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July 9th, 2010 | Category:
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Estate planning is not just for people who are old or have lots of money. Estate planning is for everyone.
~ Jim Yih & Marvin Toy
If you’re anything like me, estate planning ranks somewhere between going to the dentist and cleaning out the garage on the motivation scale. But it deserves to place much higher in light of its importance to the future well-being of your [...] Continue reading Book Review: Smart Tips for Estate Planning
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June 11th, 2010 | Category:
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It is seldom luck or inheritance or advanced degrees or even intelligence that enables people to amass fortunes. Wealth is more often the result of a lifestyle of hard work, perseverance, planning, and most of all, self-discipline.
~ Thomas Stanley & William Danko, The Millionaire Next Door
The Millionaire Next Door is one of the true personal finance classics. It was originally published in 1996, and [...] Continue reading Book Review: The Millionaire Next Door
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May 14th, 2010 | Category:
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Throughout the years, feedback from individuals continued to underscore the idea that this course was not simply about retiring early but about thinking in new ways.
~ Prologue, Your Money or Your Life
Update: This review was included in the Forethought Edition of the Festival of Frugality #280 at Penniless Parenting. Thank You!
This book has become a personal finance classic with a bit of a cult following. [...] Continue reading Book Review: Your Money or Your Life
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April 23rd, 2010 | Category:
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Don’t lapse into a high school math class coma; this is easy to grasp . . . If you know how old you are and how much you make, you can master your retirement planning.
~ Charles Farrell, Your Money Ratios
If you’re not a math fan, you might be turned off by the very title of this book: Your Money Ratios: 8 Simple Tools for Financial [...] Continue reading Book Review: Your Money Ratios
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March 26th, 2010 | Category:
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What many people don’t get is that making money is quite different than having money, and having money is not necessarily a static condition . . . you must keep it once obtained.
~ Danielle Park, Juggling Dynamite
Update: This post is featured in the March 29th, 2010 Carnival of Personal Finance posted at Four Pillars. Thanks!
This book came out early in 2007, before the worst [...] Continue reading Book Review: Juggling Dynamite
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