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Stanley, Ph. D. William D. Danko, Ph. D.  \nCopyright  \nThe Millionaire Next Door  \nCopyright © 1996 by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko  \nPreface copyright © 2010 by Thomas J. Stanley  \nCover art to the electronic edition copyright © 2010 by RosettaBooks, LLC  \nAll rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions there of in any form whatsoever.  \nThis publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold with the understanding that neither the author nor the publisher is engaged in rendering legal, investment, accounting, or other professional services. If legal advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional person should besought.  \nAll the names in the case studies contained in this book are pseudonyms.  \nElectronic edition published 2010 by RosettaBooks LLC, New York.  \nISBN Mobipocket edition: 9780795314858  \nFor Janet, Sarah, and Brad—a million Christmases, a trillion Fourth of Julys  \n–T. J. Stanley  \nFor my loving wife, Connie, and my dear children, Christy, Todd, and David  \n–W. D. Danko  \nContents  \nTables  \nPreface  \nIntroduction  \n1: Meet the Millionaire Next Door  \n2: Frugal Frugal Frugal  \n3: Time, Energy, and Money  \n4: You Aren’t What You Drive  \n5: Economic Outpatient Care  \n6: Affirmative Action, Family Style  \n7: Find Your Niche  \n8: Jobs: Millionaires versus Heirs  \nAcknowledgments Appendix 1  \nAppendix 2  \nTables  \n1-1: The Top Ten Ancestry Groups of American Millionaires 1-2: The Top Fifteen Economically Productive Small  \nPopulation Ancestry Groups  \n2-1: Prices Paid by Millionaires for Clothing and Accessories  \n2-2: Credit Cards of Millionaire Household Members  \n2-3: Contrasts among American Taxpayers  \n3-1: Concerns, Fears, and Worries: Dr. North vs. Dr. South 3-2: Consumption Habits: The Norths vs. the Souths  \n3-3: Income and Wealth Contrasts: The Norths vs. the  \nSouths  \n3-4: Concerns, Fears, and Worries: PAWs vs. UAWs  \n3-5: Investment Planning and Demographic Contrasts:  \nMiddle-Income PAWs vs. UAWs  \n3-6: Hours Allocated: Dr. North vs. Dr. South  \n4-1: Motor Vehicles of Millionaires: Model-Year  \n4-2: Motor Vehicles of Millionaires: Purchase Price  \n4-3: Motor Vehicle Acquisition Orientations of Millionaires 4-4: Economic Lifestyles of Motor Vehicle Acquisition Types 5-1: Economic Outpatient Care Given by Affluent Parents  \n5-2: Receivers vs. Nonreceivers of Cash Gifts  \n6-1: The Likelihood of Receiving a Substantial Inheritance:  \nOccupational Contrasts  \n6-2: The Likelihood of Receiving Substantial Financial Gifts:  \nOccupational Contrasts  \n6-3: Mean Annual Earnings: Men vs. Women  \n6-4: Corporate Executive—Gifts and Inheritance  \n6-5: Entrepreneur—Gifts and Inheritance  \n6-6: Physicians—Gifts and Inheritance  \n7-1: Estimated Allocations of Estates Valued at $1 Million or  \nMore  \n7-2: Estimated Fees for Estate Services  \n7-3: Predicted Number and Value of Estates of $1 Million or  \nMore  \n7-4: Predicted Number of Estates Valued at $1 Million or  \nMore Rank Ordered by Number of Estates by State for  \nthe Year 2000  \n7-5: Estimated Number of Millionaire Households in the Year  \n2005  \n8-1: Rankings of Selected Categories of Sole Proprietorships 8-2: The Top Ten Most Profitable Sole-Proprietorship  \nBusinesses  \n8-3: Selected Businesses/Occupations of Self-Employed  \nMillionaires  \nThis publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold with the understanding that neither the author nor the publisher is engaged in rendering legal, investment, accounting, or other professional services. If legal advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional person should be sought.  \nAll the names in the case studies contained in this book are pseudonyms.  \nA reporter recently a","cbCaiqj6OPQaadRk","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqj6OPQaadRk","pdf",3096024,359,"English","# Preface\n# Introduction\n# 1: Meet the Millionaire Next Door\n# 2: Frugal Frugal Frugal\n# 3: Time, Energy, and Money\n# 4: You Aren’t What You Drive\n# 5: Economic Outpatient Care\n# 6: Affirmative Action, Family Style\n# 7: Find Your Niche\n# 8: Jobs: Millionaires versus Heirs\n# Acknowledgments\n# Appendix 1\n# Appendix 2","[{\"question\":\"What central idea does The Millionaire Next Door focus on?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that many millionaires live near ordinary people and succeed by thinking differently about money, investing, and controlling their economic choices rather than relying on market speculation.\"},{\"question\":\"How do millionaires typically manage their wealth compared with common assumptions?\",\"answer\":\"The book states that most millionaires do not have most of their wealth tied up in publicly traded stocks or just in their homes, and often hold a smaller share in publicly traded investments.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the book say about happiness among millionaires?\",\"answer\":\"It reports that a large majority of millionaires living in homes valued under $300,000 are extremely satisfied with life.\"}]","The Millionaire Next Door - The Surprising Secrets of America’s Wealthy | PDF",1790066725,553]