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A Gift to My Children: A Father's Lessons for Life and Investing |  | Author: Jim Rogers
Publisher: Random House
Category: Book
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Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 30453
Media: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition
Pages: 112
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 6 x 0.8
ISBN: 1400067545
Dewey Decimal Number: 650.1
EAN: 9781400067541
ASIN: 1400067545
Publication Date: April 28, 2009
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Product Description
He’s the swashbuckling world traveler and legendary investor who made his fortune before he was forty. Now the bestselling author of A Bull in China, Hot Commodities, and Adventure Capitalist shares a heartfelt, indispensable guide for his daughters (and all young investors) to find success and happiness. In A Gift to My Children, Jim Rogers offers advice with his trademark candor and confidence, but this time he adds paternal compassion, protectiveness, and love. Rogers reveals how to learn from his triumphs and mistakes in order to achieve a prosperous, well-lived life. For example:
• Trust your own judgment: Rogers sensed China’s true potential way back in the 1980s, at a time when most analysts were highly skeptical of its prospects for growth.
• Focus on what you like: Rogers was five when he started collecting empty bottles at baseball games instead of playing.
• Be persistent: Coming to Yale from rural Alabama, and in over his head, Rogers never stopped studying and wound up with a scholarship to Oxford.
• See the world: In 1990, Rogers traveled through six continents by motorcycle, gaining a global perspective and learning how to evaluate prospects in rapidly developing countries such as Brazil, Russia, India, and China.
• Nothing is really new: anything deemed “innovative” or “unprecedented” is usually just overhyped, as in the case of the Internet or TV, airplanes, and railroads before it
• And not a bit off the subject, and very important: Boys will need you more than you’ll need them!
Wise and warm, accessible and inspiring, A Gift to My Children is a great gift for all those just starting to invest in their futures.
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 Not an investment book, but good advices to fathers and their children May 28, 2009
X. Li
27 out of 27 found this review helpful
I have never read any of Jim Rogers prior books, but I am pleasantly surprised to find this little book insightful and enjoyable to read. He provided his answers to questions such as how to best prepare our children for the future. As a father of a five year old daughter, I fully appreciate a book just like this.
Each chapter is a lesson on a major quality of character or "virtue"; and each chapter is about several pages long. Each lesson is elaborated and explained with real events in Jim Rogers' life - his childhood in rural AL and his investment decisions.
This book is definitely NOT an investment book, but I am more than happy to learn about personal stories of this legendary investor, particularly about his thought process, mindset, and insights about being a father and investor.
Obviously he writes with his unique set of values and ideas about where to live (don't live in a country involved in any kind of war), what to become (a world citizen), and what to learn (philosophy and history), but in this little book I have found gems of wisdom common to a few very successful people I personally know. They universally credit their success to: 1)think on your own, 2) hard work and never quit, 3) read as much as you can, 4) always prepare for the worst, 5) save and don't carry debt, and 6) start your child early.
If you write a book for your child, what would you include and exclude? Under this premise I think Jim Rogers has done an excellent job so I rate this book with five stars.
A moving and insightful gem from a great investor June 14, 2009
J Huang
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is simply a moving, touching soul will not only to his daughters, but also to the children of the world. Thanks for sharing your insight with us. I just cannot agree with you more. Learn from history, have indepedent thinking, mostly conventional wisdom is wrong. Thanks you, Jim, for sharing your the wisdom of wisdom!
A gift for everyone! July 29, 2009
C. Buckley (Ireland)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Jim Rogers offers a common sense approach to the world of investing and life.Its so refreshing to read a book that links the business world back with the human side of things.I'll certainly be passing this one on to my kids.
Although its a short read it really is a gem.
I would give to my daughters August 21, 2009
Martiniour (San Francisco, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A great book that I plan on giving to all three of my daughters. There are words of wisdom for everyone of any age to appreciate.
My Gift to My Son February 14, 2010
Roy Sundman
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
For me, Jim Rogers is one of those rare people who bring sanity and clear perspective to the world of investing. While surfing for more written material by him, I found this book. Once I learned of its content, I bought a copy for my son Michael (age 25 - just starting his career)and gave it to him for Christmas (2009). In it I inscribed "Good advice, stated better than I could, so I bought you a copy - Enjoy." While talking to him on the phone in late January, 2010 he mentioned that he is just devouring it - and he hates to read! I kept a copy for myself and look forward to discussing its content with him during the months and years to come. That's alot of value for the price!
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