Title: The Accidental Millionaire: How to Succeed in Life Without Really Trying
Author: Gary Fong
Publisher: BenBella
ISBN: 9781933771915
Pages: 264, Paperback & Kindle Edition
Genre: Memoir/Self-Improvement/Business
Reviewed by: Gary Sorkin, Pacific Book Review
Book Review
It certainly is not an accident Gary Fong has succeeded in life, and has earned millions of dollars. A person of his wit, self-confidence, and integrity exemplifies the “American Dream” in our “Land of Opportunity.” Opposed to ego flaunting books of success by guys like Donald Trump, Gary Fong takes the humble route, full of self-mockery and modest remarks, as he casts his fate to the wind to free himself and let life lead his path. He is very unlike the Jack Welch type of millionaire that professes the full control of cognitive evaluation of risk approach, or the scores of books offering money making formulas investing in real estate.Gary Fong calls his auto-biographical book “A Memoir” – I call it fantastic. From his self-awareness of his own destiny as a child, he writes of whimsy incidents of childish buffoonery, and mischievous clowning behavior. What won me over early on in his book was as a kid he writes about taking lint balls off of his mother’s sweater while she was napping and carefully dropping them in front of her nose while she inhaled. “Whoosh they were gone,” he writes. That slapstick humor brought an outburst of actual laughter to me as his comic timing and use of onomatopoeia were impeccable. Later, throughout the course of his changing career from pre-med student to professional photographer, he generously describes step-by-step the creative process of his genius. He finds a need and fills it. In doing so there normally exists a fine line between conceit and clarification; however Gary Fong leaves no impression of any priggishness. He is very honest, modest and really a funny guy!
The Accidental Millionaire: How to Succeed in Life Without Really Trying is a must for all young adults, college students, and just about anybody with a desire to learn about taking control of one’s life in a freelance sort of way. You don’t need to be born with a silver spoon in this country to attain the fruition of success. Gary Fong certainly wasn’t. Attitude is everything, and Gary Fong took responsibility for his own life early on, as a child, setting in motion a plan for his survival. As capability comes first, scalability followed. Once he was able to provide for his own needs, his savings account grew, his light-hearted attitude became contagious to those around him, and the world became his oyster. What would not be “an accident” is if his book were to sell millions of copies! There he goes again – another million dollars, without really trying.
