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12/7/2014

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Up in the city for the first time in weeks I browsed the Personal Finance section in Waterstones....

I decided to pass on Beat the Banks and Money Fight Club - The Smart Way to Save Money One Punch at a Time. Too adversarial. (I'm looking for a peaceful relationship with my money you may remember. See here.)

The Get Rich Quick titles didn't appeal either. How To Be Rich, How To Get Rich, The Millionaire Next Door, and The One Minute Millionaire, on the basis of if it sounds too good to be true it probably is.

There was Get Rich Blogging. Really? The author 'spends her life partying and writing about it'. Not really me..

Thankfully I could pass on all the Get Out of Debt titles (I'm not in debt).

The author of Rich Dad Poor Dad seems to have written seven books all saying pretty much the same thing.

I like the appeal to different people - there's The Money Diet for those with dieting on their minds, Money - A Love Story for those romantically inclined and How To Grow Your Own Money for the gardeners among us. Whatever 'speaks to your condition' to use the Quaker phrase.

I was tempted by Ouch which looks like an interesting and entertaining read (and can be bought on Amazon for £0.1 or used, in good condition, for £398.78! (Can anyone explain this to me?)

There is also the very quaint Orchids on Your Budget (1937). I loved the blurb:-
'Be very sure that your budget covers the orchids. The whole point of budgeting is that it simplifies life - and life, if it's worth living, is more than drudgery and bookeeping and practicalities.'

Hear Hear! This is probably why I passed too on all the How To Be Thrifty titles. I could write them myself.

Two new authors to me are Jasmine Butler and Dave Ramsey (thank you Gail) but I think I will maybe go for David Meakin's How to Grow Your Own Money - he says one of the problems is 'savings inertia'.

So true.

So true.


7 Comments
Swissrose link
12/7/2014 09:20:22 pm

I actually liked the Millionaire Next Door, along with Affluenza - altough it's more American, the rest of the world is becoming increasingly Americanised, so… Of course, Your Money or Life has to be way up on the list, but for me, it was Janet Luhrs' Simple Living Guide that made all the difference, I have to say (I think it's out of print but still available secondhand) - but then, I've been interested in anti-consumerism for nearly 20 years, now :). Isn't Martin Lewis the UK guru? (hearsay)
I also enjoy the old books - what is the Persephone one, ah yes, Round about a pound a week… that's my granny's history!

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Swissrose link
12/7/2014 09:21:48 pm

…and I have the Orchids on a Budget one, too! ;)

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Freda
13/7/2014 08:13:11 am

I read Affluenza when it came out, and I have Janet Luhr's book (must take another look!) Martin Lewis's website is very good -www.moneysavingexpert.com ....

Cathy
13/7/2014 03:23:35 am

I liked The Millionaire Next Door, too. I wouldn't call it a 'how-to' book, more of a philosophical one. The premise is that the small business owner next door could be a millionaire, but no one realizes it because they continue to live their lives the same way they did while they were growing their business. Once they had money, they didn't build a McMansion (American for a really big house) or switch to driving BMWs or Mercedes. They continue to live in the same house, drive Fords or Chevys. They meet their needs and control their wants.
Basically, that's the bottom line for all of us. But I will be the first to say...usually easier said than done.

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Freda
13/7/2014 08:15:31 am

I'll take another look I think! Meeting needs and controlling wants is very good....

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Gail
14/7/2014 01:58:32 am

Millionaire Next Door is opposite of get rich quick. The premise is the millionaire neighbor got that way by saving a little each paycheck, driving a regular car, and going on reasonably priced vacations.

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ChrisD
22/7/2014 05:52:37 am

Yes, Millionaire Next Door actually debunks a lot of ideas that people may have gained from the media, that you need to spend money (on consumer goods) to make money.
Many millionaires are first generation rich, are immigrants and have their own business. This last one means that whenever they have the chance to spend money on consumer items they instead spend it on growing their business. For example most millionaires have never spent more than $300 on a suit, and one of them turned down a rolls royce because he couldn't go fishing with it.
Furthermore the authors point out how rich parents can 'ruin' their children, and how helping people live beyond their OWN means, is not really helping them.

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