Dear Dolphins,
The Joy of Money!
About 18 months after my first book The Wealthy Spirit was released, my editor Deb called me and said cheerfully, “Hi, Chellie! We’re ready for your next book!”
“You are?” I asked. I was very surprised. I hadn’t sold a million books like Suzy Orman, so I thought it hadn’t done very well.
When I said that to Deb, she exclaimed, “Oh, no, very few books sell anywhere near that many. The average book in America sells 500 copies. The magic number is 10,000 copies and you’ve sold over 12,000. So we want you to write another one!”
I thanked her and said I’d get back to her. And then I dawdled. I had just spent four years working on the first book, learning the publishing business, finding an agent, submitting proposals, and then endless marketing and PR. I was tired! And I wasn’t sure what to say next…
But then, of course, I thought of things. We started planning the next book and brainstormed titles for days. My research showed so many titles with all that “Be a Millionaire!” “I am the Way and the Truth and the Big Bucks!” get-rich-quick hype. I was not a fan of that.
But when I mentioned that to my editor, she said, “Chellie, the books with ‘millionaire’ in the title are selling well. Because ‘Millionaire’ is short-hand for the dream.”
Ah, the dream! Suddenly, I understood. “Millionaire” represents that magical place where we live richly in every way: We have the house, the cars, the cash, the great job, the loving family, exotic vacations, celebrity, attention, love, acknowledgement, power, happiness, eternal sunshine forever and the time to enjoy it all. Isn’t that what everybody wants? Well, I have a very big grin on my face now just writing about it.
But “millionaire” seemed too overused and “billionaire” seemed too Donald Trump. (I actually wrote that in the introduction to the book. Hah! Who knew?) So I chose “Zillionaire” to describe that wonderful “end of the rainbow” status we’d all like to achieve. My definition of Zillionaire isn’t just about the money. If you have a zillion dollars but no friends and work that is profitable but isn’t fun, you’re not a Zillionaire. If you have great friends and fun work but no money, then you’re not a Zillionaire, either.
My definition of Zillionaire is someone who has a zillion dreams of infinite possibility, is taking a zillion actions to make them come true, making as many zillions of dollars as possible, making a zillion friends, doing a zillion good deeds, taking a zillion naps and a zillion vacations, and having a zillion adventures in a long, fun-filled life!
I don’t claim to be at the top of the Zillionaire status poll. I am a work in progress myself. But this book isn’t as much about attainment as it is about process. Attainment only lasts for a second; process lasts for a lifetime. Why live your whole life in fear that you’ll never be Number One, then become Number One, celebrate for a moment, only to live your whole life in fear you’ll stop being Number One? I don’t care what my number is. I’m in the game. I’m on the board scoring points every day towards achieving all the things I want. And I’m having as much fun playing the game as anyone I know.
I’m not one of those advice-givers who has never sat in the loser’s chair, never blown an opportunity, never spent money I should have saved or saved money I should have spent. Not only have I been at Zero on the scale, I’ve been less than Zero. I’ve lost a house to foreclosure, been mired in six-figure debt, and filed bankruptcy. I’ve made stupid mistakes, trusted people who weren’t trustworthy, invested in foolish schemes, tried wishing instead of working. I looked for answers at the bottom of a bottle. I’ve been as down and depressed about life and my place in it as anyone.
But I learned from each failure and got up and tried again. Now the Zero days are behind me, and each day I live more and more like a Zillionaire. I have work I love that pays me richly. I have clients I help that praise me generously. I have wonderful hobbies, fabulous friends, and time off to enjoy them. I love my family and they love me back.
I searched out the path and learned how to walk it, all the way from minus-Zero to Zillionaire. I put markers along the way, and I will show you where they are. Now I am living the life I always wanted. It is my design, and may not suit you. But I can show you how to design the one you want. The paints and brushes I used to create my picture of a great life will work for you, too, whether you want to be Michelangelo, Picasso, Warhol, or Grandma Moses. I love my life. My fondest desire is that you love yours, too.
From Zero to Zillionaire is a scale. We are all on that scale somewhere—some of us are drowning near Zero and some of us are riding the crest of the Zillionaire wave. Why is that? Why do some people sink to the bottom of the ocean, some people float to the peak at the top, and the majority tread water in the middle? After accident of birth places a person somewhere on the scale, what is it that makes some stay where they were born, and others rise on the scale? Or fall off the scale?
Success or failure is born in what you think, and what you do after you think it.
Anyone can be a Zillionaire. You may not have chosen the place on the scale you were born into, but you choose the place you are on it today. And you re-choose that place every day that you think the same thoughts and do the same things you did yesterday. My work is designed to help move you up the food chain from rags to riches. You can go from Zero to Zillionaire. You can learn to think differently and act differently. Think like a Zero and produce Zero results. Think like a Zillionaire and produce Zillionaire results. Your choice. Wouldn’t it be great if the whole world was rich and happy? It begins here. It begins with you.
Welcome, Zillionaire! The Joy of Money can be yours!
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