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I finally finished reading T. Harv Eker’s “Secrets of the Millionaire Mind” and I’m happy to recommend it if you’re having difficulty making money or keeping the money that you do make. I plan to read it again before I move onto another wealth book. It does have enough to offer that I couldn’t absorb it all in one go.

I think the best way to read books like this that really go to the core of our attitudes toward money is to read it through it the first time with a highlighter, then do the exercises on the second read. I’m always impatient. I want the lowdown on the book before I can take time for each exercise.

I don’t want to do a book review here … but I do want to say a few more things before I move on. I think Eker’s more of a speaker than a writer, but what he has to say is so good it doesn’t matter. He endlessly pushes his Millionaire Mind Extensive seminars, but don’t let it get on your nerves. As he points out later in the book, he’s doing something we all need to do a lot more of and that’s to promote ourselves and our work. The book does stand on its own so don’t give up because it at first seems like an ad for the seminar.

Right now after the first read, the most important thing I feel I learned was how critical it is to focus on my net worth and not just my income. Good lord, that sounds dull, but I am so jazzed about it. I finally realize that my net worth will produce wealth for me even more effectively than the labor I do for my yearly income if I consciously work on it.

And speaking of labor … I will not be working on Labor Day for the first in more than a decade! Kinda of sucks that I had to quit my job to actually get this holiday off, but when you work for a newspaper there really aren’t any holidays. People still want their paper on the doorstep. Of course, management and advertising got the day off, but they’ve always been “special.” (And yes, I’m still a little bitter.)

Letting go of all negative energy …

I’m going to enjoy this Labor Day and spend it being grateful for all the people who work regardless of the date on the calendar. Thank you to the police, the firefighters, the waiters and waitresses, the cab drivers, the news slaves, the convenience store clerks, the faithful bloggers, the cooks and bakers, the doctors and nurses. And to anyone I’ve missed, your work makes our world work.

Thank you all. I hope you’re living your dreams.

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