Why You're Dumb, Sick & Broke...And How to Get Smart, Healthy & Rich! [Hardcover]

Randy Gage (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 9, 2006

This groundbreaking self-help book reveals the secrets of manifesting health, happiness, and prosperity in your life—but not in a way you’ve experienced before. Blunt, outspoken, and brutally honest, Randy Gage shoots down the forces that hold you back and keep you dumb, sick, and broke, and shows you how to take action to get smart, healthy, and rich.

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If you're one of the millions of people stressed with money issues, struggling with health challenges, or enduring work that brings you no satisfaction, Why You're Dumb, Sick and Broke . . . And How to Get Smart, Healthy and Rich! is the perfect book for you. And it's perfect for those winning the rat race but living like a rat.

In this powerful and groundbreaking book, Randy Gage reveals the secrets of manifesting health, happiness, and prosperity in your life—but in a way you've never experienced before. He takes the timeless and universal principles of success and applies them to the complexities, challenges, and realities of today's world.

Why You're Dumb, Sick and Broke . . . And How to Get Smart, Healthy and Rich! takes on all of the people, institutions, and beliefs that threaten your health, happiness, and prosperity. But be forewarned: Gage is blunt, outspoken, and brutally honest. No target is off limits—from religious leaders to media outlets, from well-meaning family members to New Age self-help gurus. He is dedicated to exposing the insidious role of "memes" that can infect your subconscious mind and cause you to sabotage your own success.

From reality television to an education system that kills critical thinking ability—from cults to organized religion, from dysfunctional families to the pervasive mentality of victim-hood and entitlement—Gage holds nothing back in revealing the forces at work in keeping most people dumb, sick, and broke. Read this book and discover his powerful action plan for getting smart, healthy, and rich!

From the Back Cover

Shocking. Controversial. Brilliant.

Randy Gage has been dubbed "The Millionaire Messiah" because he believes it is a sin to be poor and you were born to be rich. His "Deepak Chopra meets Dennis Miller" style is bold, brash, but right on target if you want to know the secrets of success. He takes timeless universal truths and shows you how to apply them in today's complex world.

This book is not warmed-over, New Age mumbo-jumbo but scathing, straight talk on what it really takes to wise up, get healthy, and get rich! Gage is controversial, politically incorrect, and not afraid to take on some of the most hallowed institutions of our day, from organized religion to government, pop culture to the food you eat.

This thought-provoking book will challenge your beliefs, confront your fears, and—if you are open to it—show you how to get smart, healthy, and rich!

Gage on:

The Late Pope:
"Like most religious leaders, his actions actually worked to keep his followers dumb, sick, and broke. He leaves behind a legacy of poverty, ignorance, and despair."

Governments:
". . . are corrupt by their very nature. Your government wants and needs you to be a worker drone in the collective support system in harvesting wealth from the productive people and distributing it to the unproductive—which solidifies their power base."

Selfishness:
"Your highest moral prerogative is your own happiness."

The American Diet:
"Ninety percent of what most of us eat on a daily basis is now 'fake food.'"

Religious Beliefs:
"Most people subscribe to the cosmic Santa Claus theory, believing in a God who is making a list and checking it twice, gonna find out who's naughty and nice."

The Movie Titanic:
"It panders to the fear-based, lack-centered, and limiting beliefs that most people have about money and success. Titanic programs you on many different levels that it is noble to be poor, rich people are immoral, and money is evil. And the more you liked that movie—the more subconscious lack programming you have. I think it's the most evil movie ever made."

People Whose Life Purpose Is to "Serve God":
"Ought to be in a straightjacket."

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (October 9, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470049316
• ISBN-13: 978-0470049310
• Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 0.8 x 9.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #166,546 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

About Randy Gage
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There is probably no one on earth better qualified to help you reach more success in MLM than Randy Gage. His Duplication Nation (formerly How to Earn at Least $100,000 a Year in Network Marketing) is the top selling training album in MLM, and his Escape the Rat Race is the #1 recruiting tool in the business. His resources have been translated into more than 15 languages and sold in the millions around the globe.

Randy helped introduce Network Marketing in places like Slovenia, Croatia, Bulgaria and Macedonia. He's been a company VP of Marketing, and served as a consultant to numerous companies, designing compensation plans, creating marketing materials and developing duplicable systems for them. Randy has conducted training for the finest companies in the industry, and spoken in more than 35 countries.

Through his coaching programs and private consulting, Randy has helped the top income earners in numerous companies. He has arguably trained more MLM millionaires than anyone alive today. But most importantly, Randy teaches from real-world experience, earning millions of dollars as a distributor.

Randy has conducted thousands of training programs and presented thousands more opportunity meetings. Several years ago he dusted off his white board and starting from scratch he quickly rose to become the #1 income earner in his company worldwide. He knows what is working in the marketplace right now, and he'll teach you exactly how to reach mega success in these conditions.

Randy has made his money, and continues to work only for the challenge and to support his personal enrollees. He has achieved the perfect balance between work and life. When he's not drawing circles, you'll find him playing 3rd base for the South Florida Carnivores, riding his bike, racing cars, or collecting comic books. His guilty pleasures are Sci-Fi, Krispy Kreme, and watching Project Runway. Randy splits his time between Miami Beach, Sydney, and Paris.


You can follow Randy Gage on Twitter at: http://www.Twitter.com/Randy_Gage and learn more about him at his official websites: http://www.randygage.com and http://www.NetworkMarketingTimes.com

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28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "What's it going to be?", May 1, 2007

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Robert Morris (Dallas, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Why You're Dumb, Sick & Broke...And How to Get Smart, Healthy & Rich! (Hardcover)

As I began to read this book, I recalled Voltaire's suggestion that we cherish those who seek the truth...but beware of those who find it. Few will quarrel with Randy Gage's faith in becoming - and then remaining -- "smart, healthy & rich" but many will disagree with his opinions which he presents as facts (e.g. the late Pope "leaves behind a legacy of poverty, ignorance, and despair" and with his suggestions which come across as fiats (e.g. those whose purpose is to "serve God" ought to be in a straightjacket"). Somewhere well-buried within this book is a very important insight which complements Voltaire's: Too often, too many of us are unwilling and/or unable to think independently (e.g. to challenge the assumptions and premises of so-called "conventional wisdom"), and then, to take principled and effective action, guided and informed by what our independent thinking reveals.

All of us make bad decisions at one time or another. Obviously, Gage asserts, it is "dumb" to repeat them. For example, to become addicted to health-threatening behavior as well as to spend far in excess of income while maxing out credit cards. Various bad decisions can significantly reduce one's quality of life, standard of living, and career. How easy it is to be controlled by what James O'Toole has aptly characterized as "the ideology of comfort and the tyranny of custom." Presumably helping people to avoid or escape from such control is one of the reasons why he wrote this book. It is a worthy objective.

Frankly, I would have added another star to the rating were it not for Gage's frequent use of confrontational ("shock") rhetoric which, in my opinion, creates distractions throughout the flow of his narrative. Of course, making the right decisions cannot guarantee that one will become "smart, healthy & rich!" but that will certainly improve the odds. According to Gage, the fundamental challenge is to replace a "fear of success" mindset with a faith in what can be accomplished, and then make whatever changes may be necessary in one's values, attitudes, and behavior to achieve the desired objectives. It is that easy...and, yes, that difficult...but possible.

40 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I Love This Book!, November 2, 2006

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Bonnie Jo Davis "Loves to read and review books!" (Southern CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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I have been an e-zine subscriber and customer of Randy's for many years. He is authentic, outspoken and not afraid to speak the truth even if his views are unpopular. Until I met Randy I was a bleeding heart liberal who tried to save every down and out human that crossed paths with me. No matter how much love, support and financial aid I gave none of these people ever improved their situations. All they did was attract more back "luck" and begged for more money. If I wasn't able to help they'd turn on me and equate me with the devil. After reading Randy's books I began to work on my own prosperity consciousness and I stopped giving handouts to those who didn't really want help. I make more money now and I support animal rescue and adoption groups. Read anything that Randy writes and think about what he says objectively. You will learn a great deal and if you take it to heart you will prosper.

20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If You Are Not Able To Devise An Action Plan, Read It Again, January 29, 2007

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This review is from: Why You're Dumb, Sick & Broke...And How to Get Smart, Healthy & Rich! (Hardcover)

There is a reason Joe Vitale gives Randy pages in his book The Attractor Factor. Randy's message is right on the point of Joe's book.

Some people are offended by his writing style, others do not accept his message of accountability. No surprise since the majority of Americans are in the herd.

If there is something inside of you that says "all the dots are not connecting for me" or if you are in a pattern of negativity and/or lack, Randy's book will help you. Reading it solves nothing, but if you develop a plan of action and then take action there will be change.

If you continue to hold others accountable for what is happening in your life, then your life will be what they make it.

Steve Pohlit
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