IT'S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY: Unlocking Your Money Type to Achieve Spiritual and Financial Abundance

By Brent Kessel

This is an intriguing financial book. I found the Eight Financial Archetypes an interesting approach to understanding why we do what we do with money.

Kessel did research with his own clients and has come up with a new way to approach how we do or don't handle our money. Money is always hard to talk about, especially if you don't believe you're doing a very good job of managing it. In today's rough economy, any tool that helps is worth exploring. I like Kessel's "mind, body, spirit" approach. It gives an individual an opportunity for real insight into why we do the things we do. The exercises are very interesting and revealing. What do you think?

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THE QUIET MILLIONAIRE By Brett Wilder

The book begins by asking the reader to identify what about money is important to them.  Wilder says "Knowing your own money values helps to chart the directions you need to take in making life choices."  His book guides readers through taxes, investments, college funding, retirement and so much more.  The book presents a straightforward approach to financial and investment management to lead the reader toward financial independence.  I found the book interesting and helpful.  What do you think?

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MOVING UP TO MILLIONS: The Life Calculator Guide To Wealth by Kathleen Connell

I enjoyed talking with Dr. Kathleen Connell and she really gave me something to think about. Her book is a fascinating, well-researched guide with on-line support.

The "Life Calculator" is available to anyone, so go to www.LifeCalculator.net. The Life Calculator allows you to really see where you are and figure out where you want to go. In the book, Connell discusses issues facing all of us like extended longevity, second careers, the idea that we will never "retire"(in the strictest sense of the word) as well as "what-if" scenarios and Life Calculator Profiles based on interviews with thousands of "real" people. If you have a number in your head that you're saving toward because you think that's the "magic bullet" for retirement, forget about it! Accumulating wealth is something we all need to know more about and this book, supported by the Life Calculator, gives you so much information.

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