{"id":4334,"date":"2011-03-19T10:21:01","date_gmt":"2011-03-19T15:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blessingsmultiplied.com\/?p=4334"},"modified":"2011-03-19T10:21:01","modified_gmt":"2011-03-19T15:21:01","slug":"book-the-millionaire-mind-by-thomas-stanley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/?p=4334","title":{"rendered":"Book:  &#8220;The Millionaire Mind&#8221; by Thomas Stanley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Millionaire-Mind-Thomas-J-Stanley\/dp\/0740718584%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAIVKWGSAXCE4BWSYA%26tag%3Djohnjacom-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0740718584\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51Wn92hcGDL._SL160_.jpg?w=960\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>As I was thinking about the various books I have read over the past few years &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Millionaire-Mind-Thomas-J-Stanley\/dp\/0740718584%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAIVKWGSAXCE4BWSYA%26tag%3Djohnjacom-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0740718584\">The Millionaire Mind&#8221;<\/a> by Thomas Stanley came to mind.\u00a0 In this book Stanley explains the research he did on how America&#8217;s wealthy got there.\u00a0 You don&#8217;t need to make a substantial amount to be smart with your money.\u00a0 Living a flashy and fancy lifestyle isn&#8217;t what it takes to be wise with your finances.\u00a0 I found it fascinating learning more regarding the millionaire &#8220;mindset&#8221; and the questions he asked in his research.<\/p>\n<p>Our family has been trying to stick to our budget and be more responsible with the blessings we have been given.\u00a0 We are by no means millionaires but we feel it is important to always continue to learn and grow.\u00a0 My husband and I listened to the audiobook version of this book together.\u00a0 If you are trying to wrap your mind around finances this is fun book to read or listen to as you work through the process as a family.\u00a0 I encourage you to communicate and pray as a family as you go on this journey together.\u00a0 When we were first married it became very clear that Jake and I had different patterns and views on finances.\u00a0 Taking the time to listen or read these types of books together helps encourage and strengthen your relationship while providing a positive outlook on finances.\u00a0 What works for one family may not be doable for the next family, however, we all have been giving many blessings in life.\u00a0 We still continue to make mistakes, pick ourselves back up, and learn from the lessons God continues to teach us.\u00a0 We want to purposely chose to be wise with what we have been given so we have more opportunities to share with those around us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I was thinking about the various books I have read over the past few years &#8220;The Millionaire Mind&#8221; by Thomas Stanley came to mind.\u00a0 In this book Stanley explains the research he did on how America&#8217;s wealthy got there.\u00a0 You don&#8217;t need to make a substantial amount to be smart with your money.\u00a0 Living a flashy and fancy lifestyle isn&#8217;t what it takes to be wise with your finances.\u00a0 I found it fascinating learning more regarding the millionaire &#8220;mindset&#8221; and the questions he asked in his research. Our family has been trying to stick to our budget and be more responsible with the blessings we have been given.\u00a0 We are by no means millionaires but we feel it is important to always continue to learn and grow.\u00a0 My husband and I listened to the audiobook version of this book together.\u00a0 If you are trying to wrap your mind around finances this is fun book to read or listen to as you work through the process as a family.\u00a0 I encourage you to communicate and pray as a family as you go on this journey together.\u00a0 When we were first married it became very clear that Jake and I had different patterns and views on finances.\u00a0 Taking the time to listen or read these types of books together helps encourage and strengthen your relationship while providing a positive outlook on finances.\u00a0 What works for one family may not be doable for the next family, however, we all have been giving many blessings in life.\u00a0 We still continue to make mistakes, pick ourselves back up, and learn from the lessons God continues to teach us.\u00a0 We want to purposely chose to be wise with what we have been given so we have more opportunities to share with those around us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[53,8],"tags":[1508,2550,2901,3199,5037,7524,8001,8003,14784,16118,16119,16120,16131,16267,19230,21179,21674,23947,26226],"class_list":["post-4334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book","category-financial","tag-audion","tag-blessings","tag-book","tag-budget","tag-couples","tag-family","tag-finances","tag-financial","tag-listen","tag-millionaire","tag-millionaire-mind","tag-millionaire-next-door","tag-mindset","tag-money","tag-read","tag-sharing","tag-smart","tag-thomas-stanley","tag-wisdom"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcnfwQ-17U","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4334\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}