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The Smart Cookies' Guide to Making More Dough
How Five Young Women Got Smart, Formed a Money Group, and Took Control of Their Finances
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How did they do it? These five women—with varied careers in marketing, public relations, social work, and TV production—joined forces to create a fun, simple, effective strategy for achieving financial success, forming a money club, and supporting each other every step of the way. Now, in this extraordinary hands-on guide, the women, who dubbed themselves the Smart Cookies, share the secrets of their success.
Weaving anecdotes from their own lives with practical how-to advice, the Smart Cookies offer strategies that cut across the financial spectrum, whether you're deeply in debt or just want to manage your money better. Tackling the unique financial challenges facing women today, they offer easy-to-follow advice on everything from creating a spending plan to boosting your income to starting your own money club.
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Release date
November 17, 2008 -
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781400190157
- File size: 199063 KB
- Duration: 06:54:42
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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Andrea Baxter is the ideal narrator for this friendly approach to women's financial education. The premise of the book is that women can learn how to take fiscal responsibility for themselves and rely on other women for sound advice, as well. Delivered in a casual and comfortable manner, the production is easy to listen to; the material and approach will appeal to those who have been intimidated by dense financial management titles. Baxter's style is completely in sync with the overall message of the book. As she recounts the various personal anecdotes of the women who contributed their experiences with money for the volume, her conversational style makes their personal details as familiar as any confidences shared by one's own close friends. M.R. (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine -
Starred review from August 11, 2008
In 2006, a group of 20-something women saw an episode of Oprah
that featured financial experts offering advice on paying down debt. Though all five were outwardly confident in their careers and goals, they were secretly drowning financially; between them, they had a combined $35,000 in credit card debt and barely any savings. Inspired by what they'd seen, they started a money group and took responsibility for educating themselves about spending (and saving) habits, goals and investments. Within a year they made great strides: they'd added thousands to retirement accounts, paid off more than $15,000 in credit card debt, saved more than $15,000 and had all bought or were well on their way to buying homes. The enterprising authors address the nitty-gritty of goal-setting, negotiations for raises, debt management and mortgages, and their plainspoken, encouraging style and helpful breakdown of information make this the perfect gift for recent grads—or anyone who needs convincing that financial health is attainable.
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