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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 332.024
EAN num: 9780471396345
ISBN number: 0471396346
Label: Wiley
Manufacturer: Wiley
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 288
Printing Date: March 15, 2001
Publishing house: Wiley
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Praise For The MsSpent Money Guide
'An inspiring, sensible money guide that helps people learn how to spend without feeling guilty, deprived, or unhappy, and feel good about saving for their future. A wonderful book for anyone wanting to take charge and make the most of their financial life.'– John Gray, author, How to Get What You Want and Want What You Have and Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
'Deborah Knuckey shows us that spending and investing aren’t just about money. It’s about realizing our dreams, and being true to ourselves.'– Carrie Schwab Pomerantz, Vice President, Consumer Education, Charles Schwab & Co., Ltd.
'The Ms. Spent Money Guide is innovative and offers exercises that can really help readers learn about themselves and money. The Conscious Spending model is an especially innovative planning approach that reflects how people feel about money.'– Dr. Gwen Reichbach, Director, National Institute for Consumer Education
'As a divorce planner and financial advisor specializing in women’s issues, I found Deborah Knuckey’s book both informative and interesting. Her Conscious Spending approach can help every woman, in every financial situation, to be more aware of her money habits.'– Ginita Wall, CPA, CFP, Director, Women’s Institute for Financial Education (WIFE.org)
'One of the best books to apply coaching principles to managing your money.'– Henry Kimsey-House, coauthor, Co-Active Coaching Cofounder, The Coaches Training Institute
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This is a good basic guide . . . for young people. The advice is sound and practical, but uninspired. If you're under thirty-five or forty, you'll actually learn something.
The book could have been better if the author delivered on her promise to make it "fun" (it isn't), and if she truly delivered a way to (to paraphrase) free up money for things that enhance your life (she doesn't).
If you've lived long enough to have done All The Right Things (college, a solid job, family, etc.) but have also suffered what I simply call Life (illness, deaths, divorce, accidents, robbery), you know that very first twenty-five dollars you put away isn't going to stay in your IRA unless you live under a rock and only crawl out to go to work. Alone. It's unrealistic.
The suggestions the author actually does make are worn out and unreasonable. This is a woman who gives workshops for a living. You'd think one of her priorities would be her appearance. Yet she suggests we all buy only grey accessories, for instance, so everything matches. That's absurd. She says the people at Vogue magazine shop at The Gap. They don't (I worked for Vogue). The author, herself, stopped getting manicures due to the cost, although she claims she can't grow out and take care of her own nails. There are ridiculous examples concerning all aspects of life, like coupon-clipping, brown-bagging it to work every day, and other little "tips" that none of us do for a variety of reasons.
In short, when my husband asked me what I thought of the book, I told him the author had basic good advice but I didn't want to meet her. The information may be valid, but it lies flat on the page.
FOR THOSE OVER FORTY: Get a copy of "Start Late, Finish Rich." The author lists specific investments and gives good, solid, later-in-life advice for those of us who are simply running out of time.
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I have the hardback edition of this book and love it - it still sits on my desk and I refer to it a fair bit. I like the way the author realizes that the eky to managing spending is more psychological than logical - and she gives easy to follow solid advice about how to get out of your own way and get into good habits.
My advice: if you want to get more for your money - Buy it!
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Many book are interesting to read, and then you forget all about them. Not "The MsSpent Money Guide," which I refer to over and over again. It is a book that has changed my life. Most of us feel helpless before ubiquitous money problems. Deborah Knuckey's book teaches you that you can be in charge of your financial welfare, that you are the architect of your future, and that you can be as well off moneywise as you want to be. She says, "Why spend so much of your life working if you don't use your earning in a way that makes you ahppy? Even if you love your job, most work is siimply not that much fun that we'd do it purely for the joy of it. So take the payment for your work and put it to your own best use." Knuckey believes that each of us has different life values, and it is foolish to go along with everyone else's. What mattters, she writes, is that your spending fit your own needs and not that of the Joneses. Some people like fine clothes, others could care less what they wear. Some of us enjoy eating in fine restaurants, others prefer cooking at home.Whatever it is that you enjoy, that is what you should be spending your money on. What matters is not how much money you have, but that it is invested in what will make you happy. Deborah Knuckey will teach you haow to do it. Don't miss reading this book, if you want to enjoy life to the fullest.
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I recently saw Deborah Knuckey on Oprah, and her appearance was fantastic! In fact, that is why I bought her book. Everything she said was quite true,and the best part about her book is that it is not a budget book or a "scrimp and save" type plan. She encourages people to align their money with their values. If buying lunch everyday is what makes you happy, then do it. But, if the $5.00 per day you spend is taking away from something you would rather enjoy - like a vacation at the end of the year - then try to find out where you can put your money to make yourself personally satisfied. I also enjoyed the fact that Knuckey never tells you precisely what to do with your money. She simply encourages you to realize and understand exactly where it all goes. I know I spend money, and then at the end of the week, I wonder exactly what I did with it. Knuckey encourages you to be proactive and fully understand that you spend your own money and should track it accordingly. Her advice about retirement plans also helped me. I am in my twenties, and I have never given much thought to my life at the age of 65, but now I realize that I can retire a millionare by investing one hundred dollars or less somewhere else, instead of buying things I don't necessarily want or need. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to become a conscious spender and try to make their money work for them, while remaining happy and enjoying life at the same time. Thanks for the advice Ms. Spent!
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...I don't make enough money to invest in more than my 401k, but she made me realize I can be happy with what I have and still enjoy life! I especially liked her chapter about 'when your means are not enough' because in the world I live in... they aren't! Thank you MsSpent!
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