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I for one greatly enjoyed the honesty of "How to get rich" - which, for once, was not written by someone who got rich teaching people how to get rich, but simply be someone who did get rich.

I can't say I espouse all of Felix's approach to wealth-building, but it certainly was an interesting read. I recommend it to any entrepreneur.

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The Audible version of the book is brilliant, the narration takes it to a whole new level. It felt like I was listening to a British comedy with a John Cleese character. One of my favorite Audible books.

There's a great story in there about how they survived a cashflow crisis. Very dodgy, but fantastic to read about, and it's good to see some honesty about those tactics.

I've personally made lots of notes through Chapter 5, and Chapter 9 where he talks about the darker moments when he nearly threw it all in.

I'm so bummed that there isn't an audible version of his books available in the United States. Or am I wrong about that?

This looks like it?

http://www.audible.com/search/ref=a_mn_at_ano_tseft__galileo...

And given that I'm currently borrowing (and conveniently forgetting to return) swombat's copy of the aforementioned book, I would have to agree.

I've been recommending it to everyone as a counterpoint to the Lean Startup stuff. It's hard to make a real decision if you've only got one voice in your ear.

Probably my favourite book I read this year. Well worth the time.

Totally agree. One of the best (and most honest) books on the subject I've ever read.

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