Comments on: Your Money or Your Life: Buy or Don’t Buy? http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2006/12/15/your-money-or-your-life-buy-or-dont-buy/ Simple, applicable personal finance advice for the modern world Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:22:21 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: rodgerlvu http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2006/12/15/your-money-or-your-life-buy-or-dont-buy/comment-page-1/#comment-663156 rodgerlvu Fri, 15 May 2009 07:38:10 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2006/12/15/your-money-or-your-life-buy-or-dont-buy/#comment-663156 another well composed post another well composed post

]]> By: Toby http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2006/12/15/your-money-or-your-life-buy-or-dont-buy/comment-page-1/#comment-30965 Toby Fri, 01 Jun 2007 18:34:14 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2006/12/15/your-money-or-your-life-buy-or-dont-buy/#comment-30965 I couldn't do it. I couldn't stomach this book. Don't get me wrong, the premise is great and I have considered my relationship with money and thought about the question of "how much is enough?" before, so I was looking forward to see what this book could bring to the equation. But when I recently picked it up and started to read, well, let's just say the granola didn't agree with me. "gazingus pin"??? "making a dying"???(instead of living, get it:P) I couldn't take the stupid puns and made-up vocabulary. At first I thought it was confined to one of the introductory chapters, but when I flipped ahead 100+ pages and saw "gazingus pin" again, I knew I couldn't finish the book. Oh well, perhaps someday I'll finally find a book that can give me an intelligent counter-point to my current philosophical and spiritual teacher, Gordon Gekko;) I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t stomach this book. Don’t get me wrong, the premise is great and I have considered my relationship with money and thought about the question of “how much is enough?” before, so I was looking forward to see what this book could bring to the equation. But when I recently picked it up and started to read, well, let’s just say the granola didn’t agree with me.
“gazingus pin”??? “making a dying”???(instead of living, get it:P) I couldn’t take the stupid puns and made-up vocabulary. At first I thought it was confined to one of the introductory chapters, but when I flipped ahead 100+ pages and saw “gazingus pin” again, I knew I couldn’t finish the book.

Oh well, perhaps someday I’ll finally find a book that can give me an intelligent counter-point to my current philosophical and spiritual teacher, Gordon Gekko;)

]]> By: Tracy http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2006/12/15/your-money-or-your-life-buy-or-dont-buy/comment-page-1/#comment-20788 Tracy Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:34:07 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2006/12/15/your-money-or-your-life-buy-or-dont-buy/#comment-20788 This is one of my favorite books. I'll quibble with one of your points: The authors do make strong investment advice. They argue that the only option is to invest in the guaranteed income stream of Treasury bonds. I keep wondering how that could work, as you'd have to put a ridiculous amount of money into bonds, at today's rate of return, to cover your income. This is one of my favorite books. I’ll quibble with one of your points: The authors do make strong investment advice. They argue that the only option is to invest in the guaranteed income stream of Treasury bonds. I keep wondering how that could work, as you’d have to put a ridiculous amount of money into bonds, at today’s rate of return, to cover your income.

]]> By: Andy http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2006/12/15/your-money-or-your-life-buy-or-dont-buy/comment-page-1/#comment-1321 Andy Tue, 19 Dec 2006 04:45:31 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2006/12/15/your-money-or-your-life-buy-or-dont-buy/#comment-1321 "Your Money or Your Life" is probably my favorite financial book. I'd definitely reccommend it. If I had just followed the steps since I first bought it I could be retired already. Unfortunately, I don't have enough self-discipline but I'm still working on it. “Your Money or Your Life” is probably my favorite financial book. I’d definitely reccommend it. If I had just followed the steps since I first bought it I could be retired already. Unfortunately, I don’t have enough self-discipline but I’m still working on it.

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