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ISBN: 0137054254
Author: Trent A. Hamm
Publisher: FT Press; 1 edition (June 19, 2010)
Language: English
Pages: 272
ePub: 1534 kb
Fb2: 1182 kb
Rating: 4.4
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Category: Work and Money
Subcategory: Personal Finance

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Trent Hamm set out to boost his happiness by freeing himself from debt.

Trent Hamm set out to boost his happiness by freeing himself from debt. -Gretchen Rubin, author of the "New York Times "best seller, "THE HAPPINESS PROJECT" ""The Simple Dollar "paves the way to an uncluttered financial and richly rewarding life.

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Struggling with debt?

Frustrated about work?

Just not satisfied with life?

“Trent Hamm set out to boost his happiness by freeing himself from debt. This account of how he succeeded, and how he was able to construct the life he’d always wanted, will inspire readers to put his ideas to work in their own lives.”

–Gretchen Rubin, author of the #1 New York Times best seller, THE HAPPINESS PROJECT

“The Simple Dollar paves the way to an uncluttered financial and richly rewarding life. Trent’s experiential advice prepares readers for the expected–and most importantly the unexpected–complexities of the modern economic world. Live debt free, mind the gap, and find a framework to get the secure and happy life you desire.”

–Erin Rooney Doland, author of Unclutter Your Life in One Week and Editor-in-Chief, Unclutterer.com

“If you feel like your finances are out of control, read The Simple Dollar. Trent Hamm burns with the unforgettable fire of someone who has gone from debt to wealth, and this book can inspire you to do the same.”

–J.D. Roth, author of Your Money: The Missing Manual and editor of GetRichSlowly.org

The Simple Dollar can change your life.

Trent Hamm found himself drowning in consumer debt, working in a job he couldn’t stand… and figured out how to escape that debt and build the fulfilling career he’d always dreamt about, all at the same time.

Hamm shared his experiences at TheSimpleDollar.com—and built it into one of America’s top personal finance websites. Now, The Simple Dollar is a book: packed with practical tips, tools, and lessons you can use to transform your life, too.

This isn’t just “another” personal finance book: it’s profoundly motivating, empowering, practical, and 100% grounded in today’s American realities. Trent Hamm will show you how to rewrite the rules, creating healthier relationships with money… and with your loved ones, too. With his help, you can get out of debt, start moving forward, and build the strong personal community that offers true happiness—no matter what happens to the economy.

· Escape the plastic prison, and stop running to stand still

5 simple steps to eliminate credit card debt… and 5 more to start moving forward

· Shift your life’s balance towards more positive, stronger relationships

Learn how to put the golden rule to work for you

· Discover the power of goals in a random world

Then, learn how to overcome inertia, and transform goals into reality

· Navigate the treacherous boundaries between love and money

Move towards deeper communication, greater honesty, and more courage

Comments: (7)

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Hamm makes some good points in this book, but unfortunately the reader has to wade through so much dross and redundancy to find them that they lose a lot of their impact. He could just as easily have written a book containing the same information at half the length, though economy in writing is not Hamm's forte, as anyone who has ever read his blog has doubtlessly noticed. Rather than writing a concise, user-friendly personal finance guide, Hamm tediously stretches this work into a 270 page tome that would be completely exhausting if it weren't so redundant.

The following paragraph appears three times VERBATIM in the book before chapter five (of a nineteen chapter work):
"It's easy to be resistant to the idea of setting goals. It requires introspection, commitment, and facing your fears. Yet, without clear, written goals with discrete follow-ups, it is substantially harder to achieve significant gains in life. Without them, it's likely nothing will change in your life."

I understand repeating yourself to make a point, but in this case, it appears to be bad editing, and there are several other examples of the same repeated sentences and phrases throughout the book. There are a fair number of typos too, but I'm sure there are typos in this review, so I'm not going to bust him for that.

Hamm has good if fairly typical and conventional things to say, but the way the book is written makes it almost excruciating for the reader to muddle through it. He intersperses solid financial advice with a bunch of squishy personal-development crap and at times it seems like he is writing purely for length rather than to entertain, inform, or persuade the reader. If he were to revise it by whittling out about 150 pages of unnecessary wordiness, reiteration, and irrelevant bloviating, it might be a book I would recommend to others, but as it stands now, not so much.

Rainpick

I have to say I agree with D. Bruns' assessment of the books' content. I read Trent's blog, so I only got the book because it's free in the Kindle version. His writing style is lacking any verve (overuse of trite phrases, some overblown prose when recounting the key moments in his life, etc), & I got really tired of his use of the words "simple" and "simply" multiple times on almost every page.

Trent is a young midwestern white male, who has a loving wife with a regular day job with benefits, a young family, and he has a specific picture in his mind of what his life should look like. Other than getting his debts paid down & working on getting over a tendency toward binge shopping, as an adult he really hasn't faced a lot of life challenges at this point. His advice comes purely from that viewpoint, which may be true to him but not necessarily applicable to everyone else in the world.

That said, this is much more than just his own story. He provides specific steps and items for the reader to consider in each chapter. So it's more self-help than memoir or biography. A decent first-steps kind of book if you need help starting to get your life in order - just be sure to decide what your dreams are rather than mimicking what he thinks is the best life to lead!

Walianirv

The title is misleading, appearing as it does to reference a personal-finance/debt-reduction manual. It's not the best book of that type, by far. But it's so much more valuable than that. The author goes on a sometimes chaotic discussion of how to figure out what you really want out of life, and then does his best to help you figure out how to get it. This isn't at all limited to finance, but covers personal relationships, child-rearing, self-improvement, etc. Throughout, you get the sense that he really cares about the advice offered, and that he's concerned how well it will work for you, the reader. I recommend it.

Marilace

Shame on me for buying this book without realizing the author has zero experience in financial advisement. He gives some great ideas about how to get started, but it left something to be desired. He gives advice about doing a DIY home energy audit and things like that, but then he goes and tells you to find how to do this on the internet. Why not just give us a guide? It was interesting to hear about his personal life because many people are stuck in similar situation with credit card debt, school loans and worrying about providing for kids. Almost all of the ideas in this book can be found on the internet with a little research for free. Ok book, I was looking for something a little more than just basic skills to save and pay down debt.

Drelajurus

The author makes a compelling presentation that his ideas are not just about saving some money -- they are about building a well-balanced and properous life. While this book contains a broad range of specific cost reduction and debt reduction strategies, the books' strength lies in the principles he presents and brings cohesion to which invites self-assessment in terms of whether one's life is appropriately in balance in the range of family, work, wealth, and inner joy.

I found it to be well worth the read, and much more valuable long term than so many other personal finance books I have read.The Simple Dollar: How One Man Wiped Out His Debts and Achieved the Life of His Dreams

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