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    Think Like a Self-Made Millionaire: 10 Secrets to Success
    Think Like a Self-Made Millionaire: 10 Secrets to Success
    Think Like a Self-Made Millionaire: 10 Secrets to Success
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    Think Like a Self-Made Millionaire: 10 Secrets to Success

    By Stewart H. Welch and Kay Rice

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    THINK Like a Self-Made Millionaire: 10 Secrets to Success reveals the ten essential qualities you need to create the mindset you must have to achieve wealth. If you are missing just one or two of these ten characteristics, your chances of becoming wealthy are very low. THINK Like a Self-Made Millionaire will help you attain them all.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateJan 26, 2016
    ISBN9781630476908
    Think Like a Self-Made Millionaire: 10 Secrets to Success

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      Think Like a Self-Made Millionaire - Stewart H. Welch

      INTRODUCTION

      Here’s my story (and I’m sticking to it!):

      In my early adolescent years, I was what I call a cruiser— someone who cruised through life doing just enough to stay under my parent’s radar. I cruised through high school in the middle of the pack; then cruised into college, the one that was easiest for me to get into; then cruised into the easiest major at the time: marketing. As I graduated, I cruised into my first job—life insurance sales (if you could fog a mirror, you were hired!). But about six months after I started working, something happened. It was like a lightning bolt hit me. I made a decision that I would become a millionaire by age forty! Now, a million dollars is a lot of money today, but back in the seventies, it was the equivalent of climbing Mt. Everest! I had no clue how I would accomplish this feat—I thought and thought, and then I hatched The Plan. The best way to become a millionaire, I thought to myself, was to study Self-Made Millionaires, then model their behavior. In other words, I would get inside their minds and then do what they did.

      So you may ask, at the age of 22, how did I find and model Self-Made Millionaires? Granted, my peers were not millionaires. I looked for models and mentors through books. I paid attention to those around me who had become successful, and I even hosted a TV show, Welch Profiles: Personal Success Stories, where I interviewed Self-Made Millionaires. My bottom line? Find and interview (ask questions of) as many Self-Made Millionaires as possible. I found most were open to sharing their wisdom. All you had to do was ask! Over a few short years, what emerged was the realization that these extraordinarily successful people all shared a handful of characteristics, or what I refer to as their Secrets to Success, that set them apart from everyone else. These success characteristics transformed ordinary people into multi-millionaires who achieved extraordinary results. I modeled and applied these success secrets in my own life, and guess what? My strategy worked! By applying what I learned, I achieved my goal of becoming a Self-Made Millionaire before the age of 40. With immaturity and lack of experience came lots of mistakes, and I now realize that if I had known then what I know now, I could have become a millionaire much sooner. For one thing, most people naturally possess some of the characteristics of Self-Made Millionaires. However, if you are missing just one or two of the 10 Secrets to Success described in this book, your chances of becoming a millionaire are very low. Yep. It takes knowing and implementing all 10!

      Who would you say is the wealthiest person you know personally? How did he or she achieve their wealth? Is it possible for you to achieve similar wealth? Yes! It is as possible as you think it is! Most of the wealthy people I know built their fortunes themselves. This is the definition of selfmade wealth: it is not inherited, acquired through marriage, or won in the lottery. It’s built with hard work, determination and passion.

      What is the definition of wealth? Webster’s dictionary defines wealth as an abundance of valuable material possessions or resources, and the word wealthy is defined as extremely affluent. The definition of affluent sounds even better: having a generously sufficient and typically increasing supply of material possessions. Well then, what is Financial Freedom, and how does it fit in? Financial Freedom means you have sufficient passive income to pay for your lifestyle. Passive income is income from sources not dependent on your showing up and having to work at a job from 9 to 5 every day. Passive income sources might include things like income from investments, cash flow positive real estate and business interests. I know our goal is that we would all like to be Financially Free, at least by the time we retire. Unfortunately, statistics show that only about 5% of our population ever reaches that goal. Every single person I have ever met who has achieved Financial Freedom has what I call the right mindset for success. They have the right mindset and the right characteristics, and have used the secrets I describe in this book. What I want you to know is that it is not that hard to become rich. It’s just a matter of doing the right things in the right order, and doing them consistently.

      If you are reading this, then you likely are interested in becoming rich. Most everyone we know would like to be rich, although not everyone is willing to admit it. There is so much negative connotation with the word rich, I’m going to change the vocabulary and use the words Financial Freedom. Who could object to being Financially Free?

      So why do so few people actually become Financially Free? What do people do to become Financially Free? Why can’t everyone do it? The fact is that anyone can!

      Do you have what it takes to be Financially Free?

      Anyone can become rich, or Financially Free, if they have the right characteristics and implement the right habits. I’ve designed a short quiz to help you determine if you have what it takes to become Financially Free. This quiz is based solely on the experiences of wealthy people I have met, almost all of whom share certain habits and characteristics. The results will suggest whether becoming Financially Free will be relatively easy for you or a bit more of a challenge. Take a moment to complete the quiz right now:

      The Wealth Quiz

      Answer each question below Yes or No and keep count of how many Yes and No answers you have.

      Do you enjoy your work?

      Do you often visualize yourself achieving something bigger than what you are currently doing?

      Do you save money every month?

      Do you invest at least some of

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