Review: Friendly and Humorous Advice for Finding (And Changing Your Mindset About) Money
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 5, 2014
“Find Money Every Day” is a humorous and conversational book about exactly what the title says—finding money, every day.The author starts out with a personal anecdote about a conference he attended in which he was told to write down something he wanted—his choice was “I find money every day.” He kept his positive attitude that it would happen, and expanded his ambition from nickels on the sidewalk to finding more money in general—and he shares his advice in this book, grouped around three main themes: increasing income, decreasing expenses, and manifesting money.“Find Money Every Day” mixes theories like the power of positive thinking with advice about things like decreasing your energy bill, how a tax refund really works (it’s not what many people assume), and how to save money on gas through driving techniques. It’s not a “get rich” book or a book about success without trying, but instead it focuses on using common sense and a little bit of effort to snowball finances in a way that can get you ahead. The thing I liked best about the book, though, was the author’s advice on re-training your brain to think about money from a viewpoint of scarcity to one of abundance—I had never thought of finances like that before, and it challenged how I think about my income and my savings. I also liked the affirmations at the end of the book; many were useful and a few made me laugh (“Don’t eat yellow snow…”)I would recommend “Find Money Every Day” to readers who are looking for friendly financial advice that’s written with humor and positivity; you can tell the author is passionate about his subject and helping people. While it doesn’t contain in-depth advice about investing or money management, it does provide a different no-nonsense perspective that is helpful to those who are stuck in a rut of thinking about their money in one way (namely that they don’t have enough!).