The Money Tree Formula
by Robert G. Allen
I've got some good news and I've got some bad news.
First, the good news.
If you're like the average person, earning at least $25,000 a year,
then, in your lifetime over a million dollars will flow
through your fingers. That's a lot of money. In other words, you're
a lifetime millionaire.
Now, for the bad news. If you're like most people, you'll spend it
all, and, after a lifetime of earning, will end up with almost
nothing.
How can that be?
Frankly, nobody teaches us about money. We receive no formal
education in the most critical of all life skills--how to become
financially successful. Did you ever attend a class in all of your
public education entitled, "Money 101?" Why isn't there such
a mandatory class in every elementary school?
How have you learned what you know about money? You picked it up, a
piece here....a tip there. You absorbed attitudes from your parents,
from the media. You observed the examples of friends. You proceeded
through trial and error....the school of hard knocks. What you
learned was haphazard, mostly wrong, certainly out of context. Most
of the books you read about the subject probably overwhelmed you
with details or bored you with useless facts. If you're like most,
you're confused and frustrated.
Yet, money is one of the most important subjects of your entire
life. Some of life's greatest enjoyment's and most of life's
greatest disappointments stem from your decisions about money.
Whether you experience great peace of mind or constant anxiety will
depend on getting your finances under control. Your relationships
will be greatly affected. 90% of all divorces in our society result
from disagreements about money. Understanding money--how to make it
and keep it-- is absolutely essential to your life, to your
relationships, to your happiness, to your future.
Still, there are some people who seem to be naturally good at
managing money. The same million dollars flows through their
fingers, and, they seem to know how to keep some it and even make it
grow. In some cases, a hundred fold more than the average person.
Do these people work 100 times harder? Are they 100 times smarter?
Of course not. They just know how to play the game. You see,
money is a game. A very important game. If you know the rules,
you win. If you don't know the rules, you lose. As someone said,
"Wealth is
when small efforts produce big results.
Poverty is when big efforts produce small results."
In this book, you will finally learn how to play the money
game...and win. If you follow these simple strategies, you can
retire a Multi-millionaire...while enjoying a banquet of prosperity
throughout your life. You will learn a simple system for controlling
your finances. You will learn how to invest your surplus funds
without losing sleep at night. You will learn how to create multiple
streams of lifetime income. You will learn how to oversee your
growing financial empire on as little as ten minutes a day. You will
learn how to leave a financially secure future to your family and
loved ones.
You may wonder how I quality to be your instructor.
I started myself in the seventies, perhaps just like you, with a
dream of becoming financially independent. After graduating with a
Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Brigham Young
University in 1974, I began investing in small real estate
investments and parlayed a tiny nest egg into a large Multi-million
dollar net worth in a few short years. Along the way, I also
suffered my share of setbacks. I've not only made millions but lost
millions....and made them back again. I know from the school of hard
knocks what works and what doesn't.
I shared my powerful systems in the #1 New York Times bestseller,
Nothing Down: How to buy Real Estate with little or no money down.
This book became the all time real estate investment classic used by
beginning investors ever since.
I also wrote two other major best seller, the #1 New York Times
Bestseller, Creating Wealth, and The Challenge. In
promoting this last book I made the bold statement:
"Send me to
any unemployment line. Let me select someone who is out of work and
discouraged. In two days time, I'll teach them the secrets of
success and in 90 days they'll be back on their feet with $5,000
cash in the bank, never to set foot in an unemployment line again!"
The Challenge is the true story of how I selected
3 people from the unemployment lines of St. Louis, Missouri and
taught them the secrets of financial success......and, yes, they
were able to achieve incredible success in 90 days. One of the
couples went on to earn over $100,000 in the next 12 months. To
celebrate, I took them on Good Morning America with me.
What I am about to share with you is the result of having worked
with thousands of successful people over two full decades. I have
seen people go from living on the streets to living in
mansions....from driving a taxi to being driven in limousines.
Although my most famous book is about real estate investing, this
book will show you how to create wealth in many different ways…from
multiple sources. Actually, there are three great wealth creation
mountains. I call them Money Mountains. Each mountain is distinct
from the others, and yet, each share similar characteristics. The
mountains are: the Investment Mountain, the Real Estate Mountain and
the Marketing Mountain.
From this mountain range of Money Mountains, there are at least 9
separate and distinct streams of income flowing into your growing
reservoir of wealth. Each stream was carefully chosen using a
formula I use call the Money Tree Formula. In this book, I will
teach you the 9 characteristics of the ideal stream of income. Then,
I will teach you exactly how to profit from each of these streams.
The goal is for you to add at least one new stream of income to your
life each year. Eventually, these streams will overflow your life
with prosperity and freedom.