| Author/Contributor(s): | Robison, John Elder |
| Publisher: | Portfolio |
| Date: | 8/3/2027 |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Condition: | NEW |
Most financial advice tells you to save, invest, and wait.
Getting to One Percent introduces a different approach: generating wealth through “productive property.” Think buildings, machines, businesses, tools—anything that produces value every day, whether you’re working or not.
John Robison, a veteran entrepreneur, and the bestselling author of Look Me In the Eyes, shows why the traditional path—401(k)s, passive investing, disciplined saving—rarely leads to real security, let alone the top 1%. Then he replaces it with a practical framework to build and scale your own economic engine.
The book operates in two moves:
- First, it reframes wealth. Robison explains productive property as the engine behind lasting income, tax advantages, and the communities that sustain success over time.
- Then, it shows you how to build it. Through clear, real-world stories—garages, laundromats, rental properties, medical practices—readers see exactly how ordinary people start small, scale up, and turn assets into income streams they control.
This isn’t abstract theory. It’s a field manual: how to move from earning money to owning what earns it—and how to use that shift to build not just wealth, but durable security and community.
The promise is direct: stop trying to save your way to freedom, and start building systems for lasting wealth creation.