The Wealth Chef

by Ann Wilson, Sara Barcena (Illustrations)

Forget the old recipe of getting a good job, working hard all your life just to get by and hoping there may be some money left at the end of it all to finally live the life of your dreams. Instead, discover the world of a Wealth Chef. By understanding just five Recipes for Wealth, you can live your dream life now, while creating financial freedom! Bestselling author, speaker and international wealth coach, Ann Wilson, is a self made millionaire with a straightforward, jargon-free, supportive and most importantly, fun approach to money, investing and wealth, designed to help anyone become financially free. In this step-bystep guide to creating a financial feast in your life and living the life of your dreams, you'll How Ann Wilson went from zero to becoming a financially free multimillionaire in just 8 years and how you can to; How to become debt free in 3 to 7 years, including your mortgage, while creating wealth at the same time; How to get the most powerful wealth accelerator working for you; and How to increase your quality of life while reducing your expenses.

Genres: Personal Development

380 pages, Paperback

First published August 16, 2013

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Reviews

[Song San · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is probably one of my favorite wealth books and I read plenty from Richest Man in Babylon, Think and Grow Rich, Dave Ramsey to Tony Robins. What I like about the book is that it gives you step by step advise and examples in cooking terms like the difference between a chef and a cook (A chef is an artist that pays attention to detail and makes a masterpiece while the cook just throw everything in and hope for the best). Another example I like is not being an Octopus Cook meaning not trying to do too many money making things at once.

Personally I read the book more than 10 times, review it again every few months and have a quick summary of each chapter in my personal notebook which I take along with me where in some instances I could quickly go over the whole book in less than an hour. On my first reading I spend 1 week per chapter so I could keep going back and soak in the information.

I believe the book is a great investment in the few dollars it cost and the few days it takes to read. Also had my kids to start reading this book so learn about money.

[Cerys Evans · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are a lot of useful tips and I feel a lot more focused on money afterwards. It has really helped where I put my focus - by taking it off surviving with money and putting it on actually what I do love which is priceless

However, I feel like the book oversimplifies problems. Even though the author talks about her personal journey, there does seem to be a terrific lack of empathy. I'm personally not a fan of 'we need to transform guilt into anger, because anger gets things done.' This strategy doesn't allow for rational decision making, or the idea that debt can be necessary. Not everyone would have love to be a property developer, write books or go to Tony Robbins events.

Overall it is a useful reference but the reader needs to take all advice given with a pinch of salt.

[Steven]

Ann Wilson shows you the basic principles of how to save, invest and spend your money so you can get out of debt fast. The principles are sound, but the overall tone of the book is a bit too positive for my tastes. Still, the book contained great advice and has changed the way I handle my own money.