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Summary: TO CHANGE YOUR LOT IN LIFE, READ THIS BOOK.......
Review: Are you tired to never having enough money? May i please suggest that you read this book. It tells that the way to get wealth, is to give it away. I know this sounds strange to you, but Tod tells that the more money you give away, the more money will come back to you. I fully agree with this idea, for when i attend church and put money in the collection plate, i seem to always receive a lot of new money the next week. I think God loves a cheeful giver. Maybe you would like to put this idea to a test. I would strongly recommend this book.
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Summary: pillars of your wealth -- and your dreams
Review: Best book on wealth-building you can buy: Barnhart does not pander to "gimme gimme" schemes, or strangle the reader in technical yarn. Rather, he offers simple, disciplined, sagely advise to liberate the human being's potential as well as his/her wallet. Long after the 3AM infomercial, get-rich-quick, pond scum have gone off the airwaves, Barnharts sound-to-the-core, Zen/Chicken Soup advise will be making smart and serious people smart and serious investors for a long time to come.
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Summary: best money book I ever read
Review: Best book on wealth-building you can buy: Barnhart does not pander to "gimme gimme" schemes, or strangle the reader in technical yarn. Rather, he offers simple, disciplined, sagely advise to liberate the human being's potential as well as his/her wallet. Long after the 3AM infomercial, get-rich-quick, pond scum have gone off the airwaves, Barnharts sound-to-the-core, Zen/Chicken Soup advise will be making smart and serious people smart and serious investors for a long time to come.
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Summary: best money book I ever read
Review: Best book on wealth-building you can buy: Barnhart does not pander to "gimme gimme" schemes, or strangle the reader in technical yarn. Rather, he offers simple, disciplined, sagely advise to liberate the human being's potential as well as his/her wallet. Long after the 3AM infomercial, get-rich-quick, pond scum have gone off the airwaves, Barnharts sound-to-the-core, Zen/Chicken Soup advise will be making smart and serious people smart and serious investors for a long time to come.
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Summary: pillars of your wealth -- and your dreams
Review: Easy and fun to read, and very inspirational. Tod's book not only got me on my financial feet, it spurred me to reawaken my dreams--in my religious life, my career, my marriage. Tod's book is not as chock full of the tactics of making money as you might perhaps expect or desire. That's because Tod's money advice isn't nearly as valuable as his message--that the quality and depth of your life and your dreams is what really forms the five pillars of your wealth. PS. If you're a Tony Robbins guy, buy this book. It's like a syllabus from one of Tony's master trainers--many of the same ideas, but said yet one more, different way that might get you to take action at last. It could be the start of something big for you.
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Summary: Tony Robbins' Top Financial Student Gets an "A"!
Review: Here's a truly excellent book on wealth. What most people aren't aware of (as a student of Tony Robbins Wealth Mastery Course) is that the power of belief precedes all planning and action. So to the average person there may not appear to be enough advice on what to do. But the most leverage really comes from the financial mindset and the wealth blueprints.The highlights of this book include: great quotations, clear charts and tables, and a thorough understanding of wealth unconsciousness (taught by Tony Robbins). I guess Tony won't be writing a finance book because this one tells about all there needs to be said at this level (belief and planning). For those who are looking for stock market advice (since the author is a stockbroker), his simple advice on buying the 10 highest yielding Dow stocks is really great. And if that's too much for investors to comprehend, then just buy an Index fund of the Dow (DIA). The key here is long-term passive investing in the highest-quality American companies. Active investing is a full-time job for pros. Daytrading is for dummies. There are too many gimmicky books on finance (too simple, for women only, Rich Dad's, etc.). This book is one of the truly great ones.
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Summary: Excellent Advice - A must and easy read.
Review: I have read countless books and listened to many tapes as I work towards my goal of financial independence. Tod Barnhart's strategies work. I have used them to turn a disasterous financial situation into a very envious one. I could have saved myself a lot of money on books and tapes had I read Tod's book first. Buy it today and act on his strategies - you will not be disappointed.
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Summary: Tod Barnhart comments on The Five Rituals of Wealth
Review: I just wanted to offer some insight on what The Five Rituals of Wealth has meant to me as an author. I spend a hard-working and focused ten year period on the subject of wealth and money. My initial quest was to uncover exactly what it was that made people financially successful, or not. I learned a great deal, so many surprises and eye-openers that I couldn't even sleep at night without communicating these lessons. Big problem: I wasn't a writer or in TV yet, I spent my days advising wealthy people and conducting interviews. But, I knew that I couldn't keep what I'd learned to myself, so I just started plunking away at the computer, and learning new skills, trying to be as honest with my potential readers as I possibly could - I knew that many, many people are frustrated by money, and they don't have to be. Next thing I knew, I had an agent who was getting big interest and big offers, Tony Robbins (who I studied under for some years) stepped up to write the foreword, Oprah's people called and invited me on the show, I was offered my own weekly TV program and spent months on the road doing seminars, media appearances and giving interviews on the subject. Anyway, this book has meant a great deal to me because it was one of the first substantial things I can remember doing only for the sake of helping other people. I made a lot of money in the brokerage business and as an advisor, but the biggest rewards came when I just "let go" and put myself at the service of my readers. Right now, I'm working on a book titled, A Kick in the Assets, that's designed as "wake-up" call to people in their twenties and thirties. It'll be published by Putnam in January, 1999. I've also written a novel, Caveat Emptor: Buyer Beware, about a young financier entangled in corrupt investment banking activities and the film script about the same. This summer, my first feature film, DreamWeaver, is being produced by Maxim Entertainment and I'm having a ball learning to communicate through these different mediums. Anyway, The Five Rituals of Wealth started it all for me, not necessarily the book, but the principles which worked excellently for my wife and I, as well as thousands of readers. Once we'd gotten our finances handled, by practicing these five suggestions, we found a whole new life had opened up for us. I believe it can do the same for you. I will offer one final note about the book: I went searching for the holy grail of finance and found something far, far more valuable - myself. That's why there are sections in the book devoted to personal improvement, values, and motivation. I couldn't skip the most important lessons I'd learned along the way; after all, they were the secrets to "true" wealth and happiness. So, if you read the book, please, please don't poo-poo these ideas. Try them for yourself. Yes, get the finance stuff down, but don't forget what it is you're really after: Your destiny. In trying to keep up with my responsibilities as an author/advisor, I have desperately tried to communicate these lessons; some get it, some don't. But, life-long prosperity begins with character. I know that now, I just wish I wouldn't have had to suffer for years to understand. Hopefully, with this book - the summarized experience of ten years of my professional life - you won't have to suffer through the same mistakes I made.
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Summary: Terminate your fears of becoming rich!
Review: I like this book, I really do. I think it teaches some important lessons that no other book does as far as I know. He really explains in detail, much more so than Tony Robbins does. Sure, his philosophy comes from Tony Robbins ideas but I think he is more focused to some few ideas whilst Tony has millions and millions of tips and ideas. The book has a diffrent approach to money, it teaches you to understand that you dont have to be ashamed of being rich and that you really deserve being rich. I love this book to tell you the truth. The books begin quite silly and I almost stop reading it after the first chapter but after the third chapter I Understood what the book was about. THIS BOOK WILL CHANGE YOUR ATTITUDE TO MONEY, and it will unlock your power to become rich! This book is good as a complement to other financial books I think and the excerises are really good too. But if your searching for mathematical stuff and figures this book is not it, this book talks about who you are and what you can do to devolop in to a millionares attitudes, mindset, values and beliefs! A GREAT BOOK, BUY IT!!!
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Summary: "Informative and interesting"
Review: I liked this book. The concepts it contains are simple to understand, in fact, sometimes too simplified. This book is almost completely about finances, which is an imperative subject to understand, and follow, if one is ever to have financial stability or wealth. I hoped this would have been more of a feel good motivational book, along the lines of Tony Robbins, but it isn't that kind of book at all. This book does show its age, as it was written in the mid nineties, however, with the current resurrgence of the stock market I can look back and see some of the financial mistakes I've made since that time. When I began reading this book I felt the author lacked a deep understanding as a financier, however, by the time I'd read about half the book I was convinced that He is concerned about the welfare of those he teaches and inspires. In comparison with a book like Rich Dad Poor Dad, well, this book blows that one away. Hopefully you will read this review and skip that one.
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