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    A Synopsis of “The Millionaire Next Door” This book is based on 20 years of research on the journey of Ordinary Americans, who became self-made true millionaires in 1 generation and a comparison of their living standards and their spending pattern to find a commonality and break the common image of a millionaire which is projected by media . This book tells the real meaning of wealth ,how to calculate the total wealth and other qualities that an individual needs to develop to accumulate a huge

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    The Millionaire Next Door is insightful book for those wanting to understand how your money works for you. This being said, Thomas J. Stanley did a splendid job ensuring that you get his main points accessed on how people who are millionaires stay millionaires, these points include living below your income, manage your time and money efficiently, living independently is more important than showing high social status, not relying on your parents for money, having children who are self-sufficient,

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    Author Introduction: The book The Millionaire Next Door was written by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko. Dr. Stanley was an author and a professor at Georgia State University and the University at Albany, State University of New York. Stanley authored more than 40 published articles that dealt with the affluent in America. He died in March 2015 in an auto accident. Stanley also appeared numerous times on The Today Show and Oprah Winfrey Show. Dr. Danko is an author and has appeared in numerous

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    The Millionaire Next Door is a book written by two professors of economics, Thomas Stanley and William Danko, and is difficult to immediately apply to one’s own life. It is not a self-help book; it is an economic study with significant implications for greater society. It is an attempt to study the behaviors, habits, and most importantly the attitudes of the United States’ wealthy, thereby providing a glimpse into what makes some wealthy while others remain less affluent. Because of this, the primary

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    The Millionaire Next Door comprises a series of studies and research performed by author Thomas J. Stanley with the assistance of William D. Danko which profiles the behaviors and economic habits of millionaires. In this instance the definition of “millionaire” is meant to refer to US households which possess net worth in excess of one million US dollars. Specifically, the authors seek to catalog and define the behaviors of two groups; one which they define as Under Accumulators of Wealth (UAWs)

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    Death of a Salesman a modern drama that we have read in our class as one of the 3 peace's of literature our professor deems to be important to read. The main characters having a similar theme that they are put into situations out of there control. For the most part they want to be doing the right thing. Weather it's Oedipus form his famous play hunting down the truth even though he knows that if what he is first told is right that he has fulfilled the curse placed on him and must be exiled, or its

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    Key Facts and Issues Glenn Rozycki is a 25 year old resident of Scarborough, Ontario who left school at York University after one year because he felt that he would be happier running his own car detailing business. Glenn wants to start up a new company, Custom Car Care, cleaning and detailing cars. Glenn began this venture as a part time job but he wants to turn it into his full time job. To ensure that his business will be successful, especially in comparison to other similar businesses in

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    apologies to Tina Turner, you might say, “We DO need another hero! We need a champion!” With that thought in mind, we come to Bill Porter. Most of you reading this post will no doubt be unfamiliar with Mr. Porter. Many who saw him walk his daily door-to-door sales route in Portland, Oregon did not think much of this relatively non-aesthetic man. Anyone familiar with the sales profession knows instinctively that the determination to persevere through obstacles is essential for success. Few in the

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    The year is 1949, and it had only been four years since the end of World War II. The United States had emerged victorious and relatively unscathed from world conflict. Moreover, the depression of 1929 which inundated the United States of America, was eradicated by progressive programs. One of the programs was Social Security, introduced in August of 1935, was now available to a society that was living longer. These perfect conditions created unprecedented prosperity within the United States of

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    Willy wanted to have a life like that, but it was hard to achieve.Because society was changing so rapidly, he wasn't able to keep up with the changes and adapt to the way the world was changing. People began to shop in stores and weren't relying on door-to-door salesmen for their shopping. The market for salesmen was changing and Willy wouldn't change to keep up with society. Willy was a good salesman but, there were changing and it didn't matter how good of a salesman you are. Willy looked up at their

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