Is Your Thinking Keeping You Poor?: 50 Ways the Rich Think Differently

by Douglas Kruger

‘Thinking like a poor person will keep you poor. Thinking like a wealthy person will make you wealthy. I would like to show you exactly what the differences between the two ways of thinking are and how you can use them in your favour.’ – Douglas Kruger - Douglas Kruger

Being rich is not most people never achieve wealth in their lifetime. The very word ‘rich’ describes a state beyond the median, and therein lies an important lesson. To become rich, you will have to think radically differently from the way most people around you think. Do you know what those specific differences may be?
Business and wealth guru Douglas Kruger strips away the feel-good hype and gets right down to the practical principles. He leads you through the types of thinking that hold individuals, families and businesses in generational cycles of poverty. He explores the dramatically different approaches of the self-made rich and super-rich, showing you which behaviours to begin practising and which behaviours are traitorous to your wealth potential. Escape poverty. Raise your value. Change the trajectory of your story. It all begins with the way you think.

Genres: Self Help, Money

232 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 1, 2016

About the author

Douglas Kruger is an award-winning speaker, and the author of over 16 books, by four publishers, on three continents. His titles cover such topics as wealth, leadership and philosophy. In 2022, he became a novelist with the publication of his debut story, 'The Man Who Never Was.' This was quickly followed up by 'CharacterScan,' and 'House of the Judas Goat.'

Born in South Africa in 1980, he now speaks around the world. In 2016, in honour of excellence on the stage, he was inducted into the 'Speakers Hall of Fame' by his local professional body.

Douglas is a member of Mensa - the High-IQ Society - and holds a degree in Philosophy. His favourite authors include JRR Tolkien, James A Michener, Dean Koontz, Roger Scruton, Thomas Sowell, Frank Peretti, and Orson Scott Card.

Reviews

[Baratang · Rating 3 out of 5]

The author has valid points in most parts of the book, but is embarrassingly naïve about the whole poverty spectrum. He also has a very racist mindset.

Nonetheless, I personally have learned valuable things about wealth creation, and will be putting some of the 50 points into practice.

[Morite · Rating 3 out of 5]

Success begins in the mind

Success begins in the mind before it manifests.
The author has made a good effort to present important ideas that support money-generating behaviour.

This book helps one to find the appropriate perspectives, mindsets and habits that are important in helping one to create/add value and to ultimately create wealth. There are no guarantees, but reading such a book improves your odds of success significantly.

Thankfully, the book is very readable. The author, editors and publisher have done well to accomplish this.

Ultimately, the ideas in the book are most useful when they are applied. The importance of application/implementation/execution cannot be overstated. Eric Thomas puts it well: "Innovation is rewarded. Execution is worshipped."

[Talmadge Wucherpfennig · Rating 5 out of 5]

I happened upon this author while searching for some information on the Internet. I decided to buy his book and was not disappointed. This book teaches you that there are no limits to what you can achieve if you just have the correct mindset. I don't think it could have come at a better time in my life and am looking forward to applying what I have learned from this.

[ANNA · Rating 5 out of 5]

Most of the ideas in this book are known to us, however we choose to ignore them because it is more convinient to us that way. To blame someone else for our own failure.
This book is a wake up call inviting us to take life at our own hands by changing our mindset and start thinking as intelligent human beings and as succesful people think.

[Shuaibu Ibrahim · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have read many great financial books. However, none spoke to me more personally and deeply like this majestic offering from Douglas Krueger. I guess it is because he connected at a very relatable and empathetic level. As he is a fellow African familiar with our unique problems and beliefs regarding wealth, I guess that's good enough reason why

[Ledile Seema · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading this book.

It has definitely got me off the couch , I'm now in the thinking /implementing phase.

One stream of income won't get me all my hearts desires.

Thanks for this book Douglas.

[Aston Baidoo]

yet to finish it but I think it's great!

[yajshiwo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Worth the trip

It’s not about reading,but acting now.Anyway,this work help me understand myself a lot,point out the weakness of my mindset to the road of the wealth.

[Omar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing book

This book changed my view towards the rich and gained a clear technics to improve myself financially, glad to read it. Thanks a lot.

[Sina Sina]

great book.

[Abu Kamdar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Written by a South African, this book addresses wrong beliefs about money that are common in our country. While the tone at times is too harsh, and I disagree with some of his points earlier in the book, the 50 ways the rich think differently (which is the core of the book) are very important. I highly recommend any South African who is struggling financially to read this book.