Chapter 1 Summary and Analysis

Chapter 1 examines problems with how people usually manage their money, and then presents Step 1 of the process leading to financial independence. There are problems with "business as usual." Although most people claim that they value their lives more than their money, their actions speak louder than their words. Many spend so much time at work that they have little time to spend with their family and their friends. People give up working on their hobbies and their dreams because they are "too busy" working. They give up on their dreams because they realize that they cannot find a real job making a living off from that about which they are passionate. Despite what they have been told by their parents and their guidance counselors, they cannot necessarily "be anything they want to be." Some of they have gotten their "dream job...