Best of
Personal-Finance

2003

The Total Money Makeover Workbook


Dave Ramsey - 2003
    With inspiring real-life stories and thought-provoking questionnaires, this workbook will help you achieve financial fitness as you daily work out those newly defined money muscles. Ramsey will motivate you to immediate action, so you can: Set up an emergency fund (believe me, you're going to need it) Pay off your home mortgageā€•it is possible. Prepare for college funding (your kids will love you for it) Maximize your retirement investing so you can live your golden years in financial peace Build wealth like crazy! With incentive exercises that really do exercise your spending and saving habits, Ramsey will get your mind and your money working to make your life free of fiscal stress and strain. It's a no-nonsense plan that will not only make over your money habits, but it will also completely transform your life.

Dumping Debt


Dave Ramsey - 2003
    Truth: Debt isn't used by wealthy people nearly as much as we are led to believe.Debt is dumb. Most normal people are just plain broke because they are in debt up to their eyeballs with no hope of help. If you're in debt, then you're a slave because you do not have the freedom to use your money to help change your family tree.It takes a lot of will, discipline, courage and help to slay the debt monster. But it can be done. Imagine how much you could put toward retirement if you just didn't have a stinking car payment? This is how the wealthy really build their wealth. Debt is dumb. Welcome to the real world!The myth has been sold that we should use OPM (other people's money) to prosper. The academic garbage is spread really thick on this issue. My contention is that debt brings on enough risk to offset any advantage that could be gained through leverage of debt.

Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University Envelope System


Dave Ramsey - 2003
    This simple way to manage your household income and expenses includes a stylish cover, coin purse, places for your checkbook and check register, memo pad, debit card holders, and extra cash-management envelopes.

The Random Walk Guide to Investing: Ten Rules for Financial Success


Burton G. Malkiel - 2003
    Malkiel takes the mystery out of personal finance by outlining Malkiel's own ten-point plan for success. Easy to read and easy to follow, this practical book aimed at the investment novice cuts through the jargon to give readers the confidence and knowledge to make wise investment decisions that will provide consistent returns.

Wealth Beyond Reason: [Handbook] Mastering The Law Of Attraction


Bob Doyle - 2003
    By taking a scientific approach to explaining the sometimes metaphysically-categorized "Law of Attraction", anyone of any background can claim the life they truly want to live, without limitations of any kind. Written with skeptics in mind, this book gives you a full understanding of nature's most prevalent physical law, and shows you precisely how to purposefully utilize it in the you were intended: To create 100% of your life experience, exactly as you most passionately desire!

Money is My Friend for the New Millenium: Eliminate Your Financial Fears and Take Steps to Financial Freedom


Phil Laut - 2003
    Money is My Friend for the New Millennium is co-authored by Jeffery Combs and Lisa Kitter, two individuals who overcame their money limitations to create true prosperity. The issues that confound progress are more easily cured than endured with the methods in this book! More than 400,000 copies of the original book have been sold, including fifteen foreign language editions.

Start Where You Are: Retirement Planning in a Changing World


Ruth L. Hayden - 2003
    Far more than a savings guide, the book helps you in managing your expectations and making balanced decisions without fear or greed. You can meet your coming money, work, health, and family needs, and Ruth Hayden will assist by asking that you: Imagine your life over three distinct stages so you can plan specifically for each stage.Practice resiliency. Life's going to throw you some curveballs, so you must adapt without abandoning your long-term plans.Balance money with other facets of your life so that retirement will be successful and fulfilling. After all, the money part of retirement is only 20 percent of the planning. Start Where You Are is Ruth at her best. She doesn't beat around the bush as she inspires you to bring balance into your life, transform your retirement dreams into reality and take control of your finances. If you pick one book to start your retirement planning, make it Start Where You Are.