


They charge right ahead to the big-ticket items, looking to make high-impact changes in the shortest period of time. Here's a little secret that other financial books won't tell you: Savvy money managers don't spend a lot of time looking for ways to save a few pennies. They advocate saving money on the most expensive things so that you can still afford your morning coffee. They don't believe that is pays to skimp on the things that bring you pleasure. Unlike many personal finance authors, Warren and Tyagi tend to be anti-frugality. Needs: Count the Dollars, Not the Pennies

In fact, this is the cornerstone of their advice. To achieve this, they encourage you to reduce your Needs. Warren and Tyagi want you to save a lot and have fun.

It puts a different spin on things sometimes, but ultimately their advice is similar to that found in most other solid personal finance books. Though Warren and Tyagi would have you believe that their system is different from anything that's ever been published, it's not. They offer a framework around which the reader can build lasting financial success. They're more interested in changing behavior, in fixing the big stuff. These women don't get bogged down in the details of frugality and investing. Now I've found a third book that would have been useful at the start of my journey to financial freedom.Īll Your Worth: The Ultimate Lifetime Money Plan, published in 2005, was written by the mother-daughter team of Elizabeth Warren and Amelia Warren Tyagi. They gave me the tools I needed to tackle my problems. Two books - Your Money or Your Life and The Total Money Makeover - were perfect for my situation. I hit the books, reading one personal finance title after another, searching for answers. Three years ago, I decided to get out of debt.
