The Cheapskate Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of Americans Living Happily Below Their Means

The Cheapskate Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of Americans Living Happily Below Their Means Review

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He’s at it again, but this time he’s not alone.  America’s Ultimate Cheapskate is back with all new secrets for how to live happily below your means, á la cheapskate.  For The Cheapskate Next Door, Jeff Yeager tapped his bargain-basement-brain-trust, hitting the road to interview and survey hundreds of his fellow cheapskates to divulge their secrets for living the good life on less. 

 

Jeff reveals the 16 key attitudes about money – and life – that allow the cheapskates next door to live happy, comfortable, debt-free lives while spending only a fraction of what most Americans spend.  Their strategies will change your way of thinking about money and debunk some of life’s biggest money myths.  For example, you’ll learn:  how to cut your food bill in half and eat healthier as a result; how your kids can get a college education without ever borrowing a dime; how to let the other guy pay for deprecation by learning the secrets of buying used, not abused; how you can save serious money by negotiating and bartering; and how – if you know where to look – there’s free stuff and free fun all around you.

 

The Cheapskate Next Door also features dozens of original “Cheap Shots” – quick, money saving tips that could save you more than ,000 in a single year!  Cheap Shots give you the inside scoop on: 

   • How to save hundreds on kids’ toys;
   • What inexpensive old-fashioned kitchen appliance can save you more than 0 a year;
   • How you can travel the world without ever having to pay for lodging;
   • What single driving tip can save you ,000 during your lifetime;
   • Even how to save up to 40% on fine wines (and we’re not talking about the kind that comes in a box). 


 

From simple money saving tips to truly life changing financial strategies, the cheapskates next door know that the key to financial freedom and enjoying life more is not how much you earn, but how much you spend.  

 

Jeff Yeager is the author of The Ultimate Cheapskate’s Road Map to True Riches, and has appeared as a guest correspondent on the NBC Today Show and Discovery’s Planet Green network.  He is also the author of the popular blog The Green Cheapskate, www.TheDailyGreen.com

 

Visit his website www.UltimateCheapskate.com

 

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Rich Dad's Guide to Investing: What the Rich Invest in, That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!

Rich Dad's Guide to Investing: What the Rich Invest in, That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not! Review

THANK YOU TO ROBERT KIYOSAKI FOR BEING SO GENEROUS IN SHARING WEALTH OF INFORMATION. IT SAVES US TIME. WITHOUT THIS BOOK IT WILL TAKE SO MUCH TIME TO KNOW ALL THIS WEALTH OF INFORMATION AND SAVES US TIME ALSO TO CORRECT COMMON MISTAKES IN BUSINESS. I BOUGHT EVERY BOOK I CAN FIND WRITTEN BY RD/PD BY RK AND HIS ADVISERS/PARTNERS. WITH THE COST SO MINIMAL, I RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO EVERYONE WHO HAVE A DREAM OF BEING FREE. WE HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE OUR DIRECTIONS IN LIFE AND ITS EVEN BETTER IF WE ALSO FOLLOW AND LEARN FROM OTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.

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Rich Dad's Guide to Investing: What the Rich Invest in, That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not! Overview

With 16 priceless lessons that reduce risk through proper planning, this powerhouse guide removes the mystique from successful investing by helping readers switch from thinking poor to thinking rich.

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The rich are different from the rest of us, if for no other reason than U.S. tax and securities laws allow them to invest in ways that keep us from catching up to them. That's why 90 percent of all corporate shares of stock are owned by 10 percent of the people. Kiyosaki believes it's possible for anyone to move up into that 10 percent, but it takes a different view of investing than most people have: it takes a plan to be a successful investor. And a plan is more than simply buying and selling, or collecting "assets" that bring in no cash and are thus more akin to liabilities. The way most people invest, "they might as well be pushing a wheelbarrow in a circle," he writes. A plan is "mechanical, automatic, and boring," a formula for success that has worked historically for most of those who've used it. Kiyosaki's "rich dad" (actually, the father of his best friend) tells him the simplest analogy is the game Monopoly: buy four green houses, trade them for one red hotel, and repeat until you become rich.

The overall message of Rich Dad's Guide to Investing is that this is an abundant world, full of opportunity for the sophisticated investor. However, it sometimes takes a while to find this point. Much of the book is told in dialogues between young Kiyosaki and his rich dad, and these conversations can ramble. There are rewards for the careful reader--for example, in the middle of a section on the basic rules of investing, Kiyosaki's rich dad compares investor education to toilet training: difficult at first but eventually automatic. But getting to these inspired metaphors means wading through a lot of repetitive dialogue. It's a bit ironic that someone who advocates investor discipline should show so little as a writer. But by the end of the book, even the rambling starts to make sense. By the hundredth time you read that the rich don't work for money, and that you don't need money to make money, both concepts start to make sense. It still looks difficult to apply these ideas, but Rich Dad's Guide to Investing certainly makes the case that they'll work for anyone bold and smart enough to practice them. --Lou Schuler

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How To Win Friends and Influence People

How To Win Friends and Influence People Review

This is a really good book if you want to know how to get along with people. Unlike other reviews on this here some of this info can be used in personal relationships not just business.

The whole theme of this book is make this person feel important. Treat them how you would like to be treated. Be interested in them, do not condemn them.

I suggest reading this book with a highlighter and some flag post its. In the beginning they say you should read each chapter twice, but this book is way to boring to do so. It is a good book, but Dale uses way to many examples. BORING ONES! Which is why I rate this a 4 star not a 5.

This book can be written in about 150 or less pages if was not for those tedious examples. He uses about 3-5 examples each chapter making scream to your self SHUT UP I GET IT! So that is why I say use a high lighter. As you read threw all these examples a hint or two comes up on how to influence people and why. To bad he did not mention not to bore people.

Over all it is a good book, just to many examples. Luckily I did use a highlighter and flags to go back to the book when I need it.

And yes my relationship with people did grow. I use to be a guy that will cut people off while talking, argue till I am right pretty much the exact opposite of this book. Give people the upper hand when conversating with some one, do more listing than talking.

And that is it in nutshell.

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How To Win Friends and Influence People Overview

How to Win Friends and Influence People is the first, and still the finest, book of its kind. One of the best-known motivational books in history, Dale Carnegie's groundbreaking work has sold millions of copies, has been translated into almost every known written language, and has helped countless people succeed in both their business and personal lives.

First published in 1937, Carnegie's advice has remained relevant for generations because he addresses timeless questions about the fine art of getting along with people: How can you make people like you instantly? How can you persuade people to agree with you? How can you speak frankly to people without giving offense? The ability to read others and successfully navigate any social situation is critically important to those who want to get a job, keep a job, or simply expand their social network.

The core principles of this book, originally written as a practical, working handbook on human relations, are proven effective. Carnegie explains the fundamentals of handling people with a positive approach; how to make people like you and want to help you; how to win people to your way of thinking without conflict; and how to be the kind of leader who inspires quality work, increased productivity, and high morale.

As Carnegie explains, the majority of our success in life depends on our ability to communicate and manage personal relationships effectively, whether at home or at work. How to Win Friends and Influence People will help you discover and develop the people skills you need to live well and prosper.

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This grandfather of all people-skills books was first published in 1937. It was an overnight hit, eventually selling 15 million copies. How to Win Friends and Influence People is just as useful today as it was when it was first published, because Dale Carnegie had an understanding of human nature that will never be outdated. Financial success, Carnegie believed, is due 15 percent to professional knowledge and 85 percent to "the ability to express ideas, to assume leadership, and to arouse enthusiasm among people." He teaches these skills through underlying principles of dealing with people so that they feel important and appreciated. He also emphasizes fundamental techniques for handling people without making them feel manipulated. Carnegie says you can make someone want to do what you want them to by seeing the situation from the other person's point of view and "arousing in the other person an eager want." You learn how to make people like you, win people over to your way of thinking, and change people without causing offense or arousing resentment. For instance, "let the other person feel that the idea is his or hers," and "talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person." Carnegie illustrates his points with anecdotes of historical figures, leaders of the business world, and everyday folks. --Joan Price

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Phantom: Chainfire Trilogy, Part 2 (Sword of Truth, Book 10)

Phantom: Chainfire Trilogy, Part 2 (Sword of Truth, Book 10) Review

I love this series of books. However, this is one of those books that just fills in details. Richard continues to look for Kahlan. There is great deatil in Richard trying to find her, but yet at the last page Richard still doesn't have her. Overall though I would say this is a good book, just not one of the best in the series.

Phantom: Chainfire Trilogy, Part 2 (Sword of Truth, Book 10) Overview

On the day that she awoke remembering nothing but her name, Kahlan Amnell became the most dangerous woman alive. For everyone else, that was the day when the world began to end.

As her husband, Richard, desperately searches for his beloved, whom only he remembers, he knows that if she doesn’t soon discover who she really is, she will unwittingly become the instrument that will unleash annihilation. But Kahlan learns that if she ever were to unlock the truth of her lost identity, then evil itself would finally possess her, body and soul.

If she is to survive in a murky world of deception and betrayal, where life is not only cheap but fleeting, Kahlan must find out why she is such a central figure in the war-torn world swirling around her. What she uncovers are secrets darker than she could ever have imagined.

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Still Life (An Inspector Armand Gamache - Three Pines Mystery #1)

Still Life (An Inspector Armand Gamache - Three Pines Mystery #1) Review

Louise Penny has done Canada truly proud with a debut mystery novel that can be characterized as roughly halfway between the cozy mysteries of Agatha Christie and the deeper, psychological much darker mysteries starring the likes of angst-ridden detective Harry Bosch.

Three Pines is a small, primarily English-speaking town in Quebec's Eastern Townships, the beautiful wooded area bordering on the more rugged White Mountains of Vermont. The citizens of Three Pines are shocked when the body of long-time resident, Jane Neal, a local artist whose painting "Fair Lady" has recently been accepted for showing in an important local exhibition, is found dead in the nearby forest. She has been shot through with a hunting arrow and it is unclear whether her death is the result of a hunting accident or something entirely more sinister. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec is assigned from Montreal to investigate.

Louise Penny clearly has the chops to concoct a clever mystery and that would have been enough all by itself to commend any lover of the genre to read STILL LIFE. But there is so much more ...

For example, the bilingual and bicultural aspects of life in Quebec and their political fall out are neither explicitly spelled out or preached about to any great extent. They're just there and they bring the setting of this novel very close to home and make it seem exceptionally real. After interrogating one of the English residents of Three Pines, for example, CI Gamache muses:

"It was ... one of the fundamental differences between anglophone and francophone Quebecers; the English believed in individual rights and the French felt they had to protect collective rights. Protect their language and culture."

I had never thought of our differences in quite that light and it seemed a particularly instructive, intuitive and enlightening observation.

Secondly, I've just got to add as well that I positively love it when a mystery or thriller author can effectively and unobtrusively add some bonus education and information or even tidbits of trivia to a story. For example, STILL LIFE used some of the more arcane aspects of archery, bow-hunting, bows, arrows and target shooting as integral parts of the mystery and its solution. In addition, art, its interpretation, the styles of painting and even the uses of certain colours were important in the mystery. When the exhibition panel discussed Jane Neal's "Fair Lady", for example, they commented:

"For whatever reason, Fair Day challenges us. It moves us. To anger, ..., to confusion, to ... joy. ... The truth is, I don't know whether Fair Day is a brilliant example of naive art, or the pathetic scrawling of a superbly untalented, and delusional, old woman. That's the tension."

Interesting, challenging and evocative art analysis without any of the typical pretentious snobbery that we're used to hearing!

Finally, there is some positively brilliant characterization happening. Aside from the studied, interesting development of a calm, introspective and intelligent lead man in CI Gamache, we are treated to some very interesting and colourful side players as well - the acerbic, self-centered and bitter niece, Yolande; the humorous, loving and clearly out of the closet gay couple, Olivier and Gabri; and the apprentice police woman, Yvette Nichol, who clearly has enormous difficulty keeping her intellect under wraps and acknowledging that her superiors have some insight and wisdom to pass on to her.

A wonderful story of a small town in Quebec and a well-crafted mystery as well. Highly recommended with the additional comment that I can't wait to lay my hands on the second novel in the series, A FATAL GRACE.

Paul Weiss

Still Life (An Inspector Armand Gamache - Three Pines Mystery #1) Overview

Winner of the New Blood Dagger, Arthur Ellis, Barry, Anthony, and Dilys awards.

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Surêté du Québec and his team of investigators are called in to the scene of a suspicious death in a rural village south of Montreal. Jane Neal, a local fixture in the tiny hamlet of Three Pines, just north of the U.S. border, has been found dead in the woods. The locals are certain it’s a tragic hunting accident and nothing more, but Gamache smells something foul in these remote woods, and is soon certain that Jane Neal died at the hands of someone much more sinister than a careless bowhunter.
Still Life introduces not only an engaging series hero in Inspector Gamache, who commands his forces---and this series---with integrity and quiet courage, but also a winning and talented new writer of traditional mysteries in the person of Louise Penny.

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Case In Point: Complete Case Interview Preparation

Case In Point: Complete Case Interview Preparation Review

I used this book as part of the interview process and landed a job at one of the Big 3 firms. That being said, I did most of my practice in groups and only used the book to review the week before the interview.

Here is how I used the book:

I spent a lot of time looking at the Ivy Case System. I think that summary is the most interesting/important part of the book. When you think about a case interview, prep is most important when getting those first few ideas down on paper so that you can start the discussion. For me, once I had done that, the rest of the interview was completed without actively thinking about a single thing from my preparation. The case system is great for just thinking about what large buckets you should be considering so you don't miss something important. I also read a few of the sample cases to get the juices flowing a few days before the interviews. The morning of the interview I carefully read the case system to keep things fresh. This prep worked out well for me.

Note: I'd stay far away from the other frameworks in the book (Porter's 5 forces, etc). I heard that the big consulting firms hate those frameworks because they are never applied properly.

Case In Point: Complete Case Interview Preparation Overview

Cosentino demystifies the consulting case interview. He takes you inside a typical interview by exploring the various types of case questions and he shares with you a system that will help you answer today's most sophisticated case questions. This new edition includes new case material plus 10 Partner cases to make it easy to give cases to your classmates.

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The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play

The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play Review

It's Sunday night and in less than twelve hours you have a huge presentation due at work. After checking your email, social apps, and then email again your eye flits to the clock. "How did it get to be 1:30 already? I'll never finish!" you think as your fingers type frantically at the keyboard. Procrastination is an easy habit to build, but a very hard one to break. In his book, The Now Habit, Dr. Neil Fiore sets out to give us the tools we need to break the procrastination habit.

The Now Habit originally came out in 1988 and has been a personal development mainstay ever since. Dr. Fiore presents strategies to help you avoid procrastinating, starting with an easy exercise: observe yourself for a week and keep a log on what you avoid doing and why. This is the starting point to figuring out why you procrastinate. Dr. Fiore has a different take on procrastination than most personal motivation authors. He believes the key to changing this habit is in how we talk to ourselves, focusing on changing "I must" statements into "When can I?" or `I choose to." This book also focuses on overcoming fears that lead to procrastination - be they fear of failure or fear of being overwhelmed. Dr. Fiore presents strategies to deal with these fears that are easy to implement and make you feel confident.

In its 2007 revised edition, there are added sections on overcoming technology related procrastination. These are really useful if you find yourself tempted back to Facebook or just one more game of solitaire while you work. Many of us can self-motivate using will power, but it doesn't always last. If you find sheer force of will isn't always enough to get you moving or just want to try a different tack for dealing with procrastination, The Now Habit is a good book to check out.

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Originally published by Tarcher in 1988, The Now Habit has sold more than 58,000 copies, and is as relevant as ever!

Author Neil Fiore offers the first comprehensive strategy to overcome the causes of procrastination and to eliminate its deleterious effects. His techniques will help any busy person get more things done more quickly, without the anxiety and stress brought on by failure to meet the workplace's pressing deadlines.

This revised, redesigned edition includes a new introduction and a section that provides strategies to understand and deal with the complex role technology plays in procrastination today.

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