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You can build wealth and achieve financial security - but first, you have to learn to think like a millionaire. Millionaires are not made by happenstance; amassing riches requires rigorous planning and decisive action. But the money principles used by the financial elite are not beyond the grasp of the average individual - anyone truly can think and grow rich! This audiobook teaches you both the mindset changes and the money habits required to achieve financial security. Green draws on Napoleon Hill’s timeless success principles to present a simple formula for wealth-building.

The light, humorous tone in Streetsmart Financial Basics for Nonprofit Managers makes it an accessible resource for nonprofit executives, board members, students, and those new to the field. This book forgoes useless, pretentious verbiage in order to outline real-world strategies that work. This edition includes: new insights, updates, vignettes, case studies, and examples to deal with the implications of nonprofit financial management; an examination of nonprofit business models in relation to growing demands from the government and other funders; and more.

Chris Anderson takes you to the front lines of a new industrial revolution as today’s entrepreneurs, using open source design and 3-D printing, bring manufacturing to the desktop. In an age of custom-fabricated, do-it-yourself product design and creation, the collective potential of a million garage tinkerers and enthusiasts is about to be unleashed, driving a resurgence of American manufacturing. A generation of "Makers" using the Web’s innovation model will help drive the next big wave in the global economy, as the new technologies of digital design and rapid prototyping gives everyone the power to invent.

In this landmark book, author Tony Caldwell takes you step-by-step through the thinking, mindset, skill sets, and checklists you need to launch and successfully operate an independent insurance agency. Utilizing his proven method, he not only challenges you to dream your vision so well you can articulate it, but he also provides the practical tools and expertise to help you grow while avoiding common pitfalls. Done the right way, your business will grow into a noble endeavor to benefit your community.

On the first day of high school, Kristina Ellis' mom - a single, working mother who lost her husband to cancer - informed her that she could not financially support her after graduation. Kristina would need to find her own way to pay for college. As an average student with less-than-impressive test scores, Kristina realized she would have to sell herself to scholarship committees if she wanted to stand out. That's when she devised the plan that led to her receiving over $500,000 in scholarships.

"With Lease Options and Subject-To deals, investors can control properties worth much more than what they could normally afford. These are two of the “little or no money down” type of techniques to invest in real estate. The potential for profit is great and the cost of getting started is low.

Piense y Hágase Rico no requiere presentación. Quizá solo decir que existe alguna razón—o muchas—por las cuales este libro está entre los diez más vendidos de la historia, en todos los idiomas.

Napoleon Hill has changed the lives of millions of readers and listeners, helping them seize their own potential to create lives of abundance and fulfillment. Dream Big is a small collection of some of Hill’s most timeless advice in the form of excerpts, articles, and transcripts of his speeches. These snippets of wisdom are brief, but powerful—quickly digestible chapters that will motivate, inspire, and transform.

All the money in the world doesn't mean a thing if we can't get out of bed. And the healthiest body in the world won't stay that way if we're frazzled about five figures' worth of debt. Today show financial expert Jean Chatzky and the Cleveland Clinic's chief wellness officer, Dr. Michael Roizen, explain the vital connection between health and wealth - giving listeners all the tactics, strategies, and know-how to live longer, healthier, more lucrative lives.

In this groundbreaking work, Tim Harford shows us a new and inspiring approach to solving the most pressing problems in our lives. Harford argues that today’s challenges simply cannot be tackled with ready-made solutions and expert opinions; the world has become far too unpredictable and profoundly complex. Instead, we must adapt. Deftly weaving together psychology, evolutionary biology, anthropology, physics, and economics, along with compelling stories of hard-won lessons learned in the field, Harford makes a passionate case for the importance of adaptive trial-and-error....

Turn your Ideas into Profit by Starting a Thriving Business in South Africa Do you have a brilliant idea and the drive to succeed—but feel stuck on where to begin? Whether you're dreaming of launching a shop, starting a home-based business, building an online store, or developing something completely new, this book is your step-by-step guide to turning your vision into reality. Starting a business in South Africa can feel overwhelming. From navigating confusing regulations and registering your business to finding funding and attracting customers—it’s easy to feel lost. That’s ...

What does it take to turn ideas into action? What are the elements of a perfect pitch? How do you win the war for talent? How do you establish a brand without bucks? These are some of the issues everyone faces when starting or revitalizing any undertaking, and Guy Kawasaki, former marketing maven of Apple Computer, provides the answers.

The Gift of Success and Happiness offers a set of simple systems - based on the world’s most reliable business principles - that empowers listeners to meet and overcome challenges posed by money, work, relationships, and other factors, most of which impede our success and impinge on our happiness. Based on two decades of lessons Chip Sawicki has learned as a senior executive, parent, and community leader, this book’s structured approach will help listeners maximize the opportunity for success and happiness in all aspects of life.

We have just come through the worst recession many of us have ever seen, and in times like these, it's tempting to think that just having more money would solve our problems. Indeed, it is also widely believed that how wealthy you are is a result of external factors, such as job promotions or good investments. But the surprising truth is that affluence is actually based on a certain way of thinking, one which has never before been discussed. The book includes a test to determine your Affluence Intelligence Quotient (AIQ), and a step-by-step program to raise that AIQ in just three months.

Want to learn how to manage your Airbnb properties worry-free and maximize your profits while minimizing your effort? Within this book, you'll find solutions to the most common challenges Airbnb hosts face along with product recommendations to help automate your management experience.

Making money is simple, but not easy. Meeting your financial goals is easier explained than accomplished. Learn the basics of making money in an easy way to understand. Whether you’re just beginning your financial journey or struggling along the way, this audiobook will guide you in the right direction so you can plan out your future action.

The Landlord Entrepreneur shifts the focus from dealing exclusively with residential real estate to building a dynamic property management business. By following the step-by-step instructions in this new guide, anyone can create a fully functioning, professional property management company in only 10 days. With Chavis's modern take on real estate, you will learn the five phases of property management and the skills needed to successfully move through them - as well as the hacks and tricks to build your profitable business from the ground up.

Vivimos en un mundo bastante litigioso. Usted debe mantenerse en guardia en el transcurso de su vida. Al generar riqueza, uno debe saber cómo protegerla. Para los que no la protejan los esperan los depredadores y sus abogados y usaran cualquier truco para quitarle los bienes que no tengan protegidos.

Investing is scary. Never is that more true than during market pullbacks and recessions, whether the Great Recession of 2008; the brief, vertiginous COVID crash in 2020; or any number of recent smaller, yet still wrenching, periods of economic turbulence. We see those flashing red numbers and all semblance of “planning” or “risk tolerance” suddenly goes out the window. We wonder: Will I ever be able to retire? Should I be buying GameStop stock? What, uh, is this stock market thing, anyway?

Daniel Barbarisi quits his job as the New York Yankees beat writer for The Wall Street Journal and begins a quest: to join the top 1 percent of Daily Fantasy Sports ("DFS") players, the so-called "sharks", and figure out whether DFS is on the level - while maybe cashing in along the way. DFS is fantasy sports on steroids. It's the domain of bitter rivals FanDuel and DraftKings, online juggernauts who turned a legal loophole into a billion-dollar industry by allowing sports fans to bet piles of cash constructing fantasy teams.