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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Are you wondering if it is too late for you to be rich? David Bach has a plan to help you live and finish rich-- no matter where you start
As a number-one bestseller in its hardcover edition, Start Late, Finish Rich has helped hundreds of thousands of people of all ages take control of their financial future. Now you, too, can ramp up the road to financial security with David Bach's inspiring, proven, and easy-to-follow "catch up" plan, which tailors his "Finish Rich" wisdom to those who forgot to save, procrastinated, or got sidetracked by life's unexpected challenges.
In a swift, motivating read, David Bach gives you step-by-step instructions, worksheets, phone numbers, and website addresses--everything you need to put your "Start Late" plan into place right away. You will learn that even if you're buried in debt, there's still hope. You can spend less, save more, and make more--and it doesn't have to hurt. With America's best-loved money coach at your side, it's never too late to change your financial destiny.
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Library Journal Review
Start saving and stop spending-advice as familiar as Ben Franklin's "a penny saved is a penny earned." But best-selling author Bach (The Automatic Millionaire) makes it sound so much nattier when he coaches readers to calculate their double-latte factor-those little indulgences that, when curbed, can froth into huge savings down the road. Bach hammers home a number of well-worn yet worthy principles, like buying a home instead of renting, cutting expenses, asking for a raise, and paying off those pesky credit card debts, all the while saving, saving, saving. From offering advice on supplementing day jobs with pursuits like small home businesses or e-bay to analyzing how real estate, direct selling, and franchising can contribute to financial success, Bach's enthusiasm is infectious. And after all the practical advice, he does not neglect the more humane elements of financial planning-giving to worthy causes and living richly and fully. This book will be appreciated in public library business collections by the latte-sipping set, who will be glad to learn that it's never too late to take control of one's financial futures.-Carol J. Elsen, Univ. of Wisconsin Libs., Whitewater (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publishers Weekly Review
The seventh book in seven years of the Finish Rich series (two million in print) is aimed at older readers who have neglected their savings. It reads like an infomercial script, brassily positive and unrelentingly motivational. Anyone can finish rich, says Bach (Automatic Millionaire, etc.), if they are willing to "spend less, save more, and make more." The bulk of the book describes a variety of tactics and strategies (many covered in his previous books) for accomplishing these three tasks. Readers of financial help books will have heard many of Bach's ideas before, but he does deliver a lion's share of solid advice in an entertaining format, and, for good measure, he throws in an occasional counterintuitive gem, such as why paying off credit card debt can be "a huge mistake." He also anticipates and overcomes common objections ("dealing with debt doesn't mean putting the rest of your life on hold"), although anyone impolite enough to push back too hard is dismissed: "I have a term for negative people who seem to enjoy raining on other people's parades. I call them ?dream stealers,' and I try to avoid them." Agent, Jan Miller. (Jan. 4) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Booklist Review
Bach (author of The Automatic Millionaire,0 2003, and Smart Women Finish Rich,0 1999) wants readers to understand that starting late doesn't mean self-flagellation. However, it does demand specific activities, like spending less, saving more, making more, and giving and living more. Inside each chapter, positioned in memorable fashion, are his commandments. The "double latte" factor, for instance, asks about taking control of the smaller daily expenditures, whether it is an everyday Starbucks vente or a weekly Wal-Mart "fix." He talks to the safe-and-steady philosophy of investment, with warnings about trying to time the market. The common thread is his sage insistence of living well during life, not just during retirement. His conclusion is that the "happiest people are those who've lived meaningful lives." --Barbara Jacobs Copyright 2005 Booklist