“You would be crazy not to read this book, cure your money madness, and make more money in every area of your life.”
~ Mark Victor Hansen , Chicken Soup for the Soul
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The Cure for Money Madness makes a golden promise: stress-free prosperity and a lifetime of financial peace.
When financial advisor Spencer Sherman found himself crossing a police line to retrieve his work files from a burning office building, he realized he had money madness. He noticed it in his clients, too: those irrational feelings about money that make otherwise rational adults behave foolishly—buying high, selling low, overspending, lying to their spouses, equating their self-worth with their net worth. Money madness stresses us out, poisons our relationships, and keeps us from making as much money as we can. So Spencer invented the cure. Now, in The Cure for Money Madness, he gives us the tools that have helped thousands of people find greater peace of mind—and make more money.
Money madness, Spencer shows us, comes from unproductive messages that we received long ago. “It takes money to make money.” “Paying rent is just throwing money down the drain.” “Don’t talk about money.” When you challenge the messages, you can transform all aspects of your money life: earning, spending, saving, investing, giving, borrowing. More money will flow to you. Your relationships will improve. You’ll enjoy your money more. And you’ll be more generous, too.
In The Cure for Money Madness, you’ll discover:
- How much your money madness has been costing you
How wealthy you truly are, by using the revolutionary Actual Net WorthTM statement
How “small and boring” can help you outperform the top investors—without watching the market
How to communicate about money in ways that create deeper connections with your spouse, parents, children, friends, and colleagues
How to know what is truly enough
Money madness keeps us from living as richly as we might and enjoying the wealth we have. In these tough economic times, The Cure for Money Madness transforms fear and stress into prosperity and peace.
Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Broadway (February 3, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0767928555
ISBN-13: 978-0767928557
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Introduction
1.Money Madness : What It Does and How it Works
2. Contracting The Condition : How We Get Money Madness
3. Money Madness in Action : How the Money Monster Operates in Your Life
4. Free Your Life From Money Madness : Tame the Monster
5. Financial Intimacy : Getting Naked Around Money
6. The Rainbow Portfolio™: Madness Free Investing - The Boring Way to Make More Money
7. Getting Money : Madness Free Strategies
8. Philanthropy and Money Madness
9. Enough - Finding Your Sufficiency
10. Make It Happen
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Actual Net Worth™ Worksheet :
Expand the traditional net worth statement by including what I call “human assets,” those items we typically omit from the net worth concept but which are, as you’ll see, a true and powerful component of wealth. For example, would you prefer to be a billionaire in poor health or a poor person in excellent health? Would you preer to be creative and energetic or wealthy but less creative. Try to quantify how much you value these things. View the worksheet here.
This is an awareness exercise. For practical budgeting see our Spending Intentions worksheet below.Click to view. (PDF)
Money Madness Diagnosis:
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Spending Intentions Worksheet:
For most people, strict budgeting, like strict diets, doesn't work as well as a plan that gives you flexibility.On this sheet, you'll develop a spending range for each area of your expenses. Click to view. ( PDF )
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Esalen
The Esalen Institute was founded in 1962 as an alternative educational center devoted to the exploration of what Aldous Huxley called the "human potential," the world of unrealized human capacities that lies beyond the imagination.
Kripalu
Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to promoting the art and science of yoga to produce thriving and health in individuals and society.
Canyon Ranch
Award winning Canyon Ranch set among the wooded hills of Lenox, Massachusetts, offers the ultimate healthy vacation. At the last turn of the century the Berkshires was a haven for aristocrats. Today we'll treat you like one. Among the aesthetic touches and thoughtful amenities Canyon Ranch is dedicated to making your stay a constant pleasure. Canyon Ranch is a premier resort with multiple locations in Lenox, Tucson and Miami.
Alex Grey and The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors
The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, CoSM, is a 501(c)(3) organization, supported solely by charitable donations from the community. CoSM provides a public exhibition of the Sacred Mirrors and the most outstanding works of mystical art by Alex Grey.
7 Laws for Raising Financially Independent Kids
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gives parents the tools they need to educate their children in financial competence and life-long financial planning. Author Kasey Claytor guides parents through a child’s stages of development with insights and tactics that help develop decision-making abilities critical for long-term financial independence.
Buddahs Brain
The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom. It’s written by Rick Hanson, Ph.D. – a neuropsychologist and meditation teacher – with a neurologist, Richard Mendius, M.D. See www.rickhanson.net/writings/buddhas-brain for more information.
Earthdance
The Global Dance Festival for Peace has grown to become the world's largest simultaneous music and dance event. Founded in 1996, with 22 cities and 18 countries participating, Earthdance has grown to over 300 locations in 60 countries participating in 2007, with locations ranging from the club-lands of New York to the rainforests of Brazil. Every year, in alignment with the International Day of Peace, over 200,000 people unite in dance with hundreds of thousands more joining online in support of global peace and humanitarian aims.
Oregon Country Fair
An annual three-day festival offering the finest in entertainment, hand-made crafts, delectable food and information sharing. The Fair takes place in Veneta, Oregon, about 15 miles west of Eugene.
Harmony Festival
An annual camping and music festival in Sonoma County, CA celebrating evolutionary new ideas, community activism, eco-awareness, spiritual wisdom, visionary art and conscious music.
Curry Without Worry
This 501(c)(3) in San Francisco serves a healthy, hot meal every Tuesday to those in need. This is a great example of giving, and so far they have served over 15,000 meals. Pay them a visit next Tuesday!
Happiness Coaching!
Dr. Aymee Coget has dedicated her life to helping people have sustainable happiness in their lives through her private coaching, lectures and her Mind-Body-Spirit Happiness Makeover ™. She teaches how we must invest in our psychological capital for our financial capital to rise.
Common Good Banks
Democratic economics for a sustainable world. Common good banks™ will be different. Profits go to local schools and nonprofits. Depositors decide what the bank should invest in. Free local credit card processing for local businesses. Committed to sustainability and economic justice. Sign up to be a founding depositor, with no cost or obligation.
Global Sufficiency Network
The vision of Global Sufficiency Network is a world transformed and restored by the promise of sufficiency where everyone experiences themselves, their resources and each other as enough. The mission of Global Sufficiency Network is to spread the message and practice of sufficiency for the creation of an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling and socially just human presence on the planet. Global Sufficiency Network provides information, inspiration, tools, resources, and connections needed to practice and spread sufficiency across the globe.
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This presentation is meant for everyone, regardless of wealth.
Spencer Sherman has discovered that the number one factor in achieving true, joyful, and fulfilling financial freedom isn’t about having budgeting and financial know-how, or about how much you earn—it’s about transforming your inner relationship to money.
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How do I let go of guilt spending money on things I need but imagine I could get for a cheaper price elsewhere? When shopping, I find myself saying what my mother said to me in the store so many years ago—“We could make that…” 90% of the time we didn’t—but I find myself saying, You could buy four pairs of pants for the price of one if you go to a thrift store instead.
~Donna, Sebastopol, CA
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Dear Donna,
It’s important to recognize that there is nothing inherently wrong with wanting to save money. It’s a good instinct, and should indeed be part of everyone’s financial planning, but the instinct can run amok, leaving us unable to experience joy around the money we have that we can afford to spend.
So, what can you afford to spend? Sit down and look at the numbers. The task may be daunting, but ultimately, it will help liberate you from your money madness. You may discover that, mathematically, you can comfortably afford a much larger stipend for clothing than you allow yourself. Or, you may discover that spending much less will do much more for your bottom line.
Either way, it’s important to appreciate that this notion from your childhood—that you should feel guilty for spending anything but the rock-bottom price on items you want or need—is just that: a notion, not a truth, not a law of the universe. The source of your guilt isn’t a rock-solid fact, but someone’s opinion about their life based on their experience.
Then, marry your awareness of the numbers with your awareness of the emotional angle by creating an Intentional Spending Statement. An ISS isn’t based on the hard and fast numbers of budgeting, but on a realistic range of spending options—anything between the least amount we think is reasonable for what’s needed and the most amount that we can afford to spend on the item. A budget number is a limit—“I will spend not a penny more than $75 on running shoes at the mall today”—while an intention, perhaps a range of from $65 to $95 for running shoes, offers a field of choice. And where a budget is hard to stick to and rather easy to break or go around, an intention is wider in girth—tougher to avoid, yet with more give.
Over time, keep coming back to the numbers; keep reminding yourself that your childhood money message has no intrinsic truth; and practice managing your expenses with the structure and fluidity of intention. I think you’ll find your guilt greatly diminished, and your mastery and joy around your money greatly increased.
