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I Hate Financial Planning
Author(s): Suzanne Olson (Author)
- Publisher: McGraw Hill
- Publication Date: August 22, 2004
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 224 pages
- ISBN-10: B001PIJ64M
- ISBN-13: 9780071446044
Book Description
The essentials of personal financial management in a painless, easy-to-follow format
". . . [this] site offers a light touch to a topic that can be bogged down in heavyhanded advice."
--Investor's Business Daily
Three in four Americans hate financial planning, calling it tedious, boring, intimidating, and confusing. I Hate Financial Planning speaks to these people with a refreshing attitude for straightening out their finances. Engaging and humorous, it provides investors with a welcome change of pace from the standard dry, serious tome as it gives them:
- Everything from essential information to witty, tongue-in-cheek tips
- Work sheets and checklists for busy readers
- Answers to some of the most common financial questions
- Practical tools for planning short- and long-term finances
- The truth behind numerous well-known-- and dangerously wrong--financial myths
Editorial Reviews
From the Back Cover
Take control of your money no matter how much (or little) you have
Planning your financial future isn't exactly a barrel of laughs. Then again, neither is going broke. And to avoid one, you just might have to do the other.
I Hate Financial Planning takes an entertaining approach to one of today's most seriously dull subjects. Packed with no-nonsense information that can help you bring your financial future into focus, it removes the intimidation factor that prevents most of us from making progress with our money. From saving for a house to managing your 401(k) or other retirement accounts, I Hate Financial Planning may help you reach your goals--or set some in the first place. This guide also contains:
- Strategies for pulling yourself out of debt and properly managing "good" debt
- Step-by-step guidelines on boosting your credit rating, protecting your identity, and writing a will
- Easy explanations of investing and insurance concepts
- Worksheets and other procrastination tools for calculating your net worth, creating a budget, and more
If you can relate to the title of this book, you're not alone. Three in four Americans would rather get a root canal than meet with a financial professional. I Hate Financial Planning will give you what you need to take the dread out of managing your money.
About the Author
Suzanne Olson (Minneapolis, MN) is the editor and public face for ihatefinancialplanning.com, recently voted a top five financial advice website by the Wall Street Journal. With 40,000 registered subscribers, the site averages 6,000 hits a day and has been featured in national media including USA Today and Investor's Business Daily and on "CNN Headline News" and other programs.
