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Books & Podcasts That Changed How I Think About Money & Work
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items Books, podcasts & ideas shaping how I think about money, work & building something of my own as I work toward leaving my 9-to-5. The stuff that’s made me think differently—and feels worth passing along.
This caught my attention because it talks specifically about women, earning more & building wealth. I like the idea of questioning some of the beliefs we pick up about how much money we're “supposed” to want.
Maybe We Need to Get More Comfortable Wanting Wealth
I LOVE David Bayer’s work. I found him through his YouTube videos, and the way he explains mindset, limiting beliefs & why we keep getting in our own way really clicked for me. A Changed Mind takes that work deeper and is an easy recommendation i...
The Mindset Work That Finally Clicked for Me: A Changed Mind by David Bayer
(adding this to my cart as we speak!) This one really appeals to me because entrepreneurship doesn't have to mean employees, offices & constant growth. The idea is that a small, profitable business designed around the life you want can be enough.
What If I Don’t Want to Build an Empire?
This one keeps coming up whenever I look for books about building wealth. I like that it’s less about complicated financial strategies and more about how our habits, emotions & decisions affect what we do with money.
Rethink How You Think About Money: The Psychology of Money
Building something on the side while working a full-time job requires consistency—which is easier said than done (ask me how I know! 😂). This is all about making small changes and creating systems that make it easier to actually follow through.
Because Motivation Isn’t a Business Plan: Atomic Habits
This is exactly what I don’t want entrepreneurship to become—leaving one demanding job only to create an even more demanding one. It’s about building a business while getting more of your time back.
I Don’t Want to Escape My 9-to-5 Just to Work 24/7: Buy Back Your Time
Revenue sounds great until you realize how much of it can disappear into running a business. This is supposed to offer a really practical way to manage business money and actually prioritize profit.
Because Making Money & Keeping It Are Two Different Things: Profit First
I’m drawn to the idea that managing money shouldn't mean cutting out everything you enjoy. This is about being intentional with money, automating finances and spending more freely on the things you actually care about.
I Will Teach You to Be Rich: 6-Week Program
I’m intrigued by anything that challenges the picture we have in our heads of what “wealthy” looks like. This explores the habits and lifestyles of people who quietly accumulated wealth without necessarily looking like they had it.
Because Looking Rich & Being Wealthy Aren’t the Same
This is about people who built income from skills and ideas without huge startup budgets. As someone interested in creating income outside a traditional job, that makes this one especially appealing.
The $100 Startup: Reinvent How You Make a Living
I’m much more interested in how businesses actually got started than the polished success story afterward. Founders talk about the ideas, risks, failures & pivots that happened before anyone knew who they were.
🎧 How I Built This with Guy Raz
There’s only so much planning and researching you can do before you eventually have to take action. This covers mindset, habits, confidence & motivation—the stuff that can be just as important as knowing what business strategy to use.
🎧 For When I Need to Stop Thinking & Actually Do It: The Mel Robbins Podcast
Investing, spending, building wealth and the bigger financial decisions we make—without just telling you to stop buying coffee. This seems like a good one for becoming more financially informed while working toward bigger goals.
🎧 The Money with Katie Show
I really like the variety here—entrepreneurs, experts and interesting people talking about business, psychology, success & failure.
🎧 For the Conversations You Don’t Get in a Business Book:The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
That premise alone makes me want to listen. It’s about using money intentionally, making tradeoffs and building more freedom—which feels especially relevant when the bigger goal is having more control over how you spend your time.
🎧 You Can Afford Anything—But Not Everything: Afford Anything | Get Smarter With Money
Trying to build something outside a full-time job makes time feel like the thing I never have enough of. I love that this approaches productivity from a faith-based perspective—using biblical principles to figure out what actually deserves your time,...
Redeeming Your Time: 7 Biblical Principles