Synopses & Reviews
Are you comfortable with your money? Do you have enough? Do you feel like you are managing it well? If for whatever reason your answer is "no" to any of these questions, Wealthy Choices can help you feel confident and competent in your relationship with money.
No matter what your current financial situation, there are small and easy steps you can take to improve it. Financial planning expert Penelope Tzougros outlines these steps in this comprehensive and insightful book. Youll be introduced to seven competencies that will help you achieve a balanced financial lifeso youll be at ease with your money. The competencies discussed include:
- Valuing
- Paying the bills
- Losing
- Leveraging
- Dreaming
- Growing
- Gifting
The real-life stories in Wealthy Choices, drawn from almost two decades of the authors experience of helping people with their money, will make it easy for you to find yourself in familiar, everyday situations. Almost without being aware of it, youll learn principles that can remove stresses tied to some daily and long-term decisions. Youll hear how individuals deal with requests from family members for loans; how some people freeze up when they are faced with making investment decisions; and how others finally figure out the way a budget really works. Youll cheer as a few turn dreams into successful businesses and admire the clever solutions for gift-giving; youll see how you too can have victories over credit cards and learn the rules for fighting about money so that everyone wins.
In addition to each vignette, there are also follow-up sections entitled "Penelopes Perspectives," which provide suggestions for resolving each potential problem that is examined. With each chapter focusing on a specific competency, Wealthy Choices helps you gauge your strength in each of the seven competencies and allows you to devote extra time to the competencies that you need more work on.
The seven competencies discussed in this book cover all our uses of money. By listening to the people in these stories, you will recognize your own habits and find alternative choices that can help you be more successful with your money. After reading Wealthy Choices, youll be armed with solid guidelines for making important financial decisions and begin to achieve financial goals that may have always seemed out of reach.
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Praise for Wealthy Choices
"If you are at all interested in achieving financial freedom, you must read the powerful book, Wealthy Choices, by Dr. Penelope Tzougros. It will make you think about money in a different way and help you uncover some of the roadblocks preventing you from having a life of prosperity and abundance."
Robert G. Allen, author of the New York Times bestsellers, The One Minute Millionaire, Nothing Down for the 90s, Creating Wealth, Multiple Streams of Income, and Multiple Streams of Internet Income
"Im planning to give this book to my friends. It is important and will enhance their lives. . . . So many people I know dont have a handle on their finances, and it just boggles my mind that they dont even think about this for the future. I saw myself in so many of the examples, even though I thought that none of the situations would ever apply to me."
Patty Wagstaff, first woman to win the title of U.S. National Aerobatic Champion and six-time member of the United States Aerobatic Team
"To many questions about money, Penelope Tzougros gives common- sense and illuminating answers. Most individuals would benefit much from reading this book."
Jean-Marie Eveillard, Copresident, First Eagle Funds, and manager of several mutual funds
"Here is a truly helpful book on how to deal with our finances. Tzougross years as a financial planner and sympathetic listener give her advice a special and convincing authority. If youre afraid of money, this book teaches you how not to be. If youre fortunate enough to have no serious money worries, you might enjoy reading this just for its good stories and sound, reassuring judgment."
Lloyd Schwartz, Pulitzer Prize winner, NPR commentator, and author of Goodnight, Gracie
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just for its good stories and sound, reassuring judgment."
Lloyd Schwartz, Pulitzer Prize winner, NPR commentator, and author of Goodnight, Graciejust for its good stories and sound, reassuring judgment."
Lloyd Schwartz, Pulitzer Prize winner, NPR commentator, and author of Goodnight, Gracie
Synopsis
Praise for Wealthy Choices
"If you are at all interested in achieving financial freedom, you must read the powerful book, Wealthy Choices, by Dr. Penelope Tzougros. It will make you think about money in a different way and help you uncover some of the roadblocks preventing you from having a life of prosperity and abundance."
-Robert G. Allen, author of the New York Times bestsellers, The One Minute Millionaire, Nothing Down for the '90s, Creating Wealth, Multiple Streams of Income, and Multiple Streams of Internet Income
"I'm planning to give this book to my friends. It is important and will enhance their lives. . . . So many people I know don't have a handle on their finances, and it just boggles my mind that they don't even think about this for the future. I saw myself in so many of the examples, even though I thought that none of the situations would ever apply to me."
-Patty Wagstaff, first woman to win the title of U.S. National Aerobatic Champion and six-time member of the United States Aerobatic Team
"To many questions about money, Penelope Tzougros gives common- sense and illuminating answers. Most individuals would benefit much from reading this book."
-Jean-Marie Eveillard, Copresident, First Eagle Funds, and manager of several mutual funds
"Here is a truly helpful book on how to deal with our finances. Tzougros's years as a financial planner and sympathetic listener give her advice a special and convincing authority. If you're afraid of money, this book teaches you how not to be. If you're fortunate enough to have no serious money worries, you might enjoy reading this just for its good stories and sound, reassuring judgment."
-Lloyd Schwartz, Pulitzer Prize winner, NPR commentator, and author of Goodnight, Gracie
About the Author
PENELOPE S. TZOUGROS, PHD, CHFC, CLU, is a Boston-based financial planner who brings to her work a rich academic background as a university professor, dean, and director of college theater. Currently, her seminars and weekly Boston radio show focus on the concerns of those juggling work and traditional, extended, and nontraditional families, as well as those anxious about retirement and those already luxuriating in a work-free life- style. In addition, she encourages those making a fresh start by volunteering as a guest teacher at Bostons highly acclaimed M.A.P. drug and alcohol rehabilitation program. Shes committed to helping people make the best choices available to them no matter what their age or situation.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements.
Introduction.
Making This Book Do Its Best for You.
Alphabetic List of Stories with Page Numbers.
Competency 1: Valuing.
Competency 2: Paying the Bills.
Competency 3: Losing.
Competency 4: Leveraging.
Competency 5: Dreaming.
Competency 6: Growing.
Competency 7: Gifting.
Notes.
Glossary.
Resources.
Suggested Reading.
Index.