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This title in other formats:Money Can Buy Happiness: How to Spend to Get the Life You Wantby Mp Dunleavey
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:YOU CAN AFFORD TO BE HAPPY MP Dunleavey, personal finance columnist for the New York Times and creator of the award-winning “Women in Red” column on MSN Money, presents a radical new plan for attaining happiness—and it doesn’t involve taking money out of the equation. The secret to true and lasting contentment is learning how to spend your cash. Don’t just spend on—invest in yourself! Learn how to use your money to buy: More Time Less Stuff Better Health Stronger Relationships Greater Confidence Rewarding Hobbies Life-enhancing Skills Financial Security Peace of Mind How many times have you been told money can’t buy happiness? It’s time to abandon this old chestnut because money is a powerful tool, which can in fact buy you all of the things you never thought it could: peace of mind, a healthier lifestyle, more time to do the things you love, stronger relationships, security, and loads of fun. In a world where we’re bombarded with the temptations of conspicuous consumption, personal finance columnist MP Dunleavey presents an antidote to empty spending. Through quizzes, worksheets, real life examples, and sound financial advice, MP shows you how to stop throwing your money away on fleeting pleasures like the hot new designer handbag, or the biggest house on the block, and start investing in your own portfolio of happiness. Reallocating your assets to reflect what really satisfies you is the way to enjoy a life of true wealth. Money Can Buy Happiness is for anyone who believes finishing happy is more important than finishing rich. Review:"By highlighting the 'personal' in personal finance, New York Times and MSN Money columnist Dunleavey offers advice as easily understood as it is implemented. Dunleavy focuses her program on conquering the behavioral impulses that keep people from getting the bigger things they really want from life-whether that means packing in a jetset lifestyle, buying an alpaca farm or ditching the newly-purchased suburban dream home to return to the city to be near friends. By emphasizing the quality over quantity of spending and providing quick exercises to help prioritize what matters, she produces a holistic and realistic method of financial planning. Though she does not shy away from the obvious cure for under-saving, overworked, financially-stressed consumers-that being to buy less stuff-she does provide the framework for doing so, along with easy strategies for saving for retirement and erasing debt. Her advice is as solid as it is sympathetic and encouraging." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.) Synopsis:Through easy-to-follow financial advice and engaging anecdotes from her career as a personal finance columnist, Dunleavey reveals that, when used wisely and well, money can become the root of ongoing happiness and a richer life on many levels. Synopsis:MP Dunleavey’s groundbreaking guide puts the personal back into personal finance by drawing on the latest happiness research to show that, yes, in fact, your money can make you happier than you ever thought possible. Through easy-to-follow financial advice and engaging anecdotes from her career as a personal finance columnist, Dunleavey reveals that, when used wisely and well, money can become the root of ongoing happiness and a richer life on many levels. Part of the growing backlash against the stress and angst of today's consumer culture, Money Can Buy Happiness opens up a world of opportunities that don’t require any sacrifice beyond reevaluating priorities and reallocating wealth. Readers will be able to:
• Buy more time (by living in an apartment closer to work rather than a McMansion in the hinterlands, or taking a pay cut to work four days instead of five). • Pay for peace of mind (by buying fewer but more reliable products; by zeroing out their debt). • Invest in themselves. (by learning a second language, joining a gym, or learning to cook instead of buying a flat screen TV.) • Enjoy their relationships. (Giving up one short cruise vacation could finance babysitter fees for a year or multiple weekends at a bed and breakfast.) This unique, hopeful guide is for anyone who thinks finishing happy is more important than finishing rich. About the AuthorMP DUNLEAVEY is a New York Times business columnist and covers personal finance for MSN Money in her popular "Women in Red" column. A finalist for a National Magazine Award, Dunleavey lives in New York City. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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