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Summary: This book moves finance from your head to your Heart!
Review: This book starts with the basics of financial soundness. The book gets you to look at your financial education...how you were brought up with respect for money. That is what it is all about. It is not how much you make but how much you keep and what you let that grow into. This book really helps you understand that caring about your money does not make you greedy but it is responsible. This book teaches you not only how to get your financial house in order but also how to incorporate it into all aspects of your life without going crazy. This is a must read for anyone who has ever had a problem with money...keeping it, guilt over it, fear of losing it. A must read if you have others that depend on your SOUND DECISIONS! It is worth it's price and then some.
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Summary: Good personal finance reference books
Review: I particularly enjoyed the sections on trusts vs. wills and money market accounts. Very enlightening and well explained. Personal Finance for Dummies and this book will give the average consumer a wealth of knowledge and understanding about the way money works for and against you with almost no overlapping information.
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Summary: Practical easy read but packed with good stuff
Review: I am a successful working professional who despite my managing budgets at work in excess of several million dollars never quite understood personal finance! This book did the trick for me. I got through it in a couple of airline flights and when I was done I felt inspired to get working on setting up the safeguards to protect my family, my future (and my money). I'm sending one of these books to my sister and my best friend. This book was the best!
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Summary: Excellent!
Review: This is the best financial planning book I've read yet. It is a must read for anyone interested in their financial future. The section on credit card debt was excellent, and the section on Wills and LTC Insurance really opened my eyes. I highly recommend this book!
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Summary: Surprising......insightful......interesting.......meaningful
Review: I never heard of Suzie until seeing her on Oprah's show. As an executive of a financial firm, I just wanted to gain insight about freedom as I move closer to my retirement. Little did I know how profound Suzie's message was. Her wisdom is amazing and her message is clear. So clear that it may be viewed by some as simple. But thats the trick. Her message is simple ....so simple its too complex to those of us who have become materialistic or worldly.I recommend you read or listen to her message. I believe Suzie is a great coach, teacher, and mentor. The time and money you spend on her material may be the best investment you've ever made because you're making the investment in yourself. Thank you Suzie. You've made a difference.
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Summary: How good is this book?...
Review: Suze Orman gains increasing popularity, not by virtue of the fact that she appears on Oprah Winfrey's talk show, but that she writes some of the BEST financial advise around. I enjoyed the book so much that I bought copies for my *entire family* and various friends. It is a MUST READ. Seize control of your financial future, understand what value money has--and learn to manage it (and your attachment to it) in a reasonable, healthy fashion. Ms. Orman has the right approach. Don't wait for the paperback version--start reading the hardcover right now. Make a difference in your life with "The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom."
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Summary: Addresses the emotion and the facts about money
Review: This is an easy to understand book that is excellent at explaining finances without being condescending. I liked that it addressed my underlying emotions about money and gave constructive ways to change my money behavior. It is thorough and on target. Thanks Suze for a great book! Also, I enjoyed her appearance on Oprah.
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Summary: it was great
Review: I thought the book was really well written and personable. It read really smoothly and was very informative. You walk away saying, wow, so that's how you do that or I was doing it all wrong. It really helped me get on track.
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Summary: This Book Will Change The Way Most People Feel About Money.
Review: Suze Orman is teaching a philosophy about personal finance. I like the fact that Orman recommends that you "trust yourself" and "take control". Too many people put their financial affairs in the wrong hands; brokers, insurance agents, bankers, financial planners, accountants etc. The fact is that no one will watch your money better than you will. I also highly recommend "The Millionaire Next Door", "More Wealth Without Risk" and "Financial Self Defense". MWWR and FSD will provide the formula's and techniques not present in "9 Steps to Financial Freedom" All of these books should be in the library of anyone serious about achieving Financial Freedom.
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Summary: Too "new age" at times, but she provides solid procedures.
Review: It's no surprise that when it comes to how we view money--all aspects; managing, investing, and saving--we're all different. Some of us save 20% of our paycheck--others none. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that we all know what we should be doing with our money--but often just don't get around to it. And that our attitudes about money were shaped by our childhood experiences with it. Suze Orman, author of The 9 steps to Financial Freedom, uses this psychological framework in which to discuss how to handle money and to break down the barriers that keep us from making decisions. For the most part, her approach is right on. Okay, a little too "new age" at times, but she does provide solid, easy-to-use procedures. Orman argues that to actually gain control of your finances, you must first gain control of your attitudes about money. The first steps of her approach call for you to re program your thinking. The trick, is to learn to respect your money. "If you don't care more about your money than anyone else, who is caring about it on your behalf?" says Orman, and if "respect attracts money,disrespect repels it." Orman's down-to-earth advice on financial issues such as insurance, estate, retirement and college planning,credit and reducing debt are perhaps the most insightful aspects of the book. She provides the reader with up-to-date information on retirement plan basics and how they work and the different types of individual retirement accounts (IRAs), including the new Roth and educational IRAs. Orman also goes over ways to reduce credit card debt and what to ask credit card companies when thinking about debt consolidation. Orman is most persuasive when she tell us in Step 6 to trust ourselves more than we trust others. After all, we are the only one who knows what's best for us when it comes to our money. It's easy for instance, to try and pattern the way our investments are allocated within our retirement accounts to that of our coworkers. Or to look to the financial pros to tell us what to do. Invariably, if an individual isn't comfortable with the risks they've taken--they won't sleep at night and will be doing more damage than doing nothing at all. If you accept Orman's challenge to face your fears and anxieties about money as discussed in her first steps, you will survive the rest of the book and steps--and possibly find it helpful. Individuals looking for practical, intuitive reinforcement will find The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom an effective book.
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