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Happy Ever After
Financial Freedom Isn't a Fairy Tale
Seven Dollar Millionaire (Author)
9781119780724, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 18 February 2021
304 pages
21.3 x 14 x 1.8 cm, 0.386 kg
Discover how financial freedom – and not fairy tales – is at the heart of your very own Happy Ever After Did you know you can become a millionaire by saving just $7 a day and investing for 7% returns? Probably not, because financial literacy is a subject that’s overlooked by the vast majority of schools and universities, despite its importance to every single person on the planet. Written initially for a teenage daughter and then turned into a course to train migrant workers, Happy Ever After: Financial Freedom Isn’t a Fairy Tale focuses on the fundamentals of understanding money, saving and investing, showing how the "magic" of compound investing can transform tiny initial amounts into genuine wealth. Finally, it shows readers how to achieve the "Freedom Formula" of 25x your annual spending – that can set you free. Perfect for anyone who hopes to make their future financially brighter than their present, or help their own children avoid mistakes they made, Happy Ever After has a playful tone, featuring a spoiled princess and talking frog, hand-illustrated to help explain some of the trickier ideas that can help change your life.
Acknowledgements xi Preface: Once Upon A Time . . . xiii Introduction: Are You Happy Now? xix Stop Believing In Fairy Tales xxi This Isn’t A Fairy Tale, Princess! xxvi The Chapter 1 Cheat Sheet 1 Chapter 1 The M.I.S.S.I.O.N. 3 The M.I.S.S.I.O.N. Stages 5 The ”Freedom Formula" 7 Part 1: The Freedom Formula is 25X 7 Part 2: The “X Factor” 8 Why The Freedom Formula Is So Important 9 “Out Of The Woods” 11 The Emperor’s New Money 18 The Chapter 2 Cheat Sheet 21 Money 21 Chapter 2 M for Money 22 What is money? 23 Time (and Energy) = Money 29 Working people have money but no time 30 Old people, of course, have no energy 31 The Energy Equation Following The M.I.S.S.I.O.N. 32 Your First Step Out Of The Woods 32 Are You Ready To Be Happy Ever After? 33 The Cinderella Side-Gig 38 The Chapter 3 Cheat Sheet 41 How We Learn To Make More Money 41 Chapter 3 I For Income 42 How To Make Active Income 42 Dream job? Dream on! 42 The Bad Things About Bad Jobs 46 The Side-Gig Side Bar 50 Jill Saves On The Side 54 A Second Step Out Of The Woods 56 Are You Ready To Make More Money? 57 Free Income Stuff – Side-Hustle School 60 The Age Of Dragons And Saving 62 The Chapter 4 Cheat Sheet – Saving 65 How We Save More Money 65 Chapter 4 S For Saving 67 Why do we save? 67 Become A Master Of Disaster 68 Saving For Investments 69 Saving For Freedom 73 How do we save? 75 1. The envelope method 77 2. The direct debit method 78 3. Bonuses and businesses 80 A Little Help … 83 How much should we save? 85 Trick Yourself Into Saving More 88 What are you saving for? 91 Do You Know How Saving Makes You Happy Ever After? 95 Back In The Real World …Save-tember! 97 The Wicked Witch Of The Worldwide Web 100 The Chapter 5 Cheat Sheet 103 How We Spend Less Money 103 Chapter 5 S For Spending 105 “50 – 30 – 20”: or should that be “20 – 50 – 30”? 106 The (Basic) Cost of Living 107 30% Fun? 115 Free (Cool) Movements That Discourage Spending 122 Should I Be Worried About My Spending? 125 The First Seven Cuts 127 Are You Ready To Be Happy Ever After? 132 Jack And The Giant Bean Stock 136 The Chapter 6 Cheat Sheet 139 How We Make Money Work For Us 139 Chapter 6 I For Investing 141 The Long-Term Magic of Compounding 145 R for Risk 148 R for Return 154 Risk = Return? 155 “Integrate” Your Investing With Your Life 156 S Is For Spread 166 K is for Knowledge 170 Back In The Real World: Avoiding Scams 179 Are You Ready For Happy Ever After? 183 A Tax Break 185 How To Own One Cool Cat 188 The Chapter 7 Cheat Sheet 191 How We Own This! 191 Chapter 7 Three Os For Ownership 193 Own The Process 193 What Do You Really Own? 195 The Freedom Formula 208 Back In The Real World: Climbing A Pension Mountain In Your 100-Year Life! 223 What Woods? 224 Are You Ready To Own Being Happy Ever After? 225 “Happy Ever After" 230 The Chapter 8 Cheat Sheet 233 How We Know When To Start Being Happy Ever After 233 Chapter 8 N For Now 234 Here Be Dragons – Yes, Right Here, Right Now 235 No More Delays 238 No More Excuses 240 The End – Or The Beginning? 251 Can You Be Happy Ever After Now? 252 The M.I.S.S.I.O.N. Cheat Sheet (Again) 255 Index 257
Subject Areas: Finance & accounting [KF]
