Get Money: Live the Life You Want, Not Just the Life You Can Afford

Wong, Kristin

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Annotation: Learn how to live the life you want, not just the life you can afford in this highly engaging, step-by-step guide to win... more

Genre: [Economics]

Reviews: 2

Catalog Number: #6789839

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Hachette Books

Edition Date: 2018 Release Date: 03/27/18

Pages: xxii, 297 pages

ISBN: 0-316-51565-5

ISBN 13: 978-0-316-51565-8

Dewey: 332.024

LCCN: 2017956400

Dimensions: 21 cm

Subject Heading:
Finance, Personal.

Language: English

Reviews:

Publishers Weekly (Fri Oct 06 00:00:00 CDT 2023)

Personal-finance writer Wong provides thorough if uninspired advice for college graduates entering the world of work and money-and for their worried parents. Having grown up broke, Wong speaks eloquently about how intricately a person-s financial and emotional life are interconnected; the emotions involved, and not just the finances, must be managed in order to make any progress. Many people, she writes, just don-t understand how money really works, which explains why so many Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Getting control over one-s money ups the motivation to save, get out of debt, and stick to a budget; to that end, she walks readers through the basics of setting financial goals and writing a budget, developing a frugal mind-set, figuring out the intricacies of credit and taxes, paying off debt, and investing retirement dollars. Wong shines in her encouraging direction to figure out financial priorities to accomplish personal goals, but the financial information itself is fairly stale in both style and execution. This combination results in a sturdy but overfamiliar approach to a much-covered subject. (Mar.)

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Publishers Weekly (Fri Oct 06 00:00:00 CDT 2023)

Bibliography Index/Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-283) and index.

Reading Level: 6.5

Interest Level: 9+

Learn how to live the life you want, not just the life you can afford in this highly engaging, step-by-step guide to winning at personal finance!

Managing your money is like going to the dentist or standing in line at the DMV. Nobody wants to do it, but at some point, it's inevitable: you need to clean your teeth, renew your license, and manage your personal finances like a grown-up. Whether you're struggling to pay off student loan debt, ready to stop living paycheck to paycheck, or have finally accepted that your Beanie Baby collection will never pay off, tackling your finances may seem immensely intimidating. But it doesn't have to be. In fact, by approaching it as a game--or something that requires you to set clear goals, as well as face challenges you must "beat"--personal finance can not only be easy to understand, but it can also be fun!

In Get Money, personal finance expert Kristin Wong shows you the exact steps to getting more money in your pocket without letting it rule your life. Through a series of challenges designed to boost your personal finance I.Q., interviews with other leading financial experts, and exercises tailored to help you achieve even your biggest goals, you'll learn valuable skills such as:

Building a budget that (gasp) actually works
Super-charging a debt payoff plan
How to strategically hack your credit score
Negotiating like a shark (or at least a piranha)
Side-hustling to speed up your money goals
Starting a lazy investment portfolio...and many more!

Simply put, with this gamified guide to personal finance, you'll no longer stress about understanding how your finances work--you'll finally "get" money.

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