Reaching the American Dream

By Kenneth Smith

A self-help book for high school students, college freshmen and young adults. This easy to read and teach from book will reaffirm what parents have been trying to teach their children for years. Now they have a tool that will do just that and it is not too late to teach them even if they are in college, because I don't know any parent that does

• Language: English
• Publisher: Authors' Tranquility Press
• Release date: Mar 31, 2022
• ISBN: 9781958179017

Kenneth Smith

Ken Smith, Co-Founder & Head of Product and Operations at Rejjee. Career entrepreneur & start-up executive, Co-chair of CEO Service Committee for the MIT Enterprise Forum Cambridge.

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Reaching the American Dream/Kenneth Smith – Third Version

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Thank you to my wife, Debbie,

and my son, Jeremy, for your

support and clerical and computer skills.

Thank you.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

YOUR HEALTH

YOUR EDUCATION

LANDING A JOB

YOUR INCOME

YOUR BUDGET

YOUR CREDIT

YOUR HOME

SETTING YOUR GOALS

THE FAMILY

INTRODUCTION

Reaching the American Dream The Way I See It is a series of straight-to-the-point, easy-to-read chapters on how to achieve the American dream.

There is a chapter on health, because without your health, there may not be much you can do. That is why it is important to have health insurance. There is a chapter on education. That is why it is important to stay in school. There is a chapter on how to find a job and a chapter on how much money the average income should be for your work.

There is a chapter on how to make a budget and what should be in it. There is a chapter on loan interest, credit scores, and how much you can afford to borrow. There is a chapter on home buying. There is a chapter on goal setting. There is a closing chapter on the family.

A typical reader should come to understand what the average American dream can look like and use each chapter in this book as a guide in their pursuit to achieving their American dream. Everyone’s life is different and unique, this book will help anyone in the search of their American dream.

Before we get started, I think you need to know a little bit about me. I graduated high school in 1970. A lot has changed since then, and people are believing that the American dream