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Peter J. Daniels  ·  World Centre for Entrepreneurial Studies  ·  Est. 1984

The Book That Settles the Question
Every Faith-Driven Achiever
Has Been Afraid to Ask: "Can I Pursue Wealth and Still Please God?"

The answer is not just yes. It is a command. And this book shows you exactly how to build it, handle it, give it, and be happy doing all three.

For Christian entrepreneurs, leaders, and wealth-builders who refuse to choose between faith and financial ambition

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The Question That Changed Everything

Most Christians Are Either
Guilty About Money or Passive About It.
Peter Daniels Refused Both.

He was sitting in a Rolls Royce with "I'm the son of a King" printed on the back. He was a committed Baptist who tithed, double-tithed, gave offerings, and still built a multi-million dollar real estate empire from nothing. And everywhere he went, someone questioned him about it.

Can a Christian be wealthy? Should a Christian pursue riches? Is the accumulation of money compatible with the teachings of Christ?

Peter Daniels had heard every version of the question. He had heard it from critics who wrote him anonymous letters about his Rolls Royce. He had heard it from well-meaning Christians who quoted selective Scripture at him. He had heard it from young people in his church who privately burned with ambition but publicly felt guilty about it.

So he wrote this book. Not to justify himself. But to answer the question once and for all — from Scripture, from experience, and from decades of building, giving, failing, rebuilding, and doing it all again on the other side of the world.

His answer: wealth is not the enemy. Passivity is. Irresponsibility is. The love of money is. But wealth itself — pursued under God's principles, developed under God's guidance, and used for God's purposes — is a calling, a leadership responsibility, and an act of worship.

This book was first published in 1984. Four decades later, readers are still calling it one of the most practically convicting and spiritually grounding books they have ever read on the subject of money and faith.

"Not if you keep on giving it away. You can never give away your god."

— Peter J. Daniels, when asked if money could become your god

If you are a Christian who has ever felt guilty for wanting more, confused about what God thinks of your financial ambition, or frustrated that your faith and your business seem to pull in different directions — this book was written for you.

Is This Your Book?

Peter Daniels Wrote for the Serious.
Here Is How to Know If That Is You.

This is for you if...

  • You are a Christian who wants to build wealth but has unresolved guilt or theological confusion about it
  • You are an entrepreneur or business leader who wants your financial ambition to be rooted in something more than self-interest
  • You have been told that wanting more is ungodly — and something inside you rejects that
  • You want a framework for acquiring, managing, and giving wealth that is scripturally grounded and practically demanding
  • You are prepared to be convicted, challenged, and changed by what you read
  • You believe wealth is a stewardship, not a trophy

This is NOT for you if...

  • You are looking for a prosperity gospel that says faith automatically produces riches
  • You want permission to pursue wealth without accountability, sacrifice, or responsibility
  • You are not willing to confront your actual relationship with money honestly
  • You believe Christians should be financially passive and wait for God to provide without personal effort
  • You are not prepared to give generously as your wealth grows
The Real Problem

The Church Gave You Guilt.
The World Gave You Greed.
Neither Is the Answer.

There are two lies that have crippled the financial lives of millions of Christians. The first is that wealth is inherently corrupt and that a truly spiritual person should not seek it. The second is that wealth is the goal in itself — that success is measured by accumulation rather than stewardship.

Peter Daniels watched both lies destroy gifted people across forty years and forty countries. Here is what they produce in practice:

  • You earn money but feel guilty every time you enjoy any of it
  • You give out of obligation rather than overflow — and resent it
  • You avoid the responsibility of building wealth because you fear what it says about your character
  • You wait for God to provide without accepting that you are the means He intends to use
  • You watch secular competitors build while you stay passive under a thin theological veneer
  • You have enormous potential for impact — and let it sit dormant because nobody told you it was your responsibility to develop it

"It is not arrogance, folly, or pride that challenges the Bible-believing Christian to wealth. It is courage."

— Peter J. Daniels, How to Be Happy Though Rich

The answer is not to abandon wealth. The answer is to pursue it with the clarity of a calling, the discipline of a steward, and the generosity of someone who knows they do not own any of it. That is what this book teaches.

Why This Book Works

It Solves All Four Parts of
Why Most Wealth Books Fail You.

Most books give you motivation without method, or method without moral grounding. Peter Daniels' framework gives you all four elements simultaneously.

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Dream Outcome

A complete biblical framework for pursuing, managing, and giving wealth — with a clear conscience and a courageous heart.

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Certainty It Works

Endorsed by Dr. Robert Schuller, Richard DeVos of Amway, Paul J. Meyer, and four other named international leaders. 40 years of reader impact.

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Time to Clarity

You can read this entire book and complete your personal wealth declaration in a single sitting. The convictions come fast.

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Theological Confusion

Every principle is grounded in Scripture. The workbook walks you through application chapter by chapter so nothing is left abstract.

Scriptural foundation + proven real-world results + immediate clarity + zero theological confusion = the last book on wealth and faith you will ever need.

After You Read This Book

Here Is What Changes — Permanently

You can resolve the guilt-versus-ambition tension in a single reading. Most people carry this conflict for decades. You do not have to.

Imagine ninety days from now. You have read this book. You have completed the workbook. Here is what is different:

  • You pursue wealth with a clean conscience — because you understand it as a biblical calling, not a moral compromise
  • You have a personal giving framework that is documented, progressive, and scripture-grounded
  • You understand the 13 dimensions of wealth — relativity, commitment, responsibility, accountability, leadership, power, influence, pressure, sacrifice, criticism, courage — and have applied each one to your life
  • You have answered Peter Daniels' Four Questions to Achieve Greatness and produced a written document that represents your wealth potential
  • You score your day against four measurable areas — simplicity, desperation quotient, planning, and action — and know exactly where you stand
  • You have stopped waiting for someone else to build the wealth that funds the causes you care about
Named Endorsements from the Book's Foreword

What Leaders Said When
This Book Was First Published

"How to be Happy Though Rich is not about getting — it's about giving. This is a challenging book with practical suggestions for maximum achievement in the stewardship of life. Read it and increase your self-worth."

Dr. Robert H. Schuller  ·  Hour of Power Television Ministry, California

"Peter Daniels invested more than 50 years writing this book! It is the distilled essence of his lifelong odyssey. I immediately ordered 100 copies to give to friends who believe they too are responsible to move towards their God-given potential."

Dr. John Haggai  ·  Founder & President, Haggai Institute for Advanced Leadership Training

"Peter Daniels has realised the truth of the parable of the ten talents; the faithful steward is entrusted with additional talents, additional opportunity, and additional responsibility."

Paul J. Meyer  ·  Chairman of the Board, SMI International Inc.

"In this book Peter Daniels wrestles with what many Christians confuse between riches and their faith. You will enjoy his views."

Richard M. DeVos  ·  President, Amway Corporation

"Peter Daniels is a 'for real' person. He comes out in the open and requires his life to demonstrate concern for issues and people. Handling wealth is a burden for many people. Peter Daniels addresses this question with unique insights from experience and Scripture."

Jim Groen  ·  President & Chairman, Youth For Christ International

"The message of this book has been lived out among us and within his own family. My prayer is that local churches around the world will be strengthened by men who, like him, are 'happy though rich'."

Ian Dunn  ·  Pastor, Edwardstown Baptist Church, South Australia
Inside the Book

Thirteen Chapters. Thirteen Dimensions
of Wealth You Have Never Seen
Mapped Like This Before.

Each chapter redefines what wealth actually is — and what it demands of you. This is not a book about getting rich. It is a book about what richness requires.

Ch. 1

Wealth Is Relative

You are already wealthy. Compared to most of the world's population, every reader of this book is rich. This chapter demolishes the victim narrative and establishes the real baseline.

Ch. 2

Wealth Is Commitment

Peter Daniels describes his personal calling to wealth as a lifelong debt to others. Wealth is not a reward — it is a commitment to give it away faster than you can earn it.

Ch. 3

Wealth Is Responsibility

The story of a father handing a company to his son with one instruction: walk the line of employees and repeat to yourself, "I am responsible for you." Wealth without responsibility is corruption waiting to happen.

Ch. 4

Wealth Is Accountability

Why Christians who refuse to measure their financial performance are failing their God-given stewardship — and the practical accountability system that changes everything.

Ch. 5

Wealth Is Leadership

If you are a Christian and you are not leading, you are a leader in abdication. Wealth leadership is not optional — it is mandatory for anyone who takes Scripture seriously.

Ch. 6

Wealth Is Power

The Onassis story. Why money seduces — including in Christian circles. How to hold wealth power under godly principles rather than letting it hold you.

Ch. 7

Wealth Is Influence

How Peter Daniels used third-person influence to rescue individuals, open government doors, and settle legal disputes — with a phone call. Your wealth influence is an obligation, not an option.

Ch. 8

Wealth Is Pressure

Why avoidance of pressure is avoidance of life itself. Peter Daniels' daily pressure management routine — and why he keeps his personal affirmation book on his desk.

Ch. 9

Wealth Is Sacrifice

There is no such thing as a free lunch. The six rules of wealth sacrifice — and why the greatest sacrifice the world has ever known should inspire, not intimidate, you.

Ch. 10

Wealth Means Criticism

Three certainties for anyone with more than someone else: you will die, pay taxes, and be criticized. How to understand, prepare for, and handle wealth criticism with grace and firmness.

Ch. 11

Wealth Is Courage

The Nullarbor Plain. Broken down. Alone. One can of peaches. And the decision to keep going anyway. Wealth courage is different from every other kind — and it is urgently needed now.

Ch. 12

Wealth Is For You

The Chinese businessman who gave God 51% of his business. The framework for treating money as a tool — kept sharp, allocated wisely, and given away with increasing generosity.

Ch. 13

Wealth, The Challenge

The Four Questions to Achieve Greatness. Used by world leaders. Posted on presidential office walls. Applied here to your personal wealth journey — with a daily scoring system that keeps you accountable.

What Readers Say

Forty Years. Still Changing Lives.

★★★★★

"Published in 1984, I finished reading this 40 years later in 2024 and it still is a practical, convicting and powerful resource. This book definitely resists a passive approach to wealth and advocates that the Christian who desires to be used as a wealth funnel by God must take responsibility."

Verified Amazon ReaderAmazon.com — How to Be Happy Though Rich
★★★★★

"Peter Daniels is the man. Never did I see a better perspective of what reaching wealth actually requires. Peter Daniels has changed my life view on this matter and I will never be the same."

Verified Amazon ReaderAmazon.com — How to Be Happy Though Rich
★★★★★

"As a believer this is a jewel worth more than what meets the eye — for all those who desire to make a difference in our communities, states and nation we must understand wealth and its influence. Great read, strongly recommend for the true at heart."

Pastor Franco Cooper Sr.Amazon.com — How to Be Happy Though Rich
★★★★★

"Oh my, I stumbled upon this awesome man of God — now at 85+, he has his own bank for his family because he learned how to treat his customers and make money, but most of all, he learned how to give it away. Awesome book. Anything by Peter Daniels, buy it."

Verified Goodreads ReaderGoodreads.com — How to Be Happy Though Rich
★★★★★

"I particularly liked the chapter on Wealth is Pressure because Peter indicates that pressure will come as the result of creating wealth, but that this pressure can be a good thing and cause us to grow exponentially."

Verified Goodreads ReaderGoodreads.com — How to Be Happy Though Rich
★★★★★

"I recommend this book — whether you be rich or poor — for it will help you arrive at a clear, balanced and beneficial view of handling money. You'll certainly get more than the price of this book in return."

Barry ChantDirector, House of Tabor — peterjdaniels.org foreword endorsement

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12-page fillable PDF — 62 interactive fields — chapter exercises, the Four Questions framework, Peter Daniels' Daily Scoring System, and final Wealth Declaration

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The Four Questions to Achieve Greatness

Structured application of the four questions used by world leaders — with a daily scoring tracker based on Peter Daniels' own 100-point system

$47

The 13-Dimension Wealth Framework

Every chapter's principle applied to your specific situation with directed exercises, scripture references, and action commitments

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Every Hesitation Answered

If You Are Still Thinking About It,
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Peter Daniels wrote: "Wealth used to glorify God is indeed of great power. But it is dormant power, latent power in the hearts and minds of those too lazy to succeed or too timid to confront it full-on." You do not have to be either of those things.

I Am Ready — Take Me to the Offer
About the Author

The Bricklayer Who Became
a Biblical Case Study in Wealth

Peter J. Daniels is the President and Founder of the World Centre for Entrepreneurial Studies, Adelaide, Australia. He came from a broken home, was branded illiterate by his teacher at age fourteen, and failed three times in business before he built a multi-million dollar real estate empire.

His faith commitment is total and unambiguous. He says: "My faith in God is my whole life — nothing I am involved in can be divorced from Christian belief." And he has lived that with a consistency that earned him endorsements from the highest levels of business, ministry, and global leadership.

  • Built large-scale real estate enterprise from nothing in Australia
  • Endorsed by W. Clement Stone, Dr. Robert Schuller, Richard DeVos (Amway), Paul J. Meyer (SMI)
  • Founder, Festival of Light — Australian moral and social reform movement
  • Representative, Robert Schuller Ministries, Youth For Christ International, Haggai Institute
  • One of the world's highest-paid public speakers in his era
  • Author of 10+ books — one presentation alone sold 1 million+ copies
  • Personally read over 5,000 biographies of history's greatest achievers

"He expects everything to be done yesterday and has an uncanny way of making sure that it is." — National Press, Australia

Your Moment of Decision

Life Is Not a Dress Rehearsal.
Every Day Is Opening Night.

These are Peter Daniels' own words — the opening poem of this book. He lived them. He built empires and gave them away. He failed publicly and rebuilt quietly. He wore his faith and his wealth on the same sleeve without apology.

"Now's the time to reach the goals, now's the time to stand and fight."

Do not let this be another page you read and forgot. Make the decision. Build the wealth. Give it away. Be happy doing it.

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P.P.S. Peter Daniels wrote that you cannot give away your god. The question this book ultimately asks is simple: what is yours? This book helps you answer it — and build accordingly. You have everything you need. Start today.

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