The Automatic Millionaire by David Bach (2003, Hardcover)

A windfall for everyone with seven-figure dreams but zero willpower, The Automatic Millionaire delivers a refreshingly realistic system for building wealth and taking back the American dream. Packing powerful strategies into one beautifully simple book, bestselling author David Bach has written the Who Moved My Cheese? for money—a little gem of a book that shows how you can “automate” your way to financial security, whether you already have a head start on retirement or just live paycheck to paycheck.

David Bach has transformed his bestselling finish rich wisdom into a simple and compelling program that makes you rich automatically—without a budget, discipline, or painful sacrifice. By capitalizing on the abundance of automated financial transactions available now, such as payroll deductions for 401Ks, scheduled transfers from checking to money market accounts, and early-payoff programs for mortgages, The Automatic Millionaire lets you put the plan in place yourself, today, with or without a financial adviser. Best of all, The Automatic Millionaire is brilliantly clear and realistic, unlike the many other personal-finance books that promise one-minute advice but require you to turn your life upside down. Bach has taken the fail-safe principle of paying yourself first—before temptation sets in—and created an irresistible take-action method for achieving lifelong prosperity. With the jargon-free coaching that has made him so popular, Bach provides the most important information you need to know about money, from how much to invest to which phone numbers to dial to activate the program. It’s the “fix it and forget it” of finance!

For millions of Americans discouraged by the economy, and for the 97 million Americans who haven’t yet saved a dollar for their future, The Automatic Millionaire will be a life-changing book. Just do it once, Bach says. The rest is automatic!