Legendary Investor Jim Rogers; bestselling author of Adventure Capitalist and Hot Commodities is back with his latest book titled: A Gift To My Children!
This book, according to Rogers, was originally intended as an article or a pamphlet for his daughters on advice for life and investing. Over the years, the essays that Rogers wrote were compiled and it formed an idea for a book.
Unlike his previous books where one either reads about his stunning adventures or business and investment advice, readers used to Rogers’ style of writing will find that this book is uncharacteristically different.
Firstly, the perspective taken this time is Rogers writing and addressing to his daughters. The style and format is simple, and at the same time heartwarming as a loving father writing a letter to his children.
Secondly, the chapters are kept short and succinct. Some things that Rogers expounded in the book include the importance of studying history and past trends, learning philosophy to train critical thinking ability and the importance of travelling to open one’s mind to new things and change.
Thirdly, the book represents a collection of his own experiences, his mistakes, his attitude toward life. It basically summarizes certain good or bad incidents that Rogers went through that could either or not be found in his previous books – but with a personal thought to them.
We all know that Jim Rogers stands out as a mighty shrewd investor and ranks as among the top few contrarians in the world along with his ex partner George Soros, Sir John Templeton and Marc Faber.
The book is filled with the ‘Indiana Jones of Finance’ investment philosophy, and this would certainly delight the reader interested in the Contrarian style of investing. Other than that, the book is a good and suitable read for all ages. It is packed with advice for dealing with life issues for the child or the adult, and it is indeed a great add to the entrepreneur and investor’s library collection.
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