Your First Million & More Books

[front cover of a hardcover book of Your First Million: Why You Don't Have To Be Born Into A Legacy of Wealth To Leave One Behind, An Entrepreneur's Course by Arlan Hamilton with a photo of the author]

[Your First Million by Arlan Hamilton atop and next to two book stacks: the first has three trade paperbacks - Love in Tandem, Love You Mean It, Effie Olsen's Summer Special; second stack: Lady Eve's Last Con, The Body in the Backyard, Pride & Preston Lin, Bruno, Fiasco, The Dixon Rule, Love & Whiskey: The Remarkable True Story of Jack Daniel His Master Distiller Nearest Green and the Improbable Rise of Uncle Nearest, I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself]

Your First Million: Why You Don't Have To Be Born Into A Legacy of Wealth To Leave One Behind, An Entrepreneur's Course by Arlan Hamilton

non-fiction, business, memoir

Little, Brown Spark, January 2024

Underestimated.

Underrepresented.

Two labels that apply to millions (billions?) of people who have ideas, dreams, and goals that are often ridiculed and dismissed, that this author reframes in practical ways while offering realistic steps for making progress toward achieving measurable success in business and in life. A combination of candid personal memoir, ongoing entrepreneurial saga, workbook, and encouragement mantras, Your First Million is a must-read for high school and college grads as well as potential and current entrepreneurs of any age or level of success.

Pros and cons of my library compulsion:

Pros - saving tens of thousands of dollars by borrowing instead of buying books, movies, monthly fees for streaming services & the return due dates encourage me to read more quickly; awesome librarians, library staff, research resources, book displays, in-branch programs, activities, special events, technology access...

Cons - okay, nothing bad about being a really enthusiastic library patron comes to my mind

Happy reading & creating (& simply surviving)!

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