The Millionaire Next Door, Thomas J. Stanley
The Millionaire Next Door, Thomas J. Stanley
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The Millionaire Next Door
The Surprising Secrets Of Americas Wealthy

Author: Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko

Narrator: Cotter Smith

Abridged: 2 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/01/2000


Synopsis

The incredible national bestseller that is changing people's lives -- and increasing their net worth!
Can you spot the millionaire next door?

Who are the rich in this country?

What do they do?

Where do they shop?

What do they drive?

How do they invest?

How did they get rich?

Can I even become one of them?

Get the answers in The Millionaire Next Door, the never-before-told story about weath in America. You'll be surprised at what you find out....

About Thomas J. Stanley

Dr. Thomas J. Stanley began studying the affluent in 1973. His coauthored best-selling book, The Millionaire Next Door, released in 1996, has sold 2,000,000 copies. Thomas followed his first book with Marketing to the Affluent, ranked among the ten outstanding business books by the editors of Best of Business Quarterly. In 1999, he published The Millionaire Mind, which explored America's financial elite and how they became so. The Millionaire Mind has sold 750,000 copies. The author lives in Atlanta, holds a doctorate of business administration from the University of Georgia in Athens and was formerly a professor of marketing at Georgia State University.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jay on July 22, 2008

I learned that there are seven characteristics or common denominators among millionaires in America. They are: 1.They live well below their means - They are frugal,frugal, frugal. They make more than they can spend. Pretty cool. 2.They allocate their time, energy, and money efficiently, in ways cond......more

Goodreads review by David on September 16, 2008

This was a great audio and text book (yes, I got both versions) - I especially enjoyed the chapter that had "Working for the Tax Man" and "The Martin Method." 95% of the millionaires own stocks - most have 20% or more of their wealth in publicly traded stocks. Build a good money team: accountant, att......more

Goodreads review by Liong on November 07, 2024

I read this book in 2020. The Millionaire Next Door teaches us that becoming wealthy isn't about living a fancy lifestyle. Instead, it's about being smart with money, living below your means, and saving consistently. The book shows that most wealthy people are not big spenders. They focus on things like......more

Goodreads review by Kressel on April 07, 2011

According to this book, there are two kinds of people: under-accumulators of wealth (UAWs), who spend everything they earn as soon as they get it (to say nothing of credit cards); and prodigious accumulators of wealth (PAWs), people who live frugally, save, invest, and end up becoming millionaires.......more

Goodreads review by Constantine on December 28, 2022

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ ½ Genre: Nonfiction The Millionaire Next Door is a personal finance book written by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko. The book examines the traits and routines of wealthy people and makes the case that wealth is more likely the outcome of prudent spending and saving habits than high......more


Quotes

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