Psych Yourself Rich Get the Mindset and Discipline You Need to Build Your Financial Life (paperback)

by Torabi, Farnoosh

• ISBN13: 9780133886580
• ISBN10: 0133886581
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-08-27
• Publisher: Ft Pr

Summary

In Psych Yourself Rich , TV’s newest personal finance star shows how to develop the mindset, discipline, and spirit you need to build a strong financial foundation so you can grow wealth on your own terms, without fear, anxiety, misery, boredom, or even advanced math!¿ Farnoosh Torabi (as seen on NBC’s Today Show, Yahoo! Finance, and SoapNet’s Bank of Mom & Dad) combines the latest behavioral psychology with real attitude, without lectures! Psych Yourself Rich shows young professionals how to build a healthy view of money, investing, wealth, and aspirations. Torabi discusses how to get beyond "lend-and-spend" to a deeper, more holistic view of money, how to map out a plan of action that matches your needs and goals, and how to put that plan into action! You’ll learn how to stop agonizing and start organizing; become your own biggest "money advocate;" assert yourself to stop getting ripped off by financial institutions; make your money count; build momentum; embrace an entrepreneurial spirit; and get where you want to go, while others spend decades running in place.

Author Biography

Farnoosh Torabi is one of the nation's newest and most fascinating personal finance experts. The New York Times calls her advice "perfectly practical."

 

A nationally recognized author, her first book, You're So Money: Live Rich Even When You're Not, is an acclaimed tell-all for young adults searching for financial independence. Farnoosh's work has been featured in Money, Entrepreneur, Glamour, Marie Claire, and many other national magazines. She is the money coach for Credit.com, financial expert for LearnVest.com, and contributor at MoneyWatch.com.

 

Recently Farnoosh starred in Bank of Mom & Dad, a reality series on SOAPnet, where she coached young women struggling with debt. Farnoosh has made numerous appearances on such national programs as The Today Show, Good Morning America, Larry King, and The View. She was formerly the senior financial correspondent and host of Wall Street Confidential with Jim Cramer for TheStreet.com TV. 

 

Learn more about Farnoosh and her advice at PsychYourselfRich.com.

 

Table of Contents

Preface    xiii

Introduction    1

PART I  Draft Your Financial Blueprint

Chapter 1 Personalize Rich    19

Chapter 2 Establish Goals    29

Chapter 3 Craft Your Money Philosophy    45

Chapter 4 Embrace Your Relationship with Money    57

PART II Psych It Up

Chapter 5 Organize. Don’t Agonize    83

Chapter 6 Be Your Biggest Advocate    101

Chapter 7 Make Your Money Count    117

Chapter 8 Think Five Years Ahead    141

PART III Raise the Bar

Chapter 9 Break From the Norm    159

Chapter 10 Embrace the Entrepreneurial Spirit    169

Conclusion    189

Index    193