T. Harv Eker grew up in a low-income family of European immigrants. As a teenager, he had several part-time jobs to make money. After some time in college, he decided to pursue his dream of becoming a millionaire. Within 2.5 years, he opened a chain of retail fitness stores and sold part of the business, achieving millionaire status. However, within two years he lost all his money due to poor investments and spending. This experience led him to develop theories about people's relationship with money, which he wrote about in his bestselling book "Secrets of the Millionaire Mind".
4. As a teen he delivered
newspapers, scooped
ice cream, sold
novelties at fairs, and
suntan lotions at the
beach.
5. After a year at York
University, he decided to
take time off to pursue
his dream of becoming a
millionaire.
6. He had a variety of
jobs and started more
than a dozen different
businesses, and
eventually hit the
jackpot.
7. He opened a chain of
retail fitness stores and in
2 1/2 years, grew the
business and sold part of
the company to a Fortune
500 corporation.
8. He was finally a
millionaire; however, in
less than two years,
through a combination of
poor investments and
unchecked spending, he
was back at his original
net worth – 0.
9. It was at that point that
Harv began developing
his theories about
people’s mental and
emotional relationship to
money.
10. He penned “Secrets of
the MillionaireMind,”
which became a
bestseller and spawned a
multi-milliondollar
personal development
empire.
