Category Archives: Books
- Chapter 2 – What Your Money is Trying to Tell You
Chapter 2 – What Your Money is Trying to Tell You The truth about money is that money is a thing. The leaves left in your gutters could have more value and worth if we all agreed they do. Money is just paper, metal or virtual credit in a computer. The truth about money is [...]
- The Path to Happiness and Wealth by Steve Rhode
I was awarded the Washington Post personal finance book of the month award for this book. It is a holistic look at the secrets to overcome debt and find a balance with money in your life. It’s a good book for people to read that might be having issues with shopping issues, compulsive spending, overspending, [...]
- Chapter 1 – I Got Hit in the Head With a Baseball and I Saw it Coming
Chapter 1 – I Got Hit in the Head With a Baseball and I Saw it Coming In 1990, my wife and I filed bankruptcy. We kept the secret for almost 10 years and never talked about it publicly. I felt like a failure. It was painful and embarrassing and, though there were many factors [...]
- Chapter 3 – Take a Lap on the Gerbil Wheel of Debt
Chapter 3 – Take a Lap on the Gerbil Wheel of Debt Think of debt as that annoying squeak in the back seat that you hear as you drive alone in the car. The squeak distracts you from the beauty of the scenery, and before you know it, you are only worried about the squeak. [...]
- Chapter 4 – Why Money Doesn’t Make You Happy
Chapter 4 – Why Money Doesn’t Make You Happy If you’ve nodded your head a few times reading the first three chapters of this book, get ready: I’m going to introduce you to a program which, if you stick to it, will help you to be happy and have money. First, consider that part of [...]
- Chapter 5 – If You Had a Million Rats, Would You be Successful?
Chapter 5 – If You Had a Million Rats, Would You be Successful? You achieve true financial success when your internal prosperity expresses itself in your having enough money to meet obligations and to spend. You will be happier with the money you have and make if you can lead a more balanced life. What [...]
- Chapter 6 – The 10 Attributes of Internal Prosperity
Chapter 6 – The 10 Attributes of Internal Prosperity Now that you’ve defined success for yourself, it’s time to begin your new, balanced financial life. Now you have to make sure you have a good foundation on which to build the new, happier and balanced you. Think of these core components like the ingredients lists [...]
- Chapter 7 – The Attributes of Internal Prosperity in Action
Chapter 7 – The Attributes of Internal Prosperity in Action Brian and Nancy had lived a fabulous life full of everything everyone wants. They had beautiful friends, sensational parties, the right guest list, the right address and fabulous cars. And all throughout their marriage, life had been…great. Brian had spent many years working closely with [...]
- Chapter 8 – Your Money is Your Friend
Chapter 8 – Your money is your friend Once you slow down your consumption of material goods and learn to find happiness within yourself, you will find you have more money to save and invest. You will be able to do much more with what you have and you will be surprised that more will [...]
- Conclusion – Listen to Your Heart
Conclusion – Listen to Your Heart When you realize that you are experiencing pain and grief, and this pain and grief is coming from financial problems, your first thought might be to look for a magic solution with a dream ending. The most common dreams I hear people mention are loans, lottery and bankruptcy. They [...]