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| The Top 10 Distinctions Between Millionaires and the Middle Class | 
 enlarge | Author: Keith Cameron Smith
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (37 reviews)
Sales Rank: 15874
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 5 x 0.7
ISBN: 0345500229
Dewey Decimal Number: 305.52340973
EAN: 9780345500229
ASIN: 0345500229
Publication Date: August 28, 2007
Release Date: August 28, 2007
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Product Description
If you?re ready to take the journey to wealth and personal fulfillment, here?s your ticket. In this life-changing little book, entrepreneur and inspirational speaker Keith Cameron Smith shows you how to think like a millionaire and reap the benefits of a millionaire mindset. The key to moving beyond the middle class and up the economic ladder is mastering ten vital principles, including
? Millionaires think long-term. The middle class thinks short-term. Create a clear vision of the life you desire, and focus on it.
? Millionaires talk about ideas. The middle class talks about things and other people. Ask some positive ?what if? questions every day, and bounce ideas off successful people who will be honest with you.
? Millionaires work for profits. The middle class works for wages. Take calculated risks and learn to take advantage of good opportunities.
We all want to improve our financial position. In this inspirational and practical guide filled with savvy and sensible advice, Smith upgrades you from coach to first class. So follow these principles, transform your life, and realize your dreams!
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 M O S T....V A L U A B L E....B O O K....I....O W N....!!!! September 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
WHY IS THIS BOOK GOING OUT OF PRINT? IT DESERVES THE STATUS OF "Classic", and should NEVER go out of print! I hope to use its principles to get copies for all my friends and relatives, in the next 5 years or so! IF THIS BOOK DOESN'T MAKE ONE A MILLIONAIRE, IT WILL
D E F I N I T E L Y....LET YOU KNOW HOW MILLIONAIRES THINK!!!!
PLEASE KEEP THIS 5 STAR....NO, 100 STAR! BOOK IN PRINT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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THIS BOOK, "The 10 Top Distinctions Between The Rich And The Middle Class", CAN BE READ IN NEAT LITTLE SECTIONS! This is especially impoertant for those who, like me, grew up with TV -- and, despite TVs many wonders, have, (due to 10 minute segments between commercials), had our attention spans totally, (or almost), decimated -- making reading of most books difficult at best. (Is this how "Farenheit 451" becomes reality?_
Luckily, a wonderful book like this one, is, as I have said, divided into neat, easy-to-read sections. One need not read it all the way through! It's a small book -- but full of wisdom and VERY good advice.
AMAZON.COM, and the publishers, (and probably the writer), have also graciously allowed would-be buyers a "peek" inside this book! My advice:
read the "peek", then buy the book. The "peek" consists of a listing of the "10 Top Distinctions", the book itself is an enlarged, elucidation of these 10. The language is simple, yet full of wisdom. For instance:
7: Millionaires Take Calculated Risks. The Middle Class Is Afraid To
Take Risks:
The Middle Class is trapped in the rat-race because it doesn't take
risks. The only way out of the rat-race is to take risks. The
only way out of the rat-race is to take risks. No, that is not a
typo. I intentionally wrote it twice. In fact, let me write it
once more. The only way out of the rat race is to take risks. If
You take risk out of life, you take opportunity out of life.
Taking a risk doesn't mean taking a shot in the dark.
Millionaires take CALCULATED risks. What does "calculated" mean?
It means to gain knowledge first, and to consider the consequences
of failing before taking the action......
.................Millionaires practice risk management. One of
the simplest ways to manage risk I learned from my mentor, Nido
Qubein. He taught me to ask three questions...
1) What's the best thing that could happen?
2) What's the worst thing that can happen?
3) What's the most likely thing to happen?
Simple, straightforward, EASILY-UNDERSTOOD advice. It runs all
through the 112 pages of this small, easily-understood, just-about
indespensible book. The print is of a nice, large size too...with
a nice bit of spacing between the lines, to make it easily-read -- delightfully complimenting the easily-understood writing style.
Another snippet of information I got from reading a random paragraph in this book, (can't find it just now), which mentioned that millionaires talk mainly to other millionaires, and not to "ordinary" people. THIS IS N O T DUE TO ANY SNOBBISHNESS ON THEIR PARTS, BUT SIMPLY AS A SELF-PRESERVATION DEVICE. M O S T people talk about other people, or about things. Millionaires talk about I D E A S. Probably, a millionaire will gladly speak to a "millionaire-in-the-making"....a person who, though not (yet) rich, ALSO speaks mainly of ideas, (and not people or things) -- but most millionaires do NOT want to spend time speaking to people who's main conversation topics are what is going on in the lives of Hollywood celebrities, or latest designs in sports cars.
Why? Because millionaires want to LEARN things -- that's why they talk mainly about IDEAS. The thought came to me to equate this to the following: If you are a person, say, who wants to write a book on Sir Laurence Olivier, you probably would NOT spend your time speaking to "Tony Manero", (the character played by John Travolta in "Saturday Night Fever") -- as Mr. Manero knew of Laurence Olivier ONLY as a guy on TV who advertised Polaroid Cameras! In a millionaire's eyes, everyone may be equal, and have equal access to the Public Library...but speaking to anyone who's PRESENT msin interest is what went on on a popular TV show, last night, or Jessica Simpson's, (or any other celebrity's), new hair-style or career move, will not, in the millionaire's mind, expand HIS (the millionaire's), horizons one bit! And learning and expanding horizons are one of the, (intertwining!), distinctions, (this one being Number 6), betweeen Millionaires and the Middle class.
THIS IS NOT A SNOB BOOK. THIS IS A BOOK ANYONE, LIVING IN A FREE SOCIETY, CAN LEARN FROM....AND BECOME RICH FROM!
Sadly, though, the publishers of this truly essential, classic book, have seen fit to publish it on inferiour, semi-newsprint paper (!) This is all the more astonishing, since the book not only, (as I have said),
has very well spaced, and larger-size print -- but also has a binding of the second-highest quality! (No -- not sewn with sections, but it does have a general sewn-binding for all the pages together.) Perhaps this poor-quality paper the author's and publisher's gentle way of saying, "time's going fast...read and use this book before the paper crumbles!" -- but a book of this, (just about classic!) quality deserves good quality paper, nonetheless!
money....money....money....money....money...money
When I was going to public school, I begged and begged my parents to send me to private school, (which, of course, they couldn't afford.) Although our public school district, (No. 26 in Queens, NY), was counted amongst the best, I still KNEW, somewhere in my heart, that private schools were somehow, someway, different and better. I never knew WHY I thought this...but I just KNEW it. Now, finally, I think I know why I thought this. Rightly or wrongly, I believed that in public schoolthey taught the three Rs, history, music, art -- and how to be a "good little member of the general public." But in Private Schools -- or so I rightly or wrongly thought -- THEY TAUGHT HOW TO MAKE (LOTS OF!) MONEY IN A LEGAL, MORAL WAY.....JUST WHAT IS INSIDE THIS BOOK!
Whether all, (or even most) private schools teach these lessons, I do not know. But, thankfully, (very thankfully!), they are available now, for anyone to read and study, in the pages of this wonderful small book!
Whether a reader becomes a millionaire or not from it, is basically up to the individual -- but trying to apply as many of these 10 distinctions to one's own life, cannot but help! At any rate, it is a
FIRST-RATE ALTERNATIVE TO ALL THE NEGATIVITY THAT SEEMS TO BE PERVADING LIFE TODAY! Read this little treasure -- and apply as much of it as you can to your own life! Even if you don't become a millionaire, you will know how people become millionaires! Pass it on to your children, and give it as birthday presents to those you love to be with.
The rich are really NOT that much different than you or I -- all they do is THINK
a little differently!
 What's in your wallet? August 14, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
"There are thousands of great books written on success, so why did I feel the need to write this one?" --Keith Cameron Smith
Smith's response to his question is simple, sometimes someone can explain a certain principle in a way that makes a light go off in our minds, and he feels he has done just that. Smith introduces points that he has not heard or read anywhere, points he learned through his own successes and failures. After studying, for years, how people achieve success, he sat down to write, it took him seven days.
On the eighth day his book was ready. To reap the benefits of a millionaire's mindset one has to think like a millionaire. The key to moving beyond the middle class and up the economic ladder is mastering what he calls ten vital principles. I will share two that registered most with me: Principle 5, 'Millionaires work for profits - The middle class works for wages' and
Principle 10, 'Millionaires think long term - The middle class thinks short term'.
Financial freedom is available to all, once you know what separates those who have from those who do not. These simple 'distinctions' of what it takes to become wealthy will help readers acquire the vision that allows them to be financially free. THE TOP 10 DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN MILLIONAIRES AND THE MIDDLE CLASS is a quick but priceless read.
Reviewed by aNN
of The RAWSISTAZ(tm) Reviewers
Do you have the correct mind set skills? August 7, 2008
In order to become a wealthy person you need two main skills: The first one covers the mindset skills and the other covers the technical skills.You cannot become and stay wealthy without one of them unless you hit the lottery. Then that is simply luck not skills. If you lack one of the previous mentioned skills you can go right to the top but you will not stay there for long. In conclusion this book covers in an excellent way the skills that we need in our mind to start the process of becoming wealthy. Think of both set of skills like the jockey and its horse. You can have the best horse but if the jockey is lousy I doubt that you will win the race. Buy it, read it an reread it. It will teach you exactly what you need to think in order to start the process.
A good read in one sitting August 4, 2008
As a 20 year old college student majoring in business, I enjoyed this book. I suggest (as others have) to read this book in one sitting. It is a short read and I remember (and use) the steps in my everyday life. I gave this book 4 stars because I believe the book should of had more of his real life examples ... When he does start talking about his real life examples, the stories were great, but quickly ended. He repeates himself in the book saying to talk to elders and to other wealthy people; however, I find that he should of spoke more about himself. Overall a good read. B+
Excellent and July 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is NOT a text book for path to riches... These are CONCISE TRUTHS!
I don't have time to wade through hundreds of pages of repetitive personal stories about how some individuals achieved great wealth.
The concepts in this book are powerful.. and thoughtful. My daughters have been blessed with this book... as well as my workers in the 3rd world.
"Read and achieve"!
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