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Ways to Save

The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness

Doing well with money isn’t necessarily about what you know. It’s about how you behave. And behavior is hard to teach, even to really smart people.

Planning Ahead

Think and Grow Rich

Think and Grow Rich has been called the “Granddaddy of All Motivational Literature.” It was the first book to boldly ask, “What makes a winner?” The man who asked and listened for the answer, Napoleon Hill, is now counted in the top ranks of the world’s winners himself.

Generate Income

The Motley Fool Investment Guide for Teens: 8 Steps to Having More Money Than Your Parents Ever Dreamed Of

From the personal-finance duo Fortune magazine called “funny, smart, cynical, [and] opinionated” comes savvy financial advice for today’s street-smart young investors.

Money Management

I Want More Pizza: Real World Money Skills For High School, College, And Beyond

Doing well with money isn’t necessarily about what you know. It’s about how you behave. And behavior is hard to teach, even to really smart people.

Wealth

The Richest Man in Babylon

The Richest Man in Babylon, based on “Babylonian parables”, has been hailed as the greatest of all inspirational works on the subject of thrift, financial planning, and personal wealth.  

Cashflow

Think and Grow Rich

Think and Grow Rich has been called the “Granddaddy of All Motivational Literature.” It was the first book to boldly ask, “What makes a winner?” The man who asked and listened for the answer, Napoleon Hill, is now counted in the top ranks of the world’s winners himself.

Education

Why Didn't They Teach Me This in School?: 99 Personal Money Management Principles to Live By

hy do high schools and colleges require students to take courses in English, math and science, yet have absolutely no requirements for students to learn about personal money management?

Invest, Investor

The Automatic Millionaire, Expanded and Updated: A Powerful One-Step Plan to Live and Finish Rich

For years people have asked David Bach, the national bestselling author of Smart Women Finish RichSmart Couples Finish Rich, and Start Late, Finish Rich what’s the real secret to getting rich? What’s the one thing I need to do?

Budget, Budgeting

Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together

If you’re a cash-strapped 20- or 30-something, it’s easy to get freaked out by finances. But you’re not doomed to spend your life drowning in debt or mystified by money. It’s time to stop scraping by and take control of your money and your life with this savvy and smart guide.

Prioritize, Plan

The One-Page Financial Plan: A Simple Way to Be Smart About Your Money

Whenever I tell people about my job as a financial advisor, the conversation inevitably turns to how hopeless they feel when it comes to dealing with money. More than once, they’ve begged, “Just tell me what to do.”

Spending

I Will Teach You to Be Rich

The groundbreaking NEW YORK TIMES and WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER that taught a generation how to earn more, save more, and live a rich life—now in a revised 2nd edition.

Investing

Your Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence

For more than twenty-five years, Your Money or Your Life has been considered the go-to book for taking back your life by changing your relationship with money.

Real Estate

Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat: The BRRRR Rental Property Investment Strategy Made Simple

Invest in real estate, flip houses, buy rental properties, and never run out of money―using the hottest strategy in the real estate world!

Resumè

Tactical LinkedIn Secrets: Dominate in an Age of Noise, Competition and Attention Market Share

Will you be LinkedIn or linked out? Learn to dominate in an age of digital noise and competition with Tactical LinkedIn Secrets.

Grants, Scholarships

The Ultimate Scholarship Book 2022

Information on 1.5 million scholarships, grants, and prizes is easily accessible in this revised directory with more than 300 new listings that feature awards indexed by career goal, major, academics, public service, talent, athletics, religion, ethnicity, and more.