It’s been a while since I read something that was “good for me” that was also so easy to read. I really enjoyed the parable style story telling by Patrick Lencioni in The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. The book takes you on a journey with a new CEO as she starts a job at…
When you think about difficult people, is there someone who immediately comes to mind? Personally, there is one performer who did manage to leave such a scar that I often thought of them as my example person while reading this book. Not that we ever have to deal with difficult personalities in stage management. But…
My quest to stay busy and productive during quarantine has led me to a habit I wanted to get better at for some time – I’ve been reading at least a chapter a day of a book. Sometimes it’s for fun, sometimes it’s about money, but some of them are from my list of books…
I am somewhat fascinated about how we, as women, often shoot ourselves in the foot with our careers. In some ways, I think I’ve been mercifully screened from it. I spent a lot of years as the only woman on a crew and I was always fairly sure I picked up a ton of bad…
So many days it seems like there just aren’t enough hours. I feel that way a lot of the time and yet I still think I’m pretty productive. Honestly, when I’m at my busiest, I’m most productive, because I have to prioritize carefully. My productivity falls to nearly zilch when I have too much free…
Looking for a last minute gift for the financially inept in your life? I recently won a copy of The One-Page Financial Plan by Carl Richards and actually really enjoyed it. If there’s someone in your life (or you are) expressing an interest in learning more about personal finance but isn’t quite ready to make…
Sorry guys, this review has been a long time coming, but I just kept putting off reading this book. ;o) For real though, I had a serious case of casual procrastination about reading this book that I thoroughly regret. The More You Do, The Better You Feel by David Parker is a book about beating…
When I was offered a chance to snag a copy of How to Avoid Bag Lady Syndrome (B.L.S.): A Strong Woman’s Guide to Financial Peace of Mind by Lance Drucker, how could I turn it down with a title like that? Avoiding bag lady syndrome is a key tenant of brokeGIRLrich! I found I’m in…
One of my favorite things about being a personal finance blogger is our awesome community. I’ve never encountered a group of people who were just so keen on helping you getting your life together and so nice and supportive about it. That being said, I want to highlight one of the first bloggers I started…
**Please note, I was provided a free copy of this book in exchange for a review. Fortunately, giving it a good review was no problem.** As someone who is often battling the feeling of being stuck in neutral and the Blerch, I found Get Life Right by David A. Dunn to be a pretty delightful…
Are you ready for an adventure? To sail the seven seas to fame and riches? Pirates of Financial Freedom is what happens when The Wealthy Barber meets Treasure Island. It’s a pretty strange book that has the potential of engaging a whole lot of teenagers, because, let’s face it, how many 14 year olds want to read The Millionaire Next Door? Honestly,…
From the lady who brought us Are You Financially Sexy? comes Train Your Way to Financial Fitness (please imagine that in the grand summer blockbuster announcer’s voice). Or, put another way, my friend Shannon from Financially Blonde wrote a book! Which I think is so incredibly cool. Turns out, the books as awesome as she is.…
Getting a glimpse into a different world is always a treat to me. Whenever bloggers write posts along the lines of 24 hours in the life of a —-, I’m going to read it. dust tea, dingoes & dragons by R.F. Hemphill is definitely a look into a life that is very different from my…
I’m not naturally a people person, so shortly after deciding I really liked stage management, I thought it would be a good idea to make management books a regular part of my reading diet. The thing is, whether you’ve got one person or five hundred reporting to you, in a theater or in a boardroom,…
Today I want to tell you guys about a terrific read – Women Entrepreneur Revolution: Ready! Set! Launch! by Jenn Aubert. Jenn is an entrepreneur herself, running a successful acupuncture business in San Francisco. While building that business she realized there was a big gaping hole where female role models for entrepreneurs should be. She then…
There are a lot of personal finance books that I find a chore to read, but Multiple Streams of Income: How to Generate a Lifetime of Unlimited Wealth! by Robert G. Allen isn’t one of them. To begin with, it’s focused on my favorite subject – how to make more money. It also covers my second favorite…
Zero-Budget Christmas: The Almost Entirely True Story of Our Quest to Do Our Christmas Shopping Without Spending Any Money by Jason Anderson has been a real fun and easy read. To me, it read like an extended well-written blog post about different methods to keep your budget in check during the holiday season. It rehashes a…
It’s the end of another month here at brokeGIRLrich and the end of another series. Since our theme this month was getting out budgets in order, the giveaway of the month has been The Budget Kit by Judy Lawrence (and you still have 4 days left to win it!) Author Judy Lawrence is a…
We’ve come to a close here with the Doin’ It By the Decade series and I made my first attempt at an infographic to break down some key points we’ve covered over the last month: Yes, I know my infographics really need some work. All that aside, I hope some of the information has helped…