This is a very good book for atmospheric science and meteorology students and researchers. It includes many topics that are very useful for both educational and research purposes: the orbits of satellites, the instruments they carry, the radiation they detect, and, most importantly, the fundamental atmospheric data that can be retrieved from their observations. I first read this book when I was a graduate student in atmospheric sciences. Most books I have read are concerned with dynamics or physics, which are the classical fields. Very few of them discuss the practical yet not so established topics like satellite meteorology. This book is the most comprehensive one I have ever read that covers this whole new field.

This book presents the views of MIT and Harvard economists on integrating the Middle East economy, assuming Palestinian economic sovereignty in the West Bank and Gaza.

'For nothing is purposed but mirth' Thomas Dekker tells us in his preface to this lively Elizabethan play, performed by the Lord Admiral's Players before the royal court and the Queen herself in 1599. Such mirth that was to be found in 16th century London and much that is sad and fearsome too is to be found in the story of a group of shoemakers living and working in the city. Their lives, loves and adventures are portrayed with unique historical insights of the journeyman shoemaker's trade in this fast-moving and humourous tale that eventually sees all loose ends tied, and culminates in the newly appointed Lord Mayor of London granting his shoemaker workers a 'Publicke Holiday'.

The authors started studying how people become wealthy 20 years ago. It is very interesting to to see how the neighbor next-door becomes a millionaire and how that very same person spends his or her time at work, at play and with their family. The authors share the secretes of those millionaires in their book.

The millionaire next-door did not become a millionaire by winning the lottery or on Regis Philbin's new game show: Millionaire. Most millionaire's in the United States are people just like you and I except they invest their money on a regular basis and live modest lives. After interviewing over 1000 millionaires, they discovered that the average millionaire makes $131,000 per year but invests up to 15 percent of their income on annual basis. Most millionaires drive regular cars that they bought used for less than $25,000, live-in modest homes, and work in a non-glamour industry. As a matter of fact most millionaires are entrepreneurs that own and operate their own small business.

If you're interested in making it to the ranks of a millionaire then I believe that this book is for you. It may surprise you to find out that that capability is within your reach. As the authors say, you have to learn how to become a PAW (prodigious accumulator of wealth) rather than a UAW (under accumulator of wealth).

The book certainly makes interesting reading for the curious and the serious. Then, the rest is up to you.

This book reveals interesting statistics about real-life wealthy people and their habits/secrets.

There is a lot of good advice and examples (some technical) on how to acheive wealth but the true eye opener is that self-made millionaires adopt a lifestyle which can be surprising...they are frugal. (ie may not be wearing a Rolex!)

This changed my personal outlook on becoming wealthy. For example by keeping my car a couple of extra years...then buying the model I wanted but 1year old instead of new etc.

The book shows us how if we truly adopt a frugal lifestyle it is much more realistic to become wealthy. The great irony I see in this is that to become wealthy you need to focus your life on LIVING and not on THINGS or money itself (ie be frugal).

This book truly demonstrates methods and ways that people who adopt this lifestyle acheive the most in monetary terms.

This book is a definite must buy for anyone interested in gaining serious wealth no matter what your income may be.

This book is fascinating, and very useful if you want to create a financially secure future for yourself and your family. However, if what you want is a materially ostentatious life, the rolex, the cars, the clothes and other trappings of people who live the high life, you won't like this book because its lesson is simple: live below your means, live frugally, save money, invest. The authors went looking for people whose bottom line net worth was from one to ten million. They found that these people are rarely ostentatious, and are very frugal and humble. I found it interesting that many of them are small business owners in very "dull" businesses. Also the chapters on the children of these millionaires was eye-opening. Basically, adult children who receive cash gifts from their parents save less and spend more than children who have to make their own way in the world. The children who know they have to be self-sufficient save more, live more frugally, and actually have more than their subsidized brethren. Very useful book, encourages us to keep on saving, stop spending, live life more fully. Another helpful book like this is "Your Money or Your Life."

Like most of the other reviewers, I have read "The Millionaire Next Door" and found it fascinating and informative; therefore,I was eager to read this book as well. However, for many of the same reasons cited by other readers, I found "The Millionaire Mind" less than illuminating. Too much of the material is anecdotal-- a few too many self-congratulatory tales of how Thomas J. Stanley's hard work and discipline made him "the man he is today". The lack of empirical evidence for many of his conclusions is also not a little damning. Self-reporting may be reliable if one is attempting to determine the most someone has paid for a pair of shoes or whether or not they use grocery store coupons. However, Stanley seems to simply accept at face value all of his respondents assertions about how and why they have achieved financial success, providing little in the way of analysis of his rather dubious "data". In what way(s), exactly, does being honest contribute to wealth accumulation? What examples can the respondents provide of concrete ways in which their "balanced" life-styles have enhanced their net-worth? This is a perfectly pleasant read for those seeking anecdotal exhortations designed to inspire adherence to "traditional American values". But in terms of providing substantive, emipircal data on how to build wealth in America, or, even in terms of it's explicitly stated purpose of providing genuine insight into the Millionaire Mind, "The Millionaire Mind" cannot be considered a success.

This book superseded my expectations because I read some of the Amazon's members' reviews beforehand. I really like how this book reveals how a lot of the millionaires everyone seems to be in awe of are from average to even low levels academic achievement. Of course, that doesn't mean that I think everyone should underachieve, but it does show that just about anyone can achieve high levels of wealth regardless of educational achievement. It's all in the mind! Lately I've been hearing a lot about "are you doing what you were put on this earth for?" and a big part of this (the clue) is "are you doing what you love to do?" That is one of those seemingly obvious points that wasn't so obvious to me before... that most millionaires are doing what they love to do and that's what made them millionaires.
If you're planning to have a mate in you life, you really have to be sure he or she is a wholesome person through and through in order to keep your money from leaving you like crazy. Stanley points out that so many people (we men especially) are highly hung-up on physical attraction (there's a story in this section about a guy who found out about his long-term girlfriend's hidden agenda that will just make you stop in your tracks). We could all definitely learn a lot from the insistence that most millionaires exercise when they consider a mate for the true humanistic attributes rather than money or looks.
The Chapter on "The Economically Productive Household" can really teach you a lot about making your lifestyle more efficient economically even if you don't plan to make a million dollars (see page 282, 3rd paragraph for a really good piece of advice).
If you're looking to buy a house (and make it your home) "The Home" chapter is a definite "must-read". If you're buying and feel you don't have time to read the whole book, at least read this chapter (and this is coming from a 36-year-old single guy who isn't looking to buy a house in the very near future). I assure you it can save you a lot of money and maybe even heartache and stress.
Overall, this book shows good insight on the millionaire as a person. Just as they say, "You are what you eat", You are definitely what and where your mind is. Let Stanley show you where this group of people's minds are so you can get your mind there!
Just as I wrote in my review on "The Millionaire Next Door" I'm giving this four stars because of the profundity of unneeded charts. Just look them over or overlook them so you can enjoy the text.

This excellent book takes a look inside a typical millionaires mind.Interesting stats. Less than 2% have inherited wealth. 98% were self made.Few scored 1400 or higher on their SATs.They became rich without compromising their integrity.Most are married and have chldren and feel that a family complements, and does not compete with success.Vocations are not work, but a labor of love.They are financially indepenent and live a comfortable, not a extravagant lifestyle.They live in fine homes. They are home owners, not renters. They also tend to buy homes when others are selling.Most live in homes that were built over 40 years ago. ONLY 10% live in homes that were built in the last 10 years.32% are business owners. 16% are senior executives. 10% are attorneys and 9% are physicians. Business owners overall are the richest of the group.They attribte their success to these top five success factors:Integrity-being honest with all people.Discipline-applying self controlSocial skills-getting along with peopleA supportive spouseHard work-more than most peopleThe Millionaire Mind is a good read. Great complement to The Millionaire Next Door. I also recommend Marketing to the Affluent by Stanley.

The Pre-Socratic philosopher, Pythagoras, was prolific, industrious, and highly influential; but tragically none of his writings are extant. So what information we have concerning his doctrines is very scanty. However, it is true that he was an original thinker who had a profound impact upon Plato and on the whole of Western thought as well. The great philosopher's life and teachings, as represented by Thomas Stanley, the first English historian of philosophy, is thorough and excellently researched. The only drawbacks to the work are this: that it was written in the middle of the seventeenth century, so the English is a bit obscure (the letter "S" is represented with the modern lowercase "f" without the crossbar); and finally, the text is also difficult to read at times since it is photocopied from the original. Overall, with the helpful introductory essay and the invaluable information Thomas Stanley provides, this work is rewarding, and will be a great boon to anyone zealous about collecting rare books or for anyone simply interested in philosophy.

I am a huge fan of Tom Stanley's. The Millionaire Next Door had a profound impact on my consumer behavior and personal finances and my life in general. I have read the Millionaire Mind as well, and its a good book.

The information in this book could have been covered in total in the first audio tape (there are 4 tapes in total). I agree with other reviews saying the information in this book is highly repetitive and slanted towards accounting and finance-- almost to the exclusion of other areas of business.

The other problem with this book is that its almost completely anecdotal. Stanley strays from his core strength shown in Millionaire Next Door. Stanley became a bestseller in MND because he was able to synthesize and capture data based on research and present it in a beautifully coherent fashion. On the contrary, this book is full of stories and anecdotes and is all over the place in the presentation of material.

This book is in an interview format, (Tom Stanley being interviewed by a guy with obviously scripted questions) which I didn't like as much.

One major thrust this book holds is that you need to be a complete problem solver for your customers in all aspects of their lives and business enterprise in order to sell your product to them. An example he provides is a CPA who helps a client's kid get into a top college.

The problem with this approach (that Stanley doesn't acknowledge or address) is that you completely rely on the benevolence of decisionmakers at a given business when you solve all of their other life problems and not overtly sell them anything.

What Stanley proposes is not new to Salespeople like myself. Salespeople like myself have always expanded our job descriptions to help our customers solve all sorts of problems. The problem with Stanley's approach is that it's not as workable as he advocates because there are more takers than givers in the business world. By and large, business decisionmakers in real life don't return favors as the book portrays they do to his "Ace of Aces" examples. Especially when decisionmakers yank you around on price and price alone. Stanley does not have an answer for networking to that type of millionaire.

If businesses and business decisionmakers were as benevolent as Stanley suggests they are -- returning favors as they are given out -- personal concierge services would overtake the planet and salespeople would cease to exist.

The author is great, this work is not. He simply sat down, had a conversation, and recorded it. Here is all the book says:

Offer your service for free to millionaires in a way that makes you further contacts.

An example is a CPA giving a speech to a trade organization on issues that affect them and perhaps specializing in serving that industry. I didn't need to listen for hours to know this. This should have been a magazine article, not a book.

He also doesn't cover any downside. Most of the stories are simply of people who networked this way and had great success.

I loved The Millionaire Mind and sometimes pass on little tidbits of information gleaned from it. I just told you everything I learned from this book. Every one of dozens of stories was the same lesson with different characters. I listen to a fair amount of audiotapes and this was a rare disappointment.

This book was repetitive in its message that in order to network with millionaires, one has to meet the needs of others first and do so out of a true intent to help. The book gives good examples of how people have done this, but is somewhat biased towards financial professionals and accountants.

It should be noted that this work,as are most of Holmes products, is a stapled pamphlet. Given the paucity of accessable material on the Oracles, this Westcott translation (based on Patrizzi 1593) is not without value.