The Last Safe Investment, Bryan Franklin
The Last Safe Investment, Bryan Franklin
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The Last Safe Investment
Spending Now to Increase Your True Wealth Forever

Author: Bryan Franklin, Michael Ellsberg

Narrator: Tim Andres Pabon

Unabridged: 7 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 02/01/2016


Synopsis

The case for investing in your own career before anything else

Michael Ellsberg and Bryan Franklin think you’ve been fed a lie: that if you save for decades and invest in 401(k)s, IRAs, and a home, these investments will grow steadily over decades, allowing twenty to thirty years of secure, peaceful retirement.

This might have been true at some point in the last century, but it is not true any longer. If you want to get ahead and enjoy a life of prosperity, the authors argue that you must invest in the most powerful source of wealth you’ll ever know: your own earning power.

Ellsberg and Franklin reveal how investing in yourself in various ways can guarantee a return much higher than the stock market or real estate. Boosting your skills, leadership, persuasion ability, and your network enriches the quality and meaning of your life at the same time that it enriches your wallet. Why wouldn’t you bet on yourself?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nick

Want to read a book on getting rich, look elsewhere. Want to have your definition of rich changed? This is it. Franklin and Ellsberg lay out a convincing case that Westerners are mostly playing a game they won't be pleased with at the end of it all. In fact, we should reevaluate the entire game altog......more

Goodreads review by Chazzle

The book alternated between really insightful passages and really frustrating passages. It's basically a toolbox of techniques to make a person more valuable in the workplace. Frustration came from getting lost in the authors' world of their own terminology. But again, it's not all bad. The most ins......more

There is some serious next-level thinking in this book. I read a lot of personal development stuff, and it's rare to come across truly fresh and provocative thinking. I'm a speaker and executive coach, and I'll be bringing language from this book into my conversations with clients: - Systemic Spendin......more

Goodreads review by Synthia

The biggest takeaway for me from this book is a sense of urgency to find and create my tribe.......more