The Four Week Financial Turnaround

by Derek C. Olsen

"The Four Week Financial Turnaround" is your coach and ally, helping you step-by-step as you reinvent the way you think about your money. Create lasting changes that will move you closer to achieving your goals. Get to the root cause behind your spending habits. Make foundational changes that will allow you to: Manage your monthly budget so well it becomes "second nature." Feel confident and optimistic about your overall financial situation. Easily apply the lessons you've learned when real world financial situations arise. Have greater control over the way you spend your hard-earned money. Escape the trap of living paycheck to paycheck. Pay off debt and be rid of that burden, once and for all. Build a cash savings for added stability. Finally be able to invest for a secure financial future.

""As a life coach, I see many people who have created strategies for career success. But those same people frequently have no plan for handling the money generated by that career success. In "The Four Week Financial Turnaround workbook," Derek C. Olsen shares clear systems and processes for being as intentional about success in your finances as you would expect in business. With no plan in place, your finances - and your business - will likely fail. Don't take that chance.""

-Dan Miller, creative thinker at 48Days.net and author of 48 Days to the Work You Love.

48days.com

""Derek C. Olsen takes a practical, funny, real-life approach to fixing your budgeting woes once and for all. He doesn't pretend it's easy, but you'll think it's much easier after reading "The Four Week Financial Turnaround" and putting its lessons into practice.""

-Joshua Fields Millburn

theminimalists.com

""Derek knows what he's talking about when it comes to both finances and life! I am so impressed with what he's put together. Bottom line, it's the total package. Way to go, Derek!"" -Kent Julian

liveitforward.com

Genres: Nonfiction, Finance

140 pages, Paperback

First published November 22, 2012

Reviews

[Daniel · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you are swamped with debt and you're paying out more than your bringing in, then this book is for you. Olsen doesn't waste time with complex numbers and large figures, but he breaks things down to the most basic level. "The Financial Four-Week Turnaround" is rich in useful worksheets designed to aid the reader in reaching their financial future. The author doesn't just dwell on the monetary positives for taking hold of your finances, but he seeks for the reader to understand the positive mental applications. This is so important to him that he focuses the last section of the book to discussing the encouragement and peace we get from financial freedom.

This book is rife with worksheets which I believe is the strongest aspect of the material. Olsen has accompanied the worksheets with thought-provoking questions designed to get the reader engaged in the book. This is not a sit-back-and-relax book but one requiring action and advancement.

My only critical comment is that I would have liked to see some references of quotations from famous or well-known authors on the topic of not only personal finance but on personal well-being. He includes a few but I think more would have helped support his material. I want to be clear though that this in no way detracts from the resources found in the book and was clearly not enough of an issues to change my 5 star rating of the book.

My final comment is that Derek doesn't just give you the 4 week turnaround and leave you with that. The last few worksheets are all about longterm goals and turning the information you've recorded for a 4 week success into a lifetime of accomplishment. This book is well worth the read and filled with invaluable material that can change your life. It has me and I can't wait to get started on my 4 week turnaround.