The 60-Minute Money Workout: An Easy Step-by-Step Guide to Getting Your Finances into Shape [Paperback]

Ellie Kay (Author)

Book Description

Release date: December 14, 2010

Financial transformation in just one hour a week!

You can revolutionize your finances in only sixty minutes! Looking for long-term economic stability and not common quick-fix schemes? Discover the secrets that Ellie Kay used to deliver her family from $40,000 in consumer debt. Now a nationally recognized financial expert and best-selling author, Ellie shares her one-hour-a-week program that has made it possible to take care of her family and do it all debt-free! With entertaining anecdotes, easy-to-follow charts, and practical advice, The 60-Minute Money Workout is both fun and feasible. You’ll be able to:
 
> Get out of debt and save for your kids’ college
> Have meaningful and debt-free vacations
> Pay cash for your cars
> Make a difference in the world by giving generously
> Find financial peace with your spouse
> Be content with your current circumstances
> Latch onto hope for your financial future
 
 
In just one hour a week, you’ll be financially stronger and smarter. Revolutionize your quality of life with the Workout and you’ll never look back!

Editorial Reviews

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Praise for The 60-Minute Money Workout

“Ellie Kay has the unique ability to make mastering your family’s finances easy, accessible, and yes, even fun! Written with the true insight of someone who’s been there, The 60-Minute Money Workout is a serious finance guide that doesn’t take itself too seriously…and offers something for every member of the family, even the kids.”
—Tanya Rivero, anchor of ABC News NOW’s “Good Money”

“Ellie Kay has a unique gift of being able to communicate through many mediums. She is an expert on practical money matters. This book is filled with insights and tools to help any family experience financial freedom and contentment.”
—Ron Blue, founder, Ronald Blue & Co.: Wisdom for Wealth. For Life.

“Ellie Kay is wise, articulate, and practical. Her new insights in The 60-Minute Money Workout are no exception. If your finances feel out of control, this book will whip you into shape!”
—Dr. Kevin Leman, author of Have a New Kid by Friday and Have a New You by Friday

Praise for Ellie Kay

“Ellie’s work, helping us be better stewards, is one of the great services to families across our nation.”
—Dennis Rainey, executive director and radio host of FamilyLife Today

“The debt mentality in our society is rampant, and people are desperate. Ellie hits the nail on the head by defining those struggles and offering practical solutions in a remarkably clear way.”
—Howard Dayton, CEO, Crown Financial Ministries

“Ellie is amazing! I don’t think she ever sleeps! She provides great information and is always a fun guest on the show.”
—Bill Griffeth, host of CNBC’s Power Lunch

“A splendid example of the far-reaching and positive impact that an individual with vision and faith can make in our world. Thank God for people like her who are a tremendous inspiration!”
—Dr. Robert H. Schuller, The Crystal Cathedral and television host of Hour of Power

About the Author

ELLIE KAY is a financial expert on Good Money (ABC NEWS) and best-selling author of more than a dozen books and hundreds of magazine articles. She’s a regular media guest on CNBC, CNN, and Fox News, and has been featured on ABC Nightline, Your World with Neil Cavuto, and Fox and Friends. Her radio commentary for Focus on the Family airs on more than two thousand radio outlets around the world. She and her husband are the parents of seven children and live in Southern California. Visit her Web  site at EllieKay.com.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: WaterBrook Press (December 14, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0307446034
• ISBN-13: 978-0307446039
• Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.5 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (58 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,270,374 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Move over money makeovers? June 23, 2012

By Seeker

Format:Paperback

While I find the information sound in The 60-Minute Money Workout: An Easy Step-by-Step Guide to Getting Your Finances into Shape by Ellie Kay and I understood the intention of the "workout" concept, it felt regimented and less motivational in comparison to other books I have read on personal finances. However, I can also see how this book would be very beneficial for people who need a positive structure in approaching discussions about finances with a spouse.

I felt the author added confusion in some areas about how to use the book. For instance, in the second chapter: The 60-Minute (Split) Personality Workout it reads:

"Now that we are ready to look at what this workout entails in detail. Please don't read ahead in this chapter, because you will spend part of your sixty minutes reading about the different personalities and another part of the timed work assigning a ranking to those personalities. You don't want to jump ahead of yourself because you'll lose some of the spontaneity that is essential in getting the kind of instinctive response that might be lost if you work ahead. Read the following carefully, and then go straight to the 'Workout Tip Sheet' at the end of the chapter, skipping over the money personality section, and you will find the workout much more genuine as a result."

I found myself thinking: Why not just put the Workout Tip Sheet before the money personality section? She also put the chapter on retirement and saving before the one on debt, yet advises do the debt repayment workout first. I think it would be less confusing to place the chapters in the order she suggests they should be done and just recommend those without debt to skip the chapter on debt repayment.

There were also Preworkout Tests in the chapters that help the reader evaluate his financial situation. Like most finance advising books this one covers debt, spending, retirement, savings, being thrifty, recreation, college, and starting a home based business--just like the author has done.

Ellie Kay's ideas on children's allowance lined up with my ideas on it very well. She believes "[t]he main objective in implementing an allowance is to teach our children about responsibility." She does not believe in tying allowances to chores because then a child would not do them unless paid, but if chores are done by another family member because they were left undone, the child would have to pay the one who did them and lose some of his allowance. I think that many of the bad financial decisions people make are because they did not learn how to manage money as children and the chapter on allowance, although brief, is a balanced approach in preparing them for financial responsibilities in adulthood.

Overall, the book is helpful for those coming to the table about managing finances for the first time in their lives and slanted towards those who are in military (understandable as the author's husband was a fighter pilot) and others who appreciate a regimented approach to manage finances.

I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for my honest review.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for Those Without the Perfect Life January 22, 2012

By Rebecca Graf

Format:Paperback

There are many books on the market that promise to help you get your financial life in order. I'm not saying that they are lying, but many are just not realistic for me. I need one that realizes that I'm not perfect, my husband is not like me, and life doesn't always cooperate with me. I found that in Ellie Kay's The 60-Minute Money Workout.

This book doesn't promise overnight success. It doesn't ask you to do anything that goes beyond your ability or cost you extra money to do. Ms. Kay hits it perfectly for me.

She approaches this plan using terminology many of us are all too familiar with. Every year during the season of resolutions, we promise to get our bodies into shape. Ms. Kay found a way to connect that same philosophy to getting your financial life in shape.

The book is based on a workout that should be restricted to 60 minutes at a time. This might a week or every two weeks. All of it can depend on your time. Realize that the change in your financial life doesn't just take an hour. It is the lesson and the learning that only takes 60 minutes. The practice is a 24/7 idea.

The workout plan is the same as any other you have seen: warm up, strength training, cardo burn, heart rate, and cool down. Financially this is Prep, Set Goals, Goals into Action, Measure Performance, and Reward Yourself.

There are 14 chapters in this book that cover topics such as debt, vacations, spending, home based business, and college fund. You can follow the book exactly, repeat sections, or skip ahead.

One of the things I loved about the book was her Ms. Kay's personal experiences in getting her plan together and the struggles she had in her family to get it done. I felt like I was not alone then.

This is an excellent financial help book that also encourages you in life and helps you see through the financial gloom you face now.

Note: This book was provided by the publisher at my request.

4.0 out of 5 stars Practical advise for today's economy August 31, 2012

By Burge Clan

Format:Paperback

Ellie Kay is a good author with some practical advise. The premise behind the book is that you or you and your sig other sit down once a week for a timed financial overhaul session. She provides all the information, quizzes and online worksheets necessary for each workout. There are 13 topics/workouts that you can pick from and then you can choose the order and even skip some if they don't apply. I think the topics she covers have the potential to really transform an individual or a family's financial outlook. I mean who doesn't need some tweaking of the budget every now and again. I really appreciated her specific guidelines for the workout, including stating something positive to yourself or your partner to begin and end the session.

I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review