Are you ready to become more financially organized? David Bach is a financial advisor who knows how to help women write a “doable” and achievable financial plan. If you’re ready to get serious about your financial future, this may be just the right book for you.
Smart Women Finish Rich is a bit different from other financial books I’ve read. I have to admit I was surprised with how well David Bach addressed both the emotional and intellectual relationship women have with money. His grandmother taught him well.
I am going to say that Smart Women Finish Rich is more for a financial beginner than a woman with financial savvy. It’s a well thought out system of gaining and keeping control of your financial self-sufficiency. Bach has filled this book with definitions, resources, quizzes, systems, exercises and tables. I was impressed and give it a must read if you’re serious about becoming more financially organized.
The book is a fitting tribute to his grandmother who helped him buy his first share of stock at the age of seven. How many of us are fortunate enough to have such a role model so early in life?
David Bach addresses both the heart and the head in Smart Women Finish Rich. He used the lessons he learned from his grandmother, and his mother, as inspiration. After growing up with two such powerful role models, he was surprised by the number of financially uninformed women. Many of the women who came to him for financial advice, had no clue about building financial security.
Smart Women Finish Rich is easy to understand. I read it and “got it.” This is a “how to” book that involves a commitment on your part to read, work and put the assignments and lessons into daily practice. Bach has carefully given us valuable financial keys, now it’s up to us to follow through.
What you’ll get out of this book is going to depend on what you’re willing to put into it. It’s a book that has the potential to give you a great foundation for financial self-sufficiency.
Here are some of the areas I found particularly useful:
1.The first exercise, “Financial Knowledge Quiz” is a great practical place to start. I found it to be thoughtful and quite an eye-opener. I learned about how well (and sometimes not so well) I understood the role money played in my life.
2. David Bach is adamant about pinpointing the reason money is important to you. To find this out, you’ll need to examine your money values and ask yourself if your financial behavior matches those values. He provides a simple but thoughtful exercise called the “Values Ladder.”
3. Smart Women Finish Rich is a great blend of exercises, systems, quizzes and practical “real world” information. For example, the “Finish Rich File Folder System” is a simple, easy-to-follow and yet an organizational time saver.
4. The 12 Commandments of Attracting Greater Wealth – these are the good habits that should be woven throughout our personal and professional lives. Example: Commandment #7 – Work each day as if you were going on vacation tomorrow.
I definitely give Smart Women Finish Rich five stars! If you’re ready and serious about getting your financial house and monetary priorities in order, this is the book for you!
Here’s a link to Amazon.com if you’d like to order it or read more about Smart Women Finish Rich by David Bach.
Smart Women Finish Rich
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