How I Retired at 26! A Step-by-Step Guide to Accessing Your Freedom and Wealth at Any Age (Paperback)

by Asha Tyson (Author) "My greatest challenge right now is just trying to wrap my brain around this big blessing of a new life..." (more)
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Asha Tyson's own rise from homelessness at 17 to prominence deems her an expert on personal achievement. Now she reveals the secrets of her success by offering you an easy-to-understand blueprint that can afford you the lifestyle you always wanted.

Here Tyson examines and shatters the mold of traditional retirement ideas that reek of defeat; she demonstrates a winning and fresh philosophy that is effective for anyone at any age.

How I Retired at 26! provides an eye-opening practical process for obtaining personal, professional and financial freedom all in this one astonishing book!

With her coaching, you will learn new techniques that rid you of worry--for good! You can apply these proven principles and begin living a life that most people only talk about and dream of!

From the Author
I wrote "How I Retired at 26!" because my personal discoveries brought me passion and power over my life that was to phenomenal to keep to myself. I simply wanted to share the information with someone else who may have been looking for the same kinds of freedom for their own life.

While accessing wealth does play a significant role in the reirement plan that I introduce here, it is not the only element of "retirement."

During my days of struggle, I wanted financial security, but I also desired to be fearless, balanced, have healthier relationships, and live at my spiritual, emotional, and physical best--the complete package of success. And in this book I share with you how I found it.

I am honored that you are choosing to allow me to help you realize your potential as so many others have. I am confident that if you follow along closely you will not be disappointed, and together we can look forward to your success. Now let's get busy once and for all. My friend, it is your turn!

Maximum Respect, Asha Tyson

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Product Details

• Paperback: 228 pages
• Publisher: ATD Publishing (August 31, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0967742013
• ISBN-13: 978-0967742014
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #207,513 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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64 of 66 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No Excuses - No Regrets, August 27, 2002

By	Bob Burg (Jupiter, Florida) - See all my reviews

Prepare to have your excuses for not being as successful as you want to be, totally taken away. In my opinion, this book is destined to become a classic! Asha Tyson did it. She went from a (to say the very least!) dysfunctional and often brutal upbringing, to homelessness, to enlightenment, to a life of joy . . . while still in her twenties!

This is not a "financial planning book" in the George Clason ("Richest Man In Babylon") sense of the word (although that is certainly very well worth reading as well, as the author mentions). Instead, it's more of a holistic, inside-out method of "curing" oneself first, and then allowing material wealth to manifest.

The recurring theme from the author is personal responsibility. She acknowledges that bad things do happen, others can cause you problems, and that life certainly is not fair (and she can personally attest to that), but she admonishes the reader not to let that stop them.

When the author speaks of "retirement" she's not necessarily talking about having to amass incredible sums of money, and she's definitely not talking about not working. She stresses the importance of having something to live and work for. She is simply talking about freedom; "freedom to design the lie you've always wanted as a gesture of gratitude for having a life at all." I love this quote on page 81: "I retired 'from' self-defeating thought forms that have long stopped working for many of us, and I retired 'to' the life of my dreams! . . . I retired by comprehensively pursuing happiness with my whole life . . . and it's just a bonus that it brings wealth."

I'm hesitant to offer specific pieces of advice from the author because, individually, you might be tempted to say, "Oh, I've heard that before." But, put together as part of her "inside-out" personal development system, it will make such a difference in your life that it's worth just buying into it and doing it.

She describes the following as the foundation of her message:

"By dumping emotional dead weight, unlearning self-defeating beliefs, and discovering your passion for life, you will position yourself for financial gain beyond what you hay have ever imagined. You 'can' live the life you have always wanted right now and always."

Just a few of her many gems:

"You never stop earning when you do what you love."
"Reinventing yourself is the core of your first investment."
"If your belief system has not molded the life you desire, how you think will need to change."
"You will need to decode your emotional DNA."
"It's your emotional DNA that determines our values, goals and beliefs. The question is, does your emotional coding help you make healthy choices that render favorable outcomes, or does it yield pain?"
"The average person cringes at the thought of hearing criticism, but it can be quite valuable if you stay focused on the big picture."
"To hold on to animosity is like you taking poison and hoping {the other person} will die."

On pages 110-112 she gives some advice on parenting that is probably the best I've ever read. It begins with the quote, "Someone once said, 'Children learn what they live.' It is my belief that 'children learn what YOU live'." And she provides some excellent examples that are profound!! I believe this example alone is worth the price of the book if you have children.

Again, personal responsibility is a key in this quote, dealing with a person who has borrowed money and has not yet paid it back: "The borrower should chase the lender until the debt is clear, not the other way around."

She even invents a word. To "de-excusilize" is to stop making excuses for why things don't work. It's to give up justifying and blaming. It means that you now are committed to finding reasons why you can make it happen and why you can deliver, as opposed to having excuses for why you can't.

Only at the end does the author go into any type of discussion of money-management and such. And for good reason; by the time you get to that part of the book, you've already changed your attitude about money and are already becoming rich on the inside. From there, manifesting material wealth will be easy.

My suggestion is to buy this book for anyone you care about; especially your children. It will touch the life of anyone who owns it, reads it, and listens to Ms. Tyson's advice.

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the most inspirational book i've read this year, October 24, 2002

By	Kimberley Wilson (VA USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

If you are not moved by this book then you either have a heart of stone or you've given up on life completely. The story of how young Asha Tyson pulled herself up from a hellish childhood (every terrible thing that could happen to a little girl did happen to her)to a successful, joyful life is amazing. Asha, who knows about hard times discusses what I think is one of America's biggeset problems: the celebration of victimology. Instead of wasting her adult life going "poor me" Asha Tyson got up and gotgoing. Her book gently but firmly explains how its readers can do the same.

Kimberley Lindsay Wilson, author of Work It!

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I'd give 10 stars if the computer would let me!!!!, January 10, 2002

By	Yolanda (Birmingham, Alabama) - See all my reviews

I was overweight my entire life and I hadn't done anything extraordinary with my years. While I didn't have a terrible image of myself I didn't know how to maximize my potential either. Stagnation was my life. When I saw this book I thought "Okay another self-help book." But I was wrong! This was anything but. "How I Retired at 26!" delivers! After reading it, I have found the confidence to, not only learn my dreams, but also to start living them. I have lost 50 pounds and I have started my own business which turned a profit within its first three months!!! I can say that I am truly happy with my life, and I have never been able to say that before.