Become a millionaire by learning from millionaires An Eventual Millionaire is someone who knows they will be a millionaire, eventually. But they want to do it on their own terms with an enjoyable life and an enjoyable business.

Foreword by Dan Miller xi Acknowledgments xv Introduction: First Things First 1 How This Book Came to Be 1 What Is a Millionaire? 2 You Don’t Need Money to Find Meaning 2 Removing My Goal 3 Chapter 1: Are You an Eventual Millionaire? 5 Are You an Eventual Millionaire? 6 Having Happiness and Wealth Is Possible 7 The Journey Is the Fun Part 8 Love the Process from Thousandaire to Millionaire 9 It’s Okay to Love Money 9 Money Does Not Make You Rich 11 The Most Common Way People Become Millionaires 14 Now You Start 15 Let’s Get Started! 15 Chapter 2: Start Working with the Money You Have Now 17 Facing Debt Head-On 18 The Debt-Free Rules 23 Money Beliefs 36 From Now Onward 38 Debt-Free Rules Summary 38 Action Item Review 38 Chapter 3: Millionaires Have Fears, Make Excuses, and Have Confidence Issues 41 What Fear Is 42 Science of the Brain 42 Your Business May Fail If You Do Not Work on Your Fears 43 What Millionaires Think of Fear 44 Risk 46 Confidence 47 Getting Past Excuses and Moving Out of Your Comfort Zone 49 Millionaires and Their No-Excuses Approach 49 Moving Past Your Fear 54 Passive versus Active Actions 60 Tools to Get Past Your Fear 62 What If You Let It Stop You? 66 Action Item Review 67 Chapter 4: Finding and Evaluating Your Ideas for Your New Business 71 How Millionaires Found Their Ideas 72 How to Generate Business Ideas 74 The “Find Your Passion” Myth 74 Don’t Be a Donkey 78 The Time Factor 79 All of this starts with an idea 80 How Millionaires Evaluate Ideas 82 What about Networking Marketing? 94 Choosing the Right Idea 95 Action Item Review 99 Chapter 5: Mentors, Masterminds, and Networking 103 Millionaires Have Help! 104 Mentors versus Coaches versus Mastermind Groups 105 Mastermind Groups 106 Mentors 111 Networking 121 Action Item Review 124 Chapter 6: Long Business Plans Are for Banks 127 The Square Business Plan 130 A Millionaire’s First Month in Business 137 Marketing versus Sales 140 Selling That Works 140 The Sales Pitch 141 Marketing 144 Square Business Plan Done 151 Action Item Review 152 Chapter 7: Your Success Is a Series of Small Wins 155 Why Visioning Is Important to Millionaires 156 How Millionaires Set and Attain Their Goals 161 Creating Your Action Plan 172 Achieving Goals 178 Action Item Review 179 Chapter 8: Continuous Forward Motion 181 Millionaires in Forward Motion 182 Focus, Patience, and Routine 183 The Power of Patience 189 The Power of Your Millionaire Routine 193 Taking Care of Business 197 Millionaire Routines 198 Continuous Forward Motion 202 Action Item Review 202 Chapter 9: Stories of Millionaires before They Were Millionaires 205 Brad Deal 206 Briana Borten 208 Kane Minkus 212 Lewis Howes 214 Marissa Levin 216 Ryan Eldridge 218 Sue Ismiel 220 Chapter 10: What You Can Do Now to Start Your Millionaire Journey 225 Figure Out How to Save Money 225 Find a Problem to Solve 226 Differentiate Yourself from Your Competition 228 Create a Mastermind Group 228 Find a mentor 230 Keep Learning 230 Focus! 231 Create, Write, and Be Accountable to Your Goals 233 It’s All about Sales 234 Execute! Take Action! Just Do It! 236 Closing Thoughts 238 About the Author 241 About the Companion Website 243 Index 245

"One of the keys to becoming wealthy is thinking like the rich do, so pick up The Eventual Millionaire and see the thoughts of over 100 millionaire minds." —T. Harv Eker, New York Times bestselling author of Secrets of the Millionaire Mind™ THE Eventual MILLIONAIRE Have you ever wanted more from life? More money? More freedom? For many people, starting a business is one of the best ways to achieve both wealth and the personal goals that you have set for yourself. Most of us want to become entrepreneurs at some point, but we lack confidence in our ability to run a business. The truth is, though, that you can start your own company. Jaime Tardy explains in The Eventual Millionaire: How Anyone Can Be an Entrepreneur and Successfully Grow Their Startup that money is not the true key to happiness, but it is something that you can accumulate along your journey toward a fulfilling and rewarding lifestyle. Throughout the pages of this book you will learn how to take control of your money and your lifestyle, find work about which you are passionate, overcome your fears and excuses, start a viable business on the right foot, and keep moving forward despite the obstacles that will inevitably arise. A highly regarded business coach who has interviewed over 120 millionaires, Tardy has used the insight she has gained from these successful professionals to create a resource that will teach you how to look at your work and your life from a new perspective—and how to achieve financial independence and happiness by doing work that you truly enjoy. Entrepreneurs start their own companies for a wide range of reasons, and nearly all of them are looking for the freedom and flexibility that business ownership has to offer. Regardless of why you want to start your own company, it is important that you understand how to make it a success. Tardy shares the various kinds of success—both personal and professional—that you will achieve as you build your business. With the insight that she provides in The Eventual Millionaire, you can prepare for the challenges, triumphs, and excitement of entrepreneurship.

"Perhaps it's time to end the cult of celebrity around people merely because they've acquired a bunch of money. Jaime Tardy demystifies not just the process of earning money, but far more important, the emotions around it." —Seth Godin, Author, The Icarus Deception Step one to becoming a millionaire: read this book. Step two: quit your job. Don't worry, step two will be a lot less intimidating after you complete step one.” —Chris Guillebeau, NYT bestselling author of The $100 Startup “This is the most realistic and practical book ever written about business and personal success in the social media age. Every parent in America should buy this for their child's high school or college graduation. I know I will.” —Jay Baer, author of Youtility: Why Smart Marketing is About Help not Hype "One of the keys to becoming wealthy is thinking like the rich do, so pick up The Eventual Millionaire and see the thoughts of over 100 millionaire minds.” —T. Harv Eker, #1 NY Times bestselling author of Secrets of the Millionaire Mind™