so important to me, it was actually the first seminar where my brother and I invested in a coach,

in a trainer, in actual education and ourselves. Now, what makes this book unique is that it

really attacks the mindset that keeps us poor. And it's not financially poor more than

a lack of abundance, a lack of joy, a lack of growth, of understanding that if we want to have

more, we have to become more. What I learned specifically from this book is one, is your financial

blueprint shapes your financial destiny. And everybody's got them. They probably don't even realize it. And what is the new blueprint you have to acquire? You got to think rich to become rich. The mindset matters a lot. The other one is that we invest in personal development and financial education so that we know how to receive the money. See, most of us, if we actually got a million dollars and we

weren't millionaires, we would quickly lose it. And we have to learn how to act despite of fear.

Take bold financial action. See, wealthy people constantly learn and grow. And this book

set the foundation for me to learn the rest of them. So without this one, the other books wouldn't really make sense for me.

Number two is one of the most popular books in personal development.

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