Comments on: The Millionaire Next Door http://blog.stephencaldwell.com/2006/01/15/the-millionaire-next-door/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:51:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jay http://blog.stephencaldwell.com/2006/01/15/the-millionaire-next-door/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Jay Fri, 20 Jan 2006 00:45:35 +0000 http://www.stephencaldwell.com/?p=11#comment-11 Yes, I believe it to be true. My mother instilled a lot of stress on being financially responsible, and I think it wore off quite well on me. Then again, there are other people who've had their parents do the same thing, but they just buy anything they feel like whether they have the money or not. I guess there's just a lot of parameters to it. I wasn't trying to downplay the book by mentioning it states the obvious. That's not necessarily a bad thing. Yes, I believe it to be true. My mother instilled a lot of stress on being financially responsible, and I think it wore off quite well on me. Then again, there are other people who’ve had their parents do the same thing, but they just buy anything they feel like whether they have the money or not. I guess there’s just a lot of parameters to it.

I wasn’t trying to downplay the book by mentioning it states the obvious. That’s not necessarily a bad thing.

]]> By: Stephen http://blog.stephencaldwell.com/2006/01/15/the-millionaire-next-door/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Stephen Thu, 19 Jan 2006 05:54:32 +0000 http://www.stephencaldwell.com/?p=11#comment-10 Jay, Yes it is somewhat obvious. The book seemed to mostly focus on the reasons why people overspend. It's that they are bred into it. When your parents don't exhibit good financial responsibility, the skill most likely won't get passed down. Jay, Yes it is somewhat obvious. The book seemed to mostly focus on the reasons why people overspend. It’s that they are bred into it. When your parents don’t exhibit good financial responsibility, the skill most likely won’t get passed down.

]]> By: Jay http://blog.stephencaldwell.com/2006/01/15/the-millionaire-next-door/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Jay Thu, 19 Jan 2006 03:52:36 +0000 http://www.stephencaldwell.com/?p=11#comment-9 The secret to having good financial status in the long run is saving money and not spending it on things you don't really need? You don't say! Genius! It's simply amazing where common sense can get you. You've just got to be able to take a step back and look at what you're doing from a distance before you can notice that your habits are really going to screw you over later on in life. The secret to having good financial status in the long run is saving money and not spending it on things you don’t really need? You don’t say! Genius! It’s simply amazing where common sense can get you. You’ve just got to be able to take a step back and look at what you’re doing from a distance before you can notice that your habits are really going to screw you over later on in life.

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