My Favorite Book About Money

Hal Elrod recommends Kyle Cease's The Illusion of Money, a book by the former comedian-turned-spiritual-teacher. Cease argues that chasing money actually blocks you from receiving it, and the real work is inner and spiritual. Elrod prefers the audiobook version.
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My favorite book that I read in 2025 that will set you up for a great 2026. It is the Illusion of Money by Kyle Seest. So this is a book that I bought a few years ago. I've actually been a fan of Kyle Cease since 2007. If you don't know who Kyle is, he's one of my favorite thought leaders out there. He was a standup comedian. He was actually rated the number one stand up comedian on Comedy Central, like in 2009, I think. And I discovered him back then. I bought his dvd. I loved it so much, I gifted it to my sister, I think, some friends. And then Kyle had a profound shift where he went from standup comedian and he was in some big Hollywood movies to feeling like he was best suited to use his gifts of humor and his insights and communication abilities to bless people spiritually in their life. And so he made a huge profound shift. It's called the Illusion of Money. Why chasing money is stopping you from receiving it. But this is really a spiritual book disguised as a book on money. It's really about doing the inner work. And I'm telling you, I actually recommend the audiobook on this one. So I read the physical book that I'm holding in my hands. But my friend who I recommended this to, Jeremy Reisig, you know Jeremy probably, he's our chief growth officer at Miracle Morning. I recommended this book to him and he got the audiobook. We were talking, he goes, hey, did you do the physical book for Kyle's Illusion of Money or did you listen to the audiobook? I said, I have the physical book. He goes, dude, he's a standup comedian. Like, how are you not listening to the. He goes, it's so funny. You have to listen to audio. And so this book is as profound, it's actually more profound than it is humorous. So I've read the book and I'm listening to the audiobook and I'm actually re listening to it again. So my third time through this book. I love this book by Kyle Cease. The Illusion of Money. Highly, highly recommend, recommend it.
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