I’ve recently read a wonderful book about money. Rich Ezzo has managed to surprise me in many ways, starting with the fact that the book isn’t about affiliate marketing or get-rick-quick schemes.
In our world of instant information delivery and hundreds of self-proclaimed monetization geniuses, this book was the least expected kind of a guide: a wonderful tale explaining what basic habits you should develop to ensure not only that you attract money into your life, but also truly appreciate every moment of your financial freedom.
I absolutely loved the five lessons given by the very easy-flowing story of this book, and I can relate to every one of them. To give you the idea, here is just one of the lessons:
Earnings come from whatever the world decides a skill is worth. However, there is no one more deserving than another.
I’ve seen this happen so many times already: you see how successful a certain business idea is and you’re just amazed and how you never came up with the same thing. You look at the proud business owner and think: How in the world did this person ever come up with an idea to charge for this service? Who could have thought there are so many people willing to pay for it? How is it that nobody made this discovery before? After all, everything was waiting for us right there on the surface - just come and grab the idea, make millions and move onto the next brilliant project.
At the same time, there are so many hard workers who work late hours and deprive themselves of sleep just to make an extra few dollars. They do their jobs perfectly, and their products and services are worth dozen times more than what they charge. Yet when you ask them why their price is so low, you realize that these people do not think so highly of themselves. They do not find their ideas and services special, and therefore do not believe it would be possible to ask for more.
Well, that’s where one of the best lessons lies: do your best to produce a result, but let others decide how much it’s worth. If you’re passionate about your work and you genuinely try to produce the best service possible, you will be surprised how many people will want to pay for your services, and even more surprised at how much higher their price will be.
One unique feature of the When Money Talks, Listen! book is that it comes with plenty of examples to demonstrate the point of each lesson. To make the impact of the book last even longer, you’re also offered a list of all the five lessons at the end of the book, plus a workbook - a set of printable templates you can use to track the progress on your quest to better understanding money and attracting abundance into your life.
Rich has written a lovely book which you will probably finish in a couple of hours. It has no revolutionary discoveries to offer, it suggests no shortcuts to getting rich overnight, but instead it gives you much more: a timeless wisdom of not making money matters bigger than they are, of cherishing every moment of joy you but with your money, of sharing your riches with people around you to make your own life and this whole world a much better place.
Go get the book and read it, you won’t regret: it’s been a while since I read something so simply beautiful and so immediately useful.
pS: if $9.95 stretches your budget, please consider contacting Rich directly, as he’s willing to give his book as a gift to those in need.
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书评《听，金钱在说话》
最近我读了一本有关金钱的好书。书的作者 Rich Ezzo很用心，有许多地方别出心裁。此书并不以公司买卖或快速赚钱方案这些老套的东西开头。
当今世界，信息传递飞速，有数以百计的人自称为货币铸造的天才，而这本书却以一个故事不经意地给读者一份金钱指南。故事叙述你应该如何培养一些基本的习惯，从而吸引金钱进入你的生活，并且你能真正感激财政自由的每一瞬间。
我十分喜欢书中易懂流畅的故事教给我的五则经验教训，而且我可以把每个教训联系起来。在此为你提供其中的一则。
你可以通过任何一种对社会价值的技能中获取收入。然而，并没有哪一种技能会比另一技能更有用。
我已经多次经历这样的事：你知道某一商业点子很成功，同时也为之惊异，但又埋怨为何自己想不出如此妙的点子。你看这那些因有成就而自豪的商人，思考着他们赚钱的本事，怎样让如此多的人乐意掏钱给他们的产品，为什么之前没人发现这赚钱的诀窍等诸如此类的问题。毕竟，一切事情都在我们身旁并浮在表面，等着我们靠近它并把握机会，想出点子，狂赚几百万，并向下一个伟大的目标迈进。
同时，也有很多辛勤工作的人，他们起早贪黑，甚至牺牲了睡眠时间加班，只为挣那点微薄的加班费。他们工作出色，他们的产品和服务所带来的价值是他们工资的十几倍。然而当你问到为何这些人的收入如此低时，你应该意识到他们不会思考更高层面的问题。他们不认为自己的点子和服务有什么特别，所以也不会为此索要更高的工资。
所以，最有用的经验教训就是：尽自己所能取得工作成效，但让别人评判它的价值大小。如果你对工作充满激情，并且尽可能提供最优服务，那么你将为众多的人争相购买你的产品而倍感惊异，甚至会发现那些产品的价格比预期的还要高。
《听，金钱在说话》 一书的特色在于作者运用大量例子阐述每一则经验教训。为了使这本书的影响力更持久，作者还在书的末尾为读者列出了这五则经验教训，并且副上一本练习簿（一套可印样板供读者跟上阅读进度，帮助更好理解金钱的意义，使其的生活更丰富）。
财富被写进了如此不错的一本书里，只要花几个小时就能轻松读完。它没有提供前所未有的发现，也没有一夜暴富的捷径，它给予读者的是更多更有意义的东西：它教给你无限的智慧，让你明白赚钱并不是最重要的事，珍惜金钱给你带来的每一刻的乐趣，与周围的人分享财富，使你的生活乃至整个世界都变得更加美好。
拥有 这本书，并好好阅读它，你决不后悔。因为只读那么一会儿，我就发现其语言如此简练而优美，而且内容很实用。
附：你只需花9.95美元，就有机会直接接触财富，就像作者所说，他很乐意把此书做为礼物提供给那些需要的人。
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