This giveaway is now closed.As I promised yesterday, it’s time for yet another book giveaway. This time it is for “The Cure For Money Madness” by Spencer Sherman. This is a book that wants you to “Break Money Habits, Live Without Financial Stress – And Make More Money!”, so I am sure it will be of some use to a lucky reader. Money Madness, as the author uses the phrase, is basically anything that stops us from achieving whatever goals we have set for ourselves; we always seem to hinder our ability to get there in one way or another. And believe me, I have been there too and fought hard to get my financial house in order! Sherman takes a look at irrational feelings about money that so many of us have and how those feelings make us act completely irrational – we buy high and sell low, we overspend, we lie to ourselves and our significant others, and we equate our self-worth with our net-worth. (Something I struggled with myself for a while) Luckily, he takes us through how we got this “madness”, shows us how it can affect us, and teaches us how to free ourselves from it’s tight grip. One of the last chapters, Chapter 10, is titled “Enough – Finding Your Sufficiency“, which is something I preach about all the time here on My Two Dollars. He even mentions a trip to New Mexico when talking about “enough”, which is pretty funny considering that’s where I live! When do you reach your “enough” point? I reached mine a few years ago and have lived very comfortably since then. If you are still looking for yours, this book will definitely help you find it!
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There’s a big difference in how much you lose, based on the initial size of your bank account. Figures compiled for the Sunday Times Rich List 2009 reveal that the number of billionaires has fallen from 75 to 43 in the past 12 months. Some gems from the article, which made me cry out in pain over their apparent poverty: 