Comments on: Have You Decided To Be Rich?

By: The Shark Investor

The Shark Investor — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:14:20 +0000

All I care about is to be financially free (well, I still have to work on that). But being rich with millions, luxury cars and all that simply does not look that exciting to me.

By: Lazy Man

Lazy Man — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:32:52 +0000

Hey, be nice, Learn2Spell… I often make similar mistakes, not because I don’t know witch (ha ha) is the correct version to use, but because I write how the word sounds in my head. I really have to focus to knot (again) make mistakes like that.

By: Learn2Spell

Learn2Spell — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:21:18 +0000

Tcstone- apparently it didn’t make enough of a difference to master the English language.

By: Lazy Man

Lazy Man — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:41:20 +0000

Short answer is that it’s very good… longer answer will have to wait for a more in depth review.

I’m also only halfway through it, but it’s very much a reference book. You look up a topic like “computers” and it gives you information for when you can and can’t deduct computers and the like.

It doesn’t replace a good tax person, but it will help you get the most of the tax person.

By: Pamela

Pamela — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:35:39 +0000

So, other than being very dry, how was the tax book? Is it a good read for the self-employed?

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:08:36 +0000

I’m not sure if I ever made the decision to be rich… I’ve always wanted money but over the past couple years its been more of a permeating thought (I too find I’m reading more financially based books than anything else… not to mention my personal web browsing).

By: Solomon

Solomon — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:27:37 +0000

I wouldn’t say I’ve made the decision to be rich, but I have decided to take control of my finances, and I have done that to a certain extent.

By: Lazy Man

Lazy Man — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:59:25 +0000

Fortunately two of the books above were sent to me by the authors. I sprung for the tax deduction one because it will save me money on my business this year.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:55:13 +0000

I never made the decision to be rich, just comfortable.

I found the best way to achieve that was to stop buying books about becoming rich. Those are a money pit.

By: Rich Credit Debt Loan

Rich Credit Debt Loan — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:42:18 +0000

It is indeed to obvious for most people to think about.

By: Mary Sue

Mary Sue — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:39:00 +0000

If you’re anything like me, it’s probably a good thing you didn’t bring the latest issue of the S8 comic on public transport.

I had people get up and move away from me on the bus. There was giggling, and then there was cussing. Then more giggling.

By: Moneymonk

Moneymonk — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:35:19 +0000

I think we all want to be rich/comfortable at some point. But like you said, we get sidetracked by current things so much that we lose focus.

I think that the environment we hang around also plays a big role.

By: ryan

ryan — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:02:24 +0000

i made the decision when i was late 24. as with most converts, i had to get out of a hole before being able to walk in the right direction.

have had some upsets (with investment props), but am still learning. I have my life/other investments running efficiently as i keep plugging away at real estate.

i am 27 now, and definitely headed in the right direction, though not running yet.

By: tcstone

tcstone — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:06:56 +0000

BTW, Buffy Season 8 is a good read. I really enjoyed it.

Good point on deciding to be rich. I would not have understood that while I was in school (that was a long time ago). But my wife and I decided a long time ago to live on less then we make and pay off the credit cards every month. That maid all the difference.

By: Joseph Sangl

Joseph Sangl — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:20:40 +0000

My decision to win with money started in December 2002. I had always maxed out the 401(k), but had always blown every other available dollar and ran an average bank balance of $4.13.

In December 2002, I made the decision to stop living that way.

The result? We became debt-free (except the house) in fourteen months and by 2010 we will be debt-free including the house! I was also able to fire myself from Corporate America, and absorb a massive paycut to go do EXACTLY what I have been put on this earth to do.

To borrow the marketing slogan from McDonalds – “I’m loving it!”