Introduction
Ok, you’re saying, ‘Another wealth-building book, right?’ Wrong. This book is not about me being an expert to you. This book is about How To Make Millions When Thousands Have Been Laid Off and seven self-made millionaires, each presenting their unique viewpoints and methods of wealth building.
I must have read over a hundred books, and have been inspired by several philosophies on becoming a self-made millionaire. I thought it would be best if I let the experts tell you, in their own words, how they did it, and how you can too. Therefore, it is my mission with How To Make Millions When Thousands Have Been Laid Off to have your paradigms shifted and your current beliefs challenged as it relates to wealth accumulation before, during and after a financial devastation.
* * * *
Everyday in the newspaper and on the national news, there are reports on companies downsizing thousands of people. People who have families to support; people who had dreams of retirement; people who did not want to be forced to start their lives all over again. Experts have predicted that during the life of your career, you can expect to have as many as seven different jobs in your lifetime. What most people don’t anticipate is that they may not have any control over their decision to leave a job and after they have found a new one. If you have been laid off, reengineered, reorganized, restructured, downsized, or just plain fired, the principles and words of wisdom espoused by the seven self-made millionaires, of whom I personally interviewed offered in this book, will help you reinvent your financial history and no longer become a victim to downsizing, but literally become victorious to upsizing. Can you make millions while thousands of people are losing their jobs? The answer is a resounding yes! If you apply only a fraction of the wisdom proposed from these personal interviews with Bob Proctor, Les Brown, Robert G. Allen, Dr. Cuttie Bacon III, Robert Kiyosaki, Joseph Janiczek, Brian Tracy and Stedman Graham, you will become financially free to live your dreams.
This book is about changing your mindset as it relates to money and wealth accumulation. This book is about creating new paradigms as it relates to financial security vs. financial freedom. Bob Proctor, Les Brown, Robert G. Allen, Dr. Cuttie Bacon III, Robert Kiyosaki, Joseph Janiczek, Brian Tracy and Leadership Mentor, Stedman Graham, are all self-made millionaires many times over and all have many mindsets in common for one. Secondly, they’ve all appeared in the Ezine, EmpowerMag.com – The Human Potential Hub, and they all have distinct mentalities as it relates to making, multiplying and managing money.
They all worked smart to achieve wealth. They all add value to people’s lives with their products and services. They are generous, gift-giving people and they don’t buy into the belief that money and wealth are limited to a chosen few. They do believe that a layoff is nothing more than a reason to look up at new possibilities.
As you read this book and delve into the personal profiles of these self-made millionaires, I’d like for you to identify the dominant beliefs that drove each of them to financial freedom and find out how these teachers can teach you how to become a self made millionaire also. For example, Bob Proctor will teach you how to believe in yourself and know that prosperity and wealth is your divine birthright. He will help you understand his philosophy of being born rich. On page 92 of his book, ‘You Were Born Rich’, Bob says, “…before any of us can even begin to overcome the poverty which surrounds us in our external world, we must first conquer the impoverishment that is buried deep within ourselves.” Bob Proctor will move you out of the mindset that ignorance is bliss and how it’s the number one cause of poverty in the world.
For the last ten years, I’ve had the privilege of interview a man known as Mamie Brown’s Baby Boy, Les Brown; and each interview has been in his words, “A plumb, pleasing privilege as well as a pleasure.” As a renowned professional speaker, author and television personality, Les Brown has risen to national prominence by delivering a high-energy message, which tells people how to shake off mediocrity and live up to their greatness. It is a message Les Brown has learned from his own life and one he is helping others apply to their lives. In this book, Les will talk about how to begin believing that wealth is possible for you because there was a time when he didn’t believe it himself. He says, “Among the easiest things I’ve ever done was to earn a million dollars; but the most difficult thing that I’ve ever had to overcome was to believe that it could happen to me. That’s the real challenge. The bottom line is when we start talking about wealth, there’s a little known secret that most never get. You don’t get in life what you want; you get out of life on what you are, and that’s why we must invest in ourselves.”
Robert Kiyosaki will help you understand the four mentalities of people and how they make their money. His best-selling book and audio series, ‘Rich Dad, Poor Dad’, will literally stop you in your tracks and challenge every single misconception you had about money and creating wealth. In his profile, you will find out why people literally numb themselves to financial gain and opportunity and why they have been so conditioned to think that life and attaining wealth is difficult. Robert will also help you learn how your formal education may have stifled you from becoming wealthy by conditioning or programming you to work for someone else for a living rather than living your life’s work. Robert says, “The main reason people struggle financially, is because they spent years in school but learned nothing about money. The result is people learn to work for money…but never learn how to have money work for them.”
If someone told you, ‘You Can Have Absolute Financial Freedom.’ What would you think? How would you respond to the thought of being financially free? What does that mean to you, your spouse, and your family? Well, Joseph J. Janiczek, MSFS, ChFC is President of Janiczek & Company, LTD., (www.janiczek.com), a leading Financial Advisory Firm based in Greenwood Village, Colorado, that specializes in the complex investment, income tax and estate planning needs of individuals on the path to achieving absolute financial freedom. This financial genius says that mistakes are great moments! “The idea is to grow and to take action. However, to take action, you are going to make mistakes from time to time and you can have your greatest learning experiences by making mistakes like most of us do. If we are brought up thinking that mistakes are bad, we basically put ourselves in financial stagnation because we don’t take action.”
Years ago, I purchased ‘The Psychology of Achievement’, by Brian Tracy, and found my life forever changed. Brian’s principles about wealth, success and achievement are mind-bending and guaranteed to change your life. A preview of Brian’s wisdom comes from this quote: “Success leaves tracks. If you want to be successful, find out not only what other successful people do, but find out how other successful people think.” This is literally what How To Make Millions When Thousands Have Been Laid Off is all about, finding out how the rich and prosperous think and by simulating their mindset, you will be able to duplicate the process of wealth in your life as well.
I’m honored to know Dr. Cuttie Bacon III, the man who wrote the book, ‘How To Teach Kids to Be Millionaires.’ Dr. Bacon teaches children and their parents how to be millionaires using proven methods of strategic wealth building. Dr. Bacon’s financial prowess is eloquently summarized when he says, “It’s important to save one to two dollars a day for your child because one, it’s a model experience. You are modeling for the child what he or she should do with money. Most parents know how to give a child a dollar or two a day, and let them spend it on useless things like candy, gum and junk. When you constantly do that for twelve years, children grow up believing that a dollar or two has little or no value and the only possible thing to do with it is to race to the drugstore and spend it.”
Author of ‘Multiple Streams of Income’, millionaire maker Robert G. Allen bounced right back with another best-seller, ‘Multiple Streams of Internet Income’, which has become my Internet bible. Robert’s philosophy of starting a business with little or no money down will teach you how to truly be an entrepreneur. If you only use a paragraph of the principles he espouses in this book, you will be able to greatly transform your life! Until I read Robert’s book and applied his principles, I floundered helplessly trying to make money with my dotcom. However, it was the interview that I am sharing with you in this text that helped change my view on self-made millionaires. Robert said: “The source of all wealth is God. God knows where the gold is. You can’t create wealth by yourself without having tapped into the source that knows what stocks are going up tomorrow, which pieces of real estate are going to be more valuable, which businesses have the best chance of success – you need to be tapped in. The way I do that is tithing…” That statement, and the rest of his interview, had a profound affect on me, as it will you. Read Robert Allen’s profile and see for yourself why they call him the Millionaire Master.
Finally, the exclusive feature interview with Stedman Graham. Before you can create wealth, you must have leadership skills and who better to teach us the importance of leadership than the man who personifies the very essence of leadership. After interviewing Stedman Graham, the Author of two best-selling books, ‘You Can Make It Happen’ and ‘Build Your Own Life Brand’, I quickly discovered that he is a master of strategic planning and leadership. In the special chapter dedicated to him, he will show you the process of reinventing yourself to be a leader; so you can be prepared for success and wealth when it happens. Stedman emphasized, “Cultivating leadership qualities is really an investment in self. It’s about leading, managing and controlling yourself in such a way that other people see your example and aspire to where you’re going.” Stedman will show you that it’s not about selling a product or service; it’s about becoming the product or service.
The individuals profiled in this book literally changed my life and I’m certain they will do the same for you. Don’t focus on one; absorb the teachings and philosophy of all of the profiles in How To Make Millions When Thousands Have Been Laid Off. I am truly fortunate to have interviewed some of the greatest minds in the world and since been labeled, “The King of Human Potential Interviews”. Nevertheless, I’m even more fortunate to be in a position to offer you these interviews that will forever change your life.
Enjoy!
Introduction
Ok, you’re saying, ‘Another wealth-building book, right?’ Wrong. This book is not about me being an expert to you. This book is about How To Make Millions When Thousands Have Been Laid Off and seven self-made millionaires, each presenting their unique viewpoints and methods of wealth building.
I must have read over a hundred books, and have been inspired by several philosophies on becoming a self-made millionaire. I thought it would be best if I let the experts tell you, in their own words, how they did it, and how you can too. Therefore, it is my mission with How To Make Millions When Thousands Have Been Laid Off to have your paradigms shifted and your current beliefs challenged as it relates to wealth accumulation before, during and after a financial devastation.
* * * *
Everyday in the newspaper and on the national news, there are reports on companies downsizing thousands of people. People who have families to support; people who had dreams of retirement; people who did not want to be forced to start their lives all over again. Experts have predicted that during the life of your career, you can expect to have as many as seven different jobs in your lifetime. What most people don’t anticipate is that they may not have any control over their decision to leave a job and after they have found a new one. If you have been laid off, reengineered, reorganized, restructured, downsized, or just plain fired, the principles and words of wisdom espoused by the seven self-made millionaires, of whom I personally interviewed offered in this book, will help you reinvent your financial history and no longer become a victim to downsizing, but literally become victorious to upsizing. Can you make millions while thousands of people are losing their jobs? The answer is a resounding yes! If you apply only a fraction of the wisdom proposed from these personal interviews with Bob Proctor, Les Brown, Robert G. Allen, Dr. Cuttie Bacon III, Robert Kiyosaki, Joseph Janiczek, Brian Tracy and Stedman Graham, you will become financially free to live your dreams.
This book is about changing your mindset as it relates to money and wealth accumulation. This book is about creating new paradigms as it relates to financial security vs. financial freedom. Bob Proctor, Les Brown, Robert G. Allen, Dr. Cuttie Bacon III, Robert Kiyosaki, Joseph Janiczek, Brian Tracy and Leadership Mentor, Stedman Graham, are all self-made millionaires many times over and all have many mindsets in common for one. Secondly, they’ve all appeared in the Ezine, EmpowerMag.com – The Human Potential Hub, and they all have distinct mentalities as it relates to making, multiplying and managing money.
They all worked smart to achieve wealth. They all add value to people’s lives with their products and services. They are generous, gift-giving people and they don’t buy into the belief that money and wealth are limited to a chosen few. They do believe that a layoff is nothing more than a reason to look up at new possibilities.
As you read this book and delve into the personal profiles of these self-made millionaires, I’d like for you to identify the dominant beliefs that drove each of them to financial freedom and find out how these teachers can teach you how to become a self made millionaire also. For example, Bob Proctor will teach you how to believe in yourself and know that prosperity and wealth is your divine birthright. He will help you understand his philosophy of being born rich. On page 92 of his book, ‘You Were Born Rich’, Bob says, “…before any of us can even begin to overcome the poverty which surrounds us in our external world, we must first conquer the impoverishment that is buried deep within ourselves.” Bob Proctor will move you out of the mindset that ignorance is bliss and how it’s the number one cause of poverty in the world.
For the last ten years, I’ve had the privilege of interview a man known as Mamie Brown’s Baby Boy, Les Brown; and each interview has been in his words, “A plumb, pleasing privilege as well as a pleasure.” As a renowned professional speaker, author and television personality, Les Brown has risen to national prominence by delivering a high-energy message, which tells people how to shake off mediocrity and live up to their greatness. It is a message Les Brown has learned from his own life and one he is helping others apply to their lives. In this book, Les will talk about how to begin believing that wealth is possible for you because there was a time when he didn’t believe it himself. He says, “Among the easiest things I’ve ever done was to earn a million dollars; but the most difficult thing that I’ve ever had to overcome was to believe that it could happen to me. That’s the real challenge. The bottom line is when we start talking about wealth, there’s a little known secret that most never get. You don’t get in life what you want; you get out of life on what you are, and that’s why we must invest in ourselves.”
Robert Kiyosaki will help you understand the four mentalities of people and how they make their money. His best-selling book and audio series, ‘Rich Dad, Poor Dad’, will literally stop you in your tracks and challenge every single misconception you had about money and creating wealth. In his profile, you will find out why people literally numb themselves to financial gain and opportunity and why they have been so conditioned to think that life and attaining wealth is difficult. Robert will also help you learn how your formal education may have stifled you from becoming wealthy by conditioning or programming you to work for someone else for a living rather than living your life’s work. Robert says, “The main reason people struggle financially, is because they spent years in school but learned nothing about money. The result is people learn to work for money…but never learn how to have money work for them.”
If someone told you, ‘You Can Have Absolute Financial Freedom.’ What would you think? How would you respond to the thought of being financially free? What does that mean to you, your spouse, and your family? Well, Joseph J. Janiczek, MSFS, ChFC is President of Janiczek & Company, LTD., (www.janiczek.com), a leading Financial Advisory Firm based in Greenwood Village, Colorado, that specializes in the complex investment, income tax and estate planning needs of individuals on the path to achieving absolute financial freedom. This financial genius says that mistakes are great moments! “The idea is to grow and to take action. However, to take action, you are going to make mistakes from time to time and you can have your greatest learning experiences by making mistakes like most of us do. If we are brought up thinking that mistakes are bad, we basically put ourselves in financial stagnation because we don’t take action.”
Years ago, I purchased ‘The Psychology of Achievement’, by Brian Tracy, and found my life forever changed. Brian’s principles about wealth, success and achievement are mind-bending and guaranteed to change your life. A preview of Brian’s wisdom comes from this quote: “Success leaves tracks. If you want to be successful, find out not only what other successful people do, but find out how other successful people think.” This is literally what How To Make Millions When Thousands Have Been Laid Off is all about, finding out how the rich and prosperous think and by simulating their mindset, you will be able to duplicate the process of wealth in your life as well.
I’m honored to know Dr. Cuttie Bacon III, the man who wrote the book, ‘How To Teach Kids to Be Millionaires.’ Dr. Bacon teaches children and their parents how to be millionaires using proven methods of strategic wealth building. Dr. Bacon’s financial prowess is eloquently summarized when he says, “It’s important to save one to two dollars a day for your child because one, it’s a model experience. You are modeling for the child what he or she should do with money. Most parents know how to give a child a dollar or two a day, and let them spend it on useless things like candy, gum and junk. When you constantly do that for twelve years, children grow up believing that a dollar or two has little or no value and the only possible thing to do with it is to race to the drugstore and spend it.”
Author of ‘Multiple Streams of Income’, millionaire maker Robert G. Allen bounced right back with another best-seller, ‘Multiple Streams of Internet Income’, which has become my Internet bible. Robert’s philosophy of starting a business with little or no money down will teach you how to truly be an entrepreneur. If you only use a paragraph of the principles he espouses in this book, you will be able to greatly transform your life! Until I read Robert’s book and applied his principles, I floundered helplessly trying to make money with my dotcom. However, it was the interview that I am sharing with you in this text that helped change my view on self-made millionaires. Robert said: “The source of all wealth is God. God knows where the gold is. You can’t create wealth by yourself without having tapped into the source that knows what stocks are going up tomorrow, which pieces of real estate are going to be more valuable, which businesses have the best chance of success – you need to be tapped in. The way I do that is tithing…” That statement, and the rest of his interview, had a profound affect on me, as it will you. Read Robert Allen’s profile and see for yourself why they call him the Millionaire Master.
Finally, the exclusive feature interview with Stedman Graham. Before you can create wealth, you must have leadership skills and who better to teach us the importance of leadership than the man who personifies the very essence of leadership. After interviewing Stedman Graham, the Author of two best-selling books, ‘You Can Make It Happen’ and ‘Build Your Own Life Brand’, I quickly discovered that he is a master of strategic planning and leadership. In the special chapter dedicated to him, he will show you the process of reinventing yourself to be a leader; so you can be prepared for success and wealth when it happens. Stedman emphasized, “Cultivating leadership qualities is really an investment in self. It’s about leading, managing and controlling yourself in such a way that other people see your example and aspire to where you’re going.” Stedman will show you that it’s not about selling a product or service; it’s about becoming the product or service.
The individuals profiled in this book literally changed my life and I’m certain they will do the same for you. Don’t focus on one; absorb the teachings and philosophy of all of the profiles in How To Make Millions When Thousands Have Been Laid Off. I am truly fortunate to have interviewed some of the greatest minds in the world and since been labeled, “The King of Human Potential Interviews”. Nevertheless, I’m even more fortunate to be in a position to offer you these interviews that will forever change your life.
Enjoy!
