Unfortunately, regret, specifically about sabotaging my future by messing up in college, occupies so much of my own mental energy, I’ve determined it to be my mid-life crisis. Early in the book, it states that most of these successful women don’t spend much time, if any, thinking about how their lives could have been different, and not all of them led charmed existences before becoming rich. Some are daily and some are long-term, but setting specific goals is one of the things successful women do routinely. (2) Though I haven’t done it every day, I’ve taken to writing down specific goals.
I don’t know whether or not I can become a millionaire, but I do know that my first step to financial solvency is to wipe out that debt. Now I’ve got a clear, visual summary of how much I owe, and my goal is to reduce that debt by 25% or more by December.
(1) The most practical, real-world change is that I’ve created a spreadsheet of all my credit cards and used the “chart” function to turn it into a graph. More important is how the book has impacted my own life. The author does revisit many of the same themes – the importance of thrift, the dangers of economic outpatient care on adults – but he also includes the success stories of numerous millionaire women. Surprisingly, the book turned out to be much more inspirational than the first. But when it finally arrived a few weeks later, I figured I might as well bite the bullet and have another unpleasant look in the financial mirror. They'll definitely come away more knowledgeable and greatly inspired by women who have found the key to riches.Īfter The Millionaire Next Door made me feel so down on myself, I wasn’t as enthusiastic about reading Millioniare Women Next Door as when I first ordered it from my library. Stanley's thoroughly researched findings and conclusions will fascinate readers everywhere. I felt that it was indeed time for successful businesswomen of the self-made variety to be heard." And heard they are in this book that is every bit as informative and inspirational as the author's earlier works. "The vast majority of the millionaire respondents (92 percent) in The Millionaire Next Door were men. "Why write another book that profiles millionaires?" Stanley asks. With Millionaire Women Next Door, he now focuses on one of the least understood but increasingly rich demographics. Stanley first swept aside the mythical magic curtain of wealth with The Millionaire Next Door, revealing just who and how common the truly wealthy were in this country as well as the characteristics and habits that made them so. They are cultivators of wealth and satisfied with life."ĭr. They are chained to their paychecks.The women profiled herein will not tolerate such an existence.
They are chained to their paychecks.The women profiled herein will not Stanley first swept aside the mythical magic curtain of wealth with The Millionaire Next Door, revealing just who and how They are cultivators of wealth and satisfied with life." Dr.
Millionaire Women Next Door: The Many Journeys of Successful American Businesswomen