The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of Americas Wealthy

Why arent I as wealthy as I should be? Many people ask this question of themselves all the time. Often they are hardworking, well educated middle to highincome people. Why, then, are so few affluent. For nearly two decades the answer has been found in the bestselling The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of Americas Wealthy, reissued with a new foreword for the twentyfirst century. According to the authors, most people have it all wrong about how you become wealthy in America. Wealth in America is more often the result of hard work, diligent savings, and living below your means than it is about inheritance, advance degrees, and even intelligence. The Millionaire Next Door identifies seven common traits that show up again and again among those who have accumulated wealth. You will learn, for example, that millionaires bargain shop for used cars, pay a tiny fraction of their wealth in income tax, raise children who are often unaware of their familys wealth until they are adults, and, above all, reject the bigspending lifestyles most of us associate with rich people. In fact, you will learn that the flashy millionaires glamorized in the media represent only a tiny minority of Americas rich. Most of the truly wealthy in this country dont live in Beverly Hills or on Park Avenuethey live next door.