Wink and Grow Rich

by Roger James Hamilton

This book holds the keys to your wealth. Don't put it down. The keys will remain in this book until you open it and take them out. You can open it now, but to take out the keys, first you need to find them. The keys are in a story behind the A lesson behind the lesson. That means to find the keys, you need to become better at seeing. What you see will always be what you get. Each time y ou read the book, you will see a little better until, one by one, you take the keys out and use them to unlock the doors to your wealth. If you work hard enough, in time you will find the final key. This is referred to throughout the story, and it is the biggest key by far. It unlocks the door to wealth beyond words. Time is your greatest asset, and your wealth awaits. So don't waste another minute. Don't question. Just read this book. Read it now. Read it and grow rich....

Genres: Business, Self Help, Money, Nonfiction, Personal Development, Finance, Psychology

134 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2002

About the author

Born in Hong Kong and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge University, Roger became an entrepreneur before leaving college. He estimates the cost of his entrepreneur education was far greater than his academic education, losing many millions through his failures before achieving success. Today he owns and runs businesses in publishing, property, event management, resort management, training, coaching, mentoring and online education.

Behind all of Roger James Hamilton’s companies and content is his mission of “World Wide Wealth”: The power to grow our flow individually and collectively. Roger believes we each have the power to develop our own financial literacy to grow our own wealth, from which we then have the power to help those around us.

As a member of the Clinton Global Initiative, United Nations Global Compact, APEC CEO Summit and Transformational Leadership Council, Roger has been dedicated to the global growth of Social Entrepreneurship for the last decade. He is also an Executive Graduate of Singularity University, based at the NASA Research Centre in Silicon Valley. He conducts ‘Fast Forward Your Business’ tours each year in Australia, Japan, China, Africa, England and the US on the Top 10 Trends impacting business, equipping entrepreneurs with the tools and future presence to navigate through the changes taking place in our economies.

Roger is the Founder of Entrepreneurs Institute and creator of the Wealth Dynamics, Genius Test App & Talent Dynamics profiling systems, used by over 150,000 entrepreneurs and leaders around the world.

Roger’s resort in Bali, Vision Villas, is Asia’s first Entrepreneur Resort, running iLab accelerator programs throughout the year. These are one month programs to help business owners transform their business into remotely operated, multi-market, multi-language global businesses.

Roger lives in Bali with his wife, Renate, and three children, Kathleen, Theresa and Luke.

You can connect with Roger at www.rogerjameshamilton.com

Reviews

[Keshav Bhatt · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was OK, and I'm glad it was a short read. It's full of a lot of general aphorisms which are helpful but lacks the real practical steps or evidence based ideas that I prefer. In the end it becomes a collection of self development duckspeak - full of vague truths but devoid of meaning.

That said, there is something to learn from everything and I picked up 2 ideas in this book.

* Communication has different levels of quality. At stage one, it's merely an exchange of facts and information. At stage two, it's a real genuine connection where people build rapport and synchronise with each other. And stage three, where you are motivating and inspiring one another so you can grow.

* Time, just like money, can be spent or invested. This made me think about where I am spending my time, and where I am investing it. If I want to grow, it's important to shift more time in investing my most precious commodity and spending less of it. Time & money are resources that get drained so easily.

[Michel-Joy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is such an inspiring little book! I've read it 6 times and keep coming back to it for all of the basics of wealth consciousness. It is written as a parable so that anyone can read it and have a direct experience of shifting their own wealth paradigm. Wealth is all around us when your eyes are open!

[Siwabhorn Anothaisintawee · Rating 3 out of 5]

หนังสือการเงินการลงทุนเคลือบช็อกโกแลต ทำเรื่องเข้าใจยากให้เป็นเรื่องง่าย ผ่านการนิทานเกี่ยวกับการเดินทางของเด็กชายวัย 9 ขวบ ที่ตามหาบ่อน้ำแห่งความมั่งคั่ง จนได้ไปพบคนต่างๆ ที่ช่วยเขาไขกุญแจสู่ความมั่งคั่งยั่งยืนที่ซ่อนอยู่ในทุกหน้าของหนังสือเล่มนี้ที่จะเปลียนแปลงชีวิตของเด็กชาย และผู้อ่านไปตลอดชีวิต

Goodreads ให้ 4.3 เราให้ 3 ก็มันไม่ชอบหนังสือเกี่ยวกับการเงินการลงทุนอ่ะ เคลือบช็อกโกแลตมายังไงข้างในก็ขมอยู่ดี

[Natacha Okazaki · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of my favorite books. I want to read it over and over as there is so much in it to learn from and most of all to implement in my life.

[Jakkapong Mespan · Rating 5 out of 5]

หนังสือเล่มนี้เปลี่ยนมุมมองของคำว่า “ความมั่งคั่ง” ให้มีอะไรที่มากกว่าแค่ “เงิน”

โลกง่ายถ้าเข้าใจ ทุกอย่างเป็นไปได้ถ้ารู้จัก

ที่แท้ ... โลกเป็นแบบนี้นี่เอง!!

[Tina Jonasen · Rating 5 out of 5]

A MUST READ for networkers - and everybody else!!!!

[Delhi Irc]

Location: GG6 IRC
Accession No: DL027602

[Reader · Rating 5 out of 5]

เป็น หนังสือจะคนอ่าน 2 กลุ่ม กลุ่มแรก เฉยๆ ป่นไม่ชอบ
อีกกลุ่มจะชอบมันมากก ซึ่งผมเป็นคนอย่างหลัง หนังสือเล่มที่พิเศษเลย ความหมายในแต่ละประโยชน์ที่ซ่อนอยู่ หรือตัวตนบุคคลที่เจอในเรื่อง เปรียบเทียบกับคนต่างๆ บางคนเรารู้สึกเหมือนตัวเอง หรือคนที่เรารู้จัก และ หนังสือเล่มนี้ไม่ควรอ่านรอบเดียว บางเรื่องผมลองอ่านรอบสอง พึ่งเข้าใจความหมายที่ซ่อนอยู่นี่และ
หนังสือเล่มนี้ เป็นหนังสือการเงินบวก+mindset ถ้าคุณอยากเป็นคนรวยหรือคนที่มั่งคัง ดีละ? อ่านเล่มนี้ เล่มบางๆเหมือนนิทานแปปเดียวจบ ถ้าไม่คิดอะไร ถ้าคิดจะอ่านนานมากกกก

[Teresa · Rating 4 out of 5]

recipe to wealth in cute parable style. the story is simple, and it's not - meaning there's way more here than meets the eye. If you are familiar with wealth principles, you'll see immediately. If not, keep studying the story. It's all here. And what is the mysterious #29... and what comes after. Take a dive inside and check it out

[Jiliac · Rating 5 out of 5]

There is almost too much advice in this book. The story doesn't make much of a sense. It's more like a "dialogue" of ancient Greece where the purpose is clearly to instruct the reader. I read it once so far, clearly will need to come back to it to unpack it further.

[Nutdanai Kobchainarumit · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good to read over and over again.
It may help you go through the right track for your life purpose or may not

[Kittitornsit Norasing · Rating 5 out of 5]

กลับมาอ่านซ้ำหลายๆรอบแน่นอน

[Biminator · Rating 4 out of 5]

เล่าเรื่องการเงินผ่าน เรื่องราวที่ผู้อ่านจะได้กลับมาย้อนคิดดูกับตนเอง

[Ywun · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really great book. I am encouraging myself to follow the suggestions in the books.

[Jason · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great fable about the perspectives on living a rich life.

[Ronaldo Ferreira · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good like the noticer. but must read more than once to get all there is to get from it

[Josephine Olok · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice read but will need to re-read, wish it had some practical examples.

[van1998 · Rating 3 out of 5]

ถ้าเราเรียนรู้ที่จะมองเห็นในสิ่งที่ดีขึ้น เราก็จะได้ในสิ่งที่ดีขึ้น

[Alvin Narsey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Audiobook
Needs to be reheard at some stage

[Rungruthai Phensawang · Rating 5 out of 5]

เปิดตา เปิดใจ ให้ทัศนคติใหม่ และรู้สึกมีความหวัง

[Ged Cusack · Rating 5 out of 5]

A parable of a young boy (Richard) on a journey looking for the well of wealth.
During the journey we realise that the story is not of a young boy on a journey to a well but it is the story behind the story.
Covers financial wisdom including multiple streams of income,
The kind of book any age group can learn from.
The boy is sent by his sick father to the well of wealth to deposit a dollar (the analogy behind the journey is the daily labour that his father gives for his income is the dollar he gives for his share of the water from the well of wealth.
On the journey we see that there are various opportunities out there and how we sometimes miss them.
Each of the characters in WINK teach Richard different wealth skills that build on each other.
One of the main lessons in the book is that if we want to know the answer to a problem we need to ask better questions (Richard refines his questions on his journey.
A lot of personal development books talk about the same skills (such as making your money work for you and not the other way round) but this book simplifies them.
We decide at what level we want to play.
Very well written and the more you read it the more you get out of it.
A small book that gets across a message in a very simplistic method.
When Richard first meets the old woman in the book she asks for his name and then enquires if he intends for life to be Rich or Hard.

[Pad Pax · Rating 5 out of 5]

Whether or not your familiar with the Wealth Dynamics system, this story will provide you with countless vital lessons in wealth creation. You can go and get a text book if you prefer, but this approach is a welcome one,

Putting it into a fable causes the reader to put themselves into the story and thus learn in a more personal way than they would if being taught or lectured.

Each reader will find different parts more or less meaningful, but I can't imagine anyone who finishes the book feeling like they haven't gained some stunning insights.

I've also heard the audio version that is brilliantly done - though you really do need the illustrations from the book too, I think.

I'm recommending it to many people.

[Julia Doherty · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good friend recommended this book and I'm so glad he did. Parts of the book put a smile on my face as we all know this stuff but sometimes we just don't open our eyes. This type of book is certainly one for the repeat pile.

What actions will I take away from this book?

1. Invest more time in developing my art
2. Continue to visualise and never lose track of that skill.
3. Ask more questions.

That is my starting point. I've scheduled to re-read the book in May, when I will get my next set of actions.

[Harold Cates · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wink is a book I'm currently reading. It's a parable about wealth, but has a lot of nuggets about life in general. The book is good if you're trying to take you're passion to the next level by monetizing it.

[Ishak · Rating 5 out of 5]

Never got tired reading this book...

[Yogeshwar Vashishtha · Rating 5 out of 5]

very good book !!

[Anand Nataraj · Rating 4 out of 5]

Learned how to nourish the skills and how to create wealth usig this skill....

[Amanda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not the best of this genre but illustrated the point quite well.

[Manjunatha Krishnamurthy]

wonderful book, but too conceptual

[Kellyne · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved it. How easy is it to read/ or listen to.