Your book describes my parents in the 1980s except my dad was frugal and my mom wasn’t. Obviously, they would have accumulated more wealth had they both been frugal. To this day, while my mom has continued to accumulate wealth through investments, she gets her jollies by conspicuous consumption (her parents were UAWs). And I […]
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Dr. Stanley, Sorry if this is repetitive, but not sure last update went through. We dropped you a line about three years ago. At that time we were earning 240k and owned a home we purchased for 190k. Since that time a lot has changed (for the better). We added a son to our family,
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My wife (public school teacher) and I (pastor) have become millionaires (yes, without even figuring equity in our home) in our mid-late 40s while being salaried workers and with her taking nine years off from teaching/salary to stay at home with kids. We’ve had no inheritance or windfall. Moreover, we have consistently given about 20%
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Dear Dr. Stanley: Count me among your many fans who has read both The Millionaire Next Door and The Millionaire Mind many times. These books were foundational to developing productive budgeting, saving and investing habits. As I grow older (I am 50 and my wife is 42) my fondness for your books becomes deeper and
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Mr. Stanley you are a Genius, I found this audio series and The Millionaire Next Door book to be great. You really hit the nail on the head. Please help and give me some direction. My day time job is with a national health club organization. I have a photography business and would like to
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Hi, I purchased your book “The Millionaire Next Door” and want to say I really, really like it! I also wanted to know if you plan to publish an updated book. Reason I ask this, is that since 1996 a lot has changed with the economy and it would be fascinating to see if the
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Dr. Stanley, I’ve read the Millionaire Next Door and the Millionaire Mind and I loved them both. I just finished the Milionaire Mind. The book spoke to me because although I am not a Millionaire . . . I plan to be. I am like your main character, the Millionaire next door . . .
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My condolences to the family. Tom mentored me in 1990, where he discussed part of Networking with The Affluent about me. The world has lost a great man, I will miss you Tommy!!!