Finance for the People: Getting a Grip on Your Finances

Finance for the People: Getting a Grip on Your Finances

by Paco de Leon
Finance for the People: Getting a Grip on Your Finances

Finance for the People: Getting a Grip on Your Finances

by Paco de Leon

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Overview

An illustrated, practical guide to navigating your financial life, no matter your financial situation

"a potent mix of deeply practical and wonderfully empathetic" —Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial

"one of the most approachable financial books I've ever read." —Refinery 29


We are all weird about money. Whether you have a lot or a little, your feelings and beliefs about money have been shaped by a combination of silence (or even shame) around talking about money, personal experiences, family and societal expectations, and a whole big complex system rigged against many of us from the start. Begin with that baseline premise and it’s no surprise so many of us find it so difficult to save enough money (but way too easy to get trapped in ballooning credit card debt), emotionally draining to deal with student loans, and nearly impossible to understand the esoteric world of investing.
 
Unlike most personal finance books that focus on skills and behaviors, FINANCE FOR THE PEOPLE asks you to examine your beliefs and experiences around money—blending extremely practical exercises with mindfulness, and including more than 50 illustrations and diagrams to make the concepts accessible (and even fun). With deep insider expertise from years spent in many different corners of the financial industry, Paco de Leon is a friendly, approachable, and wise guide who invites readers to change their relationship with money. With her holistic approach you’ll learn how to:
   root out your unconscious beliefs about money
   untangle the mental and emotional burden of student loans to pay them off
   use a gratitude practice to help you think differently about spending
   break out of the debt cycle and begin building wealth
 
This book is for anyone who feels unseen, ignored, or bored to death by the way personal finances are approached and taught, and is ready to go on a journey of self-discovery and step into their financial power.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780143136255
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 02/01/2022
Pages: 384
Sales rank: 58,402
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Paco de Leon is an author, illustrator, musician and the founder of The Hell Yeah Group, a financial firm dedicated to inspiring creatives to engage with their personal and business finances. Her career experiences in banking, business consulting, financial planning, and wealth management have informed her financial philosophies. She is a TED speaker and her work has been published or featured in The New York Times, NPR, Bloomberg, Vice, and others. She lives in Los Angeles with her wife.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

How to Use This Book xix

Part 1 Get a Grip

Chapter 1 Why We're Weird About Money 3

Chapter 2 How to Think About Spending 25

Chapter 3 Protect Yourself from Yourself: Get a Grip on Spending 43

Chapter 4 What Are You Trying to Do With Your Life?: Deconstructing Your Goals 55

Part 2 The Fundamentals of Finance: Earning, Saving and Decision-making

Chapter 5 Get Good at Earning Money 67

Chapter 6 In Case of Emergency, Save 85

Chapter 7 How to Be in Control When You're Not in Control: Automate Your Savings 103

Chapter 8 How to Think About Financial Decisions 115

Part 3 Dealing with Debt

Chapter 9 Refraining Debt 129

Chapter 10 How Credit Scores Work and How to Play the Game 147

Chapter 11 How to Get Out of Credit Card Debt 161

Chapter 12 To Borrow Money or Not to Borrow Money?: How to Think About the Debt Decision 189

Chapter 13 Spend a Long Weekend with Your Student Loans 207

Part 4 Treat Yo (Future) Self: investing and Retirement

Chapter 14 How to Think About Investing 227

Chapter 15 How to Stock Market 239

Chapter 16 So You Wanna Hire a Financial Advisor? 265

Chapter 17 How to Build Wealth: Know Your Net Worth 279

Part 5 Protecting What You've Got

Chapter 18 Protecting Your Assets 305

Conclusion A State of Financial Awesomeness: Mind Your Relationship with Money 335

Acknowledgments 341

Notes 343

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