Zero to Zillionaire

May 1, 2006
At first glimpse, it seems like yet another Suze Orman wannabe. But don't dismiss Campbell's second book (after " The Wealthy Spirit," 2002) without a more in-depth perusal. Rather than another lengthy explanation of how to build monetary wealth, Campbell expounds on the eight strategies to accumulate emotional and spiritual wealth while simultaneously saving some and spending some. Most of all, she promotes this Talmudic quote: "A person will be called upon to account, on Judgment Day, for all permitted pleasures he might have enjoyed but did not." She begins with thinking the right kinds of thoughts (80 percent of an average human's are negative), continues with visioning (descriptions from home to connection with the world), and ends with the reminder to pay rent for the space you occupy on Earth. Along the way, her analogies are sharp and visual. For instance, dolphins are the positive ideal, with sharks (con artists) and tunas (or victims) nipping at fins. A wonderful reaffirmation of what life should be. (Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2006, American Library Association.)