16 Financial Improvement
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This article is from the Self Improvement FAQ, by Loren Larsen llarsen@cs.clemson.edu with numerous contributions by others.
16 Financial Improvement
Q. What are some available resources for managing finances?
A. The most well known source of information about personal finance
information is probably Charles Givens (see next question).
Another book that is highly recommended is called _Your Money Or
Your Life_ by Joseph Dominguez and Vicki Robin. This book takes
a "holistic" approach to financial success, meaning that it treats
finances as an integral part of your entire life, not one seperable
part that can be talked about separately. It discusses attitudes
toward money, spiritual feelings about money, whether how you are
making money is consistent with your values, etc.
Q. What do people know about Charles Givens?
A. Charles Givens is probably the biggest name in personal finance
these days. He gives seminars around the country and is the
author of the best-selling books, "Wealth Without Risk",
"More Wealth Without Risk", and "Financial Self-Defense". He is
also the founder of the "Charles J. Givens Organization" which is
supposedly the largest organization of it's type in the world, that
is dissiminator of personal finance information and advice. His
organization was recently sued (and lost) for giving misleading
financial advice. He has also reportedly lied about the story he
often tells of losing his fortune 3 times and coming back as a
millionaire 3 times. Many people have used his book and there is
certainly some very good advice there. The key is choosing what
information will be useful for you and that which won't. No
readers of this group have reported gaining great wealth from
following his advice.
Q. What are some other reseources for information?
A. One excellent place to look is in the misc.invest FAQ.
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