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Secrets of the Millionaire Mind

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This is a great book, because it starts with allowing readers to explore their subconscious, childhood money messages that are sabotaging their chance of being wealthy.

The theme is written from the premise of your worthiness thoughts lead to your actions which lead to your circumstances.

"Wealthy." The meaning of "wealthy" indicates a great deal about who you are.

The wealthy at country clubs talk about a person's net worth. The middle class at other environments talk about the raise. And the poor talk about making it.

One of the most hilarious parts to this book is the example of what happens when someone says, "Oh! Money is not that important."

T. Harv Eker's reaction is to tap the palm of his hand on his forehead as he say's, "Oh! I get it. You're broke!"

To do this, without regard for whose around and what the social situation is, would definitely be life altering for the person who says that money is not important. (I actually can't imagine someone doing this in any situation other than if they are presenting a motivational workshop, where they are in charge.

But, nonetheless, imagining this happening was funny.

Beyond humor, this book compares the rich to the poor with these assertions:

1. Rich people believe "I create my life." Poor people

believe, "Life happens to me."

2. Rich people play the money game to win. Poor people

play the money game to not lose.

3. Rich people are committed to being rich. Poor people

want to be rich.

4. Rich people think big. Poor people think small.

5. Rich people focus on opportunities. Poor people focus

on obstacles.

6. Rich people admire other rich and successful people.

Poor people resent rich and successful people.

7. Rich people associate with positive, successful

people. Poor people associate with negative or

unsuccessful people.

8. Rich people are willing to promote themselves and their

value. Poor people think negatively about selling and

promotion.

9. Rich people are bigger than their problems. Poor

people are smaller than their problems.

10. Rich people are excellent receivers. Poor people are

poor receivers.

11. Rich people choose to get paid based on results. Poor

people choose to get paid based on time.

12. Rich people think "both." Poor people

think "either/or."

13. Rich people focus on their net worth. Poor people

focus on their working income.

14. Rich people manage their money well. Poor people

mismanage their money well.

15. Rich people have their money work hard for them. Poor

people work hard for their money.

16. Rich people act in spite of fear. Poor people let fear

stop them.

17. Rich people constantly learn and grow. Poor people

think they already know.

This is a great book because with each assertion T. Harv Eker gives excellent real life scenarios, as well as experiences that he has live through.

I wanted to believe - in Harv Eker - I really did. I have read many books on wealth building and self-improvement, and I have been very successful by following the principles taught by authors such as Brian Tracy, Tony Robbins, Napolean Hill, and Robert Kiyosaki, among others. I have applied their principles and found that they work. But these other authors provide something that Mr. Eker does not - substance.

The first 187 pages of this book are filled with shallow generalities and soundbites such as: "Rich people are bigger than their problems. Poor people are smaller than their problems." I don't disagree, but there is nothing to back up these simple "wealth principles" and little in the way of direction for implementation.

Still, this book could be an adequate primer for those who have had no introduction to the genres of wealth-building and self-improvement -- except for the continual pleadings to visit the author's website and attend his seminars. Yes, I know that authors in many fields often write books as a means to promote themselves and their other products, but I have never seen a book, other than giveaway promotionals, that so blatantly pushed the author's other products while providing so little in return. Like an infomercial, this book continually tells you what you could experience if you would only attend his seminar. And all those website freebies promised throughout the book? You must give him your name and e-mail address before he'll let you in. And after you do that, you must provide a credit card and pay a $100 deposit for that free seminar.

I'm returning my book tomorrow and getting my money back. For the same amount of money you can get BOTH "Maximum Achievement" (Brian Tracy) AND "Think and Grow Rich" (Napolean Hill). Neither is an infomercial in disguise.

Oh, and what comes after those first 187 pages of fluff? A five-page invitation to visit the registration-required website and attend the credit card-required seminar, a four-page advertorial for the same seminar (still no mention of a credit card here), a two-page lecture to "share the wealth" by committing to tell at least one hundred people about the book (or buy the book for them!), and a four-page list of seminars, home learning programs, and instructions on how you can hire Harv to speak at your own event.

Come on, Harv - I don't fault you for building your own wealth through seminars, CDs and speaking engagements, but please don't charge us $20 for your catalog. Give us something we can use!

If you are thinking about buying this book, then you obviously would like to be a millionaire.

Do you actually like millionaires and respect what they have achieved, or do you resent them for what they have, or think rich people are bad?

If you resent them then you may have have a poor person's attitude to wealth, and think that by becoming wealthy you may turn into that very thing you despise, and accordingly sabotage yourself subconsciously.

Make no mistake, this is a very good book, with proven formulas that work. For example, thoughts, feeling, actions = results. Rich people focus on opportunities, poor people focus on obstacles.

As you read this book, you will discover many interesting insights into how to become wealthy. You will also discover the mindsets of rich people compared to poor people. It is very illuminating to see the connection between how people think and how they do.

For example, I have a friend who is quite spiritual, yet his attitude towards money is if I win the lottery, I would give most of it away, as I would feel guilty having all that money. What a limiting belief to have.

If you're like me then reading through the contrasting mindsets of rich people and poor people will be most illuminating. For exmaple when I read that 'poor people focus on problems, rich people focus on opportunities, I totally changed my mindset, it has become my mantra, and using it has enabled me to look beyond the problem which may or may not be real, and to go for the opportunity.

I also highly recommend Think and grow rich by Napoleon Hill, which as far as I am concerned is the ultimate work on this subject.

Hope you find this helpful.

To really get the most of this book, I would just use it when I'm down or not feeling confident. This book is a real motivation booster. But it should just be that. The book basically consists of 3 parts. The first part is about the "Millionaire Blueprint". That is, what is limiting you may be a result of your past. But, by becoming AWARE of this part of the past and UNDERSTANDing how it is limiting you and by being willing to DISSOCIATE from it and then DECLARING the change, you can develop this "Millionaire Blueprint". Bascially, to make a long story short, millionaires walk the talk so take action. The second part of the book, which makes up the bulk of the book, consists of traits of millionaires. Whether it's true or not, we don't really know. The author doesn't give any evidence that millionaires possess any of these traits. There is nothing to support his claims even though he gives some compelling arguments. The traits are questionable but reasonable. If you want facts you are better off reading "The Prime Movers" or "The Millionaire Mind" - these books actually offer proof. The last part of the book contains more marketing for the author's seminars which is littered throughout the book. I mean if the title doesn't smell fishy, the constant marketing of his seminars in the book will really bring the smell home. Also he supports Kiyosaki and Robert Allen, authors of other so-called "Get Rich" books and it is no wonder why they praise this book. He also supports network marketing...run! You have to wonder about this. I have yet to know someone that became rich from network marketing. Also, network marketing companies love books like these because they inspire their workers to work harder and at the same time, help the author sell more books so this works out for everybody except for the poor suckers that buy into this (again, inspiration should be checked with reality). In case you don't know, Amway's backing of Kiyosaki's Rich Dad book is what made it into a best-seller. Again, I think this book is very inspirational and if that is what you want, that is what you are going to get. But it does not tell you specifically how to get rich (no such book) and you should not look for it to help you in any other way but to inspire you. It's better to read books by reputable authors to get a feel of what you really need to do to get rich. Better yet, read autobiographies or biographies of successful people. I read all of these and from them, I learned that it's not enough to take action as this book suggests. If you take action and it's totally the wrong action, that won't get you any closer to being rich. Action must be guided by a balance of reality and calculated risk. Blindly diving into something will probably cost you more than doing nothing. Drive that is powered by emotion only will not do the job. Anyway, it's hard to take this book seriously when I see names like Kiyosaki and Robert Allen. Good luck.

I was disappointed in this book for a couple of reasons. The first reason is that there is nothing new here. Anyone who has read at least two self help books in their lives, realizes that change in one's life of any sort starts from within. Changing your inner world before your outer world can change is definately NOT a new concept. What is the big secret there?? Eker writes as though he believes that he created this concept, but "don't believe a word" he says!!.

The second part of the book lists reasons how rich people differ from poor people i.e. "poor people work hard for their money while rich people have their money work hard for them".

Oh please!!!

The number one reason I do not recommend this book is all the hype and push to spend more of your hard earned dollars and attend one of his seminars.

Do yourself a favor and read "Start Late Finish Rich" instead. This book gives you REAL advice about how you can begin growing your money. I highly recommend it.

This is the latest in a bunch of books I've been reading in the past year to improve my financial skills. While I've been reading up on more solid things such as investment, managing the money I already have, and other financial planning-related topics, it's also good now and then to read a book that addresses the attitudes I have towards money, which do directly affect how I handle it.

I found this to be an incredibly valuable book for that reason. Eker doesn't tell you how to invest in real estate or play the stock market--in fact, he doesn't even give you specific suggestions for what to do with your money. What he does sdo is address how you think and feel about money, and gives a holistic approach to your finances.

Much of the book is spent examining specific attitudes that can make or break you financially. For example, Eker shows how people who are financially successful tend to look at problems from a solution-oriented viewpoint, instead of getting bogged down in the problems themselves. He strongly advocates avoiding the victim mentality that often leads people to do nothing but complain about their situation rather than apply more creative thinking--the biggest offenders are blame (someone else), justifying (why you are where you are, and still not doing anything about it) and complaining (again, instead of doing something about it). Much of the book serves to undo these three components of the victim complex in relation to finances. Additionally, he goes to great length to demonstrate how the attitudes we were raised with affect how we view money--if we're raised with parents who act as if money is evil, then our attitudes are likely to be the same.

The author clearly uses neurolinguistic programming as a tool for undoing these harmful attitudes. He talks about anchoring and modeling, and shows how they can be incredibly effective. Those who are familiar with NLP should find some very familiar material here. He also includes a number of affirmations and exercises designed to help imprint the reader with the idea that s/he can succeed and overwrite the bad conditioning that keeps hir in the same old patterns.

However, this isn't a pie in the sky kind of "If you think it, it will happen" book. He's quite honest about the fact that finances are hard work, especially if you do as he recommends and become self-employed. The bigger the outcome, the bigger the risk, and he tells stories of how inbetween successes he worked minimum wage jobs. However, he also explains that the people who are successful are the ones that learn to bounce back from setbacks.

Probably the single most important piece of advice Eker gives is on page 68: "I know it may be hard to believe, but you always get what you want--what you subconsciously want, not what you say you want". The problem with books like these is that people look at the surface of the problem, but not the iceberg underneath. Used as intended, the material and exercises in this book will serve to start uprooting some of the stuff under the surface that can help deprogram the internal saboteur.

Obviously no single book can fix all your problems. However, if you're just getting interested in finances, or if you think money is all evil and bad (and then complain about how you're always broke) this is an excellent starting point.

I bought this book filled with excitement and motivation. The first part is inspiring and well written, though the words come right out of Tony Robbins, Earl Nightingale, and many others in this field... not from Harv and they're not secrets.

By the time I made it to page 102, I felt like throwing up. The arrogant way in which Harv discusses "poor people" unworthy of his friendship and the "losers" associated with them, is far more negative than anyone I know. He also steers us away from "bad news" in the media. He also states that there are over 6.3 billion other people in the world with whom he can live with if his current friends bring him down. What a hero! So, not only does he come across as a snob, but also a selfish coward. Let's all turn our backs on the unfortunate world events and pay Harv our hard earned money... which brings me to my next point: On just about every page, he promotes his live and expensive seminars. In fact, this whole book is no more than a marketing ploy. What is really sad, is that he has made his fortune by stealing all of his ideas from first rate experts (though he calls it "modeling"). Finally, the so called thousands he saves at his seminars are the same people he tears down in round seven of this book. Yet, he spends nearly 200 pages convincing his readers that rich folks are the most wonderful out there. Too bad.

Please don't buy this book! Save your money for better ones such as David Bach's series of books on achieving financial wealth and stability. Right from the start it looked as though the book was just a lead-up and sales pitch for his seminars which go for thousands of dollars and my suspicions were confirmed. This book could have been summarized in less than a chapter but Eker dragged it on into a full book. It is now clear to me how he made his millions - by charging an arm and a leg on hot air versus substance. I was very disappointed because at the end of it there were no clear instructions or strategies on how to improve my finances, just promises that the real information and life-changing material would be disclosed at his seminars. He quoted a lot of sayings (most of which were his own) that were more like cliches than sound financial advice. I regret wasting my time and money on this book. I've never written a review for a book but felt compelled to because I didn't want anyone else to waste their time or money on such tripe.

My wife and I bless T Harv Eker for turning our lives around in 2003.

I am flabbergasted as to why a few bitter people post such venomous attacks on him. It seems that any talk of money brings out both the best and absolute worst in people.

Perhaps the "negative nellies" are angry because they didn't have the strength to get off their butts and actually follow Harv's teaching? What other reason could there be for such attacks?

My wife and I first took Harv's Millionaire Mind Intensive back in 2003. At that point we were in dire straights. I had lost my job as a Boeing engineer a few months earlier and my wife was struggling with cancer. Our health insurance was about to run out. We were in danger of losing everything. House. Cars. Retirement savings. Everything.

To put it bluntly, our financial situation was critical.

Then my brother-in-law paid for our admission to the Millionaire Mind Intensive because it had had a huge impact on his life.

We were skeptical at first but decided very quickly to attend. What did we have to lose but a weekend?

To make a long story short, the 3 day seminar turned our lives around. Harv went deep into our issues around money. He helped us to see how we sabotage ourselves financially. He helped us to heal our relationships with money so that we would attract and keep it instead of repelling it.

It was like the difference between night and day.

Very quickly we started taking action to correct our situation instead of just sitting on our behinds worrying and griping. Within a year things had turned around completely. By then I had started my own company and my wife had recovered enough to start a dream of hers about investing in rental properties.

Today we both pull in a good income. Our bills are covered and we have lots of fun money too from using Harv's incredible money management system.

So buy this book! Then take action and do what Harv says.

At the seminar two other books were also highly recommended. We bought both and it paid off big time. One is How to Own Your Home Years Sooner by Harj Gill. My wife has used it to make big dollars in real estate. The other book is only available from www.antiventurecapital.com , and I used it to start a real business on only $500.

Thank you Harv for your lessons and for sharing other people's lessons with us as well.

Ignore the nasty people and gamble the $13. You will be forever grateful that you did.

God bless!

I decided to read this book after I heard T. Harv Eker speak on a live teleseminar about his book and course. I was impressed with his speaking style which is good for helping someone shift his or her beliefs. He uses emotions and humor . . . and a fast patter . . . to make it easy to see your views more objectively.

Mr. Eker makes a remarkable offer. Buy this book and you can attend one of his three-day seminars for free. I don't recall ever receiving an offer like that. I assume that he makes his money by selling other services and products at the seminar, but that's fair. Even when you pay thousands for a seminar, there are the inevitable pitches for more offerings.

I figured that it wouldn't hurt to listen to someone who seems to have a talent for helping change beliefs for three days.

I have been to other seminars on similar subjects, such as the one that Tony Robbins used to offer for Mastery University, and have been very disappointed in each case. So my expectations for the book and seminar weren't very high. But the book does seem to be a cut above many of the other "reprogram your assumptions" books to improve your financial situation.

What I liked about the book was that Mr. Eker has identified so many different belief systems that can hold someone back from pursuing prosperity. The heart of the book comes in his 17 contrasts between what rich people believe and what poor people believe. The most fundamental is number one: "Rich people believe 'I create my life.' Poor people believe 'Life happens to me.'" That's a pretty standard prescription for self-improvement authors and trainers.

One that I hadn't thought about before is "Rich people admire other rich and successful people. Poor people resent rich and successful people." It's pretty hard to work on becoming like someone you resent. That thought caused me to pause.

An unexpected point (which I suspect came from Built to Last) is that "Rich people think 'both.' Poor people think 'either/or.'" I thought that perspective was also new and useful in this context.

None of the other 15 points were unexpected to me. But perhaps if you are new to the idea that rich people think differently than poor people you will find all of these points to be novel. After all, we each have a different row to hoe in life.

The sections are brief and a fast reader can gobble this book down in less than an hour.

But you come away feeling comfortable that Mr. Eker will help you cross the chasm to changing your assumptions about life.

The book's main weakness is the emphasis on the rich-poor contrast. It would have been more helpful to have a stairway of attitudes beginning with billionaires and working on down through the homeless. A book of that sort could help somewhat people expand their financial perspectives to a higher level better than this book does.

Mr. Eker communicates clearly and with credibility. If you are serious about wanting to improve your balance sheet, this book can be a helpful part of the process . . . but think about going to one of those seminars as well. I suspect you'll get far more benefit from the combination than either one alone.