From Publishers Weekly
Eker's claim to fame is that he took a $2,000 credit card loan, opened "one of the first fitness stores in North America," turned it into a chain of 10 within two and a half years and sold it in 1987 for a cool (but somewhat modest-seeming) $1.6 million. Now the Vancouver-based entrepreneur traverses the continent with his "Millionaire Mind Intensive Seminar," on which this debut motivational business manual is based. What sets it apart is Eker's focus on the way people think and feel about money and his canny, class-based analyses of broad differences among groups. In rat-a-tat, "Let me explain" seminar-speak, Eker asks readers to think back to their childhoods and pick apart the lessons they passively absorbed from parents and others about money. With such psychological nuggets as "Rich people focus on opportunities/ Poor people focus on obstacles," Eker puts a positive spin on stereotypes, arguing that poverty begins, or rather, is allowed to continue, in one's imagination first, with actual material life becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy. To that end, Eker counsels for admiration and against resentment, for positivity, self-promotion and thinking big and against wallowing, self-abnegation and small-mindedness. While much of the advice is self-evident, Eker's contribution is permission to think of one's financial foibles as a kind of mental illness—one, he says, that has a ready set of cures. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
From Booklist
Eker, a multimillionaire, teaches us how to become rich. He believes thoughts lead to feelings, which lead to actions, which lead to results, and hence the key to attaining great wealth begins with thinking--like rich people do. He offers new ways of thinking and acting that will lead to new and different results, and he tells us, "Success is a learnable skill. You can learn to succeed at anything." The book emphasizes Eker's 17 principles for amassing wealth, which include: rich people believe that they create their life, while poor people believe "life happens to me." Rich people focus on opportunities, while poor people focus on obstacles. Rich people act in spite of fear, while poor people let fear stop them. Rich people constantly learn and grow, while poor people think they know enough. This is an obvious infomercial for the author's training seminars; however, although many may not agree with all of Eker's ideas, his book offers thought-provoking advice and valuable insight. Mary Whaley
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Brian Tracy, author of Getting Rich Your Own Way
"This is the most powerful, persuasive, and practical book on becoming wealthy that you will ever read."
Robert G. Allen, author of Multiple Streams of Income, and The One Minute Millionaire
"If you want to learn about the root cause of success, read Secrets of the Millionaire Mind."
Jack Canfield, Coauthor, Chicken Soup for the Soul
"I have admired Ekers work for years and I highly recommend this book for everyone seeking to increase their wealth."
Linda Forsythe, Founder/CEO, Mentors Magazine
"If you want to move to a new level of success quickly, memorize every word in this profound book."
Mark Victor Hansen, Coauthor, #1 New York Times bestselling series Chicken Soup for the Soul
"Harv Eker is one of the most extraordinary speakers and trainers in the world today!"
Anthony Robbins, the world's #1 peak performance coach
"Study this book as if your life depended on it...financially it may!"
Marci Shimoff, coauthor, Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul
"T. Harv Eker is a master at making the road to riches simple."
Book Description
Secrets of the Millionaire Mind reveals the missing link between wanting success and achieving it!
Have you ever wondered why some people seem to get rich easily, while others are destined for a life of financial struggle? Is the difference found in their education, intelligence, skills, timing, work habits, contacts, luck, or their choice of jobs, businesses, or investments?
The shocking answer is: None of the above!
In his groundbreaking Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, T. Harv Eker states: "Give me five minutes, and I can predict your financial future for the rest of your life!" Eker does this by identifying your "money and success blueprint." We all have a personal money blueprint ingrained in our subconscious minds, and it is this blueprint, more than anything, that will determine our financial lives. You can know everything about marketing, sales, negotiations, stocks, real estate, and the world of finance, but if your money blueprint is not set for a high level of success, you will never have a lot of money -- and if somehow you do, you will most likely lose it! The good news is that now you can actually reset your money blueprint to create natural and automatic success.
Secrets of the Millionaire Mind is two books in one. Part I explains how your money blueprint works. Through Eker's rare combination of street smarts, humor, and heart, you will learn how your childhood influences have shaped your financial destiny. You will also learn how to identify your own money blueprint and "revise" it to not only create success but, more important, to keep and continually grow it.
In Part II you will be introduced to seventeen "Wealth Files," which describe exactly how rich people think and act differently than most poor and middle-class people. Each Wealth File includes action steps for you to practice in the real world in order to dramatically increase your income and accumulate wealth.
If you are not doing as well financially as you would like, you will have to change your money blueprint. Unfortunately your current money blueprint will tend to stay with you for the rest of your life, unless you identify and revise it, and that's exactly what you will do with the help of this extraordinary book. According to T. Harv Eker, it's simple. If you think like rich people think and do what rich people do, chances are you'll get rich too!
Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth FROM THE PUBLISHER
Secrets of the Millionaire Mind reveals the missing link between wanting
success and achieving it!Have you ever wondered why some people seem to get
rich easily, while others are destined for a life of financial struggle? Is the
difference found in their education, intelligence, skills, timing, work habits,
contacts, luck, or their choice of jobs, businesses, or investments?
The shocking answer is: None of the above!In his groundbreaking Secrets
of the Millionaire Mind, T. Harv Eker states: "Give me five minutes, and I can
predict your financial future for the rest of your life!" Eker does this by
identifying your "money and success blueprint." We all have a personal money
blueprint ingrained in our subconscious minds, and it is this blueprint, more
than anything, that will determine our financial lives. You can know everything
about marketing, sales, negotiations, stocks, real estate, and the world of
finance, but if your money blueprint is not set for a high level of success, you
will never have a lot of money -- and if somehow you do, you will most likely
lose it! The good news is that now you can actually reset your money blueprint
to create natural and automatic success.
Secrets of the Millionaire Mind is two books in one. Part I explains how your
money blueprint works. Through Eker's rare combination of street smarts, humor,
and heart, you will learn how your childhood influences have shaped your
financial destiny. You will also learn how to identify your own money blueprint
and "revise" it to not only create success but, more important, to keep and
continually grow it.In Part II you will be introduced to seventeen "Wealth
Files," which describe exactly how rich people think and act differently than
most poor and middle-class people. Each Wealth File includes action steps for
you to practice in the real world in order to dramatically increase your income
and accumulate wealth.
If you are not doing as well financially as you would like, you will have to
change your money blueprint. Unfortunately your current money blueprint will
tend to stay with you for the rest of your life, unless you identify and revise
it, and that's exactly what you will do with the help of this extraordinary
book. According to T. Harv Eker, it's simple. If you think like rich people
think and do what rich people do, chances are you'll get rich
too!
FROM THE CRITICS
Publishers Weekly
Eker's claim to fame is that he took a $2,000 credit card loan, opened "one of the first fitness stores in North America," turned it into a chain of 10 within two and a half years and sold it in 1987 for a cool (but somewhat modest-seeming) $1.6 million. Now the Vancouver-based entrepreneur traverses the continent with his "Millionaire Mind Intensive Seminar," on which this debut motivational business manual is based. What sets it apart is Eker's focus on the way people think and feel about money and his canny, class-based analyses of broad differences among groups. In rat-a-tat, "Let me explain" seminar-speak, Eker asks readers to think back to their childhoods and pick apart the lessons they passively absorbed from parents and others about money. With such psychological nuggets as "Rich people focus on opportunities/ Poor people focus on obstacles," Eker puts a positive spin on stereotypes, arguing that poverty begins, or rather, is allowed to continue, in one's imagination first, with actual material life becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy. To that end, Eker counsels for admiration and against resentment, for positivity, self-promotion and thinking big and against wallowing, self-abnegation and small-mindedness. While much of the advice is self-evident, Eker's contribution is permission to think of one's financial foibles as a kind of mental illness-one, he says, that has a ready set of cures. 6-city author tour; 25-city radio tour. Agent, Bonnie Solow. (Mar.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.