Cold Hard Truth on Men, Women & Money: 50 Common Money Mistakes and How to Fix Them - Hardcover

O'Leary, Kevin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1476734429 ISBN 13: 9781476734422

Publisher: Gallery Books, 2013

Synopsis

From bestselling author and television superstar Kevin O’Leary comes a new financial guide that takes you through money mistakes at every stage of life and teaches you how to avoid them.

DON’T SPEND TOO MUCH. MOSTLY SAVE. ALWAYS INVEST.

This is simple advice, but it’s often the simple advice that’s easy to swallow and hard to follow. Kevin O’Leary understands that getting a handle on your personal finances can be challenging at any age. Whether you’re a parent struggling to explain savings to your children, a student contemplating a big loan to pay for school, a newly engaged couple considering joint bank accounts, or a baby boomer entering retirement, Kevin offers solid, practical advice to help you make and keep more money.

As a lead shark on ABC’s Shark Tank, Kevin’s success with money management and in busi­ness is legendary. But he’s made mistakes along the way, too, and he’s written this book so others can benefit from his experiences and learn how to avoid debt, how to save money, and how to invest for a brighter future.

Each chapter is geared to a specific age or stage in life and looks closely at your relationship with money and how simple changes in thinking and decision-making can result in more cold hard cash in your wallet or bank account. You’ll find real-life examples of common money mistakes and strategies for avoiding them, “Cold Hard Truth” quizzes and charts aimed at boosting your financial wisdom, and tips and tricks for making more money and growing it faster to achieve financial freedom.

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Review:

Praise for Kevin O'Leary:

"Candour is Kevin O'Leary's specialty and his strongest selling point."
""--"The Globe and Mail"

"Kevin O'Leary is the Dragon you love to hate. He's smart, knows what he wants and isn't afraid to let you know what he wants. In "Cold Hard Truth", O'Leary gives us the scoop on how he became a successful entrepreneur, and shares invaluable secrets that can help you get the most out of your ideas."
"--"CBC.ca

"Stressed out about the grown child who won't leave your basement? Have family members circling like vultures now that you're retired and saved your nest egg? Unable to climb out of debt? As if he were the Don Cherry of financial wisdom, O'Leary provides strongly worded, anecdote-driven answers, unafraid of the people he might offend."
--"National Post"

"Full of valuable advice imparted in a no-nonsense manner, this book will have a profound effect on how people relate to and manage their money."
"--Publishers Weekly"

About the Author:

KEVIN O'LEARY is one of North America's most successful business entrepreneurs, as well as a star of CBC's "Dragons' Den" and ABC's "Shark Tank." Kevin founded and built SoftKey (later The Learning Company), the global leader in educational kids' software, and negotiated its sale to Mattel for $4.2 billion in 1999. Since then, he has successfully co-founded, funded, and sold numerous companies in a range of industries, including storage, entertainment and finance. Today, Kevin is the Chairman of O'Leary Funds, a $1.7 billion mutual fund company. He is also the co-host of CBC's "The Lang & O'Leary Exchange" and Discovery Channel's "Project Earth," and the host CBC's new reality series, "Redemption, Inc."

About this edition

• Publisher: Gallery Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1476734429
• ISBN 13: 9781476734422
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 250