Box of Books #14

The box of books giveaways through my giveaway newsletter have been very popular, so below I'm detailing another set of them that will be up for grabs this month (if you want a chance to win, be sure to sign up for my newsletter here.) For now, here are the books I've received from publishers and a bit about them (from Amazon):

• The Frugal Millionaires - 70 millionaires anonymously share their ideas about money to help each other and you. (Retail: $21.95) - Imagine yourself in a room with seventy people from all walks of life, each of whom is immensely successful at managing their money. Then imagine that you had the time and audacity to walk up to each of them, confidently introduce yourself, and ask how they became rich. That's Jeff Lehman's book, The Frugal Millionaires, in a nutshell. The advice contained within the text is well worth the price of the book, especially if you're considering paying a financial adviser to tell you what you should be doing to improve your financial acumen.


• Living Rich by Spending Smart: How to Get More of What You Really Want - As The Millionaire Next Door revealed, building wealth isn’t just about working harder or what you choose to invest in: it’s about spending smarter. Now, award-winning Tribune Company personal finance columnist Gregory Karp shows how to do just that. This book isn’t about depriving yourself. Instead, Gregory Karp shows how to build real, long-lasting wealth by plugging the money leaks you’re barely aware of and making sure you spend with a purpose. Karp’s surprisingly painless techniques will help you eliminate wasteful spending in every area of your financial life. You’ll discover how to focus spending on what you really care about...spend less on gifts without becoming a cheapskate...slash your phone bill...pay less for food and still eat what you want...eliminate spending leaks in insurance, education, even entertainment. From the clothes you wear to the cars you drive, this book will help you build a life that’s truly rich because it’s truly financially secure.


• The Smartest Investment Book You'll Ever Read: The Simple, Stress-Free Way to Reach Your Investment Goals - Daniel Solin cuts through financial propaganda to show readers exactly how assets should be invested, using trusted, brand name fund managers like Fidelity and Vanguard. Solin's easy-to-follow plan allows investors to create and monitor their portfolios in 90 minutes or less a year, explaining how to assess risk and how to allocate assets to maximize returns and minimize volatility. Readers will also learn how to avoid the biggest mistakes investors make, from buying into media hype to giving their hard earned cash to hyperactive brokers and investment advisors.


• The Problem With Money? It's Not About the Money!: Mastering the Unexamined Beliefs that Drive Our Financial Lives - Jane's unique approach, refined over years of working with clients one-on-one and in group classes, is clearly presented in The Problem with Money? It's Not About the Money! It begins with identifying money beliefs in seven key areas and exploring how they influence behavior in seven facets of our lives. Then it provides tools and techniques for gaining power over these beliefs so a change of financial behavior naturally emerges. Bringing the process full circle, it provides methods for identifying small, doable action steps that produce the profoundly positive benefits of being financially conscious.


• The Essential Phone Interview Handbook - Today more than ever, job candidates make initial contact with prospective employers 
via the telephone. Phone interviews are often the most unexpected facet of job interviewing, yet they are fast becoming the standard for employers when narrowing the pool of applicants and determining who will be invited for in-person interviews. The Essential Phone Interview Handbook covers: How to prepare, what to say, and when to say it, how to establish your professional presence over the phone, and how to get to the next step.


• The Net Worth Workout: A Powerful Program for a Lifetime of Financial Fitness - Are your bills bloated, your savings scrawny, and your investments sluggish and lazy? This book introduces a proven program that will get your finances into shape. Inspired by the author's successful seminar program, The Net Worth Workout uses a subject that people relate to easily -- health and fitness -- to make the nervewracking topic of personal finance more accessible. The author compares: Spending with Calorie Intake: Junk spending decreases wealth, while nutritious spending boosts it. Saving with Muscle Strength: Just as weightlifting builds muscle, smart saving builds financial strength. Earning with Metabolism: Earning more (by taking advantage of the options you already have) helps maximize the other components of your financial health. Investing with Cardiac Fitness: Investing increases the long-term effectiveness of the other components and ensures lasting financial health The Net Worth Workout shows you how to follow a manageable, consistent regimen that will help ensure a healthier financial future -- all while hardly breaking a sweat!


• 80 Proven Ways to Become a Millionaire, All you need is two or three! - This is a powerful text that outlines Paul's proven methods of becoming a winner in a rough and tumble economy, not a get-rich-quick manual.

FYI, a few of these have my handwritten notes in them, so if you eventually win the set, don't expect completely new books.

Comments

[Jess]

i love books! thanks for the opportunity :)

[swiehn]

These books sound great!

[Ron Couey]

I'd like to win

[Rick Francis]

Looks like an interesting set of books.

-Rick

[Val]

Book time!

[Ann Baldwin]

I, too, would like a chance to win those great sounding books!! Ann

[BD]

I signed up!
When do we find out who won?

[FMF]

BD --

You will receive a monthly email that highlights three giveaways. You then put your name in the hat for the ones you're interested in, and I name winners a week or so after that.

[Mike]

Thanks for the chance to win. These look interesting.

[jdgjdg]

Me! Me!

[FMF]

All --

This is NOT the place to sign up to win these books. You need to sign up at the link provided in the giveaway newsletter.