How to acquire wisdom

How to acquire wisdom

“The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding.” Proverbs 4:7.

The greatest asset you can possess is knowledge, understanding, and wisdom. A wise person can never lack what to eat. A wise person knows how to utilize the opportunities and resources before them. A wise person can solve problems and overcome obstacles in their path. It’s for this reason that I am always on a constant search for new ideas to improve my life.

To this end, I have read over 300 books in the last four years. The strategy I adopted involved building a reading habit on my commute to and from work. I spend about 3 to 4 hours daily commuting. So instead of listening to radio or watching TV I listen to audiobooks. I have also invested in a number of reading apps like Kindle, Blinkist, Librivox, and Anybooks. I also have an online subscription to the NewVision for local news, The East African for regional issues, and The Economist for international news. I have also made it a practice to buy physical books whenever I travel for the home library.

I usually wake up at 5.00 am and arrive at work by 6.30 am so I use the time from 6.30 am to 8.00 am to catch up on my reading. Most of the articles and content I have shared have been inspired by these books. The reading habit is a very powerful habit and will quickly catapult you above the average person. Remember, knowledge, understanding, and wisdom are valuable commodities but they can't be acquired by chance. You have to put in the work!

So here are some of the books I have read so far:

  1. Richer, wiser, happier by William Green
  2. 100 Rules For Entrepreneurs: Real-life business lessons by Neil Lewis.
  3. The little book that beats the market - Joel Greennblat
  4. The Dhandho investor - Monnish Pabrai
  5. The education of a value investor - Guy Spier
  6. The joys of compounding - Gautam Baid
  7. 12 rules for life by Jordan B. Peterson.
  8. 21 lessons for the 21st century - Yuval Noah Harari
  9. 21 secrets of self made millionaires – Brian Tracy
  10. 33 strategies of war???by???Robert Greene
  11. 7 strategies for wealth and happiness – Jim Rohn
  12. A brief history of thought - Luc Ferry
  13. A brief history of time – Stephen Hawking
  14. A guide to the good life - William B Irvine
  15. A minute to think – Juliet Funt
  16. Alex Ferguson??- My biography - Alex ferguson
  17. An economist walks into a brothel - Allison Schrager
  18. Analysing real estate investments???by???Steve Bergers
  19. Aristotle for everybody???by???Mortimer J. Adler
  20. art of the deal???by???donald trump
  21. atomic habits???by???James Clear
  22. Automatic Millionaire???by???David Bach
  23. Awaken the Giant within???by???Tony Robbins
  24. Beyond measure - Margaret Heffernan
  25. Beyond order – Jordan Peterson
  26. Beyond religion – Dalai Lama
  27. beyond wealth???by???alexander green
  28. Biology of belief???by???Bruce lipton
  29. built to last - Successful Habits of Visionary Companies - Jim Collins and Jerry I Porras
  30. Business adventures - 12 classic tales from Wall Street - John Brooks
  31. Business for Bohemians - Tom Hodgkinson
  32. Business secrets from the bible???by???Rabbi Daniel Lapin
  33. cashflow quadrant???by???Robert Kiyosaki
  34. chicken soup for the soul???by???Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen
  35. Choose yourself – James Altucher
  36. Clay Water Brick – Jessica Jackley
  37. Clean - James Hamblin
  38. Clock work - Mike Michalowicz
  39. Commercial real estate investing for dummies???by???Peter Conti and Peter Harris
  40. Creative schools - Ken Robinson and Lou Aronica
  41. Creativity - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
  42. Crushing it – Gary Vaynerchuk
  43. d monk who sold his ferrari???by???robin sharma
  44. d most successful small biz in d world???by???by Michael E. Gerbe
  45. David and Goliath – Malcom Gladwell
  46. Debt proof your marriage - Mary Hunt
  47. Decisive - Chip and Dan Heath
  48. Deep thinking??- Gary Kasparov
  49. Deep Work by Cal Newport.
  50. Deviate - Beau Lotto
  51. Do design - Alan Moore
  52. Do the work – Steven Pressfield
  53. Dollars and Sense - Dan Ariely and Jeff Kreisler
  54. Dollars and Sex - How Economics influences sex and love.
  55. Double Double - Cameron Herold
  56. Double your money - Aga Sekalala Snr
  57. Doughnut economics - Kate Raworth
  58. earn it and enjoy it - linda proctor
  59. Ability to produce wealth - Samuel Bakutana
  60. Eat that frog - Brian Tracy
  61. Edinburgh lectures on Mental Science???by???Thomas Troward
  62. Ego is the Enemy???by???Ryan??Holiday
  63. Eight dates - John Gottman and Schwartz Gottman
  64. Elevate - Joseph Deitch
  65. Elon Musk - Ashlee Vance
  66. Emersons essay on compesation???by???Robinson
  67. Endurance – Shackleton’s extraordinary voyage – Daniel Bryce
  68. Entreleadership - Dave Ramsey
  69. Everyday millionaires - Chris Hogan
  70. Evil geniuses - Kurt Andersen
  71. extreme ownership???by???Jocko Willink
  72. Financial Freedom – Grant Sabatier
  73. First things first - Stephen Covey
  74. Fit for Life – Harvey and Marilyn Diamond
  75. Fix this next – Mike Michalowicz
  76. Freakonomics – Steven Levitt
  77. Future shaper - Niamh O'keeffe
  78. Getting things done - David Allen
  79. Give and Take???by???Adam Grant
  80. Goals: How to get everything you want faster???by???Brian Tracy
  81. God-Works-Through-You???by???Robert-Russell-SMSE-2010
  82. Got your attention - Sam Horn
  83. Great thinkers - Alain de Botton
  84. grit - the power of passion n perseverance???by???Angela Duckworth
  85. Happy Money - The Japanese Art of Making Peace with Your Money - Ken Honda
  86. Head Strong – Dave Asprey
  87. Help me - Marianne Power
  88. Henry Ford - a life - Editors of new world city
  89. High Performance habits – Brendon Burchard
  90. How to be a stoic???by???Massimo Pidlliuci
  91. How to be an adult in relationships - David Richo
  92. How to build self discipline – Martin Meadows
  93. How to do nothing - Jenny Odell
  94. How to fly a horse - Kevin Ashton
  95. How to have a happy hustle - Bec Evans
  96. How to lead smart people - Arun Singh + Mike Mister
  97. How to live a good life - Massimo Pigliucci
  98. How to love??- Thich Nhat Hanh
  99. How to speak machine - John Maeda
  100. How to win friends and influence people - Dale Carnergie
  101. I will teach you to be rich – Ramit Sethi
  102. If you're so smart, why aren't you happy? - Raj Raghunathan
  103. Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life - Héctor García & Francesc Miralles
  104. Influence - psychology of persuasion - Dr? Robert Cialdini
  105. Ingenius - Tina Seelig
  106. Intimacy and Desire - Dr? David Schnarch
  107. Investing for dummies by Eric Tyson.
  108. Investing in ETFs for dummies – Russel Wild
  109. Know yourself know your money – Rachel Cruze
  110. laws of human nature???by???robert greene
  111. Leaders eat last - Simon Sinek
  112. Limitless - Jim Kwik
  113. linchpin???by???Seth Godin
  114. Lives of the stoics – Stephen Hanselman
  115. Living beyond what if – Shirley Davis
  116. Lost and Founder - Rand Fishkin
  117. Love sense - Sue Johnson
  118. Made in America – Sam Walton
  119. Made to stick - Chip and Dan Heath
  120. Making ideas happen - Scott Belsky
  121. Maps of Meaning???by???Jordan B Petterson
  122. Masters of scale – Reid Hoffman
  123. Maximising your potential - Dr? Myles Munroe
  124. Meditations???by???Marcus Aurelius
  125. millionaire fastlane???by???MJ DeMarco
  126. millionaire mindset???by???Gerry Roberts
  127. Millionaire success habits - Dean Graziosi
  128. Millionaire teacher – Andrew Hallam
  129. Mind in d making???by???Ellen Galinsky
  130. mindset - the new psyschology of success???by???Carol Dweck
  131. Mini habits – Stephen Guise
  132. Money magnetism???by???J Donald Walters
  133. Money master the game – Tonny Robbins
  134. money wont make u rich???by???sunday adelaja
  135. My story – Mohammed bin Rashid
  136. Napoleon Hill's golden rules - Napoleon Hill
  137. Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) for dummies by Romilla Ready and Kate Burton.
  138. Neuropsychology of self discipline - Steve DeVore and Dr? Karl Pribram
  139. nlp for dummies???by???Kate Burton and Romilla
  140. nlp-at-work-the-difference-that-makes-a-difference-in-business???by???Sue Knight
  141. no-excuses-the-power-of-self-discipline-2011???by???brian tracy
  142. Numbers don’t lie – Vaclav Smil
  143. On the shortness of life - Seneca
  144. On writing well - William Zinsser
  145. Originals - Adam Grant
  146. Outliers – Malcom Gladwell
  147. Outsmarting the crowd - Napoleon Hill
  148. Permission marketing – Seth Godin
  149. personal finance management for dummies???by???Eric Tyson
  150. persuasive advertising???by???J. Scott Armstrong
  151. Pitch perfect - Bill McGowan and Alisa Bowman
  152. Poor Charlie's Almanac - Charlie Munger
  153. Poverty proof???by???Douglas Krugger
  154. poverty riches and wealth???by???kris vallloton
  155. Profit first – Mike Michalowicz
  156. Pscho cybernetics???by???Maxwell Maltz
  157. Quiet - power of introverts - Susan Cain
  158. Ready for anything - David Allen
  159. Reinvent yourself – James Altucher
  160. Resilience – Mark McGuinness
  161. Rich dad poor dad – Robert Kiyosaki
  162. Rich dads conspiracy of d rich???by???Robert Kiyosaki
  163. Rich dad's guide to investing???by???Robert Kiyosaki
  164. Richest Man in Babylon???by???George Samuel Clason
  165. robert-kiyosaki-the-real-book-of-real-estate by???Robert Kiyosaki
  166. Ronald regan a life - Editors of new world city
  167. sapiens - a brief history of mankind;???by???Yuval
  168. Secrets of the millionaire mind???by???T. Harv Eker
  169. Seneca's moral letters to Lucilius???by???Seneca the Younger
  170. Shark Tank Jump Start Your Business???by???Michael Parrish
  171. Six Easy Pieces – Richard P. Feynman
  172. Small giants – Bo Burlingham
  173. Solve for happy - Mo Gawdat
  174. Speed of trust???by???Steve Covey
  175. start up school???by???seth godin
  176. Start with why???by???Simon Sinek
  177. Stillness is the key - Ryan Holiday
  178. straight forward financial growth???by???moses mukisa
  179. Subtract – Leidy Klotz
  180. Super Attractor - Gabrielle Bernstein
  181. Super Thinking - Gabriele Weinberg
  182. Superhuman innovation - Chris Duffey
  183. Surrounded by idiots - Thoman Erikson
  184. Take charge of your money - John Ntende
  185. Talking across the divide - Justin Lee
  186. Talking to strangers - Malcolm Gladwell
  187. Tap dancing to work – Warren Buffet - Carol J. Loomis
  188. The 100 absolutely unbreakable laws of business success???by???Brian Tracy
  189. The 10x Rule???by???Grant Cardone
  190. the 15 invaluable laws of growth???by???John C Maxwell
  191. The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing - Al Ries and Jack Trout
  192. the 4 hour work week???by???Tim Ferris
  193. the 5 love languages???by???gary chapman
  194. The 5am club – Robin Sharma
  195. The 7 habits of highly effective people - Stephen Covey
  196. the 8 pillars of prosperity???by???James Allen
  197. The almanack of Naval Ravikant - Eric Jorgenson
  198. The art of communicating - Thich Nhat Hanh
  199. The Art of money getting???by???P.T.Barnum
  200. The Art of Public speaking???by???Dale Carnegie
  201. the art of the deal???by???Donald trump
  202. The barefoot investor - Scott Pape
  203. The behavior gap - Carl Richards
  204. The black swarn - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  205. the blessed life???by???Robert Morris
  206. The business of venture capital - Mahendra Ramsinghani
  207. The case against education - Bryan Caplan
  208. The changing world order – Ray Dalio
  209. The coaching habit – Michael Bungay Stanier
  210. the compound effect???by???darren hardy
  211. The Creative Process in the Individual???by???Thomas Troward
  212. The creative thinking handbook - Chris Griffiths + Melina Costi
  213. The creativity Code - Marcus du Sautoy
  214. The creator's code by Amy Wilkinson.
  215. the daily stoic???by???Ryan??Holiday
  216. The dip by Seth Godin.
  217. The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity????by???Catherine Ponder
  218. The E Myth Revisited????by???by Michael E. Gerbe
  219. The enchiridion - Epictetus
  220. The entrepreneur roller coaster – Darren Hardy
  221. The execution factor - Kim Perell
  222. The First 20 Hours: How to Learn anything Fast???by???Josh Kaufman
  223. The game - Neil Strauss
  224. The game of life and how to play it - Florence Scovel
  225. The gap and the gain – Dan Sullivan
  226. The geometry of wealth - Brian Portnoy
  227. The Great A.P and the struggle for small business in America???by???Marc Levinson
  228. The great mental models - Shane Parrish, Rhiannon Beaubien
  229. The greatest salesman in the world – Og Mandino
  230. The grid – Matt Watkinson
  231. The hard thing about hard things - Ben Horowitz
  232. The hidden Brain - Shankar Vedantam
  233. The instant millionaire – Mark Fisher
  234. The intelligent investor???by???Benjamin Graham
  235. The joy of less - Francine Jay
  236. The last lecture – randy Pausch
  237. The last safe investment – Michael Ellsberg
  238. The latte factor – David Back
  239. the law of success???by???napoleaon hill
  240. the laws of prosperity???by???kenneth copeland
  241. The laws of wealth - Daniel Crosby
  242. the leader who had no title - Robin Sharma
  243. The little book on stoicism – Jonas Salzgeber
  244. The magic of thinking big – David Schwartz
  245. The man who solved the market - Gregory Zuckerman
  246. The mindful day - Laurie J Cameron
  247. The moment of lift - Melinda Gates
  248. The Money Boss Manifesto???by???JD Roth
  249. The motivation manifesto – Brendon Burchard
  250. The myths of innovation - Scott Berkun
  251. the obstacle is the way???by???ryan holiday
  252. The only investment guide you'll ever need???by???Andrew Tobias
  253. The passion paradox – Brad Stulberg
  254. The power of broke - Daymond John with daniel Paisner
  255. The power of now – Echart Tolle
  256. The Power of the sub-conscious mind???by???Joseph Murphy
  257. The practice – Seth Godin
  258. The practice of groundedness – Brad Stulberg
  259. The Psychology of money – Morgan Housel
  260. The psychology of self esteem - Nathaniel Branden
  261. The quiet mind - John E Coleman
  262. The road to wealth???by???Robert G Allen
  263. The rules of life???by???Richard Templar
  264. The rules of work by Richard Templar.
  265. The science of getting rich – Wallace D Wattles
  266. the science of power????by???benjamin kid
  267. The science of story telling - Will Storr
  268. The Secret of Shelter Island???by???alexander green
  269. The self-made billionaire – John Sviokla
  270. the six figure speaker???by???Brian Tracy
  271. the small business bible???by???Steven D Strauss
  272. The strangest secret???by???Earl Nightingale
  273. The success principles - Jack Canfield
  274. The tipping point – Malcom Gladwell
  275. The universe has your back – Gabrielle Bernstein
  276. The upside of irrationality - Dan Ariely??
  277. The value of debt in building wealth – Thomas Anderson
  278. The Warren Buffet Way???by???Robert G. Hagstrom
  279. The way of Zen - Alan W Watts
  280. The Way to wealth???by???Benjamin Franklin
  281. The Whole-Brain Child_ 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind???by???Dan Siegel
  282. The wisdom of finance - Mihir A
  283. The wisdom of insecurity - Alan Watts
  284. The-Kaizen-Way-PDF???by???Robert-Maurer-
  285. Think again – Adam Grant
  286. think and grow rich???by???Napoleon Hill
  287. Think like a monk - Jay Shetty
  288. Think like a rocket scientist - Ozan Varol
  289. Thinking Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman
  290. This is marketing - Seth Godin
  291. Though shall prosper – Daniel Lapin
  292. Tiny habits – BJ Fogg
  293. Titan??- The life of John D Rockefeller - Ron Chernow
  294. Total Money Make Over???by???Dave Ramsey
  295. Ultra learning - Scott H Young
  296. Unlearn - Barry O'reilly
  297. Unleashing the idea virus - Seth Godin
  298. Unlocking Creativity - Michael Roberto
  299. Unshakeable - Tony Robbins
  300. Vagabonding – Rolf Potts
  301. Warren Buffet's Ground rules - Jeremy C Miller
  302. Way of the Wolf - Straight Line Selling???by???Jordan Belfort
  303. Wealth and Poverty???by???George Gilder
  304. What I learned losing a million dollars - Jim Paul, Brendan Moynihan
  305. When genius failed - Roger Lowenstein
  306. Why are we yelling - Buster Benson
  307. Words That Change Minds_Mastering the Language of Influence???by???Shelle Rose Charvet
  308. Working with the law???by???Raymond Holliwell
  309. Writing down the bones - Natalie Goldberg
  310. You too can be prosperous???by???Robert-Russell
  311. You were born rich???by???Bob Procter
  312. YOUR INVISIBLE POWER????by???Genevieve Behrend
  313. Your money or your life???by???Vicky Robins
  314. Your next five moves – Patrick Bet-David
  315. you're a badass - Jen Sincero
  316. zero to one???by???peter thiel
  317. ziz ziglar on selling???by???zig ziglar
  318. Worry no more by Bruce Van Horn
  319. Allen Carr's easy way to quit smoking
  320. Thinking in Bets - Annie Duke
  321. Ride of a lifetime by Robert Iger
  322. Coaching for Performance by Sir John Whitmore
  323. Broken Money - Lyn Alden
  324. Towards a meaningful life by Simon Jacobson
  325. Charlie Munger - The Complete Investor by Tren Griffin
  326. Founder vs investor by Elizabeth Zalman
  327. The personal MBA - Josh Kaufman
  328. 7 Powers by Hamilton Helmer
  329. How to live - Derek Sivers
  330. The 15 commitments of conscious leadership by Jim Dethmer
  331. Confessions of an advertising man - David Ogilvy
  332. The most important thing - Howard Marks
  333. Setting the table - Danny Meyer
  334. Invention - James Dyson
  335. The Fintech book - Susanne Chishti
  336. How to avoid a climate disaster by Bill Gates
  337. Think like Socrates by Steven Schuster
  338. Fooled by randomness by Nassim Taleb
  339. How to stop worrying and start living - Dele Carnegie
  340. The beginning of infinity - David Deutsch
  341. Dopamine nation - Anna Lembke
  342. Finite and infinite games - James Carse

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