The 10 Pillars of Wealth: Mind-Sets of the World's Richest People

In this fantastic book the author Alex Becker sets out to delineate the 10 most important concepts and mindstates behind getting rich in "Pillars" (that are the fancy equivalent of chapters). In each Pillar would find a notion to reject or except, or a mind-state, which then gets expounded upon in greater detail. The author is concise and to the point and incorporates a plethora of very good and relevant real-world examples.Pillar 1 ("Rejecting Getting Rich Slow") for example, refutes the glorified notion that the "right way" to be successful is to go to college, get a degree, work everyday for a salary; weekends off; spread out vacations, with slightly inclined pay raises and a good enough salary to eventually retire semi-satisfactorily later in life. Apparently, they say that it's "safer" to minimize risks (that the wealthiest self-made millionaires take) in your career and life just to insure a more guaranteed path to success and financial freedom. The author utterly rejects this notion in the same way that MJ Demarco jettisoned these same universally held beliefs in his masterpiece 'The Millionaire Fastlane'. Demarco's book bears a striking resemblance to this one but thats not surprising because his life-path and entrepreneurship essential bears many resemblances to Becker's as well. Both these books I must mention are the finest i've read in self-development and success.Pillar 4 ("Knowing Every Little Thing is 100% Your Fault") has to do with mind-state and as it's title states believing that every action you take is 100% your fault, and that when you take responsibility for all your circumstances; despite it's uncorrelated nature with your volition, you become more adept at manipulating your life situation. This as you may notice is a very common mindstate of the very successful (check Gary Vaynerchuck for example). No surprise here, but a little flavor added with the author's humor and personality.Pillar 6 ("Forgetting 'What If' And Focusing On 'What Is') is similar to Pillar 4 in a sense of the mindstate needed to endure, and most importantly get started. Many times in life we play hypothetical scenarios in our head of what will result in the actions we take rather than just taking them and calibrating, figuring out, and learning from them there and then.Pillar 8 ("Focusing Solely On What Gets You Paid") is a plan of action that states that you should put most if not all your efforts on the activities you undertake that ultimately get you paid. Other less profitable tasks should be outsourced and overall there will be a net benefit. Brian Tracy outlined this concept in his book I just read named 'Eat The Frog'. In the book, Tracy has a concept called the Law of 3s. The concept behind it is if you prioritize and focus on the 3 most important tasks you will ultimately achieve the best results and a higher salary. Even Gary Vee talks about focusing on what gets you paid.There's a "Secret Pillar" that is very motivational. There's a bonus chapter that talks about the different kinds of online companies you can start and it outlines the details of each.I can write an exposition on every Pillar but I just chose to mention a few that I found trenchant and engaging. There were many profound revelations for me when reading the text. Overall I loved it - it was a masterpiece...Surprisingly written by someone only a few years older than me. Time to get to work.

I've got to say that I was really surprised when I saw that Becker wrote a book. That said, I didn't waste any time at all ordering a copy once I found out it was released...I've followed Becker's advice for years now, watching various videos and webinars throughout the years (I'm also a member of Source University) and applying his knowledge into my own business models as best as I am capable.One could ask why I'd need to order a book about creating wealth if I've already followed him so closely (and you'd be right to ask that as it would certainly be a fair question), but I will come back to in a moment.I read the first 3 pillars last week (this amounted to 50 pages or so). I have always enjoyed reading/watching Becker because he does a great job at both entertaining me and keeping my attention (there is a reason why he is so good at what he does).I remember thinking, "this is exactly right." My thinking is right inline with his and the words on these pages. For instance, my business model is designed to separate time and money (pillar 2). Becker was able to put everything I have internalized over the last several years into words, and he did so perfectly.But that was only the first 25% of the book. I actually just finished it a few minutes ago.Pillars 4-8 resonated with me very much so like the first 3 did. It is incredible how much I have been doing right from a mind-set perspective, but...Pillar 9 is the reason why I needed to buy this book. Pillar 9 is why I have failed at generating wealth from Internet Marketing for close to 10 years now (embarassing but it is true). This business isn't easy when you don't know how to sell..And that is what resonated with me the most. That is my main takeaway. He emphasizes the ability to sell (and he is darn good at it) and it really made me realize that this lone skill is why I have never been able to generate a stable income from my online efforts.Now it may be something else that you need to hear to get you to the next level, but I can almost guarantee that this book will speak to you the way it has to me.I realize this has been a bit long-winded, but if there is any doubt in your mind on whether you should pick this up then do yourself a favor and just grab a copy.