Top Christian Wealth Building Book Review Wealth: Is It Worth It?
By: S. Truett Cathy (2011)
Published by Looking Glass Books, Inc., 730 Sycamore St. Decatur, Georgia 30030.
ISBN 978-1-929619-40-5
Book Price: $20.00
Founder of a successful billion dollar food chain
Truett Cathy is the founder of a successful multi-billion dollar food chain. Without an overnight success story, Cathy worked with her wife, Jeannette, for twenty-one years behind the counter of her family restaurant. She opened the first restaurant at the age of 46. Today the chain has more than 1,500 restaurants, generating almost $4 billion annually.
Opportunities and responsibilities that come with wealth
In four insightful chapters, Truett Cathy explores the opportunities and responsibilities that come with financial success. Includes stories from friends like Warren Buffett and talks about the power of wealth (Chap. 1), honestly earned wealth (Chap. 2), smart spending and reasonable saving (Chap. 3), and generosity (Chap. 4 ).
Wealth opportunities through powerful keys to success
S. Truett Cathy communicates with a warm, transparent and experiential expression. She states, “I’ve experienced poverty and plenty, and I’ve decided I’d rather live with plenty.”
Using relevant examples, Cathy conveys powerful keys to the commercial success of her business. He shares, “We have over fifteen hundred restaurants in the chain, but each of those restaurants represents a family creating its own sweet memories. By ‘staying small,’ we also stay sensitive to the needs of others… “.
The practical wisdom Cathy shares expresses why she has been successful in business. She doesn’t hesitate to boldly address readers, saying, “Everyone needs a budget, a spending plan that allows them to buy the things they need and set aside enough for long-term requirements.”
Mr. Cathy illustrates his points using examples of successful entrepreneurs. In his discussion of generosity, he notes that “people like Walt Disney, Henry Ford, and Bill Marriott. Not only did they create products and services that make our lives more enjoyable, they were also incredibly generous with their money.”
Cathy never removes responsibility from our lives, she challenges us with, “God gives us opportunities to plow the field, but we have to plow it ourselves if we hope to have a harvest… It takes a lot of work on our part.”
building wealth
S. Truett Cathy expresses the opportunities and responsibilities available to those who accumulate wealth in their lives.
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