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Living Rich by Spending Smart: How to Get More of What You Really Want
by: Gregory Karp

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 332.024
EAN: 9780132350099
ISBN: 0132350092
Label: FT Press
Manufacturer: FT Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: February 02, 2008
Publisher: FT Press
Sales Rank: 40256
Studio: FT Press

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This is the eBook version of the printed book. If the print book includes a CD-ROM, this content is not included within the eBook version. As The Millionaire Next Door revealed, building wealth isn't just about working harder or what you choose to invest in: it's about spending smarter. Now, award-winning Tribune Company personal finance columnist Gregory Karp shows how to do just that. This book isn't about depriving yourself. Instead, Gregory Karp shows how to build real, long-lasting wealth by plugging the money leaks you're barely aware of and making sure you spend with a purpose. Karp's surprisingly painless techniques will help you eliminate wasteful spending in every area of your financial life. You'll discover how to focus spending on what you really care about...spend less on gifts without becoming a cheapskate...slash your phone bill...pay less for food and still eat what you want...eliminate spending leaks in insurance, education, even entertainment. From the clothes you wear to the cars you drive, this book will help you build a life that's truly rich because it's truly financially secure. Smart people, dumb spending: Why you need to fire the accountant in your head. What a waste: From inkjet cartridges to extended warranties. Achieving money victory: short-term tactics, long-term strategies: Win today's retail skirmishes (and your lifelong money wars). How to pay less for the same entertainment...without having less fun. Why comparison shopping is more profitable than you thought: Surprise! it's worth your time.

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- Disappointed
After reading the reviews for this book I was excited to read it. I didn't find it very useful though. Most of the ideas in the book I've read online for free.

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- Play Financial Defense
I believe that we play both offense and defense in our personal finances. Offense is the amount of money we earn through income, investments, businesses, and odd jobs. Defense is how much we save through being debt free, coupon clipping, getting great deals on cars or houses and saving. This book does an excellent job showing how to play good financial defense through really looking at our spending habits in all areas of our lives and then showing how to think differently and spend more intelligently. Whether it is food, insurance, telecommunications, cars, houses, weddings, funerals, this book covers it all and the suggestions should save you thousands easily in all areas. Whether it is stock piling sale items at the grocery store or using term life instead of whole life insurance this book has it all.
"The point of reading this book, assuming you accepted the spending smart philosophy, is to spend less ... Read More

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- Good book
This tiny little book packs quite a surprising amount of wisdom. Yes, it tells you to control spending (including lattes), but you can find coupons and other money saving tips on various items online. However, what I found most useful was the chapter on how to check one's emotional urge (call it being "shopoholic") when it comes to spending money. The author gives some excellent advice on how to have a goal and use that goal as an objective not to spend money on other impulsive purchases. Overall, a quick, crisp read (it took me all but 2 hrs to finish) that made me really think about my long term spending strategy.

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- Good for those who haven't thought much about how they spend.
I read the book's description and some other reader reviews about how it was promised to be able to get the purchase price of the book back by using some of the book's information. Well, I guess I'd say I'm left questioning if I actually would recoup my purchase price by changing some spending habits. My career revolves around purchasing (which I've taken many of the tricks and applied to my personal expenditures).

I thought most of the suggestions in the book are grounded in common sense, but I didn't find the majority of them either ground breaking or new (to me). This book is good for those that really haven't thought about how they spend money, but not worth the money/effort if you actively manage your expenses.

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