
- Getting out of debt
- Changing your attitude about money
- Learning the fundamentals of investing in stocks
- Learning how millionaires became millionaires (and how they didn’t)
- Avoiding life-crippling student debt, which is perhaps the most timely topic of all
1The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness

2Your Money Or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence

- Getting out of debt and building savings
- Creating a better life with fewer material possessions and a lower cost of living
- Finding balance by living a life that incorporates and reflects your personal values
- Spending and investing your money in a way that will benefit the planet
- The real cost of holding a job (and how it reduces your income)
3The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing

4The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America”s Wealthy

- True millionaires typically live well below their means. While others spend money, millionaires and would-be millionaires are dedicated savers.
- They begin earning and investing money early in life. But unlike their free-spending contemporaries, they are committed to delayed gratification, preferring to save and invest their money for the future.
- They value financial independence over social status. They tend to live in ordinary homes, and the drive non-status cars, such as Fords and Chevys.
- Most come from humble beginnings, and are self-made.
- Self-employment is a common characteristic of millionaires; the book notes that self-employed people are four times more likely to be millionaires than people hold salaried positions.
5Debt-Free U: How I Paid for an Outstanding College Education Without Loans, Scholarships, or Mooching off My Parents
