Get Good with Money
Tiffany Aliche · 2021
Get Good with Money (2021) is a book by Tiffany Aliche on Financial wholeness. Tiffany "The Budgetnista" Aliche turns her own financial rock-bottom into a ten-part roadmap to "financial wholeness", a calm, no-shame system you can start at any income, debt load, or credit score.
Modern bestseller laying out ten practical steps to financial security and wholeness.
Three of the ideas you’ll keep
The Clif summary of Get Good with Money pulls out 7 insights. Here are the first three.
- Aim for financial wholeness, not just being rich: ten areas (budgeting, saving, debt, credit, earning, investing, insurance, net worth, your money team, and estate planning) all working together, and you can start from wherever you are today.
- Build a 'noodle budget', your bare-bones survival number covering only true essentials, so you always know exactly what you can cut the moment income drops.
- Save like a squirrel: stash an emergency fund of at least three months of your noodle budget in a separate online-only savings account so it's hard to touch, then automate the deposits.
The other 4 — and the full 7-minute summary — are in the app.
What’s inside: 9 chapters
The whole summary runs about 7 minutes, read or listened to.
- Financial Wholeness, Not Just 'Rich'
- Budget With a 'Noodle' Floor
- Save Like a Squirrel
- Dig Out of Debt With Quick Wins
- Build Credit on Purpose
- Increase What You Earn
- Invest Early and Automatically
- Protect It: Insurance and Estate Planning
- Know Your Net Worth and Build Your Money Team
Finish Get Good with Money tonight.
Read or listen to the full summary in about 7 minutes, then keep the ideas with a minute of review a day. Start with the 2-minute quiz — no card required.
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