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Business Investment Thinking Reading List｜From Beginner to Advanced 16 Books

These 16 books have helped me build a cognitive framework and enhance my business thinking.

You don't need to read them all; you can choose the one or two that best fit your current needs—whether you want to establish understanding, comprehend business, genuinely start trying to do projects, or see through economic logic—based on your current stage.

Even if you only seriously finish one, you will feel a tangible sense of improvement in your thinking.

Cognitive Section
《Cognitive Awakening》《Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind》《Philosophy Xuan》《Worldview》

Financial Investment Section
《The Naval Handbook》《Rich Dad Poor Dad》《Poor Charlie's Almanack》《The Path to Financial Freedom》

Entrepreneurship Section
《From Zero to One》《Lean Startup》《Positioning》《Small and Beautiful》

Economics Section
《Island Economics》《Principles of Economics》《Milk and Coke Economics》《The Nature of Poverty》

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1. Wealth Management: Establish money logic and achieve wealth appreciation
"Dog Money"
"Rich Dad's Road to Financial Freedom"
"The Intelligent Investor"
"Poor Charlie's Almanack"
"The Road to Financial Freedom"
"Templeton's Guide to Contrarian Investing"
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2. Cognitive Upgrade: Break through thinking limitations and solidify underlying logic
"Cognitive Awakening"
"Underlying Logic"
"Thinking, Fast and Slow"
"Deliberate Practice"
"Worldview"

3. Self-Action: Work efficiently, say goodbye to internal friction, and achieve goals
"The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People"
"Mini Habits"
"Getting Things Done"
"Deep Work"
"Energy Management"

4. Interpersonal Communication: High emotional intelligence expression, build quality resource relationships
"Nonviolent Communication"
"Influence"
"Crucial Conversations"
"The Weaknesses of Human Nature"

5. Personal Growth: Accept oneself, combat anxiety, and maintain the essence of wealth
"The Courage to Be Disliked"
"Mr. Toad Sees a Psychologist"
"The Power of Now"
"The Power of Self-Compassion"
"The Road Less Traveled"

6. Career Growth: Enhance professional skills and solidify the primary source of wealth
"The Pyramid Principle"
"Vision"
"Work Well"
"Key Execution Power"

7. Life Perspective: Broaden horizons, let wealth serve higher life values "Principles"
"Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind"
"Man's Search for Meaning"
"Tao Te Ching"
"The Biography of Su Dongpo"

Let’s encourage each other!

价格12.6万美金时，散户：
“直奔20万去，冲！”

价格9万美金时，散户：
“只是回调，加仓！”

价格7.8万美金时，散户：
“要不还是再等等……”

价格6.7万美金时，散户：
“等跌到4万我再买”

真跌到4万美金时，散户：
“完了要跌到2万了，谁TM不敢买！”

三个月后涨到9.5万美金，散户：
“靠，6.7万那会就该买，现在趋势稳了，冲！”

涨到12万美金时，散户：
“直冲月球！满仓干！”

循环往复，永不停歇。

因为散户要的从来不是便宜的价格。
散户要的是确定性。
而确定性，从来都很贵。

A picture to understand the logic of the global financial market
Whether it's the U.S. stock market or Bitcoin, fluctuations are never just K-line mysticism, but rather precise projections of the tidal movements of the U.S. dollar, macroeconomic policies, and geopolitical games.
Therefore, to play well in the cryptocurrency space now, one must understand the logic of the financial market.
These factors directly influence how capital flows and how financial cycles progress.
Understanding these is essential for navigating the cryptocurrency space with ease.

Many brothers say, I'm just this disgusting cryptocurrency trader, is it necessary to understand so much?
If one doesn't understand the basic logic of the global financial system, how capital is harvested through interest rates, strangled through exchange rates, and how policies dig pits, then becoming rich in the cryptocurrency space is ultimately a fairy tale at the casino door.

Vanar ecosystem has aggregated multiple mature projects, covering key vertical fields:

· Virtua Metaverse: An immersive digital collectibles and social experience platform that has collaborated with multiple well-known IPs to provide users with an interactive 3D virtual space experience.
· VGN (Vanar Game Network): A sub-ecosystem focused on blockchain game development and publishing, aimed at promoting the combination of the 'play-to-earn' model with traditional gaming experiences by simplifying the on-chain of game assets and supporting high-concurrency gaming scenarios.
· Green Initiative: Vanar incorporates sustainable development into protocol design, committed to building carbon-neutral blockchain infrastructure in response to global enterprises' demand for environmentally friendly technologies.
· Brand Solutions: Provides customized blockchain tools for consumer brands and entertainment companies to facilitate NFT issuance, membership loyalty programs, digital asset rights confirmation, and other services.#vanar $VANRY @Vanarchain

Fogo is positioned as a high-performance public chain focused on real-time trading and high-frequency scenarios, with its core advantage being native compatibility with the Solana virtual machine. This means developers do not need to rewrite smart contracts; existing DApps, tools, and development processes can all be migrated with one click, allowing users to directly use familiar wallets and protocols, enjoying an upgraded network experience with zero barriers. For the entire Solana ecosystem, Fogo acts like a high-speed expansion channel, effectively alleviating congestion issues and unleashing ecological vitality.
In terms of performance, Fogo has achieved breakthrough improvements. Relying on an optimized validator client and parallel processing architecture, the network boasts extremely fast block generation speed, high throughput, and sub-second transaction confirmation capabilities. Even in scenarios of market fluctuations and peak activity, it still maintains stability and smoothness, fundamentally addressing issues of congestion, delays, and skyrocketing transaction fees that traditional public chains face.
@Fogo Official #fogo $FOGO

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Why should I empty you?

Chopping firewood for a hundred days, burning it in one day

This place is wealthy. It feels empty early.

Vanar's core advantage primarily stems from the unique backgrounds of its team. Unlike most blockchain teams composed purely of technical or financial backgrounds, the founders of Vanar have decades of experience in the gaming, entertainment, and brand marketing sectors. They have personally encountered the pain points these industries face in the digitalization process: the desire of players for true ownership of digital assets, brands seeking new paradigms for deep interaction with consumers, and creators' demands for fair value distribution. Therefore, Vanar has not been built in a vacuum since its inception; rather, it is driven by deep industry insights, aiming to use blockchain technology to address real business and user experience issues.

Its grand vision targets the core: to bring the next 3 billion users into Web3. This is not an empty slogan, but something to be realized through a series of carefully designed, mainstream-oriented products and technological pathways.
@Vanarchain #vanar $VANRY

The rise list is empty.

Advice for Newcomers to Full-Time Cryptocurrency Airdrops (Preferably Part-Time)
✅ Going full-time in cryptocurrency airdrops (full-time on-chain airdrops, points tasks, test nets, new coin launches, etc.) has become extremely competitive by 2025-2026. Large returns are becoming rarer, and small rewards are shrinking, as studios operate in bulk, squeezing out individual space. Simply 'clicking around' has become very difficult to maintain a stable income. However, there are still those who rely on quality accounts + frequent participation in new projects + information gaps to make a living!
✅ If you really plan to do airdrops full-time, here are some realistic issues to consider:
Financial Preparation
At least prepare 6-12 months of living expenses (12 months or more is recommended), as airdrop income is extremely unstable and may result in zero income for 3-6 consecutive months.
Mental Preparation
Accept the drastic drop in income; the days of easily earning a few hundred dollars are basically gone. Many projects take 1-2 years to issue coins, and some may not issue coins at all. You need to be ready to accept a lot of ineffective labor (what you do may not yield results, but what you don't do definitely won't).
Persist in Continuous Learning
Familiarize yourself with mainstream public chains: EVM series, Solana, Cosmos, Move series, Sui, Aptos, etc.
Master basic anti-scam techniques (most projects are preventing bulk accounts).
Resist Temptation (Most Important)
I believe many who do airdrops have made money, but in the end, they still have no money, as they were simply wiped out by trading coins, contracts, or meme coin projects. The market is full of temptations, and there are people showing their earnings every day.
As an airdrop player, you must resist temptation; otherwise, you will ultimately end up with nothing, and all your efforts will be in vain.
Don't trade coins, don't play contracts
The feeling of seeing hard-earned money vanish in a contract overnight is not pleasant!
I have always believed that there are only two types of eternal winners in the crypto world:
The first type: those who only hold Bitcoin
The second type: those who only participate in airdrops
✅ Newcomers are strongly advised against going full-time
Wait until you make money from airdrops and become sufficiently familiar before considering going full-time, it's not too late!
Warm Reminder: Virtual currency trading and speculation activities disrupt the economic and financial order, breed gambling, illegal fundraising, fraud, pyramid schemes, money laundering, and other illegal activities, seriously endangering the property safety of the people. Please abide by national laws and regulations and regulatory requirements, and stay away from virtual currency trading and speculation.

Fogo is a Layer 1 blockchain that focuses on speed, stability, and low cost, directly utilizing Solana's virtual machine technology (SVM). In simple terms, it is fully compatible with the Solana ecosystem, but faster and provides a smoother experience.

You can understand it as:

- A high-speed highway in the blockchain, operating independently without relying on others.
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- Utilizing the mature "engine" of Solana, applications, tools, and code that were originally on Solana can almost be directly migrated over.
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- Optimized for high-frequency trading and real-time applications, with fast transfers, low fees, and no congestion.

For ordinary users, using Fogo means: transfers arrive instantly, fees are almost negligible, and experiences with DEX, NFTs, and on-chain games are much smoother, while seamlessly accessing everything in the Solana ecosystem. @Fogo Official #fogo $FOGO

Vanar's core advantages primarily stem from the unique backgrounds of its team. Unlike most blockchain teams composed solely of technical or financial backgrounds, the founders of Vanar have decades of experience in the gaming, entertainment, and brand marketing sectors. They have personally experienced the pain points encountered in these industries during their digital transformation: players' desire for true ownership of digital assets, brands seeking new paradigms for deep interaction with consumers, and creators' demand for fair value distribution. Therefore, Vanar has not been built in a vacuum since its inception, but rather with deep industry insights, aiming to use blockchain technology to solve real business and user experience problems.

Its grand vision directly targets: bringing the next 3 billion users into Web3. This is not an empty slogan, but is achieved through a series of meticulously designed, mainstream market-oriented products and technological routes. @Vanarchain #vanar $VANRY

The downward channel is also activated, empty it out.