THE MILLIONAIRE NEXT DOOR SUMMARY (BY THOMAS STANLEY)

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Animated top 5 takeaways of The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas Stanley. Describes the characteristics of a millionaire. They might surprise you …

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Top 5 takeaways:
0:00 Intro
0:17 The 12 Characteristics of a Millionaire
1:39 Play Defense
3:14 The True Cost of Consumption
5:27 Cash Gifts Are Bear Favors
6:51 How to Decide if You Are on The Right Track

TL/DW:
Frist, becoming a millionaire is a result of hard work, lifestyle decisions, planning and self-discipline, not inheritance or luck.
The second takeaway is that you must play a great defense to accumulate wealth.
Takeaway number 3 is that opportunity costs, both in terms of money and of time, should be added to estimate the true cost of a purchase.
Number 4 is that cash gifts are counterproductive to accumulate wealth.
Last but not least, number 5 is that you can decide if you are on the right track towards becoming a millionaire by taking your age, multiply it by yearly pretax income, divide it by 10 and then comparing it to your net worth.
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