The One Minute Millionaire is a novel that tells a story about a woman, Michelle, who needs to make $1M in 90 days or lose custody of her children. Is it fiction? Could this be done in the "real" world? Could it be done if your life absolutely depended on it?
Mark Victor Hansen and Robert G. Allen believe that anyone can become a millionaire. So in addition to the novel they have provided a series of practial one minute strategies and principals to guide the reader on their path to enlightened wealth.
I found the book enjoyable, enlightening, and practical.
What I think makes this book profound is it's not the typical get-rich-quick-remedy. It, unlike most books, takes a very spiritual and enlightened approach to creating a mindset that ulimately creates prosperity. It's all about the attitude. You can have all the tools and resources in the world but if you don't have it right in the inside then it's futile.
I personally appreciate the spiritual approach this book takes. And for that reason I can see why perhaps some people may not like it. I can also appreciate that Robert Allen has left a bad taste in some people's mouths with his whole get -rich-quick real estate seminars. I will say that I can see how some people may be leary of things he may promote such as this book for fear that it's not genuine. The book does feel extremely sincere and genuine despite Robert Allen's reputation. I suspect that it's more of Mark Victor Hansen's writings.
I will say that I was extremely dissappointed when I drove to Dallas, 4 hours from my home, to a book signing of The One Minute Millionaire (as promoted on the OMM website) only to find that it was one of Robert Allen's real estate seminars.
Nonetheless, I still dearly appreciate the teachings in the book. I run a business of aspiring women entrepreneurs and this book has become our bible.
If you like the more spiritual appoach to prosperity I highly reccommend "The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity " by Catherine Ponder
The problem is that there's really nothing here that's not covered in other places in greater detail. I realize that the concept is to change the mindset of people so that they too realize that real wealth isn't unattainable and I applaud this. However, the novel portion is honestly quite sappy and unbelievable. Why not just use some life stories of immigrants who stepped off the plane and became wildly successful here?
I don't recall anything of substance from the non-novel portion, either. Assemble a team? Common sense. Make connections? Ditto. Figure out where your money-making talent lies? Also a good idea before you start trying to do anything. Honestly, Robert Kiyosaki's semi-discredited and semi-fictional books really contain more useful principles than this.
Ultimately, a book like this is weighed on how useful the information is in regards to achieving the goals of the person reading it. In my subjective opinion, I give the work a one star based on that criteria. The only reason I give it two stars is that I think more people need a counter to the Marxist message that making money and being rich is evil. If you really want to reorient your mindset, spend your money elsewhere, like on Brian Tracy's excellent writings.