Reading to Take Control of Your Finances: Real Money Answers for Every Woman Review #realmoneyanswers

June 13, 2016August 14, 2016 Taya 0 Comments

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Check out my review of Real Money Answers for Every Woman by Patrice Washington and a few tips of my own of improving your finances. It can be done ladies!

Hey there all.

I decided to get back into reading, so I just picked up Real Money Answers for Every Woman by Patrice Washington. I went on an awesome day-away retreat to EagleWood Resort & Spa (I’ll have to tell you all about it later) and took this book with me.

Business Insider points out that: 11% of rich people read for entertainment, compared to 79% of poor. Hold on, let me switch that around in case you didn’t catch that … 79% of us would rather read an entertaining book or blog post than read what wealthy people read …. Food for thought.

Now I realize this book has been out for a while, but it’s new to me! I definitely recommend that every woman no matter what phase of your life you are in, to read this. I’m not a book blogger, so no in-depth analysis here. This is a very conversational book, like sitting down with a girlfriend who can tell you how it is!

A few takeaways from this book I admire:

You must create wealthy habits
Create an opportunity fund rather than an emergency fund
Change the way you think about money (Insert a Mary Jane affirmation here)
Know your worth (value)
Plan your success at work (prepare for your career change or salary negotiation)
Know what’s stopping you from hustling and how to get around that
If you can’t manage your household finances, how can you manage your own business?
How to save six months of income – painlessly
Managing finances and having those conversations with your significant other

Now if Warren Buffet can do 80% of reading still to this day, can’t you take 10-30% of your day to read?

Check out the video and let me know your thoughts or if you’ve read this book before. Below I have links to other helpful career/finance books and blogs as well.