I Will Teach You To Be Rich Kindle Edition

This is my new #1 recommendation for anyone seeking personal finance advice.This is definitely the best personal finance book I've read so far. It's a logical, step-by-step, practical handbook for financial success, specially written for people in their 20's. Sethi gives advice on “automatically enabling yourself to save, invest, and spend - enjoying it, not feeling guilty...because you’re spending only what you have.” His main point: automate your finances so you effortlessly save and invest, leaving you money to spend on things you love without feeling guilty. Automatic saving and investing helps overcome psychological barriers and laziness.In addition to his emphasis on automation, I agreed with Sethi’s recommendation for long-term, passive, buy-and-hold investing instead of speculative, market-timing investing. I also liked Sethi’s 85 Percent Solution, which states that it's better to act and get it 85% right than to do 0%; sometimes good enough is good enough, and it’s always better than doing nothing.Another good message is "spend extravagantly on the things you love, and cut costs mercilessly on the things you don't." That's valuable because everyone defines being "rich" differently, and it's not all about money. Money is just the tool we use to acquire the material possessions and experiences we want. That's the difference between being cheap and being frugal; being cheap is trying to cut spending on everything, and being frugal is cutting costs on the things you don't care about so that you can splurge on the things you do.I liked the concept of making a Conscious Spending Plan instead of a budget. Almost no one actually makes a budget, and even fewer follow it. Instead, consciously decide how you'll spend your money. I especially like this idea of guilt-free spending, because too often the recommendation is to limit all spending. But people in their 20s want to live it up, not sit at home and pinch every penny! The Conscious Spending Plan lets you spend a certain percentage of your money on whatever you want, without feeling guilty, since you’re paying yourself and your bills first.The book is written in the form of a 6-week action plan. Each chapter describes the tasks and reasoning behind them, and ends with a checklist of steps to take. Here are the weeks:Week 1: Credit Cards. Check your credit, pick a good credit card, set up automatic payments, pay off debt.Week 2: Bank Accounts. Open or assess your checking account, open and fund a high-interest savings account.Week 3: Investing Accounts. Open a 401(k), make a plan to pay off debt, open a Roth IRA and set up automatic payment.Week 4: Conscious Spending. Create a Conscious Spending Plan, track spending, and cut in the right places.Week 5: Automatic Money Flows. List and link accounts, then set up an Automatic Money Flow to automatically fund the 4 categories of your Conscious Spending Plan.Week 6: Investing Choices. Figure out your investing style, research investments, and buy funds.The book gives a fairly in-depth explanation of the concepts and fundamentals of personal finance, but also contains plenty of examples of actual bank accounts and funds. There are many references to the 2008 recession and other events, so those parts of the book didn't age well.NotesPersonal Finance LadderRung 1: invest enough in 401(k) to get company matchRung 2: pay off debtRung 3: invest as much as possible in Roth IRARung 4: put more into 401(k), as much as possibleRung 5: invest in non-retirement (taxable) accountConscious Spending Plan recommended percentages (save and invest more if possible)50-60% on fixed costs10% on long-term investments5-10% on savings goals20-35% on guilt-free spendingInvestingUse target-date funds or index funds.Invest aggressively in retirement accounts, since retirement is so distant.Recommended financial institutions: Vanguard, T. Rowe, SchwabRebalance every 12-18 months by investing more in underperforming assets (not selling outperforming assets).Hold tax-inefficient (income-generating) assets like bonds in tax-advantaged accounts.Hold tax-efficient assets like index funds in taxable accounts.Choose funds based on:1. Expense ratio2. Asset allocation3. 10-15 year returnModel your portfolio after David Swenson’s Yale Endowment portfolio:30% US stocks15% developed international stocks5% emerging market stocks20% REITs15% government bonds15% TIPSBuying a houseHouses are a poor investment compared to stocks; they’ve historically returned 0% after inflation. Before buying a house, determine the total monthly payment including mortgage, taxes, insurance, and maintenance. It should be less than 30% of your gross monthly income.The total house price should be less than 3 times your annual gross income.Buy a house only if you can live in it for 10 years. Make a 20% down payment and get a 30 year fixed rate mortgage.To be fair, I probably should have listened to this one, but I did many of the other things Sethi points out.Additional notesUse savings for goals less than 5 years away.Set your accounts for automatic deferrals, transfers, and payments to automatically direct money into retirement accounts, savings, bills, and a spending allowance.Negotiate a higher total compensation (salary plus benefits) by researching compensation for comparable jobs and proving the value you bring to the company.One thing I did was that I continuously talked to my friends about the book and we sat down together and completed a lot of the actions in sequence. By having those around me also aligned it made easier for me not to be tempted to go out. For example, we decided only to go out to eat for lunch once a week to stick to our plan.Sethi also gives many tools and recommendations throughout the book to help you accomplish your goals.

The content and the way the writer started introduction of the book was attractive and nice.When I started reading the techniques I got disappointed because I am not a USA citizen..All the technicies he used to make you rich is suitable for people who are living and working in the USA, or have similar banking and retirement system as the USA.I believe if the writer can use an approach where it can benefit the people who use the international financial and retirement systems (such as Dave Ramsey when he wrote the Total Money Takeover book) it will be a great book because Ramit method in explaining how to use the banking and retirement facilities is acceptable by most people who disagree with the methods used by Dave Ramsey for instant.I wish to see another version of this book by Ramit where I will enjoy and benefit of reading it next time.

And if they don't watch out you will be smarter.I followed the simple steps and I am a MILLION Gazillionaire...Actually.. I save a bunch of money by dropping my bad bank and I saved a bunch on ATM fees.I may not be rich yet, but I am a lot smarter than the people I work with.Actually, I am smarter than most people I know.I am also much prettier and dress better.

Yes this book need a serious update. Some of the recommended accounts are no longer available. It is also written for young folks in their 20's so if you're older forget it. It needs to have a section called "Its never too late" for older folks and folks who are retired. They need help as well.

This is the perfect book for people of any age that haven't optimized their finances yet. If you haven't taken the basic steps this book lays it out. Stylistically it is written for people in their twenties but if you're 30 or 40 and haven't taken these steps yet then this book is great for you. The book gives specific recommendations for companies/accounts to use which are now out of date but thats ok a little research will get you the best up to date info and I'll fill you in on my accounts here. The most important aspect of this book is the recommendation to START INVESTING NOW!!!!! It doesn't matter how old you are or how much money you have, just start putting some money in the market NOW, as you save more you can invest more. The problem a huge portion of the population has is doing nothing with your savings for fear of "not doing it right." I cant tell you how many 35 year olds have $50k sitting in a savings account because they have this fear issue. If they had just taken some simple steps at age 25 instead of age 35 they'd have $70k instead of $50k. It is very simple to get started "doing it right" and this book will teach you how, and also why its the right thing. This book teaches you the very simple steps and the most simple investing strategies. But guess what 98% of the population should only do these simple things and nothing else.The book will teach you how to:Get your financial accounts organized you need: Regular Checking/Savings with physical branches near you, online high interest savings account, investment account. The book will teach you how to set up these accounts, and automate sending money from one account to the other. This way you don't really need a detailed budget to control spending, you send your savings away from your checking account and only spend what you have left in checking every month.Figure out where you might be wasting money - The book teaches you how to stop wasting money on bank fees, high cable bills etc, but also just tells you to figure out where you might be spending money that you don't really care about and stop it. If you loooove your lattes and never go to the gym, then keep buying your lattes but stop paying your gym for nothing! If you buy lattes but you don't really care about them then stop, etc.Ok here are the best specific accounts I use (2017).Local Bank - Bank of America (yes they are evil but sometimes you need a local branch, and don't worry they have a very small portion of my money). This one doesn't really matter just pick one with branches near you. When you get money (paycheck etc) it goes here. Once a month you send a specific amount of $$ to Online High Interest Savings. Pay your credit card bills using this account.Online High Interest Savings -- Ally Bank has the best rate right now, Capital One 360 (used to be ING Orange), is the other main one. You keep a set amount in here that is your reserve funds (2-3 months of expenses). If possible pay your car payment, and mortgage/rent using auto draft from this account. Then every month a set amount of $$ gets sent from here to your true long term savings which is your investment account.Investment Account -- CHARLES SCHWAB!!!! -- Right now I think Chuck is the best investment house. I have been using them for years and I have literally never paid them a single penny in fees for making trades or anything else. They have the best array of no fee ETFs. Use their "ETF Porfolio Builder" to help you pick your Index ETF's and you are off and running with investing in the stock market! You can also get a real person on the phone now and then for no cost if you want to ask questions. Also when you have an investment account with them you can get a checking account where they pay you back for every single penny in ATM fees! So if you're in Vegas and the ATM charges you $10 to withdraw cash, Chuck gives that money back to you! Never again feel stupid for pulling money from an ATM!Credit Cards – Stop with the points and the miles. It’s a shell game, its kinda fun and it seems like you’re winning but you’re not. Cash back the best way to optimizeCiti Double Cash – 2% cash back on every single purchase you make. No revolving categories etc. No annual fee. This is the best cash back card on the market.Amex Blue Cash Preferred -- $75 fee per year, 3% back at gas stations, 6% back at grocery stores (with a cap), 1% on everything else. For families where gas and groceries are large expense items this card is very much worth it.Ok go buy this book and start optimizing your finances! Once you have all this done, then maaaybe think about buying specific stocks. But probably not, its just gambling.

At best, this should be called “I will teach you to be slightly less poor”. The advice was basic, and more about conserving income than building real wealth

I read Ramit's original version of this book in 2009 and it prompted me to start a pension. 10 years on, he again prompted me to get a credit card for the first time in 7 years to build some credit history, to switch to a bank account with no charges and to move my pension fund (which I only have thanks to his original book) to another company with lower fees. In short, his advice has actually gotten me to act, which is rare even though I've read a lot of other finance books in my time! If you follow this six week plan with actionable steps, you WILL get results. Try it.

This book is life changing for me. I have read many financial books / spiritual books on money and abundance which I loved and helped me. But they didn't give any practical advice. I am only on chapter 3 and it is already turning my life around. My financial affairs were a little messy to be honest. This book gave me structure and focus I needed to get things sorted. Already i have saved around £500 by taking action - and that's not including optimising accounts and investments.Some of the information is outdated - the book was released in 2010, I did pass over some sections and it may be what you know already however- if you need a little kick, structure and refocus I would recommend this book. Look forward to reading the rest!

As mentioned in the title, Ramit offers a lot of points on which each one of us should reflect. What does it mean to be rich for you? This is the main question. I am really thourogh when it comes to analyse my finances and overall expenses. Ramit offered me a new view which I am trying to incorporate. I will try to apply the suggestions I consider best aligned with my view to my daily life. This book does not offer a solution, but it may help many people finding a way to deal with all the money-related problems and questions they may have.

I bought thus book after hearing Tim Ferriss interview Ramit. I’m behind the curve at 37 years old but I know now what I need to do to reduce money stress and secure my financial future.