Synopses & Reviews
Discover the 5 Essentials to Financial Freedom and Prosperity! Do you wish you had more money saved for retirement? Do you and your partner fight about money? Do you want to make an investment but are unsure in what? Do you make yourself promises about finances that you just can't seem to keep? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may have a problem-but it's not the problem you think it is. Your money problems are a consequence of the relationship you have with your money. A problem in that relationship is what's really holding you back. In this compelling book, The Financial Wisdom of Ebenezer Scrooge, you will learn the breakthrough approach that is transforming lives-a method which The Wall Street Journal hails as "an innovative effort that combines experiential therapy with nuts-and-bolts financial planning." Finally, a practical plan to be your money's master instead of its servant.
Ebenezer Scrooge would seem an unlikely source from which to glean financial wisdom: He was a wealthy man who kept his living quarters cold to save shillings and lived a reclusive existence because he worried someone would take his money. However, Dickens' classic tale of how Scrooge found his true course in life is a powerful model we all can benefit from today.
Unlike other financial planning books that focus narrowly on the "dollar and cents" of money, The Financial Wisdom of Ebenezer Scrooge is an easy read. Written for the layperson, this book provides advice that is simple, transformational, and timeless.
Through the process they've used successfully with their clients, the authors will show you how to recognize ways unconscious Money Scripts may keep you trapped; how to deal with the relationship between your net worth and your self-worth; how to discover your authentic goals and values; how to permanently change self-destructive money behaviors; and, through 5 essentials of financial prosperity, how to leave a family legacy of financial wellness.
"These are five essentials indeed, they have literally changed my life Clients, friends, and family will all be receiving this book as a gift from me. They will no doubt thank me later."
-Kerry Hansen,
Career Management Specialist for Wynonna Judd
"The authors have hit a grand slam with this outstanding book. Brilliant, clear, moving... a must-read."
-Jerry Moe
M.A., National Director of Children's Programs, Betty Ford Center
"This will be on my clients' 'must-read' list."
-Elizabeth Jetton CFP®,
Chairperson of The Financial Planning Association, 2005
Review
This book provides several weeks of therapy in 188 pages.
The Washington Post The Washington Post
Review
An innovative effort that combines experiential therapy with nuts-and-bolts financial planning.
The Wall Street Journal The Wall Street Journal
Synopsis
In the timeless traditions of The Tao of Pooh and Who Moved My Cheese, three noted experts reveal how the wisdom in Dickens’ classic, A Christmas Carol, can eliminate the #1 stressor for most Americans— money.
The premise is simple: Money isn’ t the problem; it’ s the relationship we have with money that matters. The root of Scrooge’ s miserly existence was not an anemic cash flow but an unhealthy belief system about money. Through profound quotes from A Christmas Carol, case studies of real people with modern money woes and advice from the authors, the book provides a practical plan to make money your servant rather than your master.
Based on the approach featured in The Wall Street Journal readers will learn to: recognize how unconscious Money Scripts may be keeping them trapped; come to terms with how their net worth affects their self-worth; discover their authentic goals and values; look at new ways of permanently changing self-destructive behaviors around money, and how to leave a family legacy of financial wellness.
About the Author
Ted Klontz, Ph.D., MAT, MAC, CSAT, is the CEO of Onsite Workshops, an organization that helps people heal from dysfunctional behaviors and relationships. He is a personal and relationship coach, consultant and certified therapist who lives in Tennessee.Rick Kahler, CFP, CCIM, is co-founder of the Financial Integration Workshop offered by Onsite Workshops and the Financial Integration Residency Program for financial professionals. The president of Kahler Financial Group, he lives in South Dakota.Brad Klontz, Psy.D., CSAC, is a licensed clinical psychologist, certified substance abuse counselor, psychotherapist, consultant and coach. He is the president of Coastal Clinics, Inc., in Kauai, HI.