Are You Going to the Ocean with a Teaspoon, Bucket or a Tractor Trailer?
Author: Laurie Meade

Are You Going to the Ocean with a Teaspoon, Bucket or a Tractor Trailer?
A Book Review
(c) 2003 by Laurie Meade

Read the headline. What the heck, is she talking about, you might ask?
I am talking about success.
I am talking about abundance.
I am talking about attitude.
I am talking about self talk.
I am talking about self doubt.

This is a book review. A real book, not an ebook. A really awesome and inspiring book. :o)

I can't guarantee that this will be an unbiased review. This book among a few others I have read recently, is literally changing my life. My way of thinking.
It isn't just a non fiction how-to investment guide book.
It isn't a theory, it is a step by step story, written in a fiction format, that many people from all walks of life can identify with.

Why do I feel this way about a book?

Mark Victor Hansen and Robert G. Allen are not new to the publishing world. Mark is one of the co-authors of the multi-million best selling, "Chicken Soup for the Soul" series of books.

Robert G. Allen is one of the world's foremost financial experts, he has helped thousands of people become millionaires. He has authored, books and seminars, one of the most well known being: "How to Buy Good Real Estate with No Money Down".

What I don't like about this book, is that I didn't know how it was laid out until I started reading it.

If I had known how it is was set up, I would have bought it sooner. I didn't like the fact that as a single mom, I couldn't read it all in one sitting. It was very captivating to read.

You see, when the book is spread open, the left side teaches you the Aha's, the steps you need to take to become an enlightened millionaire. Non-fiction how to.

The other side, reads like a novel and is a story about a single mom. Michelle is confronted with a battle against her rich inlaws, who took custody of her kids away from her after her husband was killed in a car accident. It was caused by a drunk driver. They had let their insurance lapse. They had the wrong mindset about being rich and what it meant.

Michelle was full of grief, anger, resentment and blame.

Working as a waitress in a hotel banquet room, she serves a table of "Enlightened Millionaires........

The novel part of the story is her journey to reach what most would consider an impossible goal.........

Allen has also published "Multiple Streams of Internet Income."
Other titles of his, include:

-------Unlimited Riches: Making Your Fortune in Real Estate
Robert Shemin, Robert G. Allen
-------Creating Wealth
Robert G. Allen
-------Nothing Down for the '90s: How to Buy Real Estate with Little or No Money Down
Robert G. Allen
-------Multiple Streams of Internet Income: How Ordinary People Make Extraordinary Money Online
Robert G. Allen

A search at Barnes and Noble website, brought up over 76 titles under his name.

My advice is to first read the "Novel Side." It was entertaining, captivating and just like the "I can't put this book down" type mystery book.

Then, reading the how to information, will be of much more importance. It will sink in and register better in your brain.

The approach they took to writing this way, was so that it would appeal to all readers, both the right brained and left brained. Some read to learn, some read for pure enjoyment. This book would make both types of reader's interested in reading the opposite side as well.

This book is easy to read,
easy to follow and understand and
is broken down into manageable steps. "The aha's"
and the basis for the novel side were based on actual steps that real people did to acheive their own millionaire goals.

Anyone who reads this book, can not help but be inspired. It will change the way they look at rich people, at money, and at the opportunities available for you to reach that level yourself.

I've been intrigued by buying real estate with no money down. But like most, I thought no way, would I be able to do that. It's too complicated. After reading this book, I no longer think that way. Now, it is only a matter of time for me before, I buy and sell my first property.

What is really weird,, I had purchased an older dated version of Allen's audio tape set, "No Money Down Real Estate seminar" last month at a thrift shop for under . I have most of the knowledge to accomplish the task right at my fingertips. I just need to act on it.

I can especially relate to the story he relates to in his fifth, "Aha,"

The following is a quote taken from page 12 of the left side of this book:
"We learn that "givers get" only through the experience. Behaving this way, often a little hesitantly, opens us to the spiritual dimension of wealth building. Give your time, your approval, your smile, your advice, your wisdom, your compliments, your sense of humor, your talent, your attention, your encouragement, your love. All these things will flow back to you in abundance. The spritual dimension expands, multiplies, and adds value to all that is given.

There is an ocean of abundance and one can tap into it with a teaspoon, a bucket, or a tractor trailer. The ocean doesn't care."

I love this statement. I have printed it out and put it by my computer.

You see, I have begun to put this principle into practice, since Dec. of 2002. I have seen it come back to me in many ways, in time, knowledge and resources. I have received a wealth of knowledge and help online and in my daily life toward moving to my goals.

The ways it has come back to me, go beyond what I could have ever imagined.

I strongly agree with this philosophy. I have found it in action in so many places. The more study and research I do of successful people, the more often I see it mentioned.

Some of the advice given on the AHA's side of the book includes:

-----The Twenty-four Principles of the Enlightened Millionaire
-----The Power of One Great Idea
-----The Seven Money Skills of Extremely Prosperous People
-----How to Develop Multiple Steams of Income
-----The Six Forms of Leverage
-----The Ten Most Powerful Techniques for Buying Real Estate with Little or No Money Down
-----The Essentials of Marketing Success

I don't see how they could improve on it very much.

The back cover doesn't mention the mind shift that will ocur when you read about Michelle's struggle and journey toward her goals and desires.

The authors are putting their advice into action at the time of this writing.

They currently offer a FREE copy of the book, "The One Minute Millionaire" at their website. Included with it is a audio cd and a FREE two part tele-seminar.
You can find that offer, by following this link:


http://you2cansellonline.com/wantabeamillionaire

Of course there is a small shipping and handling fee. But with the book, you get three great products for less than what it would cost to go to Amazon.com or Barne's and Noble and buy the book by itself.

You can find a wealth of information at their website if you take the time to explore it. But don't think that you have all the info you need. You HAVE to read about Michelle. The novel will be one that will not leave you.

I was so into the story I stayed up one night reading until I was so tired, I would have had to prop my eyelids open with toothpicks to stay awake any longer.

So go get your copy, while it is still being offered for free.
After reading the book, join our supportive workshop interactive mailing list on working the aha's into your life,
by sending an email to ahaslist-subscribe@whowantstobeanetguru.com








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