56: Must-Read Book Recommendations for Aspiring Actuaries

Journeyers! It's been quite some time since we had some 1-on-1 time and, after having a great Journeyer Community Hangout this weekend, I wanted to take today to sit back and just chat with you all. Today, I want to share with you some of the top books that I recommend for your actuarial journey. These books all speak to some of our biggest focuses at Actuarial Journey: productivity, success, and living a lifestyle of your choosing while succeeding in your career, Here are the recommendations - Listen to the episode to find out why I find each of them to be important. THE LIST 1) The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson 2) The One Thing by Gary Keller 3) How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie 4) The War of Art by Steven Pressfield 5) Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill I'm also going to toss out a bonus book that I didn't mention on the podcast that in retrospect deserves at least a shout out BONUS: 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven Covey We're starting the Actuarial Journey Book Club and the first book is The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson . Get started on it now, and we'll have a book club follow-up in mid-November! We're also hosting a LIVE WEBINAR on Monday Nov. 2nd! Sign up at to get details about this and upcoming webinars. Want more help with your actuarial journey? FREE ASPRING ACTUARIES COMMUNITY : Join the Journeyer Community (Text "COMMUNITY" to 33-444 or click link ): Come be a part of this unique community of aspiring actuaries and mentors (aka Journeyers and Sherpas) united for the common goals of providing Guidance, Accountability, and Support throughout all stages of your Actuarial Journey. FREE VIDEO SERIES: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444 or click link ): This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle FREE ONLINE COURSE : Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444 or click link ): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE : Business Skills for Actuaries (Text "SKILLS" to 33-444 or click link ): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career.

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56: Must-Read Book Recommendations for Aspiring Actuaries is an episode from Actuarial Journey with Nemo Ashong by Nemo Ashong.

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This episode was published on Oct 19, 2015.

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