A Gift to My Children

A Father's Lessons for Life and Investing

By: Jim Rogers

Narrated by: Johnny Heller

What makes for a successful investor? More important, what makes for a happy and meaningful life? According to legendary investor Jim Rogers, the road to financial success and the road to a meaningful life are one and the same. In A Gift to My Children, Rogers lays out his advice to young people on how to achieve the financial success they need to live their dreams.

A Gift to My Children is anchored by the two basic rules Rogers invests---and lives---by. The first is that you have to see the world up close if you're going to understand how it works, and the second is that you must always question conventional wisdom. Using a mix of stories from his childhood in Alabama, as well as his experiences at Yale, Oxford, in the army, in his world travels, and over the course of his investing career, Rogers explains how he has applied these principles in his own life and why they have made him so wildly successful.

An accessible, entertaining, story-driven guide to a happy and successful life, A Gift to My Children will introduce Jim Rogers to a new generation.

©2009 Jim Rogers (P)2009 Tantor

Better than I expected

Opinion on macroeconomics was the most value valuable part of this book. Apparently this review requires more than 15 words so bla bla bla... Worth the listen / read.

Very insightful! A beautiful letter!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

We get so caught up in our day to day, we forget about the world around us as a whole. Book makes you want to travel and study history, as well as, become an educated investor.

Solid Advice

The author puts a lifetime of investing and life wisdom into this short book.

Excellent advice for Life

Very sound and excellent advice for the young people and for parents as well to listen as well so that they can let their children excel in what they were meant to do in life.

short pointed and dense

great read, very sorry, but every chapter has one or more nuggets about how to live a successful life.