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Summary: What about AAW?
Review: The book was good, however it talked too much about the extremes of being either a PAW OR a UAW. They'll probably write another book about being a AAW.
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Summary: Can be summed up in one sentence.
Review: Rich people are cheap and invest most of their money. THAT'S IT! If you want read a 250-page extrapolation of that one sentence read the book. Honestly, though, after reading the first sentence of this review, you basically have read the book without looking at any boring charts. Save your time, and skip this book.
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Summary: CHANGED MY LIFE AND HAVE RECOMMENDED IT 6 TIMES TODAY!
Review: My father and a close personal friend, both in their 60's have been misers for years and have proven that it pays off. They have just retired and have plenty to do what they want. This is not a new concept, but a strange one to people my age (33). I cannot think of a better impetus besides something like the Stanley/Danko book. Ignore the other reviews about it being redundant. It's intended to drill you with the facts. And the facts are that you should always ask yourself twice before you purchase another stupid item you'll sell in a yard sale next year for 50 cents. My girlfriend and I started our new budget on the vacation that I read the book on. Now we have a rock solid budget that will throw thousands of dollars our way in the next years. I was an "EOC" recipient all my life. Not anymore! Thanks guys! SAVE SAVE SAVE! Here's to You Guys! Cheers!
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Summary: Great Book - Common Cents
Review: This was a great book to read. Although full of some statistics, it helped me to explain to my wife what we need to do to retire in style.
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Summary: A book I give to all my clients...
Review: There's a saying "If you make 25K, you live on 24K, if you make 300K, you live on 320K". As a certified financial planner, I often see clients who get caught up in the "wrong" numbers. This is a great book to help people realize that there's a LOT of people who "have big hats...but no cattle," and its really your networth and not the car you drive that matters.
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Summary: Wow - down to earth financial advice for everyone!
Review: This book was great! Even though it is from another country (America) and I am in Australia, the advice given was incredibly useful and I'm already putting it into practice and reaping the rewards! Believe it or not, buying this book will help you towards an earlier and richer retirement!
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Summary: The Millionaire Next Door should get a life.
Review: The book espouses a dull life of frugality and pinching pennies that is desirable only to those with no sense of enjoyment or fun. I am sick and tired of hearing a bunch of Scrooges pat themselves on the back as a result of this book. With a sound investment strategy, you can make money and still life the good life. The millionaire next door can keep driving his beat-up car and 12-year old clothes, the rest of us will enjoy life. After reading this book, ask yourself, would you wnat to live like the millionaire next door? Or would you like to enjoy life. The answer provides a new perspective on the Millionaire Next Door.
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Summary: EXCELLENT CHOICE FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS
Review: The authors have done an excellent of tying together their massive amounts of data into a useful and easy to understand context. The authors do not propose they know how to make you rich, like so many other books do. Instead they offer examples of the methodologies of successful people. Each of the millionaires made their money in their own way. So this isn't about particular investing strategies, but instead lifestyle methodologies. For those reviewers who write about the authors being wrong, and that 85% of people in Beverly Hills must be wealthy, I ask you this: DID YOU READ THE BOOK? This is the largest study of wealth ever done. They offer proven statistics to back up their claim. You offer nothing. Ever hear of Invincible Ignorance? Look it up.
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Summary: Justified my lifestyle
Review: I read this book as a favor to someone who works with my husband. I am so glad I did. For the last five years as my husband and I lived below our means(we continue to do so), our "friends" ridiculed us. We have goals to not just retire someday but have all the things in life our "friends" have now. In just seven years of marriage, just entering our 30's, we can literally stop saving and let our accumulation grow. Why is it more people do not realize our parents worked 30+ years to have the things we believe are somehow owed to us? Saving nowadays should not be any less serious just because our incomes are larger than our parents. I used to feel I was somehow wrong to save so much and spend so little. I was silly. Thank you for justifying my lifestyle.
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Summary: Interesting but redundant
Review: Interesting approach to achieving wealth, but seems to have an underlying implication of greed. Implications that those who do not gain wealth donate to charity (i.e. their community) did not need to be included. The concepts on investing, purchasing, not spending lavishly to show status at the expense of wealth accumulation, gifts to children, etc., should be learned by every parent and child.
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