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I Will Teach You to Be Rich: No Guilt. No Excuses. No BS. Just a 6-Week Program That Works
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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.
Buy as many lattes as you want. Choose the right accounts and investments so your money grows for you—automatically. Best of all, spend guilt-free on the things you love.
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Buy as many lattes as you want. Choose the right accounts and investments so your money grows for you—automatically. Best of all, spend guilt-free on the things you love.
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Paperback, 2nd Edition, 352 pages
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May 14th 2019
by Workman Publishing Company
(first published January 1st 2009)
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Jul 09, 2009
Chad Warner
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it was amazing
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review of another edition
Recommended to Chad by:
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This is definitely the best personal finance book I've read so far. It's a logical, step-by-step, practical handbook for financial success, specially written for twenty-somethings. It was better than the personal finance books I've read by Eric Tyson, Andrew Tobias, Dave Ramsey, Suze Orman, and Robert Kiyosaki. See my Finance shelf on Goodreads for my reviews of those books.
Sethi gives advice on “automatically enabling yourself to save, invest, and spend - enjoying it, not feeling ...more
Sethi gives advice on “automatically enabling yourself to save, invest, and spend - enjoying it, not feeling ...more
I tried summarizing the main things to learn at:
http://docs.google.com/View?id=dfp2hx...
I've pasted the most important bits below, but for a lot more (hopefully useful) info, check out the linked doc.
The Overall Gist: This book is about how to manage your money, particularly for young people (20's). It's about the 85% solution: most young people don't manage their money because they believe they have to be experts, but what actually matters is getting started NOW, even it's only 85% right.
6-Week ...more
http://docs.google.com/View?id=dfp2hx...
I've pasted the most important bits below, but for a lot more (hopefully useful) info, check out the linked doc.
The Overall Gist: This book is about how to manage your money, particularly for young people (20's). It's about the 85% solution: most young people don't manage their money because they believe they have to be experts, but what actually matters is getting started NOW, even it's only 85% right.
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While I don’t agree with everything he said, I do agree with some of the things he talks about. I personally found the investment chapters worth reading as I didn’t know very much and he lined out what my options were and explained what they were in a clear and fun way. The entire thing about using a credit card for everything to get points and other “benefits” doesn’t quite work for me, but it may for him. I don’t know anybody who has ever gotten rich because they received points from credit
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I've never wanted to give a book 2 stars so badly. As a warm blooded, heterosexual male - the obnoxiousness and irrelevance of Ramit's frequent fratboy asides is really grating. I'm sure he has some kind of "gotta break some eggs to make an omelette" rationale, but buyer beware. You're going to read some shit that sounds like Tucker Max, minus the funny.
THAT SAID - I gave the book 4 stars.
Why? If you don't have your finances in order, Ramit gives you a clear, actionable plan on what to do, what ...more
THAT SAID - I gave the book 4 stars.
Why? If you don't have your finances in order, Ramit gives you a clear, actionable plan on what to do, what ...more
Ramit has some good points in this book. I liked his no-BS approach and I found his points about automating finances worthwhile, if it didn't exactly give me new information. I found the section about investing to provide helpful information about index funds, which I had wondered about. He is right on the money about saving up for weddings/homes too, which somehow people just expect to pull massive amounts of money together for, on a whim. Excellent points, all.
That said, I really dislike this ...more
That said, I really dislike this ...more
Don't let my star rating mislead you. You should read this book. The advice is very good and clear.
I just can't honestly say I loved it, because I found the author's examples of what it means to be rich (repeated references to being fed grapes, etc, by lovely younger women) to be off-putting. Also, the layout is terrible. The flow of chapters are continually interrupted by smaller stand-alone sections, which should have been better placed so you wouldn't have to choose between interrupting the ...more
I just can't honestly say I loved it, because I found the author's examples of what it means to be rich (repeated references to being fed grapes, etc, by lovely younger women) to be off-putting. Also, the layout is terrible. The flow of chapters are continually interrupted by smaller stand-alone sections, which should have been better placed so you wouldn't have to choose between interrupting the ...more
The financial advice is mostly sound, but the tone and attitude is pretty annoying: it's aimed toward adults with the emotional maturity of 13-year-olds and features lots of unfunny jokes about hot blondes. Do. Not. Want.
In one chapter, this book briefly describes a girl that spends $5,000/year on shoes. Since it's a book on being rich, I figured she *must* be rich in order to waste that much money on shoes. But no, her annual income is about half mine. She's able to do this because she decided that "$5,000/year on shoes" was her own personal definition of "rich" and she oriented her life around that decision.
That's all this book is: deciding for yourself what it means to be rich and acting on it. Everything's ...more
That's all this book is: deciding for yourself what it means to be rich and acting on it. Everything's ...more
Deficient in style, form, prose, and depth (the nerdy dude-bro-esque humor falls flat and tends to sound either sexist or racist) but the dated content could still prove useful to young people who know next to nothing about getting their finances in working order. Perhaps the strongest aspect of this book is the actionability of the content--improving credit scores, setting up high-interest savings accounts, investing in 401K and ROTH IRAs, etc. Great primer for the late-teen or early
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It's not that his advice is bad. His tone is just infuriating...
It's hard to take what this guy says seriously after reading the Millionaire Fastlane and living a lifestyle congruent with that book. My suggestion would be to read that first and then pass on this one rather than wasting your time. Go out there and create some value instead of rolling in the slowlane like Ramit suggests! I will teach you to be rich? More like, I will get rich from selling you this book while you stay poor making marginal gains on shitty investments.
I'll keep this short and sweet: absolutely everyone should read this. High school kids should read this. My mom should read this. You should read this. It's the best book on personal finance I've ever read. Step by step instructions on exactly how to get your financial life in order. I read this years ago and it paved the way for me to eliminate my credit card debt and start investing. A must-read.
I thought I'd get a couple new ''tid bits" of info in this book, but nope, same-old same-old. This is all common sense, people. Save & invest, don't buy a house you can't afford, and do your research.. Maybe I could relate more if ia were in my 20's and renting? In my opinion, if you want this elementary stuff, you're better off reading Suze Orman's books. Much more factual info, and much less random opinion.
I'm not the target market for this (not millennial, and not into getting barked at sarcastically), but I still learned some practical new things.
I do highly recommend for anyone under 30 - it has all the basic important money knowledge, plus hacks, specificity, and clear explanations.
I do highly recommend for anyone under 30 - it has all the basic important money knowledge, plus hacks, specificity, and clear explanations.
Useful introduction to finances with some useful tidbits even if you know what you're doing. I don't agree with all the advice in here but he certainly knows what he's talking about. Unfortunately his tone walks a fine line between irreverent and obnoxious, and oversteps the boundary fairly frequently.
If you can get past the voice and a lot of filler anecdotes, it's a decent beginnerbook to get you thinking about your finances. ...more
If you can get past the voice and a lot of filler anecdotes, it's a decent beginnerbook to get you thinking about your finances. ...more
Check back with me in about 5-10 years, but I think this is one of those books that will really effect practical changes in life in a big way. Great book.
Apr 07, 2009
Anotherjesse
rated it
it was ok
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
people who haven't gotten their financials in order
The author is a co-founder of PBWiki. Having known David (other co-founder of PBWiki) since moving to the bay area, I decided it was worth taking a chance on this book.
Overall it was disappointing. Most chapters had as much information as a good blog post. He spent too much time repeating himself and making stupid jokes. I give it 1 star on style. I wish Gini Trapini had written it.
The actual content is good. Anyone who doesn't have a good financial system in place should read it. The actual ...more
Overall it was disappointing. Most chapters had as much information as a good blog post. He spent too much time repeating himself and making stupid jokes. I give it 1 star on style. I wish Gini Trapini had written it.
The actual content is good. Anyone who doesn't have a good financial system in place should read it. The actual ...more
I was curious about Ramit.
I don't love everything about what he's doing, but I think he's a Challenger Sale kind of blogger. He knows what he knows, and he's mostly right.
I've been following Dave Ramsey - and what I can say is this book beats the crap out of dave.
The basic message behind Dave's stuff is this: you're stupid, spending is stupid, and you should feel guilty every time you spend a little money that's not perfectly planned. Oh, and you have to eat crap food and drive a clunker if you ...more
I don't love everything about what he's doing, but I think he's a Challenger Sale kind of blogger. He knows what he knows, and he's mostly right.
I've been following Dave Ramsey - and what I can say is this book beats the crap out of dave.
The basic message behind Dave's stuff is this: you're stupid, spending is stupid, and you should feel guilty every time you spend a little money that's not perfectly planned. Oh, and you have to eat crap food and drive a clunker if you ...more
Overly simplistic. Annoying tone. Some of the advice is good, but it is better presented elsewhere. Skip this book.
A MUST read for young independent ppl!!!
This was a great book for me to think about my finances and saving habits. Through reading this book, I have learned about retirement accounts, long-term investing, and short-term savings goals. My system is now fairly automated so I don’t have to think about it too much, and I feel like I’m doing a lot more with my money than I was before reading this.
Highly recommend for my friends in their 20s who have started earning a steady income, especially if you’re like me and kind of clueless about ...more
Highly recommend for my friends in their 20s who have started earning a steady income, especially if you’re like me and kind of clueless about ...more
I read the first edition of this book in 2016. At the time, I gave it 3 stars.
Now I read the second edition, and the ideas are mainly the same: invest early, automate your finances, have a plan. Cut costs that you don't care about, and spend lavishly on the things you love.
However, the overall tone of the book was improved: it is less judgemental. It talks more about the "85% solution" - just do what is good enough. And these changes help convey the message in a much smoother way. (Also, the ...more
Now I read the second edition, and the ideas are mainly the same: invest early, automate your finances, have a plan. Cut costs that you don't care about, and spend lavishly on the things you love.
However, the overall tone of the book was improved: it is less judgemental. It talks more about the "85% solution" - just do what is good enough. And these changes help convey the message in a much smoother way. (Also, the ...more
For beginners, this personal finance book is a 5 star. It's up there with Rich Dad and Poor Dad. Ramit Sethi is hilarious. I love listening to his interviews generally. The light tone definitely came through in the book.
Keep in mind this book is written for beginners. If you are somewhat diligent about your finance, you probably are already doing 90% of the things outlined in this book. So I wouldn't recommend reading this.
As a Canadian not familiar with US investment vehicles, this book ...more
Keep in mind this book is written for beginners. If you are somewhat diligent about your finance, you probably are already doing 90% of the things outlined in this book. So I wouldn't recommend reading this.
As a Canadian not familiar with US investment vehicles, this book ...more
I only wish I could rate this book six stars. This book is everything I never knew I always wanted. Ramit's advice hit me like a dump truck to the face ... like an icicle in my brain ... like distilled truth smeared on my eyes. My life is now divided into two distinct times: impoverished ignorance and post-book richness. Read this book, my friends, and know its goodness.
This is a great personal finance book for people in their 20's. It teaches simple lessons on how to apply personal finance in the internet age. I love how relevant the book is to my life, and my finances. Moreover, it was comforting to find out that I had already implemented several of the author's suggestions. Great read.
If you can cringe through the misogyny and disdain for overweight people, there are actually some good pieces of financial advice for beginners.
This is probably the first book I read without taking notes on my phone. Immediately when you start reading this book you’ll realize that it targets Americans, which makes it challenging for a European reader to apply.
Still, I strongly suggest you bear with it and take the principles out of the book instead of the textual advice. Furthermore, it gets really interesting when you reach the latter chapters (chapter 6 until the end).
Ramit Sethi is a well known blogger about personal finance and ...more
Still, I strongly suggest you bear with it and take the principles out of the book instead of the textual advice. Furthermore, it gets really interesting when you reach the latter chapters (chapter 6 until the end).
Ramit Sethi is a well known blogger about personal finance and ...more
So I’m prone to listening to self help/nonfiction guru books from time to time, I consider it my podcast as I’ve mostly avoided those. But this book straight up helped me in two very definitive ways:
1: Introduced me to the budgeting program YNAB which has completely changed the way I view my money and my bills. It’s a rather complicated program that took me a long time to understand but with the help of a couple of excellent Youtube tutorials I have a complete grasp and I genuinely feel like I ...more
1: Introduced me to the budgeting program YNAB which has completely changed the way I view my money and my bills. It’s a rather complicated program that took me a long time to understand but with the help of a couple of excellent Youtube tutorials I have a complete grasp and I genuinely feel like I ...more
From my limited perspective, the advice in this book seems useful to those beginning their personal financial journey, and was definitely helpful to me in a few specific areas. Financial advice, like all advice, is only useful in certain contexts, so some of it may feel off-the-mark, or simply irrelevant. I appreciated reading this book as an ebook, making it easy to jump to certain sections, avoiding the bits that were completely irrelevant to my finances. Also, hyperlinks were dispersed
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This was a $1.99 ebook rated over 4 stars, so I bought it. Although I quickly realized it was geared for those 15 years younger than I am (apparently it’s too late for me to get rich!), I loved it. It taught me so much about credit ratings and interest rates and insurance and car buying/leasing. And the title is more about living richly, not being a millionaire.
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