USA Today: Book Review, The Upside of Aging
There’s something exciting and energizing about watching a recent concert performance of Bruce Springsteen, 65, blazing through a rendition of Tumbling Dice with Mick Jagger, 70, and the Rolling Stones at the Rock in Rio festival in Lisbon, Portugal. The lyrics resonate with new meaning when you consider their ages: “Always in a hurry, I never stop […]
Jane Pauley looks at reinventing life after 50
Jane Pauley gets it — the real fear that so many people over age 50 face about what they are going to do for the next 30 or 40 years. In her compelling new book, Your Life Calling: Reimagining the Rest of Your Life (Simon & Schuster, 253 pages, $26.00), Pauley, the formerToday show and Dateline NBC co-host, delivers a […]
USA Today Review: Decisive: A Witty Guide to Good Decisions
It wasn’t a hard decision to review Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work by the Heath brothers. The pair are a winning, and witty, writing team. Chip is a professor at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University, and Dan is a senior fellow at Duke University’s Center for Advancement of Social […]
USA Today Review: Dark Side of Personal Finance Industry
It’s bleak in the circus-like world of personal finance. In Pound Foolish: Exposing The Dark Side of the Personal Finance Industry, author Helaine Olen casts a withering eye at personal finance journalists, talk show gurus, and the lion’s share of the financial services industry. Even Sesame Street’s furry Elmo is tainted, thanks to a seemingly […]
USA Today Review: ‘Encore Career’ has practical, inspiring advice
Nine million Boomers have already decided to choose alternatives to traditional retirement, to enjoy meaningful work in their “encore careers.” Another 31 million are interested in making the leap. “Research shows that 9 million people are already in encore careers, and another 31 million are keen to move in that direction,” writes Marci Alboher, the […]
USA Today: Book Review: Rebounders: How To Get Up And Succeed After Failing
When you get knocked down, do you get back up even stronger? That’s the core question financial journalist Rick Newman poses in his new book Rebounders: How Winners Pivot From Setback to Success (Ballantine Books, 225 pages:26). [amazon-product align=”right”]0345527836[/amazon-product] “A lot of renowned and successful people have failed at something, occasionally at something big,” Newman writes. The […]
USA Today Review: How to Be Richer, Smarter and Better Looking than Your Parents
There’s something about Zac Bissonnette’s outlook on life and money that just makes you smile and nod knowingly. In How to Be Richer, Smarter and Better Looking than Your Parents, the 23-year-old author takes you on a merry, albeit serious, ride along the financial road of potholes and dreams that he and his post-college cohorts are traveling. Bissonnette […]
USA Today Review: ALL THE MONEY CAN HELP YOU COME TO TERMS WITH FINANCE
“You Have More Money Than You Think” — the title of the introduction sets the tone for this upbeat and money-wise book, All the Money in the World, by author Laura Vanderkam. Vanderkam writes about finding inner peace with your finances, looking at money as a tool to bring joy to your life. Not so […]
‘GENERATION EARN’: BOOK TEACHES GEN-Y TO THRIVE FINANCIALLY
Read Published Article Buy the book Kimberly Palmer, author of Generation Earn: The Young Professional’s Guide to Spending, Investing, and Giving Back, is not buying into the notion that she and her cohorts are slackers destined to wallow in debt The senior editor and personal finance columnist for U.S. News & World Report admits that […]
BOOK REVIEW: ‘WARREN BUFFETT INVESTS LIKE A GIRL”
By Kerry Hannon, No doubt the title of this new book —Warren Buffett Invests Like A Girl And Why You Should, Too — grabs your attention. But no snickering allowed. Calling legendary investor Warren Buffett a girly investor is not a put-down.. Turns out “investing like a girl” is a good thing. It refers to Buffett’s even temperament — […]
