--- title: 'After Reading 56 Books on Money, Here''s What Will Make You Rich' source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=VxK7MX-0L14' video_id: 'VxK7MX-0L14' date: 2026-07-24 duration_sec: 1098 channel: 'Gabriel Ferreira' --- # After Reading 56 Books on Money, Here's What Will Make You Rich > Source: [After Reading 56 Books on Money, Here's What Will Make You Rich](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VxK7MX-0L14) ## Summary Gabriel Ferreira shares nine books that transformed his life and finances, from audiobooks for non-readers to practical guides on habits, money, and business. He emphasizes that reading alone isn't enough—applying the lessons is key to achieving wealth and success. ### Key Points - **Introduction to the Nine Books** [00:02] — Gabriel introduces nine books that changed his life, focusing on thinking, acting, and deciding differently. He offers alternatives for non-readers. - **Starting with Audiobooks: Kevin Hart's Story** [00:55] — Gabriel started with audiobooks, like Kevin Hart's 'I Can't Make This Up', which inspired him that your starting point doesn't define your goal. - **Key Ideas from Kevin Hart's Book** [02:20] — Three ideas: shut up and listen to learn; people with calluses work hard but also work smart; shortcuts may get you there faster but you miss experience. - **Shoe Dog: The Story of Nike** [03:14] — Phil Knight's journey shows that starting imperfectly is better than waiting for perfection. The Nike logo was bought for $35 from a student. - **Spaceman: Mike Massimino's Inspiration** [04:20] — An astronaut who overcame fear of heights and poor vision to join NASA. His philosophy: 'I tried, I failed. So what am I going to do now?' - **Atomic Habits: Systems for Good Habits** [05:23] — Gabriel applied Atomic Habits by making good habits easy and bad habits hard. He removes social media apps and places books by his bed. - **The Total Money Makeover: Financial Basics** [07:12] — This book taught Gabriel the baby steps: pay off debt, build an emergency fund, invest. He made his first investment in Pepsi after listening. - **The Psychology of Money: Invisible Wealth** [10:05] — Wealth is invisible; we only see spending. Lottery winners often go bankrupt because they don't understand true wealth. - **The $100 Startup: Starting a Business Cheaply** [12:03] — Businesses start with what you have. Gabriel began making videos with an old camera and books as a tripod. - **One Million Dollar Weekends: Validating Ideas Quickly** [13:09] — Noah Kagan's book teaches how to find a problem, create a solution, and test it without spending money in 48 hours. - **100 Million Dollar Offers: Creating Irresistible Offers** [14:07] — Alex Hermosi's book helped Gabriel create an offer that generated €40k-€50k from a small launch. The key is to structure an offer that's hard to refuse. - **Example Offer: Financial Atlas** [15:13] — Gabriel demonstrates how he used the book's framework to pitch his financial literacy platform, addressing objections and highlighting value. ### Conclusion Reading is valuable, but applying what you learn is what truly transforms your life and finances. Gabriel encourages viewers to take action and check out his next video on purchases that save time. ## Transcript transformed my life. And that's why today I'm bringing you the nine things that made a real difference and got me to where I am today. This way you avoid wasting books that I'm going to show you didn't just teach me how to make money for the sake of making money. They taught me to think, to act, and to decide differently. And . If you don't like to read, don't worry, I'll also give you some alternatives to reading here. So, hello, my name is Gabriel Ferreira. If make money online while sharing my journey from zero to a million dollars and being recognized by Forbes as one of the 30 under 30 by applying financial advisor. Everything I'm about to say is solely my opinion. And by Republicar for supporting this video, but we'll talk more about that later. For those of you who don't love reading, let's start with something gentler and easier to begin with, other people's stories. I've said this here several times already. So, books of stories from real people who inspired me to go further, told start with Kevin Hart. I didn't like to read. It was a dry spell, I'd get sleepy, read 10 pages and, bam, I was ready to sleep. It is what it is. But during college I really wanted to read his book, and that's when I discovered going to show you, which made me start consuming books without having to read them, as if this book, it's Kevin Hart himself who is reading it. So you hear Kevin spectacular for me, since I didn't like to read. I'll even leave a link in the free book to get you started. You can literally choose. That's what I did I started to develop a taste for real reading, that is, for time, while I was in college, I went from not reading at all to reading more than 30 audiobooks. OK. So how does a book by a humorist end up in a video greatly inspired me with the idea that your life and your starting point do not define your goal. I love this idea, and man, I had a rough childhood. It's tricked, but I know it was more complicated than for most of the my journey. And that wasn't a reason for me to sit idly by and blame the context in faced and all that. And everything that went wrong for Kevin Hart was in his case. He grew up drug-addicted father, difficulties at school, and yet he became one of the biggest successful entrepreneur, a fact that many people don't know he is, with several businesses. So, three ideas that stuck with me from this book were: first, that the key to learning anything is to shut up and listen: "Okay, shut up , listen, and I take this with me for life." In many meetings, I'm usually the one speaking. Secondly, people with calluses work hard, but there are even harder because they are at a level where they can work hard and still take care of their hands. This was an idea he passed on in the book, and it's something after year. Basically, and to put it in plain language, it's not just about working hard, it's also about working well and intelligently, something I haven't always shortcuts can get you places faster, but the experience you gain along the when you get there, because this thing of wanting to arrive and skipping all the steps, and then getting there and it leads to nothing and you can't stay there, is a reality. Once again, here's the book for the Audi if you're interested. This next book was one of the first books I summarized here on my channel. you want, but I'll postpone it now. I apologize because I was actually much younger back then. This book was about running to win, which tells the story of how Nike was created. And honestly, I loved learning about this Nike. And the big secret to this brand's continued success is that Phil Knight, the creator and founder of Nike, never stopped. He started out money, always stumbling, always improvising, but in the end he managed to not only know, but also use. So, for all those who want to start perfectly and only begin when they know everything, this is a book those barriers. Even the Nike logo, these logos you see here, it was bought for 35 from a graphic design student, because it had to be done, like, it was all that was available, and it's remained ever since. Basically, I often say this phrase: it's mediocre and just begin than to wait until one day we're perfect and , truly, truly believe in this. Once again, highly recommended. Third book, Spaceman by Mike Massimino. Of all the books and stuff, I read them probably the one that has inspired me the most in life overall. I was this is the story of this astronaut named Mike Messim Mino, because it was written by himself. I had this dream of going to NASA. Hey, if you feel like you failed a lot of times, or if you simply want an inspiring story, you're likely to like this. He tells how he overcame his fear astronaut. He wanted to be an astronaut, but he was afraid of heights, didn't like roller coasters, and a whole host of other things that could have made him a reality. One others as well, is that I'm noticing a connection between things I enjoyed back in college, and all of these books were read during my time in college. The problem isn't the NASA entrance exams time and time again . I didn't have the vision literally couldn't see well. And yet, with everything against him, he managed to find a way that worked. The thought here is: I tried, I failed. So what am situation I'm in? Which is essentially a philosophy of life that I also try to live by every day. But learning only what others have done may not be have practical strategies to improve both our topics and the next three books are located, the first being Atomic Habits. You this book, or maybe you've even read it, and for me, it was one of the most important books I've read in terms of productivity. I really did gain more testimony, here is mine: I applied things from this book, I continue to sometimes have some resistance to bestsellers and things that everyone really special to me. Here you will learn how to create systems to develop that changed my life the most, was this simple idea of ​​putting removing what we don't want to do. In other words, I don't want to profit from here to my phone, you can't find a single even if I select it, you can't find any of that. Why? Man, if urge to click. So, for that, I have to research the application and only , I'll go on my phone, yeah, it's here, I'll just go on Instagram for a little bit, and suddenly I'm there for half an hour. It doesn't happen to me now, and even when I click, wait to be able to use it. So I have several barriers here, and I only actually, the application I just showed you is called Onesc, and I also use another one called Roots, which basically blocks applications for a certain period of time, and I use that quite a lot too. On the other hand, I also before going to sleep. So I leave the book I'm currently reading next to when I go to sleep, I look for the book; it's much easier to pick it up than if I get it somewhere to start reading." Like, it's already there, ready, I can it more easily from the start. So, really, if you want to learn how to maintain good habits bad ones, this is one of the best books you can read: Atomic Habits. The next book is The Total Money Makeover. Wow, I also heard about it on Audible, and it was because of this book that my finances, and my life in general, changed forever. But share this statistic with you that I saw here on my channel, which says that 60% of the people who watch my videos don't subscribe to the channel. Do you think you can just if I add any kind of value for you, it's a great help you're giving me, and it's just going back to the video, I was also in college when I read this book , specifically, and although it's a book with several American rules about literally learn all those basics to improve your behavior baby steps, the steps to correct your money mistakes, to the retire with a good income. It involves learning how to pay off any debts you emergency fund, and finally starting to invest for your future. This book on Audible is honestly don't know what I would think of the book if I read it today. I don't finance book I read in many years, but I know it literally changed all For example, I made my first investment after listening to this book. I invested in Pepsi at the time, I had €100 saved and I used it all for this. because I realized it's possible to have more money in the future. We can never 's possible. That's what matters to me, and that's why I continue to follow this plan of mine. You can invest through brokerage firms, and if you want one that is regulated in the European Union, highly regarded, and easy to use, you can partners. Basically, this is where you make your investments. Here you have option, which is simply leaving your money on the platform and, in this case, it will earn interest. Right now the annual rate is 2%, obviously, but this may monthly. Can you see that I've been receiving around €8, almost I have here to myself. Please note, this is not a bank deposit and you have a limit of €50,000. In other words, if you have €60,000, you'll only earn a maximum of 2% of € 50,000. OK? In addition to this, you have other options to make your the various ways you can invest. In this case, I now ultimately if you want to invest in stocks, ETFs, all that stuff, you can do it here. If you want to invest in private markets and everything else, you can do that here too. You also have fixed income, which is like similar products, where I can choose, for example, until December 2026, earning 2.09% until December 2026. In this case, here in USD, therefore in euros, here in USD it's 452. I can lend money to Apple or McDonald's here we have several ways to generate revenue through loans, OK? Then we also have the cryptos part here . So this is something more recent that they have, meaning they basically have a huge opportunity to make your plan work, and they also have their card, which is an easier way addition to this, if you have at least €50 invested monthly, you have access 1% of the money you spend with this card goes directly to the investment right, there's a lot of stuff here, you don't have to use everything, but you can at makes sense. If you want to see for yourself, the link is in the description, or easier for you. And to finish this category, it's a book that I read when I was already so I probably didn't get as much out of it as I could have if I didn't already have was the psychology of money, another bestseller. It also took me a I understand why people like it so much. This helps you think about money, which is often more important than money, OK? Therefore, knowing how to think about it is important. This book will teach you to think about it in terms of your wallet, and hopefully, it will also help about what financial success is, ideas that many people have, and that's why many people also follow paths or believe in things and fall into schemes that, well, are too good to be true. Having money isn't just about owning a Ferrari or a luxury house; it's much more than that. And that's money, because a person can live a life of luxury and then struggle financially every month invisible wealth is very important is because you can't see another person's wallet, you can't see their investment accounts, you can't see if they have a Lamborghini, you can see if they have an expensive watch, but well, ultimately that's not a sign that you're rich. One example of this is than 90% declare bankruptcy within the first 5 years after millions and millions and millions. How did he then go bankrupt? Yes, that logic. Wealth is invisible to the naked eye, and bank accounts are invisible to the naked eye. we only see the things that money can buy, which doesn't always healthy finances. I'll also leave a video I made about this book in the description , in case you don't want to read it or simply want a summary I wrote we can learn more about it into practice. And that's why it's also extremely important to learn in the world, which is by creating businesses. Calm down, I understand that starting a business seems like something only people with a lot of money, a lot of knowledge can do, but what if there was a way to start a business with just €100? And this is where the next book comes in, which is "Oh Startup," or "The Startup: Start Your Company for €100." The title of this book isn't as pretty in Portuguese , but at its core, it shows you that businesses don't always plan. It starts when we do something useful with something we already have, and someone useful thing we do. I started making videos for the internet when I was younger, with an old camera I had lost at home and a makeshift tripod that was basically a collection of books that served as a tripod, here is income, one of the main sources of income for my company. I started with no and worst of all, without knowing that this could make money. So this book teaches can do it, how you can start earning extra money and create a business with what you already have at home and with what you already know how to do. So I'll also because, well, I've already made a lot of videos about books. And I'll also leave it in the description. A second step that complements this book well is this one here, which I also loved: One Million Dollar Weekends. Hey, I'm a regular buyer of this author's stuff, Noah Kagan. I don't know if that's the right way to , but there you go. I bought some things from this author, and actually his company sent me one of the first copies they released. Wow, n't a translation yet. The idea behind this book is to teach you how to create a million- dollar idea—in this case, it was dollars because he's American—in 48 hours. Spoiler alert: you won't be able to do it, but you can learn how to prepare and plan everything in these 48 hours. Okay, so right basics, and then here's the way to do all of this. You're going to find a problem that people have that you can solve, you're going to make an try not to spend money testing whether this idea works before you even Okay, and the whole book is great, it's quite practical, it's really cool if you're take this, I'm giving it to you in a sort of order so you can reach best books I've ever read since, well, I created my business and I've already implemented it in my business, which is this one called 100 Million Dollar Offers by Alex Hermosi. Look, I've already spent extra money on things that this author also a machine, a machine in business, a whiz in business, and I have is. And one thing that I think is really important for is to try to apply it, because if you don't apply it, it's worthless. So this book will cost around €20, and just the last small product launch I did book, made around €40,000 to €50,000. This doesn't guarantee that you'll read this and Okay, this is invoicing, but it's a real-world example to give you an idea that sometimes we can read something, apply it, and that thing can work. from some product launches and events, right? But considering the size of the event, we made considerably more money than we ? Well, if you 're starting a business or want to start a business, this book essentially teaches you how to create such a good offer silly to refuse. This is somewhat similar to what was being discussed in this book here, which I just mentioned. And I'm going to show you a small exercise in a model I learned in this book. I will use our financial literacy training platform at the fund called Financial Atlas. And using what I learned from the book, I created this pitch, kind of improvised, very quickly, just so you begin. Imagine you finally want to get your finances in order, but you don't to study everything and you're afraid of messing up your money. That's solve exactly that. In the Financial Atlas, you don't just get a few First, you learn from Portuguese experts, each in their own field. Taxation with those who live off taxation every day, real estate with those who investments with those who invest daily. Then, you won't get lost in the middle of a giant video library. Upon entering, you'll see what your level is, and you'll receive a map tailored to you and your life. Therefore, you are here. This next task. You don't have to guess, you don't have to jump from video to monthly live sessions and a community of people like you to ask questions and important. This isn't a theory you'll never use, really. You also have practical tools to help you with this that save you time and money, models, banks, taxes, investments, things that, used once, can pay for the entire year of this subscription. There are people who, after undergoing training—whether it's giving up a loan, adjusting withholdings, avoiding an investment, etc.— guaranteed, but it's possible. Now let's talk about price. If you were to speak one-on- one with each of these professionals, a session with each euros. And even then you'd end up with a system that lacked convenience, with everything not organized in one place. With Atlas you have access to all of this 365 days a year with constant updates for a coffee a day or a dinner a month. If you wish, an individual session with one of these specialists. If you enter now, you'll lock in the current price forever. Even if the subscription price increases pay what you paid today. Then we put the CTA here, I don't know, the link is in the Here's the code, if it's in the ad, click here to go to my free event, blah blah blah. This was, well, of course, no, this wasn't a planned offer or anything, this came about in 5 minutes while I was writing the video. What structured process that, if I tried to do on my own without a structure and framework, would be much more complicated. So, in a little while, you managed to understand what we're offering, why, and real, so there are no lies here. Why is investing in this so worthwhile? I also probably cleared up some of your doubts, some of your objections, and some of the things that make you think, "Um, is this a scam?" Is this right for me? So, you'll better things than I did, OK? Certainly. In conclusion, should read, OK? But reading alone might not be for you. And this is not how you okay. But let me give you this help then. If you'd like to have a money and help you make the most of your time, so we can take the next video here, where I show you nine purchases that make me more your time, and I hope to see you in the next video.