Personal Financial Planning

In this book, top New Zealand finance podcaster and journalist Frances Cook shows you how to change your money so that you can live your ideal life. Learn how, on an ordinary income, you can plan for and achieve true financial freedom, with expert advice and step-by-step information.

A unique hybrid of dual expert guidance, wake-up call motivation, and compelling memoir, The Health and Wealth Sisters’ 360° Action Plan is for the modern woman who needs a swift kick in the pants in order to stop taking a back seat to her own life.

Making, saving, and investing money appropriately can be difficult, but it’s even more difficult when excuses and obstacles find themselves in the pathway to financial success and goalposts. These pitfalls - like a failed business, for example - can set someone back several years. Fortunately, there is help!

Start saving, keep saving, and stick to your goals. If you are already saving, whether for retirement or another goal, keep going! You know that saving is a rewarding habit. If you’re not saving, it’s time to get started. Start small if you have to and try to increase the amount you save each month. The sooner you start saving, the more time your money has to grow. Make saving for retirement a priority. Devise a plan, stick to it, and set goals. Remember, it’s never too early or too late to start saving.

Perhaps you’ve never thought of “buying” your retirement. Yet, that is exactly what you do when you put money into a retirement nest egg. You are paying today for the cost of your retirement tomorrow. The cost of those future years is getting more expensive for most Americans for two reasons.

Are you afraid you will have to work until you drop? Are you fed up with your job, the nine-to-five, and want to escape? Can’t work out how to square that circle? Find out how to retire early without a six-figure income, even if you have children.

Attorney Patrick Kelleher takes the listener through a step-by-step process in order to better understand the planning process. Estate planning is critically important for seniors and for their family members, who need to be prepared in the event of a loved one’s illness or passing. Without a written plan, the consequences can be extremely costly for your family members. If you or an aging loved one have been putting off estate planning, this book will help you start with the basics.