Tom Corley - Rich Kids: How to Raise Our Children to Be Happy and Successful in Life

I am very grateful to my publicist, Lauri Flaquer. At a time when I was on the verge of quitting, Lauri entered my life, lifted me up, and inspired me. In one years short time Lauri took an unknown, first-time, self-published author to #1 on Amazon for eight straight days. Lauri has transformed this ordinary CPA into a bestselling author. I would not be writing these words today if it were not for Lauri Flaquer. Thank you, Lauri.

Id like to thank a few very important members of the media who put me and my rich habits research on the map. Farnoosh Torabi, from Yahoo Finances award winning show, Financially Fit , was the first brave soul in the media to take a risk on this previously unknown author. Our interview went viral with over two million hits, which got the attention of Dave Ramsey. Dave Ramsey has one of the largest radio shows in the United States. My interview with Dave, together with the Yahoo interview, propelled my first book, Rich Habits: The Daily Success Habits of Wealthy Individuals , to #1 on Amazon for eight straight days in July 2013. Daves continued support and promotion of my research helped keep Rich Habits in the top 100 of books on Amazon for much of 2013. My interview with Bob Dumas of CBS-Boston (WBZ-TV) in November of 2013 was picked up by seven CBS affiliates, which ran our interview during their nightly news segment. It was my first national television network interview and helped me gain enormous credibility with the media. Gerri Detweilers (Credit.com) interview with me was picked up by MSN Money. The interview drew so much attention that MSN moved it to the front page from the back page and kept Rich Habits in the top 100 on Amazon for twenty-five straight days. Thank you all for being media leaders and taking a leap of faith with me.

I want to thank Patty Aubrey for giving me the idea to write Rich Kids . I met Patty in August 2013 at a Breakthrough to Success (BTS) week-long training program offered by The Canfield Training Group. I am grateful to Patty for her sage advice. Thank you, Patty.

To all the members of BTS who agreed to participate in providing feedback for this manuscript, I say thank you. Eric Whitmoyer, Aynne Johnston, Starr Pilmore, and many others from BTS all helped make Rich Kids a better book. Id like to particularly thank Starr for helping me see myself as a successful author. Starrs book, Fun with Visualization , and her thirty-day visualization training program helped reprogram my thinking from negative to positive and enabled me to visualize myself as a bestselling author, at a time when book sales were nonexistent. Starr has helped turn my vision into a reality.

To my friend Mike Kahrer, who would sarcastically introduce me as the famous author Tom Corley to hostesses, bartenders, waitresses, and any other unfortunate soul who wandered into our entertainment orbit, I say thank you. Mike was instrumental in providing feedback on Rich Kids . He has also been one of my biggest Facebook cheerleaders, and I appreciate it.

I wish to thank all of my staff at Cerefice and Company, who work tirelessly and enthusiastically, enabling me to devote time to my writing. Without their client support efforts I would not have been able to pursue this rewarding writing career. I would like to particularly thank Mina Patel, whose work ethic, expertise, and conscientiousness are indispensable to the success of the firm.

I would like to thank Mill City Press, my publisher. Mill Citys quality-consciousness and responsiveness continuously exceed my lofty expectations. I look forward to a long and mutually prosperous business relationship for many years to come.

Finally, I want to thank all of my readers. Without you, this book would not have the power to change lives. It is my mission in life to help people recognize the importance of changing their habits in order to live the life they were intended to livea happy and successful life.