Let’s Get Real About Money!
- ISBN13: 9780132341615
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“The book’s gem is a personal financial action plan that allows easy assessment of current assets and retirement goals…This book demystifies the many obstacles–from the logistical to the conceptual–to smart financial planning.” –Publishers Weekly “Eric Tyson is the best personal finance writer at work today. In a field cluttered with hucksters, false gurus, and just plain bad advice, this book delivers powerful common sense. I trust Eric Tyson, and you should, too.” –Tom Ehrenfeld, former writer and Editor at Harvard Business Review and Inc. Magazine, author of The Startup Garden: How Growing a Business Grows You “Many people have developed attitudes, beliefs, and fears about money that prevent them from acquiring, investing, and spending it in healthy ways…Eric Tyson helps readers get past all that…and start building happy and healthy financial futures. Everyone can profit from this new book–I did.” –Dr. Brian Russell, Psyc… More >>
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“. . . my best days at work don’t even come close to the best days with my kids.” p. 86 of Eric Tyson’s “Let’s Get Real About Money.” Often, personal finance literature takes a quietly dismissive tone when discussing the claims of family, time and quality of life. Tyson’s latest book has an unusually open acknowledgment from a financial advisor that it takes more to be happy than climbing the corporate ladder and stockpiling our nest egg. If you have ever thought other finance writers have sidelined the real issues of balancing work and money with family, then you will feel validated by the serious attention Tyson gives these concerns. When does climbing the corporate ladder deliver diminishing returns? How do I teach my kids good financial habits? The personal consequences of super savers, those who save compulsively, are explored alongside of the expected cautionary tales of high consumption debtors. I was heartened by Tyson’s balanced approach to money management.
My one criticism of the work is not the content, but the cover. The front displays a fist of money, which along with the title, suggested a hardnosed, possibly humorous book. The subtitle, “Profit from the Habits of the Best Financial Managers”, led me to believe the book was a compilation of stories, quotes and interviews of successful financial managers. Instead, it was primarily Tyson’s take on personal side of personal finance. Nothing wrong with his take, and I applaud him for much of it, I just thought I was sitting down for an amusing, possibly a bit satiric look at the financial world, and what I got was a book full of compassionate sensible advice. If you are looking for a rollicking read, wait and pick up this book when you are in a more temperate mood. But if you are struggling to balance family life with your work and financial needs, and want to hear some contrarian (at least in the financial world) options, then Tyson’s book is definitely worth reading.
Rating: 4 / 5
I have bought several books by Eric Tyson, and this is his best. Eric Tyson provides you with a concise way to handle your personal finances. After reading this book you will not need to purchase another personal finance book from another person. This book also teaches you how to invest in quality mutual funds.Tyson is the best personal finance author out there.Tyson also talks about investing in your personal health. If you purchase this book you will never be the same.
Rating: 5 / 5
Written by syndicated columnist and best-selling financial author Eric Tyson, Let’s Get Real About Money: Profit from the Habits of the Best Personal Finance Managers is a no-nonsense guide to putting a personal financial action plan tailored to one’s needs and goals. Starting off with simple personal finance quizzes ideal for evaluating ones’ money savvy, chapters address how to get motivated, how to assess and overcome negative money beliefs and practices, basic net worth calculation, money issues involved in relationships/marriage/divorce, why people tend to have trouble saving enough and when one might be saving too much, right and wrong reasons to borrow money, investing and insurance plans, when to hire financial help, and much more. A broad-ranging guide packed cover to cover with “must-know” information for everyone financially responsible for themselves and others, Let’s Get Real About Money deserves the absolute highest recommendation as a crucial survival aid in today’s modern world.
Rating: 5 / 5
Bought this book for my micro-economics class (requirement for paper) and found it very easy to read and noteworthy w/loads of palatable advice.
Rating: 5 / 5