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Foundations of Financial Management is a proven and successful text recognized for its excellent writing style and step-by-step explanations to make the content relevant and easy to understand. The text's approach focuses on the "nuts and bolts" of finance with clear and thorough treatment of concepts and applications. There is a strong real-world emphasis presented throughout. This text has definitely stood the test of time due to the authors' time, energy, and commitment to quality revisions. In addition to completing the textbook revisions, the authors also revised ALL end of chapter problems and complete the solutions themselves. Block and Hirt know what works and what doesn't work for students, and they have consistently maintained a high quality textbook that is responsive to the demands of the marketplace.
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This book provides simple, effective strategies for increasing the value of your real estate holdings-without spending significant amounts of money in the process. You will learn how to make a positive and lasting first impression and how to improve the rental value, rentability, market value, sales price, selling time and equity of your real estate properties.
Customer Reviews:
Disappointing.......2007-01-10
Is that all???? Felt book was waste of money. Few pages and 101 "ways" were common sense ways such as improve landscaping, add carport/garage, paint house, brighten up rooms, etc. Disappointing.
101 Ways to Massively Increase the Value of Your Real Estate without Spending Much Money.......2006-09-12
Attention: Seasoned RealEstate investers don't waste your time purchasing this book. Ideal for amatuer investors who want to add more value to their piece of real estate.
Waste of Money.......2006-08-30
How to increase the value of your property. Paint it. Mow the lawn.
Don't waste your money on this one!
lame..........2006-01-31
this book is full of useless ideas, good ideas, yes, but common sense...not worth the money...
Good and at times rather funny........2005-09-24
There is not much in this book that was surpricing. Most of the ideas you can think of are in here and then some.
I have been in RE investments for 2 years and I really liked every single one of the ideas in this book. There are ideas in this book that have made me thousands of dollars.
For less then $20 that is a great return on investment.
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The Seven Stages of Money Maturity, by financial advisor and Buddhist teacher George Kinder, presents a totally original look at the ins and outs of individual economics. Drawing on timeless spiritual wisdom in addition to modern fiscal doctrine, Kinder deftly combines the philosophical and the practical to help readers broaden their understanding of the overall role that money plays in life from childhood onward--and, more importantly, put themselves on firmer footing with it today.
Most financial advisors and books about money approach finance as if it were simply a skill to learn, the same sort of thing as hitting a fastball or speaking French like a diplomat. Money maturity does include skills, such as understanding investment options and using a budget effectively, but it goes much deeper, to the feelings, the heart, and, yes, the soul.
By following three composite characters throughout the book and examining their experiences through the prisms of his own background and development, Kinder explains how to evolve naturally through these seven specific states (innocence, pain, knowledge, understanding, vigor, vision, and aloha) to achieve both financial and personal security. --Howard Rothman
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Discover a powerful new way to look at your money and your life.
Where do our attitudes about money come from--and how do they influence our lives? How can we approach financial issues with honesty and without fear?
In this groundbreaking book, renowned Buddhist teacher George Kinder, a Harvard-trained certified financial planner, demonstrates how we can literally transform our lives emotionally and financially by achieving "money maturity"--a full understanding of the spiritual and psychological issues surrounding our money lives.
Drawing on ancient Buddhist wisdom and his years of financial practice, Kinder has created a revolutionary program that guides us through the Seven Stages of a revolutionary journey--one designed to help us uncover the roots of our attitudes about money, and attain true peace, freedom, and security in our financial lives. Learn how to:
Understand feelings that impact taking financial action
Develop understanding and knowledge about money
Eliminate stress and anxiety around money
Let go of old patterns and painful habits
Approach money tasks with energy and optimism
Design a money life that is fulfilling both financially and spiritually
Filled with practical information, market-tested, wealth-building skills, personal success stories, and spiritual guidance,
The Seven Stages of Money Maturity is an invaluable guide to a rich--and richly lived--life.
1. Innocence--The childhood state we are born in, devoid of any concept of money
2. Pain--The discovery that we have more money than some and less than others, and that work is necessary to make a living
3. Knowledge--The intellectual task of learning financial techniques such as saving, budgeting, and investing
4. Understanding--The emotional work done in coming to terms with feelings around money, such as greed, envy, and resentment (which are rooted in Pain)
5. Vigor--The energy (physical, emotional, and spiritual) that must be expended to reach financial goals
6. Vision--The direction of Vigor outward toward the health and welfare of communities, with or without profit motive
7. Aloha--The compassionate goodwill that allows one to use money to perform acts of kindness without expecting anything in return
Using THE SEVEN STAGES OF MONEY MATURITY, readers will understand each encounter with money as a step toward awakening; a lesson about the relationship they share with others as well as with the self. -->
Customer Reviews:
Money and your mind/body connection.......2007-05-15
I do like the approach of money as a journey rather than the books that ask you to look for your money personality and seek to put you in a category. They will change if you are growing and changing and isn't that the point?
I particularly was moved by his description of his childhood awareness that some of us have more than others and how that leads to the end of innocence..along with the description of the time his parents taught him gratitude about the flute he was given as a gift.
A Wonderful Guide to Understanding How We Can Improve Our Lives.......2006-07-23
Kinder offers some real insight and wisdom here, as he gently guides us into a deeper understanding of our relationship with money--and how past experiences shape our views and may limit our ability to shape our own destiny. More than a simple "how-to" handbook so often found in the financial press, this book explores our motivations and what steps we might take to fulfill our deepest goals and achieve our most profound dreams. Highly recommended!
The Psychology of Money.......2006-04-18
In January 2002 my wife and I hit rock bottom financially. We owed nearly $45,000 in credit card debt alone, another $20,000 in student loans, and another $30,000 or so in car loans, personal loans, etc. We rented a ramshackle house and had no savings or investments whatsoever. And yet I found it impossible to pass up a bookstore without a new book in hand or the latest CD. I had read a number of books about personal finance, but I understood that there was something deeper that I was looking for. Something that would help me to understand the psychology of money, to understand why I made the choices that I made.
Fortunately, I came across an ad for George Kinder's book in Harvard Magazine in 2002. As a Christian I can understand that some might be put off by Kinder's infusion of Buddhist philosophy throughout the book. I studied East Asian studies in college, so I wasn't that bothered by it. In fact, I think Kinder's metaphor of the seven chakras, or energy centers, correlated perfectly with the seven stages of money maturity.
The main problem with most popular approaches to teaching personal finance is that they start at level four or five. But you haven't addressed the fundamental issues of levels one through three. This gap helps explain why the average American household has a negative net worth. We are doping ourselves at the mall with our credit cards!
Four years after reading the Seven Stages we have paid off all of that old debt (no bankruptcy!), own our own home, and are closing in on six figures liquid net worth. Robert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad, Poor Dad helped me to realize that The Matrix had me in its grasp; Kinder helped me see the code.
Explores your values when it comes to making financial decisions.......2006-03-16
There are some great basic finance books out there, the ones that tell you what percentage of your income to save for retirement, how much to invest and so forth. Many of them will put you on the road to financial security. I'm a fan of those and of becoming knowledgable about wise use of one's money.
But what about your values, dreams, aspirations and goals? How many of them acutally show you how to encompass those into your savings plan? How many actually have you explore how your views of money and its use have been shaped from childhood on?
This book does all of that and by doing so allows readers to have a truly insightful approach to money management. After all, with self-understanding comes wisdom and the opportunity to make informed decisions.
Like any skill, those who are truly wise and powerful money managers are often intuitive and their wisdom comes from a very clear understanding of how and why to make decisions. Even more importantly, they make decisions that are right for THEM.
This book is great but if you are looking for detailed, "how to" info that doesn't take your personal values and spiritual side into account, you may not like this one. But I think it is an excellent supplement to all the other books out there, especially if you're pretty knowledgable about the basics (retirement planning, investing, home ownership, planning for kids, college, etc). There is a spiritual dimension to how we use and spend our money, well worth exploring!
Profound AND practical companion / guide to making peace with money.......2006-01-05
I love this book! You will, too, if you are looking for a profound, yet highly readable and practical guide to finding harmony in your "money life." As a psychologist, his "Seven Stage" model rings true to me; as a person seeking harnmony in my own money life, his teaching stories are both inspiring and informative, and his practical information about how money "behaves" to be enlightening. I have found this book to be an enlightening, compasssionate companion on my path to money maturity. As you know, there is a welter of books out there on self-help around money; this one is unique, and stands tall in that crowd!
Book Description
From the invention of interest in Mesopotamia and the origin of paper money in China, to the creation of mutual funds, inflation-indexed bonds, and global financial securities, here is a sweeping survey of financial innovations that have changed the world. Written by a distinguished group of experts--including Robert Shiller, Niall Ferguson, Valerie Hansen, and many others--and wonderfully illustrated with over one hundred color photographs of landmark financial documents (including the first paper money), The Origins of Value traces the evolution of finance through 4,000 years of history. Readers see how and why many of our most important financial tools and institutions--loans, interest rates, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, the corporation, and the New York Stock Exchange, to name a few--came into being. We see, for instance, how ancient Rome developed an early form of equity finance that resembles the modern corporation and read about the first modern corporation--the Dutch East India Company--and its innovative means of financing the exploration and expansion of European business ventures around the globe. We also meet remarkable financial innovators, such as the 13th century Italian Fibonacci of Pisa, whose mathematics of money became the foundation for later developments in the technology of Western European finance (and may explain why the West surpassed the East in financial sophistication). And we even discover a still-surviving "perpetuity" dating from the Dutch Age of Reason--an instrument that has been paying interest since the mid-17th century. Placing our current age of financial revolution in fascinating historical perspective, The Origins of Value tells a remarkable story of invention, illuminating many key episodes in the course of financial history.
Customer Reviews:
History of Money.......2006-10-13
This book is a kind of compilation of 20 chapters written by a number of different writers with each one being an expert in the time frame which they covered. The book was very informative about when and where in the world people started using money and financing to transact business. Starting in Mesopotamia with the first known transaction with interest around 1820BC. Then moving on through the Roman Empire and the first annuities to the first use of paper currency by the Chinese around 960AD. The origins of stocks and bonds are also covered along with many interesting facts about the fiancing that took place during the Revolutionary War. There is about 4,000 years of economic history represented in this book which a person interested in economics and history will find an interesting read.
A Real Treasure.......2006-02-23
William Goetzmann and K. Geert Rouwenhort have provide readers with a most wonderful work. Though clearly a wonderful coffee table book, I had to remove it from there due to IT becoming the center of attention in the room. The content is completely well done with beautiful photos and flowing prose. For those interested in gaining a keener understanding of how value developed as the economic force we all contend with today, take a look at this great work! Very well done indeed!
Book Description
How to Make Money as a Mediator (and Create Value for Everyone) is an invaluable and inspirational resource filled with practical, proven, and down-to-earth information on how you can develop a satisfying and lucrative career as a mediator, no matter what your area of interest—labor and employment mediation, intellectual property, environment, personal injury, family and divorce, contract, securities, or international peacekeeping.
Customer Reviews:
Mediation Marketing.......2007-08-06
I think the book was helpful, but not as practical as I had expected for somebody starting out. The passion all of the mediators have for the field is evident, but it would have been more helpful to have nuts and bolts tips included.
Required Reading for Any Mediator Earning Under Six Figures.......2006-09-05
First, let me confess a bias, which after all is no more than a leaning in a particular direction. When I first started in mediation, I listened to everyone who had anything to say about the subject. It wasn't long before I learned enough to be able to sort the wheat from the chaff. Time is fleeting and one doesn't want to spend too much of it chewing on the indigestible. So when I came across a person who talked sense first time, next time and all the time, I developed a leaning in his favor. Jeff Krivis talks sense - one reason is that he has mediated several thousand major cases. Another is that he is self-reflective; he thinks about what he is doing. A third is that he has never been afraid to be innovative. I learned this in informal seminar situations, but I learned it in aces and spades when, as a lawyer, I retained Krivis as mediator. That was a mediation to remember, particularly because it was preceded by no fewer than five unsuccessful mediations with other mediators, four of them retired judges. During the course of a 10-hour day, Krivis cracked the long-standing impasse by a series of creative improvisational moves, increasing the highest value previously placed on the case by 175%. That is why his first book, Improvisational Negotiation, was an instant success and much sought after by mediators. Published by Jossey-Bass (2006), it contains thirty actual accounts of particularly awkward situations arising during real-life mediations, and recounts how they were solved, with intriguing chapters like `Working at the Car Wash,' `Death Takes a Holiday,' and `Dropping the Bombshell.'
Now, after a career in dispute resolution that has taken him to the top of his field and kept him there for more than ten years, Krivis has leapt into print for the second time this year, with `How to Make Money as a Mediator,' (Jossey-Bass, 2006), co-authored with Naomi Lucks. He should know a bit about earning fees and I know a bit about paying them, for not only was I partly responsible for paying Jeff's fees, but also we were fortunate to get an appointment at all inside three months.
So, how does one make money as a mediator? To answer this question, Krivis has turned to consider the habits of 30 highly successful people, comprising a Who's Who of top mediators from Canada to New Zealand and across the United States, all of whom are liberally quoted in the book. Each of these people found a different path to mediation and different approaches to what success requires, yet there are also striking similarities. All the top mediators view mediation as a calling. While all love the practice of mediation, none are particularly drawn to the business of marketing, yet all realize its essential importance. Jeff Kichaven does 150 mediations a years yet finds that marketing time `far outstrips' mediating time: `You have to do it. Swim or die. Get used to it.' None achieved success immediately; most required several years of hard work to build a practice - `It takes a three-to-five year plan to make this work,' says Susan Hammer. `You need endurance,' advises Nina Meierding.
Everyone emphasizes the intensely personal nature of the business, making marketing far more a matter of making and maintaining personal contacts than print advertising. Michelle Obradovic finds it a `waste to time' to do generic mass-market advertising. `Target your specialty' insists Cliff Hendler. Yet all agree on the value, indeed the necessity, of a Web site - `They expect you to have a Web site' says Ralph Williams. `Our Web site has been very good for us,' adds Rick Russell.
The book outlines different fee structures and methods of billing, as well as different methods of using support staff. Most highly paid mediators expect payment upfront; `You get the people committed,' says Robert Creo, `and you don't spend time billing people or collecting money.' The issue of staffing is also addressed. Because `face time' is so critical, and because that includes both marketing and the mediation session, top mediators need a support staff. Only a few seem to use full-time staff; most seem to prefer `unbundled services,' that is to say, they rent space in a full-service suite which takes care of reception, additional conference rooms, mail sorting, and telephone answering. Then they use outside billing services for their bookkeeping. They organize themselves to outsource as much administration as possible. Some mediators use outside marketing services, placing advertisements in strategic magazines, but also rely heavily on obtaining speaking engagements to different groups. The clientele of top mediators is primarily, though by no means exclusively, the legal community, because, as bank robber Willie Sutton said with timeless simplicity: `That's where the money is.' However, the doyen of mediation marketing, Natalie Armstrong, finds a continuing trend towards `proactive mediation' by industries such as `hospitals, hospitality, construction, film studios,' even `linen supply companies.'
Krivis divides his book into eight accessible chapters, including `Invisible Marketing,' `How Much Money Can You Earn,' and `Weathering the Ups and Downs of a Mediation Practice.' The final chapter is particularly interesting. It's called `Looking Ahead: The Future of Mediation and Your Future in Mediation.' Krivis quotes Jeff Abrams "I see a bright future for everyone,' yet notes some not-so-hopeful trends that the profession will have to deal with, including a trend towards institutionalization, the `stale' mediator, `instant mediators' which goes to the lack of, and resistance to, any kind of accreditation, and rising business costs. There are also many hopeful trends, including the undeniable fact, as veteran Chris Moore notes: `...mediation has grown dramatically over the last fifteen years.' Krivis also approves of the increase in mentoring, almost a revival of the old apprenticeship system, or as it is still called at the English bar, `pupillage.' And he sees an increase in mediator partnering across borders, that might prove a boon to mediators with language skills, and increasing use of mediation in the public policy and non-profit sectors, and a slow trend to view mediation not as the `alternative,' but as the first choice in dispute resolution.
While sprinkling the book with the views of numerous of his colleagues, the book in all its essentials belongs to Krivis himself. From his very personal introductory chapter, `How I Found my Dharma in Mediation,' to the invaluable final chapter `The Mediator's Field Guide to a Successful Practice,' the book is a detailed account of a busy, thoughtful mediator who has watched the profession grow up around him. This little review cannot hope to do justice to a 220-page book that is crammed with practical tips and the accumulated experience of so many successful mediators. It flows well and is an easy read.
Book Description
Teens always want more money. However, often they do not know how to handle the money they do have. Larry Burkett knows parents need to educate teens on solid, biblical money management if they're to exercise these habits as adults. In Money Matters for Teens, Burkett address issues of specific concern for teens and teaches them the basics to help them prepare for financial independence.
Customer Reviews:
A Great Foundation for Young Children.......2005-10-26
My husband and I were looking for a book to help our children, ages 8 and 5, understand the concept and value of money. We had started an allowance but felt like they were more eager to spend the money than to care what it was spent on and when it was lost they didn't really care. We have since stopped the allowance and decided to go through this book first.
We feel that this book is a wonderful resource to teach Christian principles to children, such as stewardship (what we own is a gift from God and we need to take care of it), giving, being content, and spending wisely. I don't believe the book is geared toward teenagers, but instead toward the younger child. It is written in an engaging way, using a cat named Larry to tell stories and impress principles. Each chapter ends with a short Bible study as well. Both of my children have enjoyed and benefited from the content so far. I'd recommend it to anyone wanted to teach Biblical principles to their children regarding money.
I wish I had read the description a little closer..........2002-11-10
This book has very little to do with money a very much to do with sending money to the church. I bought a copy for each of my girls, 16 and 18 years old, each of them very spiritual, and they were both very turned off by the "preachy" context of the book. In fact, the 18-year-old told me she felt like she learned nothing about money, and as for the spiritual side, there are better books for that as well. She was especially turned off by one passage that recommended one way of making more money is giving more to the church.
Solid in the psychological issues surrounding money.......2002-03-01
We bought this book to help teach our 7 year old how to manage her money. Where the book met expectations were the areas of values and healthy ways to think of money : Money isn't ours. We're stewards of God's money and therefore, we should spend it wisely, etc.
Where it didn't meet expectations, is that it didn't really provide a sample plan for how to allocate resources. While certainly, the greatest issue in dealing with money is mental -- getting your head around the idea that you have to live within your means and that you don't have to have everything NOW or just because someone else has it -- there is also a need for concrete examples....Given the above problem, I would still recommend this book as something to work through with a child because those psychological issues about spending are significant enough that they can make the difference between a someday adult with healthy attitudes about money and someone who is in debt, unhappy yet still wanting MORE! In that respect, this book is aces.
Book Description
From the bestselling author of Get Clark Smart comes this valuable new resource enabling parents to pass 'Clark Smart' skills for saving and spending wisely on to kids of every age lark Howard-bestselling author, money-saving expert, and host of the popular syndicated radio program The Clark Howard Show-is back with more of his winning financial wisdom, this time aimed at helping parents teach kids real-world financial skills for today and every day. Parents of children of all ages-from elementary school through high school, college, and beyond-will benefit from Clark's sound, uncomplicated advice across a comprehensive range of topics. In Clark Smart Parents, Clark Smart Kids, he addresses everything from allowances-when and how much to give-to teaching teens about credit cards and navigating the purchase of a first car-how to get it, pay for it, and insure it-to saving for college, paying off loans, staying out of debt, and much more!
Customer Reviews:
a good place to start.......2007-05-11
Broad overview of many of the choices that impact finances. Suggests an allowance plan, recommends matching child's savings (p26). Discusses saving for retirement vs. college (48). Teaches separating income into spending, short term, long term, and giving (54). Includes worksheets for kids of all ages about understanding what things cost, when to get a job, what kind of a car to get, living on your own expenses, and investing. Extensive list of internet resources.
Clark smart kids.......2007-03-09
This book is good for a variety of reasons, some things are no-brainers but then I understand there are lots of people out there trying to figure the value of money. So to those people...hang in there, being financially free can happen, it just takes some work.
great advice.......2007-01-10
This book has wonderful ideas to help parents understand why teenagers don't know how to manage their money as well as the ideas and worksheets to help correct the problem. The earlier you begin the longer you have to teach the necessary lessons.
Very Practical Advice.......2005-10-11
The advice is very well put, and definitely will save you money, more than what the book sells for. I was in particular looking for advice for my son to get his first car. The advice was good and made sense, so as the rest of the book.
short read with good ideas.......2005-08-22
This book has all the worksheets you can think of and some great ideas for your child(ren). Now I'm much more prepared and excited about teaching my little boy how to be responsible with money. He gives some fun and easy ways to teach children as well as adults how to handle money to your benefit.
Book Description
Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc., has done more than win the tastebuds of America -- it has earned the admiration of Wall Street and established a model for business owners and employees eager to earn profits without compromising their principles. In Ben & Jerry's Double-Dip, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield offer the ultimate insider's guide to creating a values-led business that makes money while benefiting the entire community. Using examples from their own company as well as a host of others, these renowned innovators reveal:
- How your commitment to worthy social causes will result in unprecedented customer and employee loyalty -- and increased profit
- Practical advice on everything -- from hiring employees to choosing suppliers
- Nuts-and-bolts information on values-led finance, retailing, and human resources
Ben & Jerry's Double-Dip is essential reading for anyone who owns, works for, invests in, or shops at a socially responsible business.
Customer Reviews:
Great inspiration seeking book.......2004-10-19
This is one of few books that I read cover to cover, and going to read it again in the next few months to remind myself and my business that there is more than just making money in life - its about making the world a better place to live for.
Although it doesn't contain any recipe for ice-creams (wasn't looking for one), it does contain the recipe for a successful business model built on a socially responsible organization that grew into a giant franchise all over the world - from a gas station and a mere 4 grands. GREAT role model for those going into business as well as those already in business.
Great resource annex at the back, from suppliers to other valued-led business. I live in Singapore, but if I have the chance, I will want to visit Vermont when my business takes off.
Since this book was a pre-Unilever take-over publication, it did not mention about the business model changes after that.
The world is getting messy - war, poverty, madness, scandals and terror, this book injects humanity into us, it gives me comfort when I go to sleep at night knowing that there are still hope and greatness in most of us. I give it 5 stars.
Book Description
Deborah Smith Pegues, author of the popular 30 Days to Taming Your Tongue (over 220,000 copies sold), now offers friendly, doable money management strategies in 30 Days to Taming Your Finances.
Giving readers the benefit of her many years’ experience as a public accountant and certified behavioral consultant, Deborah sheds light on the emotional and practical side of putting finances in order. The wealth of information readers will gather includes how to
- forget past financial mistakes and start fresh
- stop emotional spending and still be content
- fund future objectives with confidence
Each day’s offering will inspire and motivate readers to savor the freedom that comes with organizing, valuing, and sharing their resources wisely.
Customer Reviews:
Excellent financial advice.......2006-12-20
This little book is chock full of simple, practical, advice. Who couldn't use some help bringing finances under control. Deborah Smith Pegues starts out by showing the reader how to determine where he stands financially by considering two financial aspects; what you own and what you owe, and what you earn and where it goes. That last one is the one I've always had trouble with. It goes, that's for sure, but I'm not always sure where it went.
She then helps the reader develop a fianncial plan, followed up with suggestions for saving and eliminating debt. She freely admits her own financial mistakes and shows the reader how to avoid them. Deborah Smith Pegues is an experienced public accountant who combines experiences with biblical principles in an effect plan for financial security. You'll want to keep this for a reference book. It's short and easy to read and full of excellent advice.
Wisest money you've spent in years!.......2006-10-10
Finances. Money management. Just thinking of it is enough to cause stress and anxiety attacks, especially if you are drowning in a sea of debt.
Certified public accountant, Deborah Pegues is an expert in money matters, and she has put together a simple, practical plan to help you control your spending habits and find more money in your pocket in just 30 days.
The author includes such information as:
-- Write your vision
-- See where you stand
-- Prepare your plan
-- Investigate your insurance
-- Spend smart
-- Eat economically
-- plus much more
Included at the back of 30 Days to Taming Your Finances are several forms that you can copy and fill out to help you see where you stand and where your money is going.
I found the book easy to read, I read it through in a day, but would recommend going through this book slowly and mastering one step at a time before going on to the next. It is full of common-sense approaches such as making menus and shopping lists and don't shop hungry, but also some other advice that one might not have considered. The only thing I didn't care for was cutting down eating out to only two nights a week and two lunches a week. If our family of seven ate out that much we'd be bouncing checks like you won't believe. So certain things you'd have to eliminate if they are too extravagant for your circumstances.
I recommend 30 Days to Taming Your Finances as a common sense approach to managing money.
Armchair Interviews says: If you are having trouble making ends meet and wonder where the money hole is, definitely pick this book up. You won't be sorry--it might be the wisest $6 you've spent in years.
Book Description
Honey Bunny Funnybunny has lots and lots and lots of money. Some she saves, some she spends on herself, and some she spends on her friends. In this delightful rhyming book about spending and saving, the bear gets a chair, the fly gets some pie and, of course, the fox gets some socks.
Customer Reviews:
Never too young.......2006-03-27
As the father of a three-year old learning to read, I was completely dismayed at the endless number of inane, cutesy, and vapid titles targeted towards pre-school readers. How can we expect books about anthropomorphized talking animals and insects to teach our children anything useful about the world we live in? Last time I checked, mother hens did not wear aprons, ladybugs did not dispense homey pearls of wisdom, and frogs did not yearn for friendship from other species. I know many people believe such stories feed the imagination, encourage creativity, etc., but then so do Ulysses and Also sprach Zarathustra, and few would recommend teaching Joyce or Nietzsche to pre-schoolers. Considering my biases, I thought "Money, Money, Honey Bunny!" was simply another superfluous exercise in puerile nonsense, but I was pleasantly mistaken.
Ms. Sadler must be a free-market capitalist at heart, for she has managed to capture its virtues in this simple tale of commerce, goods, and the pleasures of free trade. Honey Bunny, the title character, knows the value of saving. More important, however, she knows that money is not an end unto itself, but a means of trading goods and services using a common currency, allowing for wealth to spread from buyer to seller to manufacturer to investor and so on in the glorious cycle of money. How does she show this? Not with models of monetary theory, or lectures on microeconomics, but by earning, saving, judiciously spending, and then keeping a portion to invest in her own future. Ms. Sadler tells Honey Bunny's story in bouncy, rhyming couplets, accompanied by clear, colorful and often humorous illustrations by Mr. Bollen. My child delights in declaiming the catchy, singsongy verse and laughs at the cartoons, and I declaim and laugh with him. He thinks he is merely enjoying the simple tale of a cartoon rabbit, but I know that the seeds of free-market capitalism are being sown, watered, and grown within my progeny, guaranteeing his future prosperity and the prosperity of all in the world economy.
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Casebook to accompany Foundations of Financial Management
Basic Marketing w/Student CD
Essentials of Strategic Management (4th Edition)
Marketing Strategy
