Chapter 5 The Money Question No One Asks
Chapter 6 Two Life-Changing Words
Chapter 7 Shift Your Focus
Chapter 8 It’s All About… You
PART TWO Acquire: Gaining the Knowledge to Make It Happen
Chapter 9 Question the “Expert” Advice
Chapter 10 Finding Real Advisers
Chapter 11 Sending Out an SOS
Chapter 12 Expect Unexpected Turbulence
Chapter 13 Figure-atively Speaking
Chapter 14 Take the “Numb” Out of the Numbers
Chapter 15 Debt Is Not a Four-Letter Word
Chapter 16 The Investor’s Prize
Chapter 17 A Different State of Mind
Chapter 18 A Recipe for Raising Capital
Chapter 19 Good Partners = Good Deal
PART THREE Apply: Bringing It All Together
Chapter 20 Four Assets Are Better Than One
Chapter 21 Good Deal to Great Deal
Business
Chapter 22 Getting Started… in Business
Chapter 23 Ruffles to Riches
Chapter 24 Choices and Journeys
Chapter 25 A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Chapter 26 Sweet Inspiration
Real Estate
Chapter 27 Getting Started… in Real Estate
Chapter 28 Turning Problems Into Profits
Chapter 29 Taking Calculated Risks
Chapter 30 Partners in Life, Partners in Business
Chapter 31 Practice Makes Perfect
Paper Assets
Chapter 32 Getting Started… in Paper Assets
Chapter 33 Focus on the Fundamentals
Chapter 34 Bouncing Back from Broke
Chapter 35 Taking Stock of Your Life
Commodities
Chapter 36 Getting Started… in Commodities
Chapter 37 The Silver Lining
Chapter 38 Assets Are a Girl’s Best Friend
PART FOUR Achieve: Realizing Your Financial Dreams
Chapter 39 Aligning All the Pieces
Afterword
Final Thought
Acknowledgments
About the Author
References and Resources
It’s Rising Time! is a call to action for women who are ready to take that next meaningful leap in life. It’s Rising Time! is for women who want to grow and expand beyond where they are today. It’s Rising Time! is for women who have a vision of what they truly want in life and are willing to go after it.
The Economist magazine recently stated: “… the next giant economic growth wave won’t come from the Internet or China or India, but from empowering women.”
The CEO of Coca-Cola, Muhtar Kent, said in a speech not long ago: “The truth is that women already are the most dynamic and fastest-growing economic force in the world today. The 21st century is going to be the ‘Women’s Century.’”
It’s Rising Time!
It’s Rising Time! focuses on that world that you and every woman throughout the planet live on today—our financial world. It’s about money, yet, as you will find throughout this book and as you apply this information, I think you’ll find that it’s about so much more than that. It’s Rising Time! is the affirmation with yourself that this is your time, no matter what, to reach your dreams.
Why “no matter what”? Because reaching a big dream takes daring, resolve, and old-fashioned guts. This game is not for little girls. As my friend Dionne says, “It’s time to put on your big-girl panties.”
Why “no matter what”? Because too many women quit. They quit on their dreams and, more importantly, they quit on themselves. Many women love the idea of being financially secure and independent. They get excited. They get started. They may read a book or attend a seminar. They begin their process, and then they hit a bump in the road. They make a mistake or life just interferes, so they decide, “This is too hard.” And they quit.
This book is not It’s Lazing Time. This book is It’s Rising Time! To become powerful, grow larger and soar requires rising above what is comfortable and known and stepping into what may seem at times foreign and clumsy.
It’s Rising Time! is about what it really takes to go from where you are today financially to where you want to be. And what it takes may surprise you. Whether you are a novice to the world of money or are actively pursuing your financial dreams, It’s Rising Time! will challenge you to continue to rise up and move beyond where you are now—beyond what you think you can achieve—so you can have what you want.
I will share real-life stories, stories from businesswomen and investors who are open and candid and tell it like it is. This is not theory or academia. Understanding what it really takes in the world of money can only come from people who practice what they preach, who are out there every day doing what they talk about in this book.
I will include the facts, the figures, the data—the left-brain information that you will need to achieve financial independence. But I will go well beyond that. It’s Rising Time! will involve all the senses—the thoughts, the mind, the emotions, the heart, the body, and the spirit. Accomplishing any valuable and meaningful goal takes all of you.
Achieving requires action, and action will open doors you never anticipated. This is the exciting part because this is where true growth and learning occur. It’s in the real-life doing.
You Must Do in Order to Have: The Triple-A Triangle™
You cannot have what you want unless you do something. It’s impossible. Think of some “wants” in your life. Maybe it’s success, wealth, health, joyous relationships, and fun. In order to accomplish any one of those goals requires that you do something. Success requires accomplishments. Wealth requires delivering a product or service that someone is willing to buy. Health requires eating well and exercising. Whatever you have is a result of what you do.
The definition of do is “to perform, to execute, to accomplish, to exert, to be the cause of.” There are three types of doing necessary to reach a goal. Some women start, but do not reach, their financial goals because they are only focused on two of the three dos.
There are three parts to the Triple-A Triangle:
1. ASPIRE
This is the dream, the vision, the want. It is more