Debt Is Slavery
And 9 Other Things I Wish My Dad Had Taught Me About Money
Book - 2007
0978545702


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Add a CommentThe book itself is for beginners and it has some sound foundations for those who are relatively new to self-management. The book is not good for anyone who needs to advance beyond the very basic and essential mindsets that are not based in materialism or poor debt management. Insofar as financial advice or pragmatic methodology for economic profit it isn't particularly strong in those departments and simply introduces barebones Money-as-Time concepts without real valuations.
This book changed the way I look at my finances, and convinced me to clean up my act. While some of the language is brutally honest, sometimes that's what is needed to get results.