Six years ago, during more pleasant financial times, I wrote Pay it Down!, the Rx for getting out of debt. It helped hundreds of thousands of readers, as well as the million people who participated in the Debt Diet on The Oprah Winfrey Show (based largely on the information in the book). But as the economy twisted and turned, some of the rules of the road did too, and this year, I decided to update that go-to guide for paying off your debt. More…
My new program, Debt Diet Online, is based on the principles behind Pay it Down, the best-selling book that helped hundreds of thousands of readers pay down their debt on just $10 a day. But Debt Diet Online, developed with Dr. Jim Prochaska and his team at Pro-Change Behavior Systems, is interactive in the way a book cannot be.
Let me give you some background. Jim and his team at Pro-Change have spent years researching what I know to be true through working directly with people and their money: If you’re not ready to make a change, your new behavior is not going to stick. More…
My latest book, The Difference, answers one burning question: Why is it that some people seem to move relatively easily from paycheck-to-paycheck into comfort or wealth, while others get stuck or – worse – fall back?
Not to toot my own horn, but this book couldn’t have come at a better time. These days, more than ever, you need to know how to make your own luck, how to zero in on the things you’re doing everyday – right and wrong – that have an affect on your bottom line. I’ll show you how to develop your intuition so you can recognize when to take a risk, help you increase your resilience in this bad economy, and tell you why it’s important to pinpoint your passion and make it your career (believe me, the money will follow). More…
I’m so excited to be able to tell you that I’m launching a line of products with Franklin Covey. There are tote bags, large and small, in three different springy colors (the large ones have a padded compartment for your computer), wallets to keep your plastic and cash organized (I asked them to include a mirror so you can look yourself in the face before you buy something you don’t need), and my favorite – a budget-oriented planner with all the resources you need to track your spending, hit your savings goals and minimize your debt. I hope you like them. You can see pictures of the full line after the break.
Arielle, who helps with my reporting, has been toting the (one and only) product sample of the large tote bag since October, and it’s holding up really well as you can see here.
A few years ago – after reporting on money for fifteen years – I finally cracked the code. If you want to get rich, you need only do four things:
1. Make a decent living
2. Spend less than you make
3. Invest the money you don’t spend
4. Protect the financial world you build so that a disaster doesn’t take it all away from you
Sounds easy, I know. So why, then, is it so hard, particularly for women?
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