Secret Millionaire 2011

yes it was a great show and next week it will be James Malinchak's turn which should be more exciting.

Another successful export from the UK,where it's been running for about 5 years now.

I think the most memorable shows have been the ones that affect the millionaires the deepest, It has been life changing for several of them

She's Great!!
Just don't sign up for the $1- Trial Membership as it's impossible to contact her back office and you get locked out of the membership area after a few days :-(

Download Hotspot Shield, Barry (works on PC & Mac), activate it and Hulu should work like a charm.

We had the Secret Millionaire here in the UK on Channel 4, I enjoyed watching it.

You can watch some of the episodes on Youtube if you have a look

so interesting!

The thing is, you don't have to wait to achieve success to give back. People who wait to give back (or think that their "puny" $10 or whatever makes no difference) are missing the point. Whatever you religious beliefs, tithing is actually a critical element of financial success. It's really not about the amount, but about giving back itself and about the HABIT of giving on a regular basis.

Back when I was unemployed long-term the first time, I picked up a copy of Mary Hunt's books The Financially Confident Woman and Debt-Proof Living and became one of her newsletter members.

She tells the story of how she paid off over $100,000 in credit card -- and lived to tell about it. Her books and site spell out her system for paying off debt in record time and building up a financial cushion. A critical part of her system is tithing.

But she stresses that even if you can't afford 10%, give what you CAN afford, with no expectation of return. Even if it's just 1%. Then work your way to 10% or more.

I got serious about my finances before I even got a job and started giving as part of that. But I wanted to know that my donation was making a difference, not just going to a big pot of money at some giant non-profit. I chose Compassion International (Sponsor a Child - Compassion) because I was assigned an individual child and my measly $28/mo fed, clothed and provided school supplies to that child. It wasn't just a cause. It was a LIFE.

That was 10 years ago. Now it's $38/mo.

I eventually got a job and was able to pay off ALL of my debt. I remained debt-free for some time and more importantly, held that job and was able to become independent of my family. I didn't make a lot of money by most people's standards, but to me, it meant THE WORLD.

Teachings and verses from my childhood Sunday School lessons sometimes pop into my head randomly and I remembered this verse from Malachi 3:10:

"Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it."

That really IS a universal principal, not really a religious one. I kind of get a kick out of the "Test me, I dare ya" statement.

Recently, Lisa Sasevich shared on one of her preview calls about how she and her husband did a tithing "test" for 6 months and came out WAY ahead.

It really doesn't make financial sense, but in this case, 1+1 does NOT equal 2. It really equals 3 (or more). If I have $10 and give $1, I'll actually end up with $10 (or more).

Even Dan Kennedy, in one of his No B.S. books (I can't remember which one), talked about giving back and how he really ended up with more. He encouraged his readers to open a giving account, put money in it regularly and then give the money away.

I haven't been managing my finances (or giving) like I should lately. But Secret Millionaire inspires me to start again!

If you're not sure of where to give and want to make sure (nearly) all the money is going to the cause itself, I highly recommend Compassion! You'll be assigned a specific child, your donations will go to that child and you'll get a photo and letters from that child.

Michelle