Wednesday, October 12, 2005

THE INSTANT MILLIONAIRE by Mark Fisher

A MILLION bucks is a dream common among almost everybody still alive on earth but being rich is a term that is clothed in fabrics of different hues. Here's a story that will not boost your bank account but it will give you more value than money.


WHO doesn't want to be a millionaire? Probably only two types of people -
the saintly and the insane. So The Instant Millionaire should appeal to
most of us who belong to the materialistic majority.
This little book, by normal standards, is full of surprises. At first
glance, it is nondescript. At the end of a two-hour reading, the old
cliche of "never judge a book by its cover" haunts one humbled reader.
Simply, it is a book on how to attain wealth. But it is told like an
enchanting story, beginning with a young man who meets an old gardener in
a rose garden. This appointment with destiny propels the subject, an
assistant to an account executive in a second-rate advertising firm, into
a labyrinth of self-analysis. It also shows him the power of the word.
What separates author Mark Fisher's story from most others which
occasionally come with charts and detailed fill-in-the-blanks exercises is
its simplicity. The lessons are marked by several twists and turns, and
climax in a meeting with Death. Death, dealt with metaphorically, erases
all of subject's self-doubts and clears the way for him to see that
distant but attainable pot of gold.
Fisher's tale reminds me of Og Mandino, author of the Greatest Salesman
in the World series. The lessons, in Mandino's books as in Fisher's, are
deceptively simple, almost like Aesop's fables.
The famous line from the famous physician Emile Coue, "Every day, in
Every Way, I am getting Better and Better", is presented in large print at
the beginning of the book. Passing references are also made to to Edgar
Allan Poe, Emerson, and the divine. For those who may feel a bit uneasy
with regard to the last, skip this book. The road to riches is clearly not
for existentialists. The same goes for religious fanatics. Fisher's
contribution is for those who know it is not sinful to want to be rich,
and to stay that way.
In fact, it is a testament to a universal calling, albeit often ignored,
that the right way to prosperity is through an individual's biggest
contribution to the nation's productivity.
To reveal the secrets in this book here is tantamount to exposing David
Copperfield's secret of making the Statue of Liberty disappear.
Conventional wisdom dictates that this shall not be done.
Read the book for yourself and get a swift introduction to the instant
millionaire. Yes, there is a secret formula. And if you are found worthy,
you too can be the next candidate for prosperity.

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