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Many of us are crazy about money. We spend too much of it and save too little. We hoard it and we sink into debt over it. We lavish it and are stingy with it. We lie about it and fight over it. We think about it all the time and we avoid thinking about it at all. What makes us act this way? We like to believe that our choices and actions are guided by rationality and common sense. But in fact, reason and common sense often have little to do with our money behavior. Even trained financial professionals can be crazy about money. Rather, our decisions are governed by our emotions and money beliefs. If these emotions and beliefs are balanced and clear, we will act wisely with our money. If they are confused, we will make poor decisions, creating financial havoc and deep unhappiness. Crazy About Money helps you identify the unconscious emotions and beliefs that typically develop in childhood and drive your money decisions as an adult. It also shows you how to change misguided attitudes that lead so many people into money trouble. Crazy About Money uses real and composite cases drawn from author Maggie Baker’s 30 years of clinical psychology practice. You’ll learn about Mary, who has a basement full of useless Internet purchases she made to get even with her seemingly indifferent husband. And about Harry, an 89-year-old multi-millionaire bachelor who nearly decided to move into a state-assisted living facility for fear he would run out of money. You will also meet others who, perhaps just like you, over-spend, under-save, and make poor investment decisions. In-depth discussions explain how many people, once they understand their motivations, are able to break short-sighted or destructive money attitudes and patterns of behavior. Exercises at the end of each chapter will help you examine your own feelings and actions and point the way toward smarter choices with money, whether in saving, investing, spending, giving, or sharing. In today’s economic climate, it’s crucial to understand how you make money decisions and how you can improve them. Emotional clarity about money and financial literacy are necessary 21st-century survival skills. Praise for Crazy About Money from other money experts: “… Funny, humane, and to the point, this will be the most fun you’ve had while learning why we act as we do. It is a bible for anyone who teaches or counsels people about their money.” Kent Engelke, Managing Partner and Chief Strategist, Capitol Securities Management “… Read this book — and insist that your financial advisors read it as well!” G. Scott Budge, Ph.D., Psychologist/Managing Director, RayLign Advisory, LLC "Crazy About Money takes a uniquely direct approach to how and why so many of us struggle with money. Dr. Baker draws on her extensive professional experience and her personal journey with her own finances to teach us that a healthy relationship with money is both freeing and attainable... this book a great read for anyone looking to understand his/her own attitudes and spending habits." Leslie Gordon Mayer, Ph.D. President &CEO, Mayer Leadership Group; Fellow, Wharton School of Business "... A priceless contribution to the field of money psychology, this book is a must-read for individuals and couples facing money conflicts or money avoidance. Mental health professionals, money coaches and financial professionals will also find it a great resource for themselves and their clients." Olivia Mellan, psychotherapist, money coach, speaker, and author of Money Harmony and The Client Connection (with Sherry Christie)(moneyharmony.com) Maggie Baker’s Crazy About Money is unique in describing how we form and act on money scripts at various stages of life, from childhood through retirement... she has created a readable, useful book that can help you build a healthier relationship with money. Rick Kahler, M.S., CFP ® Kahler Financial Group and Board Member, Financial Therapy Association

In this sequel to the acclaimed Damned Lies and Statistics, which the Boston Globe said "deserves a place next to the dictionary on every school, media, and home-office desk," Joel Best continues his straightforward, lively, and humorous account of how statistics are produced, used, and misused by everyone from researchers to journalists. Underlining the importance of critical thinking in all matters numerical, Best illustrates his points with examples of good and bad statistics about such contemporary concerns as school shootings, fatal hospital errors, bullying, teen suicides, deaths at the World Trade Center, college ratings, the risks of divorce, racial profiling, and fatalities caused by falling coconuts. More Damned Lies and Statistics encourages all of us to think in a more sophisticated and skeptical manner about how statistics are used to promote causes, create fear, and advance particular points of view.
Best identifies different sorts of numbers that shape how we think about public issues: missing numbers are relevant but overlooked; confusing numbers bewilder when they should inform; scary numbers play to our fears about the present and the future; authoritative numbers demand respect they don't deserve; magical numbers promise unrealistic, simple solutions to complex problems; and contentious numbers become the focus of data duels and stat wars. The author's use of pertinent, socially important examples documents the life-altering consequences of understanding or misunderstanding statistical information. He demystifies statistical measures by explaining in straightforward prose how decisions are made about what to count and what not to count, what assumptions get made, and which figures are brought to our attention.
Best identifies different sorts of numbers that shape how we think about public issues. Entertaining, enlightening, and very timely, this book offers a basis for critical thinking about the numbers we encounter and a reminder that when it comes to the news, people count--in more ways than one.

Here's the ultimate modern guide to magic tricks for everyday situations--using cell phones, floppy disks, airsickness bags, TV remote controls, and other everyday items. This handbook features more than 40 do-it-yourself illusions to perform in your home, office, car, in transit, or out on the town, with step-by-step instructions and illustrations throughout. Learn to: Magically Feed a Parking Meter Make Yourself Levitate Pull a Banana Out of Thin Air Make a Claculator Predict the Future Make a Shot Glass Disappear Make Time Stand Still And More! With so many amazing tricks, Amazing Irv s Handbook of Everyday magic brings instant fun to family outings, business meetings, cocktail parties, and dozens of others situations.

A collection of business aphorisms that is authoritative, highly readable, often humorous, and always wise.

Richard A. Moran has distilled the businessplace into a collection of 355 aphorisms that run the range from the often-overlooked ("Don't get drunk at the company holiday party") to the potentially career-saving ("When you get the entrepreneurial urge, go visit someone who's started a business--it may cure you"). He knows his stuff--he's the National Director of Organization Change Practice for Price Waterhouse and has been featured on CNN and NPR. This collection of wisdom nuggets is packed with chuckles and perfect for Dilbert-lovers.

Experience the miracle of addition through subtraction. Less really can be so much more.

Less really can be more, especially when you're trying to eliminate unnecessary burdens from your life. Want to lose weight? Eat less. Want to improve your finances? Spend less. Want to reduce stress and simplify your life? Read this book. Stephen Arterburn, bestselling author of The Every Man's Battle series, is a nationally renowned expert on helping men and women take life-changing actions to improve their lives. In What Have You Got to Lose? he uses Biblical concepts to guide readers through seven steps-surrender, acceptance, confession, responsibility, forgiveness, transformation, preservation-to relieve themselves of baggage and to live more abundantly. Less really can be so much more!