“Smart Money Smart Kids” by Dave Ramsey and Rachel Cruze is a book about how to raise your kids to win with money. I was excited when I heard this book was coming out and am happy to be able to review it.
The advice is age specific which gives parents helpful suggestions to use with their own children. If you have read “The Total Money Makeover” you will not see a lot of new in this volume other than the suggested ages to talk about finances. It is put together different, obviously, in order to keep your children from going into debt to begin with rather than trying to dig them out of debt.
My favorite part of this was hearing the Ramsey stories from Rachel’s perspective. If you have listened to the radio show for any length of time you have heard Dave talk about family stories. Hearing Rachel’s side was quite interesting to me as she was the child on the other side of the talks.
All in all it was a worthwhile read for me even though I have read his other books and gone through Financial Peace University. I would definitely recommend it if you have a child and you want some suggestions on how and when to talk to them about certain aspects of money management.
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*Note: I received a copy of this book at no charge in exchange for my honest review.*
About the book: “The 21 Day Financial Fast” by Michelle Singletary is “a field-tested financial challenge. For twenty-one days, participants will put away their credit cards and buy only the barest essentials.”
Play Your Bigger Game by Rick Tamlyn is an interesting way to look at life as a game. The publisher says it “was created to counteract that self-limiting, fear-based approach to life.” If you are living your life in this manner then I think this book is for you.
The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey is a classic text on how to eliminate debt step by step and why you would want to do such a weird thing.
Boundaries For Leaders by Dr. Henry Cloud is the second of Dr. Cloud’s books that I have had the pleasure of reading. It is clear, concise and if you take the steps outlined you can make dramatic changes your in your life at home and at work.
“Is College Worth It?” by William J. Bennett and David Wilezol goes into detail about why college needs to change and the fact that it isn’t the right choice for everyone to go through a 4-year college program.
This book is about how to sell and keep customers satisfied. It is a thorough book going through the sales process all the way through handling with customer complaints about your product. It also has lists of suggested words to use and words to stay away from which can be a great help to those who are writing marketing material.
“Days Like These: Even in the Darkest Moments, Light Can Shine Through” is a book of collected blog postings by Kristian Anderson and includes insights and information from his wife Rachel.
“The Legend of the Monk and the Merchant” by Terry Felber follows Julio and his grandfather Antonio as his grandfather imparts wisdom on the young boy. It is a parable that explains how to run a business properly with principles such as staying out of debt, taking responsibility, and keeping a budget.
This will be my final book review for 2012. As we embark on a new year and a new journey I will be gearing up for things to come in 2013!
“The Art of Selling Yourself” is a book written by Adam Riccoboni and Daniel Callaghan of MBA & Company. It was originally published in the United Kingdom under the title “Buy Me!” in 2011. The content of the book is, as you might tell, about how to sell yourself in business situations such as interviews, ideas and public relations and how to sell yourself if you are an entrepreneur and needing to sell your concept to potential markets.
