Cracking The Millionaire Code
Cracking The Millionaire Code by Mark Victor Hansen, co-author of
Chicken
Soup For the Soul, and Robert G. Allen, author of
Creating
Wealth and
Multiple
Streams of Income, is one of the toughest books I've ever had to try to get through. It's not an easy read for anyone, though
it seems like it should be.
The reason it's not easy to read is because of the "code" part of the book. Throughout the book, every few pages in fact, there's
something that's out of line with the norm that just gets in the way. This is done intentionally by them to try to get you to stop,
decode if you can, and learn. The thing is most people, myself included, like continuity while reading. If I wanted to work this
hard, I'd have taken a second semester of calculus while I was in college.
Not to say there aren't enjoyable parts in the book. I loved when they would divert to a story about someone from a humble
beginning who ended up making it rich and then found ways to help others. These stories have to be the contribution of Hanson,
who's known for being able to receive stories from others and make them memorable.
And it's not to say that there isn't much to learn from this book. It has twelve long chapters, many different codes that are
then broken down even further, and there's enough information in here that you'll feel like you've just finished reading an
entire volume of an encyclopedia.
And that ultimately ends up being part of the problem with this book; it's just overwhelming. I'd have felt like a total failure
if I hadn't finished getting through this book, but I had to do so by skipping all the coded things, or those pages with sayings
written along the top, sides and bottom. I was so worn out by getting through the book that I didn't even bother going to the
website that's listed throughout the book, where one can go to receive free goodies and other information. The stories aside,
this book is a two-semester course in and of itself.
It's hard to recommend Cracking The Millionaire Code for the average reader, yet it's hard not to recommend this book to
anyone who's on a quest to become a millionaire. I did take one very important idea away from the book, one I already knew, but
one that's really reinforced here. That is the concept of giving being as necessary as the concept or making money. There are a
lot of philanthropic events and people highlighted throughout this book, and it's altruism on that front is inspiring. But this
isn't an easy read for anyone.
