How come I am not wealthy?

In the introduction to The Millionaire Next Door, a question is asked in the voice of the reader: How come I am not wealthy? The authors state: Many people ask this question of themselves all the time. Often they are hard-working, well-educated, high-income people. Why, then, are so few affluent? As I am rereading The Millionaire Next Door, as many of you are, I’m reminded of the reason the work of defining wealth in …
Dear Readers, Thomas J. Stanley, my father and mentor, passed away after a tragic car accident on February 28th, 2015. At the time of his death, we were working together on multiple projects, including two new books, Data Points, and a line of research examining life experiences and wealth accumulation. Our family takes great comfort from the kind messages and comments that reveal the positive and lasting influence my father’s work had on people’s …

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