PART 3: Poorness: The Sidewalk
CHAPTER 5: THE SIDEWALK ROADMAP
When you’re the first person whose beliefs are different from what everyone else believes, you’rebasically saying, “I’m right, and everyone else is wrong.” That’s a very unpleasant position to be in. It’sat once exhilarating and at the same time, an invitation to be attacked. ~ Larry Ellison
Chapter Summary: Fastlane Distinctions
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A first-class ticket to the Sidewalk is to have no financial plan.
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The Sidewalk’s natural gravitational pull is poorness, both in time and money.
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You cannot solve poor financial management with more money.
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You can be income rich and still ride the Sidewalk dirty.
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If wealth is defined by income and debt, wealth is an illusion, because it is vulnerable to potholes,detours, and “bumps in the road.” When the income disappears, so does the illusion of wealth.
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Poor financial management is like gambling; the house eventually wins.
CHAPTER 6: HAS YOUR WEALTH BEEN TOXIFIED?
Wealth is the ability to fully experience life. ~ Henry David Thoreau
Chapter Quotes and Highlights:The Wealth Trinity: What is wealth?
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Family (relationships)2.
Fitness (health)3.
Freedom (choice)
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The Millionaire Fastlane addresses the FREEDOM portion of the wealth trinity,
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Wealth is strong-spirited familial relationships with people. Not just your family, but with people, your community, your God, and your friends.
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Wealth cannot be experienced alone in a vacuum. Believe me, the richest moments of my lifeoccurred when I was surrounded by a family of friends and loved ones.
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wealth is freedom and choice: freedom to live how you want to live, what, when, and where.
Chapter Summary: Fastlane Distinctions
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Wealth is authored by strong familial relationships, fitness and health, and freedom—not by material possessions.
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Unaffordable material possessions are destructive to the wealth trinity.
CHAPTER 7: MISUSE MONEY AND MONEY WILL MISUSE YOU