I Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit Sethi
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- Pub. Date: April 2009
- 266pp
- Sales Rank: 10,788
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: April 2009
- Publisher: Workman Publishing Company, Inc.
- Format: Paperback, 266pp
- Sales Rank: 10,788
- ISBN-13: 9780761147480
- ISBN: 0761147489
Synopsis
At last, for a generation that's materially ambitious yet financially clueless comes I Will Teach You To Be Rich, Ramit Sethi's 6-week personal finance program for 20-to-35-year-olds. A completely practical approach delivered with a nonjudgmental style that makes readers want to do what Sethi says, it is based around the four pillars of personal finance— banking, saving, budgeting, and investing—and the wealth-building ideas of personal entrepreneurship.
Sethi covers how to save time by not wasting it managing money; the guns and cars myth of credit cards; how to negotiate like an Indian—the conversation begins with "no"; why "Budgeting Doesn't Have to Suck!"; how to get things rolling—for real—with only $20; what most people don't understand about taxes; how to get a CEO to take you out to lunch; how to avoid the Super Mario Brothers trap by making your savings work harder than you do; the difference between cheap and frugal; the hidden relationship between money and food. Not to mention his first key lesson: Getting started is more important than being the smartest person in the room. Integrated with his website, where readers can use interactive charts, follow up on the latest information, and join the community, it is a hip blueprint to building wealth and financial security.
Every month, 175,000 unique visitors come to Ramit Sethi's website, Iwillteachyoutoberich.com, to discover the path to financial freedom. They praise him thoughtfully ("Your site summarizes everything I want with my life—to be rich in finances, rich in experience, rich in family blessings," Dan Esparza) and effusively("Dude, you rock. I love this site!" Richard Wu). The press has caught on, too: "Ramit Sethi is a rising star in the world of personal finance writing . . . one singularly attuned to the sensibilities of his generation. his style is part frat boy and part silicon Valley geek, with a little bit of San Francisco hipster thrown in" (San Francisco Chronicle). His writing is smart, his voice is full of attitude, and his ideas are uncommonly sound and refreshingly hype-free.
Biography
Ramit Sethi is the founder and writer of Iwillteachyoutoberich.com. He speaks regularly to young staff members at companies, including Deloitte, KPMG, and Intel, on the topic of personal finance. He is also a founder and vice president of marketing for PBwiki, a company that provides online tools and services. Ramit Sethi is a recent graduate of Stanford and lives in San Francisco, California.
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Financial Advice from My Future Husbandby Andi_the_Robot
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July 04, 2009: Ramit Sethi is the author of I Will Teach You to Be Rich -- the book and the web site. (The web site, which is a financial blog, prefaced the book, but I discovered him through the book -- which is brand-spanking new and completely up-to-date for today's financial world.) I think that his financial advice is the most down-to-earth, witty, and Internet savvy that I've come across. In fact, I think so highly of Mr. Sethi that I subscribed to his Scrooge Strategy emails... at the price of $8 a month! (While I highly doubt that anyone can give me $96 worth of savings tips a year, if ANYONE can, it is Ramit, so I will try it keeping the 2-month satisfaction guarantee in mind.)
In the 3 months since I read the book, I have opened an online checking account which pays .77% interest (higher than my brick-and-mortar bank's SAVINGS account!), and have started saving 10% of my income -- 5% in retirement savings and 5% for short-term savings. Soon I will be able to save 20% of my income! Sethi makes it easy to see the importance of saving, and he gets you in the right habits so that it is easy to do. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.review of I Will Teach You To Be Rich.by Debbs4
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May 16, 2009: I Will Teach You To Be Rich, by Ramit Sethi, is a well written, concise book for beginners and in particular, young beginners in the area of personal finance. The author takes you from basic budgeting to saving for large purchases such as your first house. He makes it relevant to today's buyer in that he will state whether it is even a wise decision to buy a home as opposed to renting. Ramit has a keen sense of wit and boldness that will appeal to this generation. I am glad that there is someone such as Ramit that will speak to this subject in an appealing way, there is certainly a need! I recommend this book as a purchase for those interested in learning basic finance; it would also make a nice graduation gift.
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