9 Steps to Financial Freedom: Practical and Spiritual Steps So You Can Stop Worrying

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Summary: Nine Steps to Financial Freedom
Review: This is one of the most helpful books I have ever read. I checked it out of the public library over and over again, I enjoyed it so much. I took notes and put the advice to good use. I recommend it to everyone, just like anyone would, once they have read it thoroughly themselves. I am currently getting out of debt through one of your ways you recommended in the book and if it would not have been for you, Suze, I would never have thought of going about it in this way. Thank you for being so helpful. Now I would like to own my own book instead of going to the public library to read it.

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Summary: Great advice for someone just starting out on their own!
Review: If you're a gen x-er like me, this book is easily readable and may just teach you a thing or two that mom and dad forgot or just didn't know.
If you've been "out in the world" a while, then no, this book probably won't help you much; but if you're 20-something, just starting out on a life of your own, this book will give you some insights into how to set up a successful budget, which IRA is appropriate for your goals in life, what's better - a will or a trust, things that people my age often don't think about.
Suze also addresses how to go about getting started in the stock market and explains what cds, bonds and mutual funds are.
This is a great book and, if nothing else, will give you a new perspective on how to achieve your financial goals.

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Summary: Packed With Knowledge!
Review: Forget the standard dos and don't of investment advisors. Suze Orman captures the vast psychological and spiritual ramifications of your financial condition. She realizes that the reason so many of us do not get our financial houses in order has nothing to do with income and expenses and a lot to do with insecurity and fear. Tackle these and the rest comes easy. Well, maybe not easy, but getting over the initial inertia is the hardest part, as millions of dedicated Orman followers can attest. This book, her investment classic, is replete with case histories, psychological insight and practical financial advice. This advice covers the basics of retirement planning, estate planning and insurance, as well as less quantifiable areas like piece of mind. Her writing style is warm, clear and quick to read. We [...] strongly recommend this accessible book to anyone who is not a money manager, and even to the professionals who find that their technical financial skills are not satisfying their non-fiscal needs.

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Summary: Probably good for AMericans
Review: The first half of the book was good general information, but the second part really applied to Americans only and was a waste of money for me. Maybe a book a quarter of it size with more general tips would be good for international sale.

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Summary: READ THIS BOOK - IT IS VERY TRUTHFUL!
Review: I read The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom about a month ago and I believe many of the things stated by Orman are right on the money. If you are trying to do some financial planning or need some straight forward, no B.S. comments about managing your money Orman gets it. Plain and simple. If anyone is interested in the average American and they way they spend take a book at Credit Card Nation by Robert Manning. It is pretty scary but, between the two books, you should understand how scary this recession could become (Manning) and how people get really emotionally tied to their money (Orman).

Unfortunately, I am unemployed right now but, because I had put aside 25k in cash and had zero debt, I have been able to spend my time off being with those closest to me and I have been visiting family and friends in Canada and throughout the U.S. while not having to be stressed out about my bills.

In the past, my life wasn't run this way and I spent and spent away. However, I changed my ways and life has been more pleasurable since then. After reading the book and reading her thinking on cars I have decided that my '96 olds aurora (paid for) with 76,000 miles on it, looks pretty good and has been kept in great shape. I decided that it was worth driving the thing into the ground, as such a comparable car (250 Hp V-8 luxury...) would cost tons more and simply burden me with debt.

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Summary: Very Nice.
Review: Very nice and hopefully useful except for some pretty creepy New Age stuff.

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Summary: If I could give it a zero star, I would!
Review: If there is one lesson I've learned in life, it's that people create a lot of hype about things which are in reality, rather mundane. This is a case in point. My Mother bought this book as a present for me after seeing Ms. Orman on the Oprah show. I searched and searched every chapter for sound financial advice -- I never found it. This book focuses on alot of spiritual nonesense, but forgets about the practical aspect of financial freedom. Don't waste your money. If you want financial freedom get the book: How to get out of debt, stay out of debt and live prosperously by Jerrold Mundis. THAT will be a sound investment!

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Summary: Great book for pinheads!
Review: Use the money you would pay for this book and invest it. Better books: "One Up on Wallstreet" - Peter Lynch, "A Random Walk Down Wall Street" - Burton Malkiel, "The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need" - Andrew Tobias. Check them out from the library. She is selling common sense like it is quantum mechanics.

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Summary: Helpful tips
Review: Are people afraid because they are broke, or broke because they are afraid. This book makes a case for the latter. But it leavens the argument with some sound lectures on thrift, doing with less and common sense.

The book changed the way I look at salespeople for financial products. (I know ask what's in it for them as well as me.) I also liked the little details like how you can save $74,746 over the course of your life if you uses coins instead of your calling card for local calls at pay phones.

Suze Orman is the financial advisor we all deserve: she has most of the answers but lets us ultimately follow our own financial destinies.

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Summary: Suze's 9 steps
Review: The part about the first time I incountered a bad or big expierence with money. Is when I saved $500 for my first car and got chewed out by my Dad! Like what dose a 18 yr old want with a car. Suze's book brought that out. My first expierence wilth cash. Have her book on tape. Next one I buy will be a CD.

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