by johnireland | Articles
A 100-Year-Old Book That Still Outperforms Most Modern Financial Advice George S. Clason published The Richest Man in Babylon in 1926 — exactly one hundred years ago this year. Set in ancient Babylon, the book uses parables to teach principles of wealth creation and...
by johnireland | Articles
The Book in Brief Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio was first published in 2017 and has since sold over four million copies worldwide. Dalio is the founder of Bridgewater Associates, one of the world’s largest hedge funds, and the book distils the...
by johnireland | The Book Shelf
The Core Lesson The hard thing about hard things is that there is no formula for them. Business books can teach you strategy, culture, and growth. But they cannot tell you what to do when every option has significant downsides and doing nothing is the worst choice of...
by johnireland | Articles
The Book in Brief The Hard Thing About Hard Things, published in 2014 by Ben Horowitz, is not a conventional business book. It does not offer a tidy framework, a step-by-step methodology, or a collection of inspiring anecdotes. Instead, it provides an unflinchingly...
by johnireland | The Book Shelf
The Core Idea You do not rise to the level of your goals — you fall to the level of your systems. That is the central argument of James Clear’s Atomic Habits, and it applies as much to financial planning as it does to fitness or productivity. The Four Laws...
