The Millionaire Journey
A Guide for Anyone to Reach Financial Freedom
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Remember the children's book; The Little Engine That Could? You know: "I think I can. I think I can. I think I can." Well, I Thought I Could, and Did!
If I can do it anybody can; and I have. I am a millionaire. I am not even 55 years old and I am a millionaire. I still can hardly believe it is true. To some becoming a millionaire sounds unbelievably incredible. To others, it is mundane.
This book is written to the former. That is where I came from. I am the son of a broken family. My dad was married and divorced four times my mom married three. My father filed bankruptcy and we lost our house when I was 11 years old. He died a pauper in a Medicaid Nursing Home at age 59. I bounced from one home to the other throughout my childhood.
When I became a young adult, I went to college. I was the first one of my family to do so, but I dropped out after two years. I languished in menial jobs for a couple more years, but then something changed. I got married to the most beautiful, intelligent, 20 year-old southern belle the world has ever seen.
We thought we were going to be missionaries and save the world, but the reality of our first short-term mission trip showed us that was not the path for us. I needed a new plan and had no clue how to figure out what that should be. I eventually earned a bachelor’s degree in history 10 years after high school graduation, and 3 years later at the age of 31, finished my MBA.
The point is, it took me 13 years after high school to position myself for my career, and I am still a millionaire before 55! Becoming a millionaire today is not rocket science. Anybody can do this. Yet I look around at our society and people seem so hopeless in this regard. I want to be an ambassador of hope and let everyone know ANYONE can be a Millionaire! Are you ready to turn your back on "Normal," because "Normal" Sucks? If so you are ready to make the trip.
Here are the Seven Steps you will learn how to take in The Millionaire Journey. If followed, you will guarantee to punch your ticket to the Land of Financial Freedom. They are simple, but they are not easy. The book unpacks each one in detail, but here they are to end the suspense:
- Make up your mind to go: Think for yourself. Don’t be normal!
- Get to the train station: Take only what you need. Leave the rest behind!
- Pick the right track: three legged stool: passion, skills and value in the marketplace.
- Pick your train: Job train, Career train, or Entrepreneurial Express?
- Fuel the engine: Invest continuously to keep the train moving.
- Look at the landscape: Enjoy the ride, find new opportunities, and explore the world.
- Leave a legacy: Impact the world by leading and giving.
Are you ready for the ride? If so, buckle up with me as we begin the journey. All aboard!
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About the Book
The Millionaire Journey intertwines an easy to follow 7 step process to help ANYONE make the journey to Financial Freedom with a charming allegory. It is wisdom from a regular guy who made it before he was 55, to inspire EVERYONE not only to make the journey for themselves but also to leave a legacy for others!
The Steps of the Journey are:
1. Make up your mind to go: Think for yourself. Don’t be normal!
2. Get to the train station: Take only what you need. Leave the rest behind!
3. Pick the right track: three legged stool: passion, skills and value in the marketplace.
4. Pick your train: Job train, Career train, or Entrepreneurial Express?
5. Fuel the engine: Invest continuously to keep the train moving.
6. Look at the landscape: Enjoy the ride, find new opportunities, and explore the world.
7. Leave a legacy: Impact the world by leading and giving.
Are you ready for the ride? If so, buckle up with me as we begin the journey. All aboard!
About the Author
Patrick Green is a self described “regular guy” who grew up in a broken home, and bounced back and forth between parents who both had financial difficulties. At the age of eleven his father, with whom he was living at the time, filed for bankruptcy, and the home in which they lived was lost to foreclosure. As a young adult, it took him 10 years to graduate from college, and another three to get his MBA at 31. He did see his income rise substantially thereafter, as his career finally took off. His average income over his career has been $78,000 annually. Not bad, but certainly not what most people think is required to reach financial freedom. Despite the slow start Patrick, and his wife Karen, learned great money management skills from many wise authors and thought leaders which they employed with discipline and persistence. The result is that they are debt free millionaires in their early fifties. Finding himself in a position of financial freedom he never expected, Patrick wrote The Millionaire Journey to inspire others to not settle for mediocrity, but instead take the trip from Normal to Financial Freedom.