I really love Richard Bach. His writing is more accessible and down-to-earth than many of his financial advisor brethren. Bach’s books also lack the cockiness and pretentious tone many of them tend to have. While I tend to find financial books to be completely useless to me as someone with very little income and no clue, The Automatic Millionaire made me feel empowered and capable of taking control of, not only my money matters, but my life as well.

Others have discussed the ideas in the book but the one that really struck me was the importance he placed on tithing, or charitable giving. He devotes entire chapters to the subject and stresses the necessity of giving to others, no matter how much money you may or may not have.

Bach’s books are concise, easy to understand, and simple enough to actually put into practice. It’s too bad others don’t follow that outline.