A new book · Bill Kimura
Wealth is built twice.
First in the mind — then in the world. A practical system to build wealth and keep it, for the ones who were never shown how.
12 story-driven chapters · East meets West · A system, not a pep talk.
The question
Why do the people who work the hardest so often stay the poorest?
Bill Kimura grew up watching his father work two jobs and never reach enough. The problem was never effort. It was something no one could see — the way a person sees money, inside their own head.
You were told to work hard, to save, to be patient. You were never shown how money is actually built. This book was written to show you.
Wealth is built twice — first in the mind, then in the world.
Build only the first, and you stay a dreamer with empty hands. Reach for the second without the first, and you collapse at the first setback. This book builds both.
The journey
Five stations, from belief to the million.
Not a pile of tips — a path. Each chapter moves you one step further along it.
Believe
Rewire the identity and the buried beliefs that quietly keep you poor.
See
Read money the way the wealthy do — assets that feed you, liabilities that eat you.
Build
An income machine, the leverage of the age, and your plan written in numbers.
Multiply
Persuasion, negotiation, and the relationships through which money truly flows.
Keep
The hardest skill of all — holding the million once you have built it.
The spine
Twelve principles you'll remember.
Each chapter leaves you one idea worth quoting. Here are four of the twelve.
Don't chase the million; become the person who makes it.
An asset feeds you; a liability eats you.
Leverage turns an hour of effort into a lifetime of income.
Your network is your next net worth.
From the first pages
The writing, before you buy.
“A shop is money lost, and money comes back. But the sentence I told myself that night was an identity lost.”
“We are not lazy. We are hard workers pushing in the wrong direction.”
“Money is a skill you learn, like reading. The one who learns it builds; the one who does not spends his life working for the one who did.”
The book
Everything, in one volume.
Twelve chapters, a 2026 supplement on the leverage of artificial intelligence, and the one-page plan that turns it all into numbers.
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Questions
Before you begin.
Is this just another motivation book?
No. Motivation fades by morning. This is a practical system — each chapter ends with a step you actually take. It's built to change what you do, not just how you feel.
Is it for beginners?
Yes. It starts from the mind and builds to the numbers, one station at a time. Whether you're starting from zero or already earning well, it meets you where you are.
What formats can I read it in?
Kindle ebook (readable on any phone, tablet, or computer with the free Kindle app), paperback, and hardcover.
Who is Bill Kimura?
A writer of Korean heritage working at the meeting point of East and West. He publishes under a pen name and keeps the focus on the ideas rather than the person.
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