On the way to the mountains last weekend I stopped at a favorite family owned hardware store. This large, small town store carries a wide variety of merchandise from work clothes to high grade woodworking tools. It also has a nice sporting goods department. It was there that I found an item which I had […]
A woman contacted me soon after Stop Acting Rich was published. She reflected upon the discussion in the book about how productive educators and engineers were in transforming income into wealth. She asked, “What about an engineer who is also an educator?” She was talking about her husband, a 60 year old mechanical engineering professor.
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What is the most often asked question regarding the material contained in my latest book, Stop Acting Rich? “When the economy improves will people give up the frugal habits they adopted during the most recent economic meltdown?” Most of the people who ask this believe that frugality is here to stay. But I am of a
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Dr. Stanley: As a reader of both “The Millionaire Next Door” and “The Millionaire Mind,” this story immediately struck a chord with me, and I knew I had to share it with you. First some background, then the story. For about a year, I had the pleasure of personally getting to know a self-made decamillionaire
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You are contemplating pursuing a graduate degree. Several weeks after you take the Graduate Record Exam (GRE), your scores arrive in the mail. How do you rank? You discover that your verbal aptitude score is in the third quarter, or below average range. Naturally you are disappointed. If this was your score, would you still
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