Turn a Profit from a Free Course to Develop Your Millionaire Mind

Good morning, Live Better than a Billionaire-a-Holics!

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T. Harv Eker is the author of The New York Times' best seller, Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Think Rich to Get Rich. Mr. Eker has a reputation as being a remarkable transformational trainer. As part of his book's successful launch, he made a remarkable offer: Buy a copy of his book and receive two tickets to his three-day Millionaire Mind Intensive training. When I saw that one of the sessions was to be held near New York City, I decided this was too good of an opportunity to miss.

Here's my review of his book:

Beliefs That May Help Your Financial Progress

Mr. Eker makes a remarkable offer. Buy this book and you can attend one of his three-day seminars for free. I don't recall ever receiving an offer like that. I assume that he makes his money by selling other services and products at the seminar, but that's fair. Even when you pay thousands for a seminar, there are the inevitable pitches for more offerings. I figured that it wouldn't hurt to listen to someone who seems to have a talent for helping change beliefs for three days. I have been to other seminars on similar subjects, such as the one that Tony Robbins used to offer for Mastery University, and have been very disappointed in each case. So my expectations for the book and seminar weren't very high. But the book does seem to be a cut above many of the other "reprogram your assumptions" books to improve your financial situation. What I liked about the book was that Mr. Eker has identified so many different belief systems that can hold someone back from pursuing prosperity. The heart of the book comes in his 17 contrasts between what rich people believe and what poor people believe. The most fundamental is number one: "Rich people believe 'I create my life.' Poor people believe 'Life happens to me.'" That's a pretty standard prescription for self-improvement authors and trainers. One that I hadn't thought about before is "Rich people admire other rich and successful people. Poor people resent rich and successful people." It's pretty hard to work on becoming like someone you resent. That thought caused me to pause. An unexpected point (which I suspect came from Built to Last) is that "Rich people think 'both.' Poor people think 'either/or.'" I thought that perspective was also new and useful in this context. None of the other 15 points were unexpected to me. But perhaps if you are new to the idea that rich people think differently than poor people you will find all of these points to be novel. After all, we each have a different row to hoe in life. The sections are brief and a fast reader can gobble this book down in less than an hour. But you come away feeling comfortable that Mr. Eker will help you cross the chasm to changing your assumptions about life. The book's main weakness is the emphasis on the rich-poor contrast. It would have been more helpful to have a stairway of attitudes beginning with billionaires and working on down through the homeless. A book of that sort could help somewhat people expand their financial perspectives to a higher level better than this book does. Mr. Eker communicates clearly and with credibility. If you are serious about wanting to improve your balance sheet, this book can be a helpful part of the process . . . but think about going to one of those seminars as well. I suspect you'll get far more benefit from the combination than either one alone." type="hidden">

I decided to read this book after I heard T. Harv Eker speak on a live teleseminar about his book and course. I was impressed with his speaking style which is good for helping someone shift his or her beliefs. He uses emotions and humor . . . and a fast patter . . . to make it easy to see your views more objectively.

Mr. Eker makes a remarkable offer. Buy this book and you can attend one of his three-day seminars for free. I don't recall ever receiving an offer like that. I assume that he makes his money by selling other services and products at the seminar, but that's fair. Even when you pay thousands for a seminar, there are the inevitable pitches for more offerings.

I figured that it wouldn't hurt to listen to someone who seems to have a talent for helping change beliefs for three days.

I have been to other seminars on similar subjects, such as the one that Tony Robbins used to offer for Mastery University, and have been very disappointed in each case. So my expectations for the book and seminar weren't very high. But the book does seem to be a cut above many of the other "reprogram your assumptions" books to improve your financial situation.

What I liked about the book was that Mr. Eker has identified so many different belief systems that can hold someone back from pursuing prosperity. The heart of the book comes in his 17 contrasts between what rich people believe and what poor people believe. The most fundamental is number one: "Rich people believe 'I create my life.' Poor people believe 'Life happens to me.'" That's a pretty standard prescription for self-improvement authors and trainers.

One that I hadn't thought about before is "Rich people admire other rich and successful people. Poor people resent rich and successful people." It's pretty hard to work on becoming like someone you resent. That thought caused me to pause.

An unexpected point (which I suspect came from Built to Last) is that "Rich people think 'both.' Poor people think 'either/or.'" I thought that perspective was also new and useful in this context.

None of the other 15 points was unexpected to me. But perhaps if you are new to the idea that rich people think differently than poor people you will find all of these points to be novel. After all, we each have a different row to hoe in life.

The sections are brief and a fast reader can gobble this book down in less than an hour.

But you come away feeling comfortable that Mr. Eker will help you cross the chasm to changing your assumptions about life.

The book's main weakness is the emphasis on the rich-poor contrast. It would have been more helpful to have a stairway of attitudes beginning with billionaires and working on down through the homeless. A book of that sort could help somewhat people expand their financial perspectives to a higher level better than this book does.

Mr. Eker communicates clearly and with credibility. If you are serious about wanting to improve your balance sheet, this book can be a helpful part of the process . . . but think about going to one of those seminars as well. I suspect you'll get far more benefit from the combination than either one alone.

Recently, my wife and I attended this seminar. We were pleasantly surprised. Because the seminar was free, we had low expectations. But the seminar was operated as well or better than seminars for which we have paid thousands of dollars. One of the special delights of the seminar was the dozens of runners who raced full tilt down the aisles to hand out materials we needed for the course just before those materials were needed.

But the biggest surprise was ahead of us when we were invited to become affiliates of the T. Harv Eker organization. This means we will receive free tickets to upcoming seminars that we can distribute to others. These tickets will have our affiliate number on them, and if anyone who registers with one of those tickets ever buys another T. Harv Eker seminar, we will receive commissions. Some affiliates are reported to be receiving annual incomes of over $100,000 from this activity.

If you ever get a chance to attend one of these free events, do so. You will gain a lot from the knowledge, and you will have a chance to earn income through helping others get to the seminars.

When I have free tickets available in the future, I will alert you on this blog and I will send the tickets out on a first-come, first-served basis.

Could a billionaire do better? I sincerely doubt it.

Donald Trump offers his Trump University courses, but these are hardly free. I haven't attended one, but my students say that they are nothing special.

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Saturday, let's look at inexpensive, fun ways to decorate your home and yard for Christmas.

On Sunday, let's experience the peace of meditation.

Monday, we'll look at free teleseminars as a way to gain valuable knowledge.

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