I've read roughly a book a week for 20 years. These 5 changed how I...
Robert ₿reedlove@Breedlove22
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Sep 27, 2026
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I've read roughly a book a week for 20 years.
These 5 changed how I think about money, freedom, and what it means to be alive:
1. The Creature from Jekyll Island (G. Edward Griffin)
These 5 changed how I think about money, freedom, and what it means to be alive:
1. The Creature from Jekyll Island (G. Edward Griffin)
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I read this at 21 and realized the financial system was built on a foundation designed to steal from everyone inside it.
The realization was so heavy I put it down and went back to work.
It took another decade before I found the solution.
The realization was so heavy I put it down and went back to work.
It took another decade before I found the solution.
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2. The Bitcoin Standard (Saifedean Ammous)
I read this in 2018 and everything connected.
Within 6 months I had my first and only Bitcoin tattoo.
Bitcoin is the only solution to the fraudulent financial system built by central banks.
I read this in 2018 and everything connected.
Within 6 months I had my first and only Bitcoin tattoo.
Bitcoin is the only solution to the fraudulent financial system built by central banks.
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3. Human Action (Ludwig von Mises)
The most rigorous and comprehensive explanation of how human beings actually coordinate their actions in the world through markets, prices, and voluntary exchange.
This book teaches you the truth about economics, contrary to the fake economics taught in mainstream university curricula.
The most rigorous and comprehensive explanation of how human beings actually coordinate their actions in the world through markets, prices, and voluntary exchange.
This book teaches you the truth about economics, contrary to the fake economics taught in mainstream university curricula.
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4. Maps of Meaning (Jordan Peterson)
The book that bridged the gap between everything I had learned about money and everything I was beginning to understand about meaning, responsibility, and the deeper architecture of human experience.
It changed how I read history, mythology, and the story I was telling myself about my own life.
The book that bridged the gap between everything I had learned about money and everything I was beginning to understand about meaning, responsibility, and the deeper architecture of human experience.
It changed how I read history, mythology, and the story I was telling myself about my own life.
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5. Letting Go (David R. Hawkins)
The most practically useful book I have ever read on the emotional side of self-sovereignty.
It gave me a framework for understanding why smart people stay stuck and a set of tools for actually moving through the things most men spend their entire lives avoiding.
The most practically useful book I have ever read on the emotional side of self-sovereignty.
It gave me a framework for understanding why smart people stay stuck and a set of tools for actually moving through the things most men spend their entire lives avoiding.
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After twenty years of reading roughly one book per week, these are five of the most transformational I have found.
Books are one of the most asymmetric investments you can make:
They cost a few dollars, but the right ones will change the course of your entire life.
Books are one of the most asymmetric investments you can make:
They cost a few dollars, but the right ones will change the course of your entire life.
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Robert ₿reedlove@Breedlove22
I've read roughly a book a week for 20 years.
These 5 changed how I think about money, freedom, and what it means to be alive:
1. The Creature from Jekyll Island (G. Edward Griffin)
These 5 changed how I think about money, freedom, and what it means to be alive:
1. The Creature from Jekyll Island (G. Edward Griffin)