I was out for my morning jog when I saw a lovely red sports car parked outside a housing development. I checked the Internet and found that the car was a Ferrari F430 Spider. The price? £100k. I wondered who owned the car. Was it a wealthy businessman, a company executive, a criminal, a normal person who took out Hire Purchase, was it a rental, who knows?
I later thought about the true story of The Pursuit of Happyness (Book and film), where the protagonist sees an expensive car and it inspires him to great wealth. The main character, Chris Gardner, was homeless at one point, but he never gave up trying to create a secure lifestyle for his family.
Incidentally, the Xbox360 video game car simulator, Forza 3 is released this year, so it will be a great chance to sample the delights of driving many different exotic sports cars (for £40).
I've finished reading Secrets of The Millionaire Mind by T Harv Eker, and my conclusion is that this book could have been great, but has been ruined by the author's constant pitching for his seminars. It is filled with wonderful affirmations and tips, yet goes pear-shaped when it inserts frequent pitches for his seminars, such as: I went to the seminar, and in one year purchased 5 homes and made a profit of well over 6 times my salary, and quit my job. That tactic will not work now, due to the current economic climate, and the banks reluctance to lend on 1 house, let alone 5!
Harv talks about his seminars as though they are guaranteed miracles, and the back of his book pitches for 15 separate courses. It makes me think that if the seminars are better than the book, as he says, then why am I wasting my time reading the book.
Anthony Robbins is the main seminar man, he reportedly earns £30m per year. He is a one man rock star, a travelling wealth roadshow. I'm not saying his information is bad, just that you can get other fantastic financial information far cheaper, from reading books, listening to audio, Internet, etc. I sometimes feel that those pitching wealth creation seminars are trying to emulate Anthony Robbins. I am not against these seminars, I just think careful choices and comparisons need to be made before attending one.
I am not saying that wealth creation seminars are bad, just that another one is always being pitched for. I know someone who spent £20k on a (different) wealth seminar which lasted 1 day, and he hasn't noticeably improved. The guy that pitched it to him then offered him another seminar for £50k! That's why I'm not a big fan of seminars.
The Millionaire Mind by T Harv Eker is on the right track with its "wealth blueprint" theory and stating that the inner game of wealth needs to be worked on before the outward manifestation can become reality, but what other stuff is being held back for the seminars? The implication that the author deliberately left stuff out of the book, exclusively for the seminars, does not sit well with me, so this is a good book that could have been great. 3 stars out of 5.
I later thought about the true story of The Pursuit of Happyness (Book and film), where the protagonist sees an expensive car and it inspires him to great wealth. The main character, Chris Gardner, was homeless at one point, but he never gave up trying to create a secure lifestyle for his family.
Incidentally, the Xbox360 video game car simulator, Forza 3 is released this year, so it will be a great chance to sample the delights of driving many different exotic sports cars (for £40).
I've finished reading Secrets of The Millionaire Mind by T Harv Eker, and my conclusion is that this book could have been great, but has been ruined by the author's constant pitching for his seminars. It is filled with wonderful affirmations and tips, yet goes pear-shaped when it inserts frequent pitches for his seminars, such as: I went to the seminar, and in one year purchased 5 homes and made a profit of well over 6 times my salary, and quit my job. That tactic will not work now, due to the current economic climate, and the banks reluctance to lend on 1 house, let alone 5!
Harv talks about his seminars as though they are guaranteed miracles, and the back of his book pitches for 15 separate courses. It makes me think that if the seminars are better than the book, as he says, then why am I wasting my time reading the book.
Anthony Robbins is the main seminar man, he reportedly earns £30m per year. He is a one man rock star, a travelling wealth roadshow. I'm not saying his information is bad, just that you can get other fantastic financial information far cheaper, from reading books, listening to audio, Internet, etc. I sometimes feel that those pitching wealth creation seminars are trying to emulate Anthony Robbins. I am not against these seminars, I just think careful choices and comparisons need to be made before attending one.
I am not saying that wealth creation seminars are bad, just that another one is always being pitched for. I know someone who spent £20k on a (different) wealth seminar which lasted 1 day, and he hasn't noticeably improved. The guy that pitched it to him then offered him another seminar for £50k! That's why I'm not a big fan of seminars.
The Millionaire Mind by T Harv Eker is on the right track with its "wealth blueprint" theory and stating that the inner game of wealth needs to be worked on before the outward manifestation can become reality, but what other stuff is being held back for the seminars? The implication that the author deliberately left stuff out of the book, exclusively for the seminars, does not sit well with me, so this is a good book that could have been great. 3 stars out of 5.
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