The Instant Millionaire: A Tale of Wisdom and Wealth (Paperback)

by Mark Fisher (Author) "THERE WAS ONCE a bright young man who wanted to get rich..." (more)
Key Phrases: instant millionaire, young man learns, old millionaire

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This delightful allegory by self-made millionaire Mark Fisher imparts the principles of wealth as Fisher learned them. A dissatisfied young man meets an old millionaire who reveals to him the secrets of acquiring not just material abundance, but also true wealth.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: New World Library (January 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0931432723
• ISBN-13: 978-0931432729
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (60 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #23,309 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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52 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazingly simple and readable, June 27, 2000

By	Michael Mendenhall "september17th" (Monterey, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I picked up this book and read it all the way through in about 2 hours. I usually stop and think while I read, so it took me longer to read this than normal.

This is a very short and simple book. It's written in very easy to understand language. It's basically a story about a young man who meets a millionaire and learns the "secret" to being a millionaire. I hate to give away the punchline, but the title of the book "Instant Millionaire" simply means that when you decide to become a millionaire and write that down as a goal with a deadline, that act in and of itself will make you an instant millionaire because before you can achieve it, you must first believe that it is possible and then set that as a goal. Of course you have to take all that on faith.

In terms of self-help books, there's not a whole lot of new information in here. If you've read "Think and Grow Rich" and "The Richest Man in Babylon" you kind of get the same information. I do recommend this book because it's nice and short and easy to read. It made me think long and hard, and part way through my first reading, I found myself stopping and writing down some goals. Unfortunately, with many self-help books, we tend to just read them and do nothing after that. If you like this sort of book, I also recommend "The Science of Getting Rich" by Wallace D. Wattles.

I'm giving this book 5 stars simply because I really liked it. There's nothing really new under the sun, but I like when somebody comes along and says it differently. It's easy to read and reread. The style of the book being that of a story made it that much more interesting. After reading it through, I find myself wanting to read it again. I did pick up a couple of good pieces of information from this book as well, so it's not completely a rehash of other stuff.

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fable that will double your income, January 1, 2002

By	Tony Rush "IFoundTheSolution.com" (southeast Alabama) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is outstanding. If you're looking for "the secrets of wealth", you'll find this book to be exactly what you're looking for. I think it's obvious that these secrets exist: if all the money in the U.S. were evenly distributed to every person, you would find that, in six months, we'd again have an upper, middle and lower-class....and they'd probably be the same people that occupy those "classes" now.

Why? Quite simply because wealthy people know something that the average person doesn't know. They know the secrets of wealth. And that's what you'll find in this book.

Some of my fellow reviewers said this book was "too simple" or lacked "strategies". On the contrary, this book, unlike so many others of the same vein, actually gives practical steps on how to achieve the income of your desires. Naturally, you will need to fill in the own details about the business that you find yourself working in; but the principles are the same and they are laid out here very clearly. Too simple? I don't think so. The principles of success are actually quite simple. If there is a difficult part, it's changing your life-long habits of scarcity into new habits of wealth consciousness.

Also, it should be noted that the book is in a fable format which is much more readable than the text of some of the older, more "classic" texts, such as "Think and Grow Rich". I'm not saying anything against the classic books, only that this modern interpretation gives much of the same information. I would recommend anyone who loves "The Instant Millionaire" to immediately get a copy of Think and Grow Rich if they haven't read it.

Incidentally, I credit this book with my success as an entrepreneur. The use of the ideas in this book allowed me to start from scratch in one business and create an annualized six-figure income in less than 6 months.

It works.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you only ever read one self-help book make it this one, July 9, 1999

By A Customer

The best book by far I have read on self development, and I have trawled through a fair few in my time. The format of a tale or fable works very well and happily avoids the pitfalls of pretentiousness and self indulgence that other books of this nature are prone. The answers and principles contained within are not new of course but the way in which these are presented have an impact like no other book. For anyone interested in improving themselves, financially or otherwise, this book really is a must read.