Top 5 Books to Break the Middle-Class Mindset and Build a Growth Mindset

For most of us, we grew up looking at our surroundings, understanding the set of financial and professional habits that work well for stability in life. Like, a steady job with security, careful spending and debt aversion. Which is not bad entirely. But these middle-class mindsets can silently take away your upside becasue an individual with a middle-class mindset prioritises safety over opportunity, instant comfort over long-term leverage and comparison over unique value creation. This article brings good news: the mindset, no matter what time it is, can be learned. The right books are like a mirror that shows and puts a blueprint all at once, highlighting where you're playing small and giving practical steps to think bigger.


The author presented the book in a memoir-style finance primer where he contrasted two types of mindsets about money. One that trades hours for wages and one that builds assets and financial education. In the book Kiyosaki talks about cash flow, financial literacy and the difference between liabilities and assets.

This is a collection of short essays about individual's personal behavior shapes financial outcomes more than technical knowledge. The author focuses on the book on patience, compounding and emotional biases.


In the book, Dweck tries to distinguish a fixed mindset (talent is fixed) from a growth mindset, where skills develop through effort. She shows in the book how beliefs bout ability affect one's learning, risk-taking and resilience.

This book brings amazing ideas and a practical guide to build better habits through tiny changes - it may be environment design or identity-based routines. James Clear shows how one's daily improvements compound into major life changes.


This is a research based portrait of self made millionaires who live well below their means, prioritise earnings, savings and investment and avoid conspicuous consumption. In the book, the authors reveal that wealth accumulation is most of the time quiet and disciplined.

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Q1. What determines 90% of our happiness?
Ans: our perception of the world.

Q2. What age is the highest happiness?
Ans: Age 70

Q3. What is the #1 cause of stress?
Ans: Financial Problems