Personal Finance Review – Think and Grow Rich Edition

Why pay for something that you can get for free?  I’ve been wanting to finish Napoleon Hill’s classic Think and Grow Rich after reading the first few chapters about a year ago.  Finally I decided I’d get ahold of the audio version and listen to it on my commute.

I put my name on the waiting list for a copy of the 12 CD set at our local library and forgot about it until this weekend when it finally came in.  It wasn’t totally free, I had to pay 50 cents for a new library card, still not bad for a cd set that normally costs $50. I’m in the process of transferring the audio to my mp3 player so I can listen to it as I drive back and forth to work. Some of my best learning happens on my commute : )

Here are some of the personal finance articles I enjoyed this week:

–Is Software Development Slowly Killing Me? @ Lazy Man & Money

–Lessons From My Job Hunting Expedition @ Money, Matter, & More

–2007 Consumer Reports Ultimate Money Guide (III) – Investing & Goals @ Suns Financial Diary

–A Collection of Money Tips For The Holidays @ The Digerati Life

–A Visual History of the Stock Market From 1996 – 2007 @ Generation X Finance

–The Lies That (Some) Financial Advisers Tell @ Five Cent Nickel

–Making A Break With The Past – Changing Habits And Thinking Long Term About Personal Finances @ No Credit Needed

–How Much Does it Take to be Rich? @ Free Money Finance

–Emergency Fund Account: Money Market or High Yield Savings?@ Blueprint for Financial Prosperity

–Invest in yourself by learning things of value @ Mighty Bargain Hunter

–Everything You Ever Really Needed to Know About Personal Finance on the Back of Five Business Cards @ The Simple Dollar

Ben Edwards, the founder of Money Smart Life, saved up enough to buy a Nintendo back when he was 12 years old. When he used the money to buy shares of Wal-Mart stock instead, he knew he wasn't like the other kids... His addiction to personal finance has paid off for his family and now he's helping you to afford the life that you want. Check him out on the web at Google Plus, Twitter and Facebook.

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