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Welcome to The Sunday Summary, a weekly newsletter where I share a quick book summary with actionable lessons, Book recommendations, Reading tips, and one life-changing Quote to help you build a healthy, wealthy life.

👋🏻 Hey Everyone,

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📕 Book Summary

This week's book is "The Psychology of Money" by Morgan Housel

This book is one of the best books ever written on the topic of Money and Personal finance. The book has timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness. In this book, Morgan has shared 19 short stories exploring the strange ways people think bout money and teaches you how to make better sense of one of life’s most important matters

"The Psychology of Money" by Morgan Housel delves into the complex relationship between individuals and money, exploring the behavioral and psychological aspects that influence financial decisions. The book goes beyond conventional economic theories, delving into real-life stories and examples that demonstrate how emotions, biases, and past experiences shape our financial choices.

Housel examines common money myths, the impact of societal and personal beliefs, and the role of risk and uncertainty in financial decision-making. Through a series of insightful narratives, the book emphasizes the importance of understanding our attitudes toward money and making sound financial choices that align with our values and long-term goals.

This book can be one of the best reads of your life. A true masterpiece that you should definitely read.

Here are 8 Lessons you should Always remember

1. LESS EGO, MORE WEALTH: Saving money is the gap between your ego and your income, and wealth is what you don’t see. So wealth is created by suppressing what you could buy today in order to have more stuff or more options in the future.

2. USE MONEY TO GAIN CONTROL OVER YOUR TIME: Not having control of your time is such a powerful and universal drag on happiness. The ability to do what you what, when you want, with who you want, for as long as your want to, pays the highest dividend that exists in finance.

3. BE NICER AND LESS FLASHY: No one is impressed with your possessions as much as you are. You might think you want a fancy car or a nice watch, but what you probably want is respect and admiration. and you’re more likely to gain those things through kindness and humility than horsepower and chrome.

4. YOU DON’T NEED A SPECIFIC REASON TO SAVE: Everyone’s life is a continuous chain of surprises. It’s great to save for a car, or for a downpayment, or a medical emergency, But saving for things that are impossible to predict or define is one of the best reasons to save.

5. WORSHIP ROOM FOR ERROR: A gap between what could happen in the future and what you need to happen in the future in order to do well is what gives you endurance, and endurance is what makes compounding magic over time.

6. INCREASE YOUR TIME HORIZON: Time is the most powerful force in investing, It makes little things grow big and big mistakes fade away. If you want to do better as an investor, the single most powerful thing you can do is increase your time horizon.

7. MANAGE YOUR MONEY IN A WAY THAT HELPS YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT: Some people won't sleep well unless they're earning the highest returns; others get good rest even if they earn less. "Does this help me sleep at night?" is the best universal guidepost for all financial decisions.

8. FIND THE ENOUGH: The hardest financial skill is getting the goalpost to stop moving. If expectations rise with the results then there is no logic in striving for more because you'll feel the same after putting in the effort. Have a sense of Enough in mind.

Actionable Advice

Here are 3 Actions you can start taking from these insights:

1. Save as much as you can: Life is full of uncertainties, and the need for money can arise unexpectedly. Sadly, we tend to overlook the importance of saving and indulge in impulsive spending on things that add no significant value to our lives. However, our parents, who have a wealth of experience, understand the value of money and how to use it wisely.

   It's not worth earning a hundred bucks only to spend it all. Instead, it's wise to save a little portion of your income, which will undoubtedly benefit you later on. Your future self will appreciate your efforts.

2. Use Money to gain control over your time: Invest in tools and services that can automate or streamline your daily tasks to gain control over your time. Learn High income & Modern skills that can help you build your future and invest money in assets so that you make money while you sleep.

3. Have a sense of Enough: It's easy to get caught up in the cycle of always wanting more money and material possessions. However, in order to have a sense of enough in life, it's important to shift your focus away from constantly accumulating wealth and instead focus on what truly brings you happiness and fulfillment.

📚 Recommendations

Here are 5 Books that will help you learn about true happiness in life

• The Art of Happiness

• The Happiness Project

• The Happiness Equation

• Stumbling on Happiness

• The Happiness Hypothesis

⚡️ Reading Tip

Want to retain more of what you read?

Teach what you learned to others. It’s been scientifically proven that teaching others helps you to understand more and for a longer period of time.

As Naval Says, “Teaching forces learning”

When you teach someone you develop a deep understanding of the concept and retain what you read for a longer period of time. Plus it helps others to learn something new.

Wow, It’s a Win-Win Situation

So next time you read and learn something, try to teach it to someone and see the difference.

👨🏻‍🏫 Book I’m reading this week

Still Reading:

1. The E-myth revisited: Learned about the business model of the famous burger company McDonald’s. This book is filled with powerful business lessons to build your small business and scale it to an empire.

2. I’m also reading Attention Span by Gloria Mark. This book shows the study around the decreasing attention span of humans and how we can restore it to make the most of our time and energy.

🎉 Done Reading

I just completed a fantastic book this week i.e. Magic Words. A brilliant book that teaches the power of language and helps us to understand the magic of using the right words at the right time to achieve success in life.

I really loved the amazing insights in the book.

The review will be shared soon on my Instagram page @readermentality

🎉 New Concept To learn

I have just started this new section in our newsletter where I’ll share a new concept every week to learn something new and make our life better.

This Week’s concept is Eisenhower Matrix

Developed by Dwight Eisenhower it’s a simple decision-making tool that you can use right now. Let’s talk about how to be more productive

Eisenhower’s strategy for taking action and organizing your tasks is simple. Using the decision matrix below, you will separate your actions based on four possibilities.

1. Urgent and important (tasks you will do immediately).

2. Important, but not urgent (tasks you will schedule to do later).

3. Urgent, but not important (tasks you will delegate to someone else).

4. Neither urgent nor important (tasks that you will eliminate).

Using this small matrix you can easily prioritize your tasks and make your day more productive.

🎉 New Beginning

I just started a new Instagram page for all young people looking for motivation and inspiration in life.

There I’ll share the wisdom of wise old people in the form of life lessons and tips.

I hope you all will love it and help us grow.

Here is the link to it:

WiseOldWisdom

Also, I’m active on this new crazy and fun platform, Threads.

Follow me there

🔥 Quote

I hope you find these tips and insights helpful in your reading journey.

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Thank you for your love and support everyone. I'll see you next week.

Stay Awesome & Happy reading!

Kamalpreet Singh