Comments on: Personal Finance Workbooks: Worthwhile Or Not? http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/01/18/personal-finance-workbooks-worthwhile-or-not/ Simple, applicable personal finance advice for the modern world Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:21:53 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: jennydecki http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/01/18/personal-finance-workbooks-worthwhile-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-391977 jennydecki Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:04:07 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/01/18/personal-finance-workbooks-worthwhile-or-not/#comment-391977 I actually found this site looking for any workbooks from Jim Cramer or one of those books. I would like to do some exercises on P/E and M x E = P and those kinds of easy math until they were second nature in my brain and I could just know what the steps were instead of going at it from scratch. Sure I can just pick stocks and do it myself, but really, a format is something I would enjoy in this case. But for the total money makeover ... I cannot imagine what would be in that workbook. I created a budget in Excel and work from that, no workbook necessary. I actually found this site looking for any workbooks from Jim Cramer or one of those books. I would like to do some exercises on P/E and M x E = P and those kinds of easy math until they were second nature in my brain and I could just know what the steps were instead of going at it from scratch.

Sure I can just pick stocks and do it myself, but really, a format is something I would enjoy in this case.

But for the total money makeover … I cannot imagine what would be in that workbook. I created a budget in Excel and work from that, no workbook necessary.

]]> By: Jim Kane http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/01/18/personal-finance-workbooks-worthwhile-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-3449 Jim Kane Thu, 18 Jan 2007 23:02:49 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/01/18/personal-finance-workbooks-worthwhile-or-not/#comment-3449 I think of workbooks as great for someone other than me. Personally, I can sit down and grind through just about any book. When I'm done, my retention is pretty darned good. Some people, on the other hand, can't pay attention for more than 5 minutes without _doing_ something -- taking notes, trimming their nails, napping, etc. For them, the workbook "involves" them a little more, kind of like a nagging teacher who keeps calling on you in class. I think of workbooks as great for someone other than me. Personally, I can sit down and grind through just about any book. When I’m done, my retention is pretty darned good. Some people, on the other hand, can’t pay attention for more than 5 minutes without _doing_ something — taking notes, trimming their nails, napping, etc. For them, the workbook “involves” them a little more, kind of like a nagging teacher who keeps calling on you in class.

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