Stop Acting Rich by Stanley, Thomas J. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Copyright Page Dedication List of Tables Preface

Disclaimer

Chapter 1 - The Difference between Being Rich and Acting Rich

Meet the Aspirationals The Sobering Statistics The True Measure of Wealth Poor Richard’s Wine Cellar A Compromise Transforming Income into Wealth Why We Buy Nature and Nurture It’s Only Money A Good Habit Is Hard to Break Rendering Unto Caesar Avoiding the Cereal Trap

Chapter 2 - Everything You Think about Rich Is Wrong

Just Because the Glossies Show It Doesn’t Mean Millionaires Buy It The Money Pit Status Is as Status Does

Chapter 3 - Do the Shoes Make the Man?

Walk a Mile in Real Millionaire Shoes Dressing for Success The Cinderella Syndrome The Glittering Ones Dressing like a Real Millionaire

Chapter 4 - Brother, Do You Have the Time?

Will Buying One of Your $10,000 Watches Make Me Happy? A Study in Contrasts Understanding Mr. Multipliski Buying and Selling Badges Contradictory Mr. Nitty Glittering Rich in Texas A Change in Content Different Strokes for Different Folks Who Do You Wannabe?

Chapter 5 - Keeping Up with Your Spirits

Carlton of Crawford Is Your Goose Cooked? Rodney’s Spirits Negative Correlates Influence via Sweet Rye, Sunspots, and the Carpathian Mountains

Chapter 6 - The Grapes of Wrath

Perception Is Everything, Unless It’s Wrong Pressing Their Own Grapes Correlates of Wealth: Real or Imagined Bon Appétit with that Wine In Texas, Do as Texans Do Domestic Bliss The Cellar Is Standard Equipment The Wine Rapper Next Door The Real Kev, Un-Rapped

Chapter 7 - The Road to Happiness

On the Inside Chevrons with Wheels Degrees of Separation Driving a BMW Does Not Make You a Millionaire The Decamillionaire and the Volkswagen Extraordinary Wealth, Ordinary Cars The Frugality Hall of Fame The Mercedes Millionaire Image over Substance Why We Buy What We Buy My Favorite Model

Chapter 8 - Getting Out of the Poorhouse

How Would You Live? The Millionaire Next Door, Alive and Well Today Shopping for Happiness Satisfaction and Money Who Are Rob and Henry? Bad Influence Happy, Wealthy, and Generous?

Chapter 9 - All that Glitters Is Not the Millionaire’s Goal Appendix A - The Nationwide Search for Millionaires Appendix B - The Millionaire Profile Notes Acknowledgements About the Author Index