T. Harv Eker grew up in North America. His parents were European immigrants who arrived at Canada with only $30. Even though T. Harv Eker grew up in Toronto, he spent most of his adult years in the United States.
Money was scarce throughout Eker’s childhood, so at thirteen, he began his work career. As a teen he delivered newspapers, scooped ice cream, sold novelties at fairs, and suntan lotions at the beach. After a year at York University, he decided to take time off to pursue his dream of becoming a millionaire.
During T. Harv Eker’s early adult years, he lived in five different cities, including Lake Tahoe and Ft. Lauderdale. He had a variety of jobs and started more than a dozen of different businesses, however, regardless of what he did, or how hard he worked, he just couldn't achieve success. He kept wondering when he was going to “make it”.
He said that “I had heard of this thing called profit. I just never saw any of it!”
In desperation, T. Harv Eker began to examine his deepest thoughts about himself. Even though he had professed a desire to become rich, he recognized that in reality his fear of failure was greater.
Was Eker destined to be a struggler?
The third time he moved back in with his parents, one of his father’s friends – who happened to be wealthy – gave Eker some advice.
He too had been a “disaster” until he learned a vital truth: Rich people think differently to the average people. Copy the way the rich think and you will be ready to become rich yourself.
T. Harv Eker studied the psychology of wealth creation and success, and learned mental techniques and strategies to recondition his mind to think in a rich people way. Eker learned that rich people do not “hope for the best”; they do not get sidetracked by “better” opportunities; they play to win and do not give up in tough times.
So, when T Harv Eker opened one of the first retail fitness stores in North America with $2,000 borrowing on his credit card, he swore to himself that he would not quit until he left the business as a millionaire. He grew the business to ten stores in only two and a half years. He then sold part of the company to a Fortune 500 corporation.
With the sale, Eker reached his dream. He was finally a millionaire; however, in less than two years, the money was gone. Through a combination of poor investments and unchecked spending, Eker was back at his original net worth … again.
It was at that point that Eker began developing his theories about people's mental and emotional relationship to money. He realized that his “inner-money thermostat” was set for a specific amount of financial success, and that everyone else had a financial set point too. His most profound discovery was that this money blueprint could be changed.
Using the 17 wealth files, principles and practices found in Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, Eker reset his own blueprint to not only create success, but to keep it and grow it, and become a multi-millionaire.
Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, T Harv Eker’s first published book, which went to #1 on the New York Times’, USA Today’s, and Wall Street Journal’s bestseller lists the first month of publication.
During his years of struggle, T. Harv Eker vowed that should he ever get rich, he would help others do the same. He has kept his promise. Today, he is the president of Peak Potentials Training, one of the largest and fastest-growing seminar companies in the world. He has already touched the lives of over 500,000 people, helping them move closer to their goal of true financial freedom.
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