The Motley Fool Personal Finance Workbook : A Foolproof Guide to Organizing Your Cash and Building Wealth | 
 enlarge | Authors: David Gardner, Tom Gardner, Inc Motley Fool, Dayana Yochim, Robert Brokamp
Publisher: Fireside
Category: Book
List Price: $15.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 29682
Media: Paperback
Edition: Workbook
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.5 x 0.6
ISBN: 0743229975
Dewey Decimal Number: 332.02401
EAN: 9780743229975
ASIN: 0743229975
Publication Date: January 2, 2003
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Product Description
Pencil your way to financial security!What would it be like to know that you were making the very best decision for every dollar you spent or saved? Can you imagine balancing your budget by the beginning of next month? Wouldn't it be great to know whether a pro's advice is right for your situation? How valuable would it be to have a customized financial plan that would serve you for life? What you hold in your hands is the first step to achieving all of the above. Whatever your income, lifestyle, or financial concerns may be, The Motley Fool Personal Finance Workbook will help you put more power into every dollar. Like a financial global positioning system, The Motley Fool Personal Finance Workbook will show you exactly where you stand right now and the most direct path to where you want to be. With easy-to-follow, quick-witted exercises, you'll discover all the ways that money touches your life -- from saving and spending to insurance to retirement. The Motley Fool's legendary smarts and math-made-easy will show you: - How to create a workable budget that gives you money and a life
- The smartest (and fastest) way out of debt
- How to set priorities to guide your financial decisions
- The savviest ways to finance big purchases like a home or an education
- Tactics for eliminating stress when saving for retirement
And much more... Hip, funny, and immediately useful, The Motley Fool Personal Finance Workbook is an indispensable hands-on guide for anyone looking to make the most of his or her money.
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"Pencil your way to financial security! What would it be like to know that you were making the very best decision for every dollar you spent or saved? Can you imagine balancing your budget by the beginning of next month? Wouldn't it be great to know whether a pro's advice is right for your situation? How valuable would it be to have a customized financial plan that would serve you for life? What you hold in your hands is the first step to achieving all of the above. Whatever your income, lifestyle, or financial concerns may be, The Motley Fool Personal Finance Workbook will help you put more power into every dollar. Like a financial global positioning system, The Motley Fool Personal Finance Workbook will show you exactly where you stand right now and the most direct path to where you want to be. With easy-to-follow, quick-witted exercises, you'll discover all the ways that money touches your life -- from saving and spending to insurance to retirement. The Motley Fool's legendary smarts and math-made-easy will show you: How to create a workable budget that gives you money and a life The smartest (and fastest) way out of debt How to set priorities to guide your financial decisions The savviest ways to finance big purchases like a home or an education Tactics for eliminating stress when saving for retirement And much more... Hip, funny, and immediately useful, The Motley Fool Personal Finance Workbook is an indispensable hands-on guide for anyone looking to make the most of his or her money. "
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Excellent money workboook! January 18, 2008
Terrific workbook...great to buy along with their other book, "You Have More Money Than You Think". Can't go wrong with these guys.
Motley Fool Review December 23, 2007
I bought 3 copies of this workbook - one for each of my kids. I love that it provides the basics for them to learn budgeting, etc. and how to support themselves!
Easy to understand and useful July 20, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I got this book a few weeks ago to get a feel for personal finance (I just turned 23 and i figured it was time) and it was oen of the best book purchases I ever made! It was laid out very simply with helpful charts and graphs so the math doesn't seem so abstract. Highly recommended!
Put this Workbook to Work September 21, 2006
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
David and Tom Gardner have once again succeeded at making something difficult seem easy. As an estate planner, I know that many people avoid financial matters out of fear . . . fear that they're not smart enough to understand them. The Personal Finance Workbook puts valuable financial planning information at your fingertips and the forms to keep track of your finances are right in the book. If you are just starting out after college, or a Baby Boomer beginning to think about retirement, or someone retired, this workbook will be immediately useful. On a more personal level, as a dad, I am glad that a personal finance book like The Workbook exists. Young people who take early action on managing their finances and developing good savings habits will be infinitely better off in the long run.
James Lange, CPA/Attorney and author of Retire Secure! Pay Taxes Later: The Key to Making Your Money Last as Long as You Do
Great book... November 30, 2005
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
I bought this book about a year after college, when I wanted to come up with a plan to get rid of some credit card debt and begin saving money. This guide is fun and interesting, yet informative. It guides you step-by-step through good personal finance habits, and allows you to prioritize what goals you have for the future. The most insightful to me was when it asks you to name the things you spend that LEAST contribute to your happiness and MOST contribute to your happiness. I.E. - it's not wasteful if the spending improves your quality of life - versus you're just spending to spend! The workbook section asks you to guess how much you spend on things each month and then actually track your spending for 6 months to help you develop a realistic budget & see how you did. It's definitely a wake-up call to people like me, who seemed to piddle their money away without realizing exactly where it's going. This exercise helps you find the answer to that question!
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