4. The Total Money Makeover (Dave Ramsey)
Pleasure: 5/10 Stars
Utility: 10/10 Stars
I'm inspired! For the first time in my life I feel like I'm not flying in the blind financially! Dave Ramsey's "The Total Money Makeover" provided me with a set of tools that were easy to understand and extremely logical. At the same time, it was not a cold, calculating, purely left-brained manual on how to handle personal finances. Mr. Ramsey seemed very much in touch with the emotional issues that come with handling money and debt and he did not scoff at them. He knew that finances often come with fear, anger, discouragement and confusion. So he interspersed his financial guidance with stories of people who were in a similar situation as I am, put these tools into practice and saw real change come about. In the final chapter, he even made sure to let people know that financial security and wealth are not the end-all-be-all in life and that reforming our money-handling habits should help us to see that money isn't everything. Throughout the book, I thought of another title I'd read on finances entitled "Money, Possessions and Eternity" (Randy Alcorn) and in the last chapter, I was stunned to see Mr. Ramsey mention this book and endorse it as containing good advice. How many financial advisors recommend giving away large sums of money on a regular basis? Not too many! I highly, highly recommend this book to any of my friends and family who have not read it. It's one that I will be returning to multiple times and I progress through this plan.
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