Who's Afraid To Be a Millionaire: Mastering Financial and Emotional Success [Hardcover]

Kelvin E. Boston (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 11, 2006

You don’t need to be a financial professional to achieve your financial dreams. All you need is a plan and the discipline to follow it. Filled with Kelvin Boston’s trademark use of jargon-free language, humor, and positive thinking, Who’s Afraid to Be a Millionaire? will show you how to take control of your personal finances and make smart decisions that will positively affect your future.

Editorial Reviews

From the Inside Flap

Whether you realize it or not, we're all participants in the great financial game of life. But for many people, fear and financial anxiety prevent them from taking the little risks and employing the smart strategies that lead to financial wealth and freedom. If you can overcome these fears and play the game with confidence, you could win.

In Who's Afraid to Be a Millionaire?, Kelvin Boston, a former financial consultant and host of the acclaimed Moneywise television series, shows you how to overcome your fears and master the key strategies to long-term wealth-building. With this practical guide, Boston proves that no matter who you are or what your net worth, you're perfectly capable of becoming financially successful—if you follow a plan that involves managing credit, investing wisely, preparing for the future, and owning a home.

Who's Afraid to Be a Millionaire? helps you understand and overcome your fears by arming you with financial insight, simple and effective wealth-building strategies, and the emotional courage to take the big steps that lead to financial success. Once you've mastered your fears, you'll find all the proven wealth-building advice you'll need to succeed, including:

• Six timeless and effective wealth-building strategies
• Proven guidance for long-term financial planning
• How to wisely use credit as investment capital
• How to build wealth through home ownership
• Profitable long-term investment strategies
• Unbeatable retirement planning and insurance advice
• How to use human capital to build wealth
• How to succeed the entrepreneurial way

You don't need to be a financial professional to achieve your financial dreams. All you need is a plan and the discipline to follow it. Filled with Kelvin Boston's trademark use of jargon-free language, humor, and positive thinking, Who's Afraid to Be a Millionaire? will show you how to take control of your personal finances and make smart decisions that will positively affect your future.

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Praise for Who's Afraid to Be a Millionaire?

"Kelvin Boston's approach to wealth-building is thoughtful, inspiring, and holistic. Who's Afraid to Be a Millionaire? will surely be a blessing to many."
—Glinda Bridgforth, founder, Bridgforth Financial, and coauthor of Girl, Make Your Money Grow!

"Kelvin Boston hits the nail on the head with his no-nonsense approach to financial empowerment. Who's Afraid to Be a Millionaire? offers sound and reasonable tips for anyone seeking to secure their financial future."
—Cheryl McDonald, Vice President, Diverse Growth Segments, Wells Fargo

"Who's Afraid to Be a Millionaire? helps readers understand how to successfully play the great financial game of life. Mr. Boston makes the notion of wealth-building practical and feasible for even the most economically challenged."
—Mary Jane M. Seebach, Managing Director, Public Affairs, Countrywide

"Kelvin Boston offers a clear map through the maze of emotional hang-ups about managing money and accumulating wealth. This book is for anyone willing to play that essential game of 'this is your financial life!' Ready, set, go!"
—Lois A. Vitt, PhD, founder, the Institute for Socio-Financial Studies, Editor in Chief, Encyclopedia of Retirement and Finance, and author of 10 Secrets to Successful Home Buying and Selling

"In a day when people are hungry for sound and proven methods for entering the ranks of the financially successful, Who's Afraid to Be a Millionaire? offers readers the right tools to get them started. I recommend you read the book, then re-read it! It will change your life!"
—Willie Jolley, bestselling author of It Only Takes a Minute to Change Your Life and A Setback Is a Setup for a Comeback

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 248 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (September 11, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470067993
• ISBN-13: 978-0470067994
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #394,901 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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