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The Seven Stages of Money Maturity: Understanding the Spirit and Value of Money in Your Life (平装)
by George Kinder
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Money management, Personal wealth, Personal finance |
| Market price: ¥ 158.00
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| MSL Pointer Review:
Shedding light on the psychology of money, this book is a wonderful guide to understanding how we can improve our lives. |
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Mary Whaley (Booklist, MSL quote), USA
<2007-10-29 00:00>
This is a how-to book on money management, with a philosophical bent. The author, a CPA, provides readers with an awareness of the spiritual and psychological issues that surround money. With monetary expertise, practical experience, and a Buddhist orientation, Kinder offers a road map for understanding, deepening, and enriching the role that money plays in all areas of life and that leads to financial freedom. The book guides us through the seven stages of money maturity, beginning with innocence, or the absence of any concept of money. The next stages are pain, or realizing that some people have more and some have less money than others; adulthood, or the hard work of digging deep; knowledge, or learning financial techniques; understanding, or coming to terms with feelings about money; vigor, or developing the energy necessary to reach financial goals; and aloha, compassionate goodwill that allows use of the money without expecting a return. Kinder's case studies and exercises help readers attain the necessary skills for developing integrity in their relationship to money. |
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Cheryl Richardson (Author of Take Time for Your Life, MSL quote), USA
<2007-10-29 00:00>
Reading The Seven Stages of Money Maturity is like holding the hand of a wise and loving father who calmly guides you down the path to the land of financial freedom.
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Munro Richardson (MSL quote), USA
<2007-10-29 00:00>
In January 2002 my wife and I hit rock bottom financially. We owed nearly $45,000 in credit card debt alone, another $20,000 in student loans, and another $30,000 or so in car loans, personal loans, etc. We rented a ramshackle house and had no savings or investments whatsoever. And yet I found it impossible to pass up a bookstore without a new book in hand or the latest CD. I had read a number of books about personal finance, but I understood that there was something deeper that I was looking for. Something that would help me to understand the psychology of money, to understand why I made the choices that I made.
Fortunately, I came across an ad for George Kinder's book in Harvard Magazine in 2002. As a Christian I can understand that some might be put off by Kinder's infusion of Buddhist philosophy throughout the book. I studied East Asian studies in college, so I wasn't that bothered by it. In fact, I think Kinder's metaphor of the seven chakras, or energy centers, correlated perfectly with the seven stages of money maturity.
The main problem with most popular approaches to teaching personal finance is that they start at level four or five. But you haven't addressed the fundamental issues of levels one through three. This gap helps explain why the average American household has a negative net worth. We are doping ourselves at the mall with our credit cards!
Four years after reading the Seven Stages we have paid off all of that old debt (no bankruptcy!), own our own home, and are closing in on six figures liquid net worth. Robert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad, Poor Dad helped me to realize that The Matrix had me in its grasp; Kinder helped me see the code. |
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I. E. Valkenburg (MSL quote), The Netherlands
<2007-10-29 00:00>
Money and Life. Materialism and spirituality. Profit and sustainability. They always seemed to be two seperate worlds to me in my daily life. In his book George Kinder teached me so much how to bridge that gap, how to unite this paradox which is not really a paradox after all.
To create a life based on your heartscore, to be an entrepeneur and also create added value for society... George Kinder delivers a great model that helped me such to live a more authentic life.
George Kinder teached me how money can work for me rather than the other way around. I read many books about money. I loved Money and the meaning of life by Jacob Needleman. It's also a 'must to read' but the book of George Kinder is a practical translation into daily life matters. Really good! There is such a need in this world to give meaning to life. George offers tools to help ourselves to find that meaning within ourselves and live a harmonious life around money. His meassage comes from a universal place of freedom. Beautiful! |
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Mary L. Gibson (MSL quote), USA
<2007-10-29 00:00>
I highly recommend this book to everyone, but especially to those who can't seem to get a handle on their money. In a gentle, non threatening way, George Kinder leads you through the maze of understanding how you relate to money and the changes you can make to turn your relationship positive instead of negative.
This book will change your attitude about how you interact with money whether you "hate" dealing with money or whether you "love" working with money. You will thank yourself for reading it.
My first time reading this book was before I became a financial planner. I was in the process of educating myself about money so I could better manage it. Seven Stages made me realize that without understanding my attitudes and beliefs around money, I could never achieve the level of understanding I desired. |
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K. Nusbaum (MSL quote), USA
<2007-10-29 00:00>
This book took me on a life changing journey. As a frustrated corporate executive working on Wall Street, I picked up this book in order to understand the control money had over my life. In the end, this book forced me to take a look at my past and the misconceptions I carried with me about money. It led me on a journey of reflection, conscious decision and clarity in my life. My life has changed dramatically since I first read this book a couple of years ago, mainly because money no longer has control over my life. I have control over my life which is filled with riches most will never realize. |
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Carolyn M. Swift (MSL quote), USA
<2007-10-29 00:00>
As a professional writer and consultant working in the financial services industry, I was curious. What was it about The Seven Stages of Money Maturity book (and workshop) that kept creating "buzz" about Kinder and his Life Planning Institute within the financial planning community? I decided to find out for myself and signed up to take one of the 2-Day Seven Stages workshops lead by George Kinder and his business partner Susan Galvan. While the course was mentally engaging, what surprised me was how profoundly moved I was by the experience.
I devoured the Seven Stages book on the plane ride home and journaled like crazy, pouring all my insights and a-ha's onto paper. Taking the workshop first - and then reading the book - really solidified things for me. My husband subsequently took the Seven Stages course and read the book. We both came away with a greater understanding of our personal relationship with money.
Better yet, we fight less about money and life planning decisions. Since reading the book and taking the workshop, we've had more power to create our life of choice - and to then generate the money we need to support our life plan. To get the full benefit of the Seven Stages process, we are now interviewing life planners who have trained with Kinder or attained Registered Life Planner status. The Kinder Institute maintains a directory of Life Planners on its web site, http://www.KinderInstitute.com. |
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Kathleen M. Roth (MSL quote), USA
<2007-10-29 00:00>
This book is a jewel on many levels. 1. In a fast,complicated world Kinder provides a thoughtful look at the big picture: plan your life then plan your money. 2. The financial specifics at the end are good lessons in basic finances often overshadowed by dazzling, passing trends. 3. It is an interesting reflection on the maturing process. Parents of teens will likely benefit by having a maturation model. 4. There are elements of gentle self-care. Reading it a second time uncovers even more depth. It is a pleasant, easy read best enjoyed in a cozy, quiet setting. |
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