The Courage to be Rich: Creating a Life of Material and Spiritual Abundance - Hardcover

Orman, Suze

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0091825458 ISBN 13: 9780091825454

Publisher: Vermilion, 1999

Synopsis

Written by a certified financial planner, this guide takes you through the financial milestones of life and shows how money can be made to work for you. It deals with such matters as starting again after divorce or death, home-buying, sorting out one's debts, and investing for the future.

About this title

Review:

Talk about an audacious title! But Suze (pronounced "Suzie") Orman means business in this anecdote-rich compendium of tips on marriage, homes and happiness. Orman has made plenty of the mistakes she warns against, like getting a 30-year mortgage instead of a cheaper 15-year one, using Visa cards as magic carpets to calamity and losing thousands in borrowed capital to bum investment advice. Then she became a Merrill Lynch broker and an author capable of selling 10,000 books in 12 minutes on QVC.

Orman's point--in this and her number one best-seller The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom--is that you had better face fiscal facts and avoid fear, denial and the self-fulfilling low expectations the novelist William Wharton called "the Poverty Mind". She comes from a nation of cheque-bouncing, late-fee-incurring, guilty bad planners. How long will it take to pay off that £3,000 Visa bill with minimum payments? Thirty years, you poor, dear fool! What would you gain if you bought stocks instead of your daily latte for 30 years? £165,152! Her book might have been titled The Courage Not to Be a Self-Sabotaging Neurotic.

Orman yearns to enrich your life emotionally, too. If you can't stand discussions of the psychological origins of fiscal decisions, or self-help lingo like "money is attracted to people who are strong and powerful, respectful of it, and open to receiving it", you will want a more nuts-and-bolts adviser. If you want pep talk, true tales of woe and makeovers, and a jolt of a true pop culture phenomenon, Suze is for you. --Tim Appelo

Review:

"Orman prods the fearful, the angry and the impoverished to dig deep into the pockets of their souls for spiritual and financial riches. [A] holistic approach...Orman offers sound advice on money market funds, IRAs, estate planning and financing big-ticket items such as homes and autos, but her most compelling advice hits us in the emotional pocketbook."—USA TODAY"The reigning shaman and high priestess of personal finance...Orman's new book, The Courage to Be Rich, is another blockbuster."—The San Francisco Examiner"Very sound and practical advice."—The Chicago Tribune"People just can't seem to get enough of financial expert Suze Orman...The former Prudential Bache Securities vice president manages to help people change the way they think about money, convincing them that they can't change their financial destiny until they learn to truly value and respect money. The Courage to Be Rich covers the basics of money management—from buying a home to information on investing...Savvy financial strategies."—The Dallas Morning News"The Courage To Be Rich combines practical financial advice with an understanding of the fears a lot of people face when confronted with the bottom line."—Good Morning America"[Suze Orman] knows how to work a crowd as she preaches the gospel of abundance... Her enthusiasm is infectious."—The Cleveland Plain Dealer

About this edition

• Publisher: Vermilion
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0091825458
• ISBN 13: 9780091825454
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384