In these economic times, many people are looking at their finances and wondering where they went wrong — and how they can fix it. Some despair of ever truly managing to start over financially. The good news is that it probably isn’t too late to finish rich, even if you have to start over again. David Bach offers 10 steps to help you get on the right track in his book Start Over, Finish Rich: 10 Steps to Get You Back on Track in 2010.

Recommit to Wealth
Find Your Money
Deal with Your Credit Card Debt
Fix and Protect …read more

They say that if you can stop doing something for 21 days, you will break a habit. So the idea behind The Power to Prosper: 21 Days to Financial Freedom operates on the principle that if you can stop spending for 21 days, you might break some of your bad money habits. And it is an interesting way to get in the habit of conscious spending.
This book is written by Michelle Singletary, and encourages you to stop using credit cards for 21 days, and only buy things that are necessary for survival. That means you buy food, pay your bills …read more

This week’s book giveaway is The Richest Man in Town: The Twelve Commandments of Wealth by W. Randall Jones, founder of Worth Magazine. The twelve lessons in this book are powerful lessons for those looking to become rich:

Don’t Seek Money for Money’s Sake and Ye Shall Not Find
Find Your Perfect Pitch
BYOB: Be Your Own Boss
Get Addicted to Ambition
Wake Up Early – Be Early
Don’t Set Goals
Fail to Succeed
Location doesn’t matter
Moor Yourself to Morals
Say Yes to Sales
Borrow from the best and the worst
Never retire

 
One of the topics in the book that I thought I would completely …read more