• The Story of the Singer Sewing Machine Company Fortune
  • “Continually ask yourself these key questions: ‘What am I really good at? What do I enjoy the most about my work? What has been most responsible for my success in the past? If I could do any job at all, what job would it be?’ If you won the lottery or came into an enormous amount of money and you could choose any job or any part of a job to do for the indefinite future, what work would you choose?”Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy, Page 69
  • “The one recurring problem among people who have inherited money out of the blue is that most of them end up struggling to come to grips with the effects of ‘sudden wealth’. That’s because who we were the day before the inheritance was received, or lottery winnings paid out, is who we are the day after. We have the same strengths, the same flaws, the same habits. Character is not improved by the sudden receipt of money. It is revealed by it.” Beating the Midas Curse, by Perry L. Cochell and Rodney C. Zeeb, Page 44 -45
  • “’affluenza’, defined as a dysfunctional relationship with money, or the improper pursuit of it:
    • Inability to delay gratification
    • Inability to tolerate frustration
    • Low future motivation
    • Low self-esteem
    • Low self-worth
    • Lack of self-confidence
    • Lack of personal identity
    • Social and emotional isolation
    • Feelings of depression, failure, anxiety
    • Unrealistic expectations and lack of accountability
    • False sense of entitlement
    • Inability to form intimate relationships
  • People who receive “sudden” money without any accompanying values often become hoarders. Or, conversely, they may become habitual over spenders, shopping with no concern for their dwindling bank balances. Quite often, they use money as a tool to control others, particularly family members.” Beating the Midas Curse, by Perry L. Cochell and Rodney C. Zeeb, Page 46-47
  • “The trendy shops along Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills sell the rarest and most expensive baubles imaginable. South Beach plastic surgeons can turn a toad into a prince (or at least a shiny-faced likeness of one). But boutiques don’t sell character, and plastic surgery can’t remove our hidden insecurities with the touch of a scalpel. We are, each of us, the product of a lifetime of experience that no amount of cash falling on our heads from heaven can alter. The sudden receipt of ‘money without meaning’ only magnifies the personal weaknesses with which each of us live, no matter our station in life.” Beating the Midas Curse, by Perry L. Cochell and Rodney C. Zeeb, Page 49
  • “Most affluent people earned their money the old-fashioned way: through hard work and personal sacrifice. Studies show that seventy-five percent of all affluent people (defined as having a net worth over three million) made it themselves. No handouts, no winning lottery tickets, and no magic lamp with a genie inside.”Beating the Midas Curse, by Perry L. Cochell and Rodney C. Zeeb, Page 157