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Praise from the Press forHow to Get Rich
If this book doesnt get you rich, nothing ever will. Five Stars.
Mail on Sunday
Well-founded advice based on hard-won experience. Financial Times
Compulsive and hugely entertaining. Observer
Fearlessly frank and truly inspirational. As good a guide to making it in the business as I have ever read. I strongly recommend this book.
Sunday Telegraph
Startlingly frank and very funny...crisply delineates the keys to wealth.
Independent on Sunday
Absorbing, provocative and huge fun. The Times
Absolutely compelling. Provides a unique insight into the mind of the dedicated entrepreneur. IoM Examiner
A warts-and-all guide to riches. Highly recommended.
The Director Magazine
Pacey, funny...ruthlessly catalogues the authors business failures.
The Bookseller
Chatty, rambling, smart-alec... Critics Choice. Daily Mail
Peppered with laugh-out-loud examples of his maverick take on the business world. EasyJet Magazine
Revealing, sparky and thought-provoking. CNBC European Business
Well written and full of great advice. Strikes important point after point.
Seeds of Growth
Once you start reading, you will not want to put it down.
Editor Reviews.com
"Dennis is wise, fearlessly frank and truly inspirational...almost every sentence is pure delight. Mail on Sunday
Fantastic, funny and blunt. An immediate entry into my top ten books about money. Its a classic. Daily Wealth.com
Praise from Readers forHow to Get Rich
An absolute corker of a book. Do yourself a huge favour and read it.
NeilShearing.com
The ultimate business guide for the entrepreneur. If you really have the unshakable desire to be rich...this book will be worth millions. Five Stars.
Christopher Sanders, Amazon.co.uk Customer Reviews
Buy it, read and study this book! I have already read it twice and just cannot put it down. Five Stars. Ethan Patel, Amazon.co.uk Customer Reviews
Good advice, delivered with a right hook! Five Stars.
Phillip Hulme, Amazon.co.uk Customer Reviews
A highly thought-provoking and inspirational book.
Alan Bates, Amazon.co.uk Customer Reviews
"Absolutely essential reading for all entrepreneurs...full of gems of extremely astute advice. A great work. Five Stars.
Tom Rubython, Amazon.co.uk Customer Reviews
Brilliant, down-to-earth, honest and often very funny. In my list of must-reads for people starting their own business.
Paul Mcgillivray, Amazon.co.uk Customer Reviews
Spectacular! An instant business classic. Simply the best book ever written on how to get rich. Five Stars. J. Disorobo, Amazon.com Customer Reviews
"Outstanding....If you read only one business book this year, make this one it. Five Stars. Robert Kinney, Amazon.com Customer Reviews
A true masterpiece. Absolutely brilliant, fun to read, beautifully written and full of hard-knocks wisdom. Five Stars.
The Wanderer, Amazon.com Customer Reviews
Buy it, devour it! Five Stars.
Hasan Davulcu, Amazon.com Customer Reviews
ALSO BY FELIX DENNIS
Muhammad Ali: The Glory Years
A Glass Half Full
Lone Wolf
When Jack Sued Jill: Nursery Rhymes for Modern Times
For PETER GODFREY and ROBERT G. BARTNER who walked with me, shoulder to shoulder, for thirty years
Thus spoke al-Kutba, god of the Nabataeans:
The children of thy children shall
forget Meand my
Name
it shall vanish from the mouths of men into the dust of the world.
And yet, thy childrens childrens children shall worship me
unknowing, while thy rich seek after what they need not,
while thy poorest curse at what the rich store up,
and while the cries and lamentations of
Men reach up to the heavens.
All shall be as it was,
from now until
the end of
days.
How to Get Rich
Good fortune? The fact is
The more that you practice,
The harder you sweat,
The luckier you get.
Ideas? Weve had em
Since Eve deceived Adam,
But take it from me
Executions the key.
The money? Just pester
A likely investor.
To get what you need
You toady to greed.
The talent? Go sign it.
But first, wine and dine it.
Its tedious work
With a talented jerk.
Good timing? To win it
You gotta be in it.
Just never be late
To quit or cut bait.
Expansion? Its vanity!
Profit is sanity.
Overhead begs
To walk on two legs.
The first step? Just do it
And bluff your way through it.
Remember to duck!
Godspeed...
and Good Luck!
Preface
Can This Book Really Make Me Rich?
There are few ways that a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
SAMUEL JOHNSON (BOSWELLS LIFE OF JOHNSON)
Why would a rich person waste time writing a book to help other people get rich?
Two reasons. Because I enjoy writing about something I feel I know about. And because I believe that almost anyone of reasonable intelligence can become rich, given sufficient motivation and application.
It also helps that I am writing while sipping a very fine wine indeed (a Chteau dYquem 1986 if you really want to know), nibbling on fresh smoked conch tidbits, ensconced by a window with one of the most beautiful views on earth. Across the valley, far, far below me, palm trees fringe the fishing boats and yachts nod in the harbor. Beyond the bay to the west, a turquoise sea ripples out to a purple and pink horizon, heralding another glorious sunset.
In the words of a Victorian English poet:
How pleasant it is to have money, heigh-ho! How pleasant it is to have money.
I am in Mustique, a tiny island in the Windward Islands of the Caribbean. More specifically in my writers cottage, a new study-cum -library some distance from the main house, built solely for one purposeto permit me to write whatever I damn please in peace and quiet. Which is usually poetry, by the way.
And all of this, as if you needed me to remind you, costs money. Its what you get, if you want, when youre rich.
So you arent doing this for the money?
Money is always welcome. But no. Very, very few authors become rich. The odds against it are too steep. Merchandising and brand extensions, like movies, games and toys based on fictional books, occasionally do the trick. But nobody is going to buy a toy called How to Get Rich now, are they? (Then again, theres always the board game and the reality TV show...just joking!)
Is this some kind of con job? Are you using a ghostwriter?
Nope and nope. How to Get Rich is not a con job. And it is not being ghostwritten. I am going to write every word myself in this book, Lord help me.