The Total Money Makeover Summary – Dave Ramsey

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The Total Money Makeover (2003)

A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness

by Dave Ramsey

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The Total Money Makeover Summary

This The Total Money Makeover publisher’s blurb comes from the Nelson Books classic edition…

“IF YOU WILL LIVE LIKE NO ONE ELSE, LATER YOU CAN LIVE LIKE NO ONE ELSE.

Build up your money muscles with America’s favorite finance coach.

Okay, folks, do you want to turn those fat and flabby muscles into a well toned budget? Do you want to transform your sad and skinny little bank account into a bulked-up cash machine? Then get with the program, people. There’s one sure way to whip your finances into shape, and that’s with The Total Money Makeover: Classic Edition.

By now, you’ve heard all the nutty get-rich-quick schemes, the fiscal diet fads that leave you with a lot of kooky ideas but not a penny in your pocket. Hey, if you’re tired of the lies and sick of the false promises, then take a look at this — it’s the simples, most straightforward game plan for completely making over your money habits. AM its based on results, nor pie-in-the-sky fantasies.

With The Total Money Makeover you’ll be able to:

• Design a surefire plan for paying off all debt — cars, houses, everything
• Recognise the 10 most dangerous money myths (these will kill you)
• Secure a big, fat nest egg for emergencies and retirement!

Where Financial Peace gave you the solid saving and investing principles, this book puts those principles into practice. You’ll be exercising your financial strength every day and quickly freeing yourself of worry, stress, and debt — and that’s a beautiful feeling.

In the 10 years since it first released, millions of ordinary people have experienced their own Total Money Makeover. What are you walling for?”

The Total Money Makeover Contents

The Total Money Makeover has 13 main chapters…

1. The Total Money Makeover Challenge
2. Denial: I’m Not That Out of Shape
3. Debt Myths: Debt Is (Not) a Tool
4. Money Myths: The (Non)Secrets of the Rich
5. Two More Hurdles: Ignorance and Keeping Up with the Joneses
6. Save $1,000 Fast: Walk Before You Run
7. The Debt Snowball: Lose Weight Fast, Really
8. Finish the Emergency Fund: Kick Murphy Out
9. Maximize Retirement: Investing Be Financially Healthy for Life
10. College Funding: Make Sure the Kids Are Fit Too
11. Pay Off the Home Mortgage: Be Ultra-Fit
12. Build Wealth Like Crazy: Become the Mr. Universe of Money
13. Live Like No One Else

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