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Have More Money Now : A Common Sense Approach to Financial Management

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This book is practical. The man may be a Pro Wrestler, which you may or may not look down upon (even more so after reading some of the other reviews here!), but he has much Common Sense advice to offer here.
Mr. Layfield's advice is simple: be prepared for the future, but not at the expense of the enjoyment of life in the present. In other words, save for the future, but have some fun now, as you may not be here tomorrow!
This book will NOT make you rich overnight, but it will give you some good ideas for planning out your future. It's also very entertaining if you happen to be interested in wrestling in addition to money management!
I use his ideas about "Pricing Perfection" when I lecture to adult learning about planning for the future. This book has been very valuable to me!

if I had read this book when I was graduating high school, I'd be in a much better financial position than I am now. This is not a book that you will use to get rich in a month, like most investment books. It WILL show you how to manage debt, develop a sound long term investment strategy, and hopefully retire with a sizable nestegg. My only problem is the author tends to repeat himself ALOT, but it's a small thing among the priceless information presented. I would recommend this book to any fresh out of school teenager or college student. The information presented here SHOULD be a mandatory class for all high school seniors.

I was a little skeptical at first but I have to say this is one of the best personal finance books I have seen. Period. By combining financial wisdom with stories from his own life Layfield has laid bare his own previous financial woes and his trek to correct the problem. Maybe it just goes to show that experience is the best teacher after all. A combination of financial information, wisdom about living life, and humor, this book will reward the reader. You just can't go wrong. Great financial information can come from the strangest directions.

This book is entertaining and informative and that is how I judge this book. On the entertainment side, there are some nice stories about JBL's life in wrestling and being a wrestling fan, I found these stories interesting. A little on the light side, this is certainly not an expose on wrestling...nor is it advertised to be. So, from a wrestling perspective, it delivers what I expected.

On the financial side, there is nothing earth shattering here but it is a pretty good template for living your life. It has some very good, solid financial advice that would help basic and young investors, especially. So, in that regard, I also feel that the book delivers on its' financial advice.

I recommend this book.

The book manages to mix the wrestling tales and finacial tips surprisingly well and gives good advice. If you want to serious investing strategy, look elsewhere, but if you want entertainment and good basic financial advice, this books for you...

This book is not about having money NOW. The title is misleading. The book is more focused on long term investment, with a minimum of 5 years in mind, I think. Be vigilant on the math and formulas because there's a part about PEG's that I think is wrong. I mean he has the formula right but then he does something against what he already said. It's a pretty quick read, I finished it in two days. The way he mixes in real life stories and ties them into finance is interesting at least. It's not a boring read thanks to that.

I first bought this book almost a year ago when I was clueless about personal finance stuff...Me being a wrestling fan the book was pretty interesting when Layfield mentions about stuff behind wrestling's curtain. But with regards with actual financial managment stuff...its ok at best...

Bottom line...don't get this book...Van Tharp's "Safe Strategies For Financial Freedom" is a much better bet!!!

This is a great, small little book written by one of the more charismatic wrestling personalities of the last several years.

It is a mixture of personal anecdote and "financial advice." I put financial advice in quotes because there are very few specific recommendations that JBL makes over the course of the book. Rather, he gives out general approaches and beliefs that, if applied, he thinks will lead to success for anyone.

And I think he's right--this is the way to do it. It's a principle-centric book, giving you a set of tools, rather than a step-by-step schematic which may or may not apply to your specific situation. Some people may not like it for that reason, however; instead of being told to "work hard and save your money" they might want a list of 10 steps they can take to become instantly wealthy. JBL knows that these "get rich quick" schemes are generally fraudulent, so he stays away from them, giving out the less popular but more honest slow-paced strategies for eventual financial freedom. It's like Mom telling you to eat your green beans. Sometimes, it isn't what you want to hear, and it's certainly not glamorous, but it's probably the right advice.

As a wrestling fan, I enjoyed hearing a little bit about his background and youth. The thing that made me happiest, though, was getting a real insight into Bradshaw's personality--he shines through the pages. You can tell that he wrote this himself, and that's kind of cool in a day and age where celebrities usually pawn such labor off to underpaid, no-name ghost writers. He's witty, if rough, and genuine. Seems like a good, cool guy that some people just wouldn't be able to stand because they wouldn't get his sense of humor.

The one real drawback, and reason I gave it one less star than the full compliment, is due to the books repetitiveness. It's short enough that there's really no call for repeating itself, and yet (like so many other financial advice books, see: Rich Dad, Poor Dad) it does. Early and often.

This is a book of good personal advice and fun wrestling anecdotes. Fans of Mr. Layfield, like myself, will love the ability to see what the man is like through his writing. The personal advice, if consistently acted upon, will lead to success for just about anyone, I have no doubt.

Recommended.

There are some books that it doesn't really matter when they were written & this is one of them. John "Bradshaw" Layfield gives some excellent advice for everyday people. He has great stories & takes a practical approach to money issues. The fact that he started with nothing was very influential in me buying it in the first place. He's been where a lot of us have been and may be now; he's not just a talking head who has no idea what it's like to be broke or wonder where the next meal is coming from.

I am a big wrestling fan and I love the JBL's gimmicks. But this book have absolutely no financial sense. If you look for a "How to get rich book" forget it! It is more like an endless parade of boring football anecdotes and useless wrestling stories with very little financial astuce. Despite the fact that I love JBL and I love his persona, don't waste a single dollard on this book. Unfortunately, you won't become the second coming of J.R.Ewing by reading this book.

Don't waste your money and your time!