Your Money Or Your Life
by Joe Dominguez, Vicki Robin · first published 1992
88% recommend10% neutral2% critical
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Step-by-step program for rethinking money as life energy, tracking spending, and reaching financial independence; it helps readers move away from consumerism toward frugal, simpler living and meaningful work.
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A 9-step program that shows you how to get out of debt and develop savings, reorder material priorities and live well for less.
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…in relationships) -Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman (you guys probably already know this) -The Blank Slate (Steven Pinker) -The Snowball (Warren Buffett biography) -Influence (Robert B. Cialdini) -Your Money or Your Life (Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin) -When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to Peace (Le Ly Hayslip) -The Halo Effect (Phil Rosenzweig) -The LessWrong.com sequences…
on “Ask HN: What books changed the way you think about almost everything?” ↗…amounts of money will make you happier and "better off" and it's plainly not true. Why do companies advertise stuff? Solely to further their own agenda. It's not about you. I just finished reading "Your Money or Your Life" [2] - an excellent book that walks through the steps needed to break out of the cycle you're stuck in. It's a little self-helpy, but the message is great, and if you follow the steps they outline, you'll…
on “Ask HN: What is really wrong with the US economy, really?” ↗This is what the FIRE movement (Financial Independence and Retire Early) is all about. I would highly recommend the book "Your money or your life" by Vicki Robin. The best approach to switching to more meaningful work is to start by getting your financial life in order. I speak with personal experience: I realized earlier this year that I did not…
on “I Took a Pay Cut for a More Meaningful Job” ↗Here are some of my personal favorites: 1) The Millionaire Next Door 2) The Intelligent Investor (must read!) 3) How to Get Out of Debt, Stay Out of Debt, and Live Prosperously 4) Your Money or Your Life 5) I Will Teach You to Be Rich (relevant to you at your age) 6) Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes, and How to Correct Them (short and sweet) 7) The Rational Optimist (not specifically about personal…
on “Ask HN: A good book about personal finance?” ↗A book that changed my life, Your Money or Your Life, by Vicky Robin and Joe Dominguez, was recently re-published with some updated info. If you're the reading type, you should pick up a copy at your library. It guides you through making peace with your…
on “Half of all adults in the world have less than $2,300 in wealth (2016)” ↗…the goods and should be defended. The left doesn't need to throw the baby out with the bathwater. We should continue improving the system we've got -- especially urgent today as they're under seige. * Your Money or Your Life (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/78428.Your_Money_or_Your...): Philosophy masquerading as personal finance. Challenges the reader to ask "What is enough?" and honestly evaluate whether they are living…
on “YC’s 2018 Summer Reading List” ↗If you haven't read Your Money or Your Life, I highly, highly recommend it. It transformed how I think about time and money and led to some real changes in my decisions about life and work.
on “Tell HN: I'm giving away a few non programming books for free” ↗For a personal finance "classic" in this vein, I recommend "Your Money or Your Life" by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin: http://www.amazon.com/Your-Money-Life-Transforming-Relations... The book has some interesting things to say about the value of time and, at the very least, forces you…
on “What’s Your Time Worth?” ↗For a detailed, pragmatic exegesis of this insight, see Your Money Or Your Life by Joe Dominguez.
on “Lunch with Sean Parker: on how he's coping with his new reputation” ↗If you are intrigued by the thought of changing your financial behavior, I can heartily recommend the following as followups to this article: 1) "Your Money or Your Life" (http://www.amazon.com/Your-Money-Life-Transforming-Relations...) - Don't recall if this was mentioned in any of the recommended book threads, but it's definitely a good one. Gets you thinking about…
on “Behaviors That Destroy Your Financial Health” ↗Check out "Your Money or Your Life" by Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez. Although some of the specifics no longer apply because 30-year Treasury bonds aren't near 10% like they were when the author became financially independent (in the 1980s),…
on “Ask HN: How to be the starving programmer?” ↗…need: http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2013/02/22/getting-rich-from-... I personally ignore most of MMM's frugal lifestyle stuff and focus on the saving 25x your annual spending part. I highly recommend the book Your Money or Your Life as well. You don't need 250K/yr (unless you are using the surplus to achieve financial independence). http://www.amazon.com/Your-Money-Life-Transforming-Relations...
on “Ask HN: How to earn over $250K a year?” ↗…includes my family and my friends and learning other things as well. Your career is not you. Your career is not your life. You and your life are far more important than your job. You should read the book "Your Money or Your Life" to get some perspective (https://www.amazon.com/Your-Money-Life-Transforming-Relation...) In practice I think you can actually be really good at your job, not work long hours at home, and still stay…
on “Ask HN: How to balance getting ahead with life?” ↗I would listen to an audiobook - Your Money or Your Life https://www.amazon.com/Your-Money-Life-Transforming-Relation... And follow it up by reading something like: https://www.amazon.com/Simple-Path-Wealth-financial-independ...
on “Ask HN: How to make money while commuting to work?” ↗1. Your Money or Your Life - Joe Dominguez 2. Is the American Dream Killing You - Paul Stiles 3. The Odyssey - Homer 4. Collected Works of Ted Hughes 5. DK Eye Witness Guide to Thailand (on second paper copy) 6. Lonely Planet Guide…
on “Ask HN: Which books have you re-read the most?” ↗