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Learn how to live the life you want, not just the life you can afford! Managing your money is like going to the dentist or standing in line at the DMV. Nobody wants to do it, but at some point, it's inevitable: you need to clean your teeth, renew your license, and manage your personal finances like a grown-up. Whether you're struggling to pay off student loan debt, ready to stop living paycheck to paycheck, or have finally accepted that your Beanie Baby collection will never pay off, tackling your finances may seem immensely intimidating. But it doesn't have to be. By approaching personal finance as a game-something that requires you to set clear goals, as well as face challenges you must beat-personal finance can not only be easy to understand, but it can also be fun! In Get Money, personal finance expert Kristin Wong shows you the exact steps to getting more money in your pocket without letting it rule your life. Through a series of challenges designed to boost your personal finance IQ, interviews with other leading financial experts, and exercises tailored to help you achieve even your biggest goals, you'll learn valuable skills such as: Building a budget that (gasp) actually worksSuper-charging a debt payoff planHow to strategically hack your credit scoreNegotiating like a shark (or at least a piranha)Side-hustling to speed up your money goalsStarting a lazy investment portfolio ... and many more!Simply put, with this gamified guide to personal finance, you'll no longer stress about understanding how your finances work-you'll finally get money.

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Not only is Get Money packed with valuable information on how to improve your finances, but it makes it easy for readers to take action. -- David Carlson, author of Hustle Away Debt Wong speaks eloquently about how intricately a person's financial and emotional life are interconnected; the emotions involved, and not just the finances, must be managed in order to make any progress...[She] shines in her encouraging direction to figure out financial priorities to accomplish personal goals. -- Publishers Weekly Well written in a tone that alternates between serious and humorous, Wong's timely, concise, and practical introduction is a quick and leisurely guide to modern financial literacy. -- Booklist Wong...has done the impossible: she has made learning about money fun! The book offers a series of challenges designed to boost your personal finance I. Q. and help to gamify money management. When you approach your finances as a game, it becomes easier and more enjoyable. With a wry, humorous tone, and plenty of personal anecdotes that reveal the author's own financial struggles, reading Get Money feels like chatting with a good friend. -- Forbes

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Kristin Wong regularly writes about personal finance, career, and human behavior for the New York Times, New York Magazine, and more.

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