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The Millionaire Next Door

By: Thomas J. Stanley Ph.D., William D. Danko Ph.D.
Narrated by: Cotter Smith
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Who are the rich in this country? What do they do? How do they invest? How did they get rich? Can you ever become one of them? Get the answers in The Millionaire Next Door, the never-before-told story about wealth in America. You'll be surprised by what you find out.
©2000 Thomas J. Stanley, Ph.D. and William D. Danko, Ph.D. (P)2000 Simon & Schuster, Inc., All Rights Reserved, SOUND IDEAS is an Imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division, Simon & Schuster Inc.

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"The implication of The Millionaire Next Door is that nearly anybody with a steady job can amass a tidy fortune." (Forbes)

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Dated, but still very applicable

The book was written in 1999, so some of the data used is a little old. However, the principles put forward by the book still provide a keen insight into how successful people live as opposed to those who may appear successful, but in reality are not.

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Good book to listen too

Good book to listen to as if gives much data’s but I must have for this generation

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inspirational and Educational

Great information for financial &career decisions. Looking forward to enjoying other titles in the series..

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one of my favorites

one of my favorites, very interesting a lot of good information easy to understand :)

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Basic principles with profound results

This is hands down one of my favorite books because of its objective approach to wealth and the decisions/habits that create it. This book provides hope that reaching daunting financial goals is possible, but it is clear that pursuing these goals will take dedication and hard work. The decisions and habits discussed in this book are not those of the popular opinion, however, people who follow popular opinions often live in debt and can't afford a $1000 household emergency. This book will hopefully provide you the same motivation to continue accruing wealth as it did for me, or dramatically change the way you think about money and how to handle it.

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a very useful book for developing an understanding of how to make money for retirement and other means

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Great insights of what we should do with our children

It is impressive how one can do many things without knowing and obtaining the results that have been very well documented in our society. Also it is always good to know what to do with our children and how to draw the line where we need to give and restrain money from them in order to propel their growth financially

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Wealth and Prosperity

Loved it. The narrating was excellent, perfect flow. This is now one of my favorite audibles. A must listen for those who aspire to be a PAW and your children. It's a good blue print of how to accumulate wealth and perpetuate generational wealth.

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Informative info for financial beginners.

Lots of informative information for financial beginners. Although unbelievably dry and boring content. One must be an extremely enthusiastic investor and have a high desire to learn in order to withstand the length of this audio book

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lots of information

it was a lot of information but it sounded like they were going over the same thing over and over basically live below your means.

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