Comments on: On Affluenza & Other Symptomatic Material Moments…

By: kelleyz

kelleyz — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:17:26 +0000

Off to buy both books, of course I should ask to borrow yours since half of the issue here is the constant spending on things not necessary–but i was not aware of these books and it has touched a nerve over here.

Good stuff Lola

By: Lola

Lola — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:55:52 +0000

Hi Lewis, Thanks for stopping by to read and engage in this discussion. I’m planning on reading “The Middle-Class Millionaire” next so I find your descriptive about the premisis of your book interesting. Maybe, my choices were not the polar opposites that I presumed from the titles after all.

By: Lewis Schiff

Lewis Schiff — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:23:47 +0000

Lola,

I’m the author of “The Middle-Class Millionaire” and thought I’d throw my two cents in here. I, too, am a fan of Affluenza, and had it in my mind as I wrote about The Middle-Class Millionaire. The Middle-Class Millionaire that we write about does indeed live an expensive lifestyle. But what is notable about her is that she does it in the pursuit of a dream of a middle-class lifestyle. The book is not a “how-to,” it’s one that holds a mirror up to a group that can lay claim to being lifestyle leaders in society. And what they don’t want is more “stuff,” Instead, what they want is a more profound and productive experience in their own lives and that of their family.

Enjoy both books!

By: Lola

Lola — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:11:36 +0000

Cecily, I couldn’t put the book down. I’m more than half-way through. The insatiable hunger for more is like an addiction…never satsified, it delivers lower returns on investment every time it is indulged. But…very difficult to break the habit.

By: Cecily VanPuyvelde

Cecily VanPuyvelde — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:49:50 +0000

I really like your comment about being on the right path, yet missing the reason for the journey. I loved The Story of Stuff and I’m going to have to buy Affluenza. So much about my passion – the environment – has to do with this insatiable hunger for more and its destructive forces on all around it, not just personal finances.