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The Ultimate Cheapskate's Road Map to True Riches: A Practical (and Fun) Guide to Enjoying Life More by Spending Less | 
 enlarge | Author: Jeff Yeager
Publisher: Broadway
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  70 reviews
Sales Rank: 49623
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 0767926951
Dewey Decimal Number: 332.024
EAN: 9780767926959
ASIN: 0767926951
Publication Date: December 26, 2007
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Product Description
It used to be that “stuff” made you cool. That is so twentieth century. Jeff Yeager, the man dubbed The Ultimate Cheapskate by Matt Lauer on Today, offers a completely fresh take on personal finance, teaching us how to enjoy life more by spending less. He will show you how to buy less stuff, retire young, and live financially free, while you make a positive difference in people’s lives and save the planet along the way. The Ultimate Cheapskate’s Road Map to True Riches lays out the practices and principles that have made cheap the new cool.
Live within your means at thirty and stay there. The Ultimate Cheapskate was living well on what he earned at thirty, so when he made more money, he saved every penny. Now he is “selfishly” employed, doing work he loves and helping others.
Do for yourself what you could have others do for you. Cheapskates are die-hard do-it-yourselfers. It’s all about having the right tools, and The Ultimate Cheapskate will get you started.
Pinch the dollars and the pennies will pinch themselves. It’s not the $3 cup of coffee; it’s the big-ticket decisions that determine whether you’ll be financially free. So buy a house, not a castle.
The Ultimate Cheapskate’s Road Map to True Riches promises a quality of life you cannot buy, a sense of satisfaction you cannot fake, and an appreciation for others and for the planet that gives life value. Open your road map and prepare to discover the true joys of financial freedom.
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 a different spin than most September 24, 2008
What I like most about this book is the emphasis on living well by spending modestly, rather than striving to earn more and buy more. There are some helpful exercises to help put things in perspective and then to start saving.
Yeager reminds us of how good even modest-income Americans have it, and encourages charitable giving and being environmentally aware.
Good book on changing spending mindset September 17, 2008
This is a good book for changing your mindset to learn how to happily live beneath your means. Yeager is an entertaining, in-your-face type of writer, and provides plenty of concrete examples of how to get more out of your money. The chapters on food and entertainment are very useful.
I did take away one star because:
1) the book contains a lot of unneeded profanity/sexual references--it was plenty entertaining without it;
2) it looks at children in terms of how much they will cost over time--and he could have (as a Cheapskate), looked at that figure he quotes and suggested ways to cut it down considerably;
3) Yes, divorce costs both parties money over time, but it happens.
4) His neighborhood has stayed nice all these years. That is not always the case everywhere, sometimes you have to move when a neighborhood declines.
Overall the book was good, but read with the above in mind.
 Spending less to have more......... September 10, 2008
I first learned of the book The Ultimate Cheapskate's Road Map to True Riches on Amazon.com. It was a recommended buy. I liked the fact that the book offered the "look inside" feature. I took advantage of this feature and felt confident I was buying a book that would excite my desire to improve concious spending and, consuming of our planet's resources.
Jeff Yeager shines a bright light on our consumer driven culture. We are each handed a mirror to see clearly where changes need to take place.
When do you have enough? Is the question he asks of us and, encourages us to come up with our own answer.
Jeff shares a story from his youth of being snowed in from a surprise blizzard. His family being without power and, running water for five days. During that time he and his family experienced what the American family has lost, time. Time to really be present in the moment with each other.
He allows us to see that buying more stuff is ultimately the equivalent,of selling our time.
Jeff offers many ideas on how to break the vicious cycle, which he appropiately calls the "Money Step." Jeff shares with us that when you learn to take control of your "Enoughasaurus," (His affectionate name for the consumer beast that lives within each of our hearts.); you will no longer need to dance, every dance. Taming the beast within will not only save you money; more importantly your time and, our planet.
Jeff shares his personal financial portfolio and discusses how much money is enough for him and his wife.
Jeff assures us that he doesn't expect us to embrace his every thought and action. He states ".........even if you take only a small part of my advise or do a half-assed job of it, you'll still come out ahead."
I recommend this book to anyone who would like to change their mindset on spending and, have more time to do the things that really matter. After all if we change our mindset we will literally, "Keep the Change!"
Entertaining, practical and inspiring... September 9, 2008
Jeff Yeager's book was incredibly entertaining. I could only laugh at myself when I conducted Jeff's "What the Hell Was I Thinking?" Audit. It revealed so many ridiculous ways I had wasted money in the past. Jeff had proven me dead wrong when I thought I had already trimmed everything unnecessary out of my budget. He pointed out every pitfall I had somehow missed that kept me from maximizing my savings.
Everyone has heard Ben Franklin's quote "A penny saved is a penny earned" but how about the obvious way Jeff stated simply, "A penny saved is a penny you don't need to earn again!" As self evident as it should be, that statement hit me right between the eyes. We all work so hard everyday to earn money. However a lot of us fail to realize that if we can manage to hang on to that extra dollar in the first place the less toiling we will need to go back out and do to recover that dollar again! This book reminded me that my precious time in the future is worth far more than the things I only think I want to by now and will forget about tomorrow.
There are so many practical money saving tips included in this book, but most of all I found the book inspiring. It reminded me of the things that were truly important in life and in that being truly rich.
Great read! September 7, 2008
As someone in their late 20's I enjoyed Jeff Yeager's book. I think people my age struggle to see the real happiness in life. My generation has been trained to think they need more and more posessions. Credit card debt is something of a norm. Many people in their 20's think they need a brand new, fully loaded car, large house, and all the luxuries of life. I think this is a great book to help people realize what's important in life, especially the young people starting out. Jeff's advice may seem extreme, but I think there are some great ideas for people to try... even if it's in small increments.
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