As I was reviewing topic choices for this month’s article, I realized that I hadn’t said anything in detail on this site about my upcoming book. Ergo, this month’s blog is about my first book, which will be published in paperback and eBook formats in mid-October. The book is titled Get off Your A$$ and Manage Your Money: Why You Need Alternative Investments. For those of you that love Audible, the Audible version is forthcoming, but I haven’t picked a date yet.
The idea for this book was born in the fall of 2019. At that time, I had a business coach helping me grow the reach and influence of The Prolific Investor brand and website. As part of that effort, my coach, Alana Wopart, asked me if I could write a book, and I simply said yes, and so it began. I’ve always loved writing and have been fascinated with the ability to influence others through well-crafted language, so suddenly, with the prompting of my coach, I had an excellent reason to put my skills to the test. I wrote the first draft of the book in the last week of December 2019. Then I spent the next nine months editing and updating that initial draft based on feedback from others and new ideas that came to me over time, mainly when I stopped editing or looking at the draft for weeks or even months at a time.
On to the book itself, I used to be just like many of you, a conventional investor, investing for retirement and financial freedom with stocks, bonds, and mutual funds through 401Ks and IRAs. The problem was, conventional wisdom and investments weren’t getting me there very fast. Does conventional wisdom have you on a long, slow path to mediocrity and retirement so far away that you need a telescope just to see it? Perhaps you’ve experienced a financial setback due to COVID, unemployment, divorce, bankruptcy, or simply market volatility? If so, your mediocre path has probably gotten exponentially worse!
That’s the bad news. But, the good news is that I experienced many of those things, switched from conventional to alternative investments, and came out the other side with flying colors, and now, I never have to work again if I don’t want to. And, you can do it too!
I wrote Get off Your A$$ and Manage Your Money: Why You Need Alternative Investments to take what I learned through trial and error over a decade and lay it out for you in a way that will allow you to travel this road more efficiently and with fewer mistakes.
Get off Your A$$ and Manage Your Money: Why You Need Alternative Investments will:
- Show you which investments are conventional and which are alternatives
- Identify the four asset classes and the investments contained in each class and why your diversified portfolio of stocks, bonds, and mutual funds isn’t diverse at all
- Describe the conventional investing wisdom, why it’s so popular, and why it isn’t working for most investors
- Show you one of my alternative investments that has an internal rate of return of 35.20%
- Detail the advantages and disadvantages of conventional and alternative investments across thirteen categories
- Show you how businesses and individuals are taxed, and how you’re getting screwed, and what you can do about it
- Describe the four types of income and which income type you should strive to earn to pay less taxes
- Unveil why your 401K and IRA’s suck and will ultimately cost you more in taxes
- Give you access to a free, downloadable action guide to help you move from conventional investments to alternatives
Here’s why you should buy Get off Your A$$ and Manage Your Money: Why You Need Alternative Investments:
- You want to earn more from your investments, pay less taxes, and retire earlier
- You want to spend more time with your family and less time at the office
- You want to build multiple streams of passive income that show up in your bank account every month
- You want to be able to donate more money to your favorite charity or church
- You want to keep your children from ever getting on the 401K highway to mediocrity
- You want to spend months at a time traveling the backroads of America or the world
- You want to meet some intelligent, interesting people who, through association, will raise your intellect and income
Can you relate to any of the above points? If so, this book is for you!
I’m still looking for launch team members. Having a strong launch team is crucial to, you got it, launching the book successfully. Launch team members do three things during the first week of the book’s release:
- Buy a discounted eBook ($1.00) or the paperback if you like
- Read at least 30% of the book (It’s a quick read, less than 100 pages)
- Leave a review on Amazon
Extra credit – Say something about the book on social media
If you would like to help, please let me know the best way to reach you when it’s “GO TIME” by commenting below or by sending an email to chris@jcesolutions.net.