The Richest Man in Town: The Twelve Commandments of Wealth

About this book

Secretly if not overtly almost everyone in America desires to become rich: to make it big to enjoy the fruits of the most successful life imaginable. But unfortunately most of us dont have a clue how to reach these all too elusive goals. Quite simply theres no definitive road map for getting there no proven plan and certainly very little access to those who have become "the richest man in town." But now W. Randall Jones the founder of Worth magazine is about to change all that. Hes traveled to one hundred different towns and cities across the country and interviewed the wealthiest resident in each. No these are not those folks who inherited their wealth or happen to be a CEO of a Fortune 500 company. Rather these are the self-made types who through hard work and ingenuity found their own individual paths to financial success. Remarkably during his research Jones found that these successful people were not so different from one another. They all shared many of the same traits and followed what the author calls the Twelve Commandments of Wealth: stay hungry (even when youre successful) . . . you really do learn more from failing than you may think . . . absolutely be your own boss the sooner the better . . . understand that selling is the key to success . . . where you live doesnt matter . . . never retire and other more surprising revelations. Practical unique and inspiring this book lets you peek inside the living rooms of dozens of Americas most successful people-and shows how you too can become The Richest Man in Town.