February 2025: Our Book Recommendations
📚 5 Book recommendations to check out this month!
We know you’re always looking for your next good read, so we have some great recommendations.
Every month, you’ll receive team CGF’s top picks of books to help you improve your finances, advance your career, practice self-care, or get lost in a fantasy world.
Here is our list of February book recommendations.
If you’ve read any of these books before? Let us know in the comments.
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Finance pick: Set for Life: An All-Out Approach to Early Financial Freedom
Do you feel like you only work full-time to pay bills and lower your debt? Living paycheck to paycheck can make the idea of building wealth seem impossible. However, earning more and achieving financial freedom is possible even if you’re stuck in the daily grind.
“Set for Life” has helped thousands of young professionals take control of their finances and achieve financial independence sooner than they ever thought possible.
Scott Trench—real estate investor, co-host of the BiggerPockets Money Podcast, and CEO of BiggerPockets—breaks down the step-by-step formula to go from zero savings to six-figure wealth, from a 9-to-5 grind to passive income, and from financial uncertainty to financial liberation.
More than empty advice here are some things you’ll learn from this book.
How to save 50% of your income and still enjoy life
How to double or triple your income in just a few years
You’ll become smarter and avoid money traps
Best of all you’ll stop trading time for money and make passive income through real estate & stock investing.
The life you’ve always wanted is just a few hundred pages away.
Career and personal development pick: The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery
Have you ever been accused of getting in your way? Maybe you spent hours studying for a new certification, but when it came time to take the test you chickened out.
While success is something most of us desire, actually achieving it is scary and hard. This is why many of us have self-sabotage. Yet is fear of success the real reason we self-sabotage or is there a deeper reason? And once we know why we’re self-sabotaging, how do we stop? How do we break the cycle?
“The Mountain Is You” is you has the answers. Not only will you understand why you self-sabotage, this book will give you the tools to stop for good.
Many times we blame outside obstacles for blocking our road to success. However, the problem is we need to heal past wounds, build resilience, and change our perspective.
If you’re tired of being the reason why you’re not getting where you want in life, then this book will help you overcome your biggest struggle, you.
Fiction Pick: Wool: A Heart-Pounding Thriller of Survival and Betrayal in a Dystopian World of Darkness
Step into the fantasy world of Wool. This New York Times best-selling trilogy will keep you on the edge of your seat. The premise of the story focuses on a dying world where people live in underground silos to protect themselves from the toxic outside world.
Even though this new world is dark and grim, there are a few who dare to hope and dream. These dreamers often defy the status quo and spread messages of optimism about the outside world. But speaking of such things is forbidden and if caught, the free thinkers are punished and set to the damned outside.
If you like a quality futuristic story that speaks to the progress and emotions of humanity then you’ll want to stick your nose in this book series.
Business pick: The Fearless Woman's Guide to Starting a Business: What Every Woman Needs to Know to be a Courageous, Authentic and Unstoppable Entrepreneur
Are you the woman who dreams of starting their own business? Do you have a head full of ideas and a heart that runs on ambition? Yet the only thing stopping you is not knowing where to start.
If this is you, then you need a copy of The Fearless Woman’s Guide to Starting a Business. This book helps you uncover what truly drives you—and gives you the tools to build a business that’s both authentic and successful.
Discover what kind of business is right for you. Blending data, neuroscience, real-life stories, and the kind of candid advice you'd expect from your best friend, this guide pushes you to be honest about your motivations—and bold about your dreams.
Author Ameé Quiriconi will teach you how to avoid pitfalls, build a brand that represents who you are, navigate challenges, and step into your power.
Which book will you add to your 2025 read list?
Which book are you considering? Let us know in the comments!
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Happy reading!