The theme this week on the One Minute Retirement Tip podcast is: the problem with financial experts.

So far this week I’ve been talking about the problems with the financial experts and why you should generally not take advice from people you see on TV. That advice usually carries an agenda with it and more often than not it’s either too biased or too watered down to be useful. 

Today, I’m turning to my favorite trusted resources for financial advice...and that’s books. If you take nothing else away from this week’s episodes, I hope it’s to read more and watch less TV if you want to improve your finances and make better decisions about money.

There are so many great personal finance books out there, so it’s impossible to list them here, but I would encourage you to start where you are most interested or where you need the most help. 

If you have too much debt, then I recommend “Total Money Makeover” by Dave Ramsey. If you struggle with materialism and keeping up with the Joneses, then “The Millionaire Next Door” is the book for you. My dad recently gifted me “The Psychology of Money” by Morgan Housel, a book containing timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness. I’m looking forward to diving into that one. 

If you stick with the personal finance classics, you’ll be able to use those finance experts to your advantage and level-up your knowledge and confidence with your money. 

That’s it for today. But in case you missed this week’s earlier episodes, I’m planning an upcoming weekly theme on the podcast of “ask me anything”! Questions about your retirement, inflation, can you afford to retire this year, should you pay off your house before retirement...whatever is weighing on your mind about your money right now, submit your question to me, I’ll pick 5 of my favorites, and answer them on the podcast. Just send me an email to [email protected].

Thanks for listening. My name is Ashley Micciche and this is the One Minute Retirement Tip.

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