The 5 Books That Changed My Money Life
Thursday, March 4th, 2010I’ve been talking a lot lately about the importance of educating yourself about money before you start investing and saving for retirement.
Money education shouldn’t follow investing so if you have any interest start today. The benefits of even a little money education will pay-off huge in the long run.
I started learning about money after stumbling upon some personal finance blogs via Lifehacker. I decided to try out some books those sites suggested and I became enamored with the topic.
It sounds ridiculous, but those books opened my eyes to a whole new side of money that I never knew existed.
Here are 5 short reviews of those personal finance books that I read when I first started. I would recommend these books to any one and will always hold them close to my heart for everything they did for my wallet.
I would love to do full reviews, but with a lack of libraries in Japan I’m out of luck.
In the meantime enjoy the 5 micro-reviews!
The Automatic Millionaire: A Powerful One-Step Plan to Live and Finish Rich
The one that started it all. I was a naive 21 year-old and attracted to the “Millionaire” in the title, but the book was surprisingly simple and flipped on a hundred light switches in my head.
Author David Bach introduced me to the paying yourself first – taking a certain percentage of your paycheck – maybe 20-35% – and automatically saving that every time. No excuses, if you do this consistently your money will grow over time and you’ll be thankful you never skipped a paycheck.
This book prompted me to start tracking my money and introduced the idea that people knew how much was going in and out of their accounts – I literally had no idea and never once tracked a penny before this book.
Verdict: A great starter to make you excited about money and the future.









Hi, I'm Austin Morgan. I live in Japan, teach English, and write about personal finance. I hope you enjoy FF and feel free to 