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jeffgrann's review against another edition
4.0
I'm not really a fan of this book (weak writing, too many anecdotes, silly step systems, repetitive, outdated, cheezy, etc.) but it earned its 4 stars for changing my financial plans and behavior. For example, I just replaced my broken vacuum with a used one from Craigslist saving $375 of my "life energy".
davemmett's review against another edition
4.0
Really powerful in examining one's relationship with money. Lot of the ideas are things I was already trying to do intuitively, but some of the visualizing ideas (wall chart) were really interesting to make the invisible world of money more visible and tangible.
One things I disagreed/took issue with:
The whole book seemed to take this angle that you must not like your job. Maybe you like the type of work you do, but clearly the job itself is sucking you of your life energy. I actually like my job, so this was kind of frustrating, and it was hard to see how far to take some of the calculations around "Real Hourly Wage". I'm able to look past this, I guess their target audience is just more miserable than I am with their jobs.
One things I disagreed/took issue with:
The whole book seemed to take this angle that you must not like your job. Maybe you like the type of work you do, but clearly the job itself is sucking you of your life energy. I actually like my job, so this was kind of frustrating, and it was hard to see how far to take some of the calculations around "Real Hourly Wage". I'm able to look past this, I guess their target audience is just more miserable than I am with their jobs.
cwissybwd's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
slow-paced
4.25
Sound advice, I liked the perspectives and practicality behind it!
melaniem03's review against another edition
4.0
Really thought provoking book on how to structure your life, time, and money. It ranges from very practical ways to track and cut expenses, increase your income, to discussing what is money, what is work, and challenging you to think about what you want out of life. There's a theme throughout of community, creativity, and sustainability that resonated with me. There are a lot of great discussion questions throughout that I'd like to work through. This one will stick with me.