Synopses & Reviews
As a financial journalist with many years of experience, Stacey Tisdale has observed people who successfully make lasting changes to their financial lives by first taking an honest look at whether their financial behavior is in sync with their beliefs and ideals. Coauthor Paula Kennedyan expert in financial planninghas seen similar situations arise while helping her clients examine their beliefs and attitudes about money.
Now, in The True Cost of Happiness, Tisdale and Kennedy combine their extensive financial experience with a powerful series of interviews and real-world stories to help you make personal money management decisions that make more sense.
They begin by discussing how the factors that drive our financial choices and behavior not only run deep, but also represent the way we define ourselves. From there, they reveal how this truth will determine if you can create the kind of financial harmony that not only supports the life you want, but also makes an honest statement of who you really are. The questions they pose are challenging, but essential, because if your financial choices and behavior are not aligned with your true values, you'll always feel like "something" is missing. And it is this disconnect that is at the root of most anxiety and unhappiness over money.
Important issues addressed throughout this engaging book include:
How the first lessons we learned about money as childrenspoken and unspokenplay out in our adult behavior
How messages that society sends us about the ways in which we should behave with money affect our financial choices
How very strong influencing factors can blind us to our true values, and prevent us from making the best decisions possible on issues such as debt, saving, and investing
How to step away from the pressures that don't serve your highest goals and create a financial plan that supports a life that will make you truly happy
In The True Cost of Happiness, you get the real story behind managing your money from a seasoned reporter who has seen peoplefrom the very well-off to those barely making ends meetrearrange their finances in order to support fulfilling and joyful lives. You'll also receive timely tips and tools from an expert who has been named one of the best financial advisors in America three times by Worth magazine.
Filled with in-depth insights and practical advice, The True Cost of Happiness will put you in a better position to enjoy a life that doesn't compromise who you are.
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Praise for The True Cost of Happiness
"Financial ignorance is NOT bliss, it is a disaster. This book is the ultimate wake-up call to passionately invest in what you love, which is having blissful control over your own destiny!"
Janet Hanson, founder, 85 Broads, Chairman, Milestone Capital Mgmt.
"Money is where the 'soft' sciences of psychology and soul meet the hard rubber of reality like paying the bills and planning for the future. In The True Cost of Happiness, Stacey Tisdale and Paula Boyer Kennedy help you better understand your relationship with money and design your money life to serve your deeper dreams, purposes, and goals."
Vicki Robin, coauthor, Your Money or Your Life, and cofounder, Conversation Cafes
"I worked with Stacey Tisdale for years and had the pleasure of seeing firsthand the skills, commitment, and enthusiasm she embodies that have helped millions of people use their finances to improve their lives. You can literally take the information she and Paula Boyer Kennedy share in this one-of-a-kind book to the bank!"
Russ Mitchell, CBS News Correspondent/Anchor
"Your attitudes toward money and your life experiences are more closely tied together than you realize. This book tells you how to unravel the knot and benefit from the insights."
Lyle E. Gramley, Senior Economic Adviser, Stanford Washington Research Group, and former governor of the Federal Reserve Board
Synopsis
Get personal money management advice that make sense.
In The True Cost of Happiness, financial journalist Stacey Tisdale and financial expert Paula Boyer Kennedy offer unique Life Planning techniques that allow you to successfully plan your financial future and take complete control of your finances. Following a "Life Planning" approach that focuses on the individual rather than the portfolio, the authors offer proven strategies to help you choose from a variety of financial options that fit your specific situations. By sharing these strategies, Tisdale and Kennedy help you uncover the real story behind your own financial choices, and show you how to use that information to create a plan that aligns finances and priorities, and makes your goals a reality. Filled with real-life examples and detailed financial planning solutions, The True Cost of Happinessshows you how to make the most informed decisions possible when dealing with challenging money-related decisions.
"Financial ignorance is NOT bliss, it is a disaster. This book is the ultimate wake-up call to passionately invest in what you love, which is having blissful control over your own destiny!"
-- Janet Hanson, founder, 85 Broads, Chairman, Milestone Capital Mgmt.
"Money is where the 'soft' sciences of psychology and soul meet the hard rubber of reality like paying the bills and planning for the future. In The True Cost of Happiness, Stacey Tisdale and Paula Boyer Kennedy help you better understand your relationship with money and design your money life to serve your deeper dreams, purposes, and goals."
-- Vicki Robin, coauthor, Your Money or Your Life, and cofounder, Conversation Cafes
Synopsis
Personal money management advice that make sense
In The True Cost of Happiness, financial journalist Stacey Tisdale and expert financial planner Paula Boyer Kennedy combine their extensive financial experience with a powerful series of interviews and real-world stories to help you make personal money management decisions that make more sense.
They begin by discussing how the factors that drive our financial choices and behavior not only run deep, but also represent the way we define ourselves. From there, they reveal how this truth will determine if you can create the kind of financial harmony that not only supports the life you want, but also makes an honest statement of who you really are. The questions they pose are challenging, but essential, because if your financial choices and behavior are not aligned with your true values, you'll always feel like "something" is missing. And it is this disconnect that is at the root of most anxiety and unhappiness over money.
- Reveals how the first lessons we learn about money as children play out in our adult behavior
- Discusses how the messages that society sends us about the ways in which we should behave with money affect our financial choices
- Explores factors that can blind us to our true values, and prevent us from making the best decisions possible on issues such as debt, saving, and investing
- Illustrates how to create a financial plan that supports a truly happy life
Filled with in-depth insights and practical advice, The True Cost of Happiness will put you in a better position to enjoy a life that doesn't compromise who you are.
About the Author
Stacey Tisdale provides business reports for CBS News National and local TV and radio broadcasts. She is US Contributing Editor for Shattered magazine and reports on The American Consumer, a PBS show. She has appeared on numerous programs, including The Oprah Winfrey Show and the Today show. She has reported on business and financial issues for more than 15 years, starting at Dow Jones, where she produced, wrote, and hosted programming for Wall Street Journal television, now CNBC. Before becoming a journalist, Stacey worked for the commodities firm Balfour Maclaine and on the floor of the Coffee Sugar and Cocoa Exchange.
Paula Boyer Kennedy, CPA, CFP®, PFS, CIMA®, AIF®, is a Vice President at Cammack La-Rhette Consulting in lower Manhattan. Paula has been writing and speaking on financial issues for the past fourteen years. She has worked in the financial planning field since 1993 and in the areas of finance and compensation and benefits since 1980. As recognition for her work, she was named three times to the Worth magazine list of the best financial advisors in America. This is her third book.
Table of Contents
Part I. A Look Inside.Chapter 1. Working Together.
Chapter 2. A Little Awareness Goes a Long Way.
Chapter 3. The Big Picture: What You're Planning For.
Chapter 4. The Price of Pleasing Mom & Pop: Are Your Early Lessons Working for You or Against You?
Chapter 5. Social Messages.
Chapter 6. The Songs We Play in Our Heads.
Chapter 7. Life Planning for Two.
Chapter 8. Teach Your Children Well.
Chapter 9. The Truth About Change.
Part II. The Numbers.
Chapter 10. Your Bottom Line.
Chapter 11. Saving Money.
Chapter 12. Debt: Wipe The Slate Clean.
Chapter 13. Living Longer and Stronger: The New Retirement.
Chapter 14. Covering Your Assets: How to Choose the Right Insurance.
Chapter 15. Investing For Your Future.
Chapter 16. The Real Cost of College.
Chapter 17. Giving Back.
Chapter 18. Estate Planning.
Chapter 19. A Final Thought on Your Finances.
Part III. Staying on Course.
Chapter 20. Staying on Course.
Chapter 21. Change Happens.
Chapter 22. Getting the Help You Need.
A Final Thought.