The Richest Man in Town, Randall Jones
The Richest Man in Town, Randall Jones
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The Richest Man in Town
The Twelve Commandments of Wealth

Author: Randall Jones

Narrator: Randall Jones

Abridged: 5 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Business Plus

Published: 05/04/2009


Synopsis

Secretly, if not overtly, almost everyone in America desires to become rich: to make it big, to enjoy the fruits of the most successful life imaginable. But unfortunately, most of us don't have a clue how to reach these all too elusive goals. Quite simply, there's no definitive road map for getting there, no proven plan, and certainly very little access to those who have become "the richest man in town."

But now W. Randall Jones, the founder of Worth magazine, is about to change all that. He's traveled to one hundred different towns and cities across the country and interviewed the wealthiest resident in each. No, these are not those folks who inherited their wealth, or happen to be a CEO of a Fortune 500 company. Rather, these are the self-made types who, through hard work and ingenuity, found their own individual paths to financial success.

Remarkably, during his research, Jones found that these successful people were not so different from one another. They all shared many of the same traits and followed what the author calls the Twelve Commandments of Wealth: stay hungry (even when you're successful) . . . you really do learn more from failing than you may think . . . absolutely be your own boss, the sooner the better . . . understand that selling is the key to success . . . where you live doesn't matter . . . never retire, and other, more surprising revelations.

Practical, unique, and inspiring, this book lets you peek inside the living rooms of dozens of America's most successful people-and shows how you, too, can become The Richest Man in Town.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Josh on May 18, 2009

I liked this book, and I thought that the advice given was sound and made sense. The downside of this book is that it is 5% ideas and 95% anecdotes of the super wealthy backing up these ideas. I also thought that this book placed too much emphasis on becoming the super wealthy elite and most of the......more

Goodreads review by Michael on May 21, 2018

Slightly scattered stories of rich folks. The lessons from the stories of the rich are reassuring that anyone has a chance to make their mark in America. The stories run around the hundred or so RMITs(Riches Man In Town) like a bad sermon, many quotes from various RMITs to make a point, but hard to......more

Goodreads review by Ermicioi on February 06, 2025

high net worth individuals "enjoy the fruits of their labor", woah, yeah - valuable apport, thx maybe it was my fault to grab this, I definietely wasn't the target audience. 2 stars because it was a good refresher of ideas from similar books on this topic......more

Goodreads review by Tom on February 18, 2019

An interesting read, essentially journalism exploring the nature/patterns of the very rich throughout the US. Plenty of good information, but much of it is either common sense or observations, and not actionable strategy.......more

Goodreads review by Enoch on January 06, 2024

This book was tough for me to get through. I think there was great information but it read like a love letter to these super rich folks. I do think I took away some insights on ways to work on myself though.......more