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Wealth in the Key of Life
Finding Your Financial Harmony
"Preston writes with as much passion as he speaks on these critical topics in Wealth in the Key of Life." "Forget dry, stuffy personal finance guidance. Wealth in the Key of Life doesn't just focus on maximizing your financial capital. Thanks to Dr. Preston Cherry's inspirational guidance, it helps you align your financial decisions with your values, goals, and relationships. It's big-picture in the best possible way." "Prepare to revolutionize your relationship with money. Wealth in the Key of Life is more than a financial guide—it's a roadmap to a more fulfilling existence. Dr. Preston D. Cherry's groundbreaking approach will empower you to make financial decisions that resonate with your deepest aspirations. This book doesn't just change your finances; it changes your life." "Practical advice with a soul, that is what Dr. Cherry's Wealth In the Key of Life brings to the table. If you want to live a life on purpose and full of meaning you need to read this book. Dr. Cherry brings the mind of an academic out of the ivory towers of academia and delivers it with a truly human touch in his practical and achievable approach to financial planning."
—Josh Brown, CEO of Ritholtz Wealth Management and Host of The Compound and Friends
—Christine Benz, Director of Personal Finance and Retirement Planning for Morningstar. Author of How to Retire
—Lynnette Khalfani-Cox, author of Bounce Back: The Ultimate Guide to Financial Resilience and the New York Times bestseller, Zero Debt
—Jamie Hopkins, CEO and CWO, Bryn Mawr Trust/WSFS
Preston D. Cherry (Author)
9781394268665, Wiley
Hardback, published 16 December 2024
224 pages
23.1 x 15.8 x 2.5 cm, 0.431 kg
Life's most important financial decisions are rarely isolated money decisions.
They emerge through transitions, setbacks, reinventions, and defining life moments that pull in two directions at once: toward the wealth you're building and toward the life you actually want to live. That tension is where much of traditional financial advice falls short. It focuses on the numbers while treating life as an afterthought.
Dr. Preston Cherry knows this tension from the inside.
At the height of his early career, everything appeared to be on track. A six-figure salary, executive benefits, and a life ahead of schedule. Then everything collapsed. Bankruptcy, addiction, and a personal reckoning forced him to rebuild from the ground up. That experience became the foundation for a new way of understanding wealth and financial decision-making.
In Wealth in the Key of Life: Finding Your Financial Harmony, Dr. Cherry introduces Financial Harmony™, life-aligned finances through wealth-secured well-being. The framework helps people navigate wealth, identity, and evolving life realities through aligned financial decision-making.
At its center is Return on Alignment™ (ROA), a measure of how effectively your financial planning and strategy support the life you actually want to live. The goal is not simply accumulating more wealth. It is building wealth that supports your purpose, priorities, and well-being.
Drawing from financial planning, behavioral finance, financial therapy, and lived experience, Dr. Cherry explores why many financially successful people remain under-planned, over-maximize financial decisions, and become disconnected from the lives they are trying to create.
Inside you'll discover: Return on Alignment™ (ROA); The Five Permissions of Wealth™; The Humanity of Money™; the distinction between optimization and maximization; and a philosophy for navigating retirement, career changes, business exits, reinvention, and life's major transitions.
Most financial books treat life as a backdrop to money. This book treats money as a partner to life.
If you've ever felt tension between the wealth you're building and the life you want to live, Wealth in the Key of Life offers a framework for finding your Financial Harmony™.
Acknowledgments vii Introduction A Personal Journey to Holistic Wealth: From Bankruptcy to Balance xiii Chapter One Admitting Where You Are 1 Chapter Two Acknowledging How You Feel About Money 17 Chapter Three Surviving Financial Trials with Resilience 29 Chapter Four Taking Mindful Action 39 Chapter Five Aligning Money with Values 51 Chapter Six Aspiring for Financial Freedom 67 Chapter Seven Mastering Financial Triumph 85 Chapter Eight Achieving Financial Milestones 99 Chapter Nine Transitioning with Willing Transformation 119 Chapter Ten Financial Planning for a Fulfilling Life 131 Chapter Eleven Generation X Can Help Unlock Financial Harmony 149 Conclusion Your Keys to Holistic Wealth 167 Further Reading 171 Index 183
Subject Areas: Finance & accounting [KF]
