From Publishers Weekly
Orman's fifth major book has perfect timing. As many Americans grapple with unemployment, diminished 401(k)s, crumbling stock market holdings and seemingly insurmountable debt, the bright-eyed and bushy-tailed financial sage comes to the rescue, offering this guide to understanding some of the most basic principles of money. In her signature charismatic style, Orman (The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom; The Road to Wealth; etc.) lays out "simple truths that will help you to be okay no matter what happens in your financial life." These laws are essentially common sense standards, certainly reminiscent of phrases from the author's previous books yet still undeniably powerful. For example, law number one, "truth creates money, lies destroy it," rings with simplicity while teaching a mighty rule about staying true to oneself and not embellishing to disillusion oneself or others. Each law is described in a separate chapter, with examples from Orman's life and several everyday folk. Indeed, readers will see themselves in these stories, and they, coupled with Orman's reality-based financial advice, will help make solutions clear for many. A guide included in the book allows readers to reflect on their financial past, order their priorities, organize savings plans and more. This is a shining example of Orman's now-perfected holistic approach to nuts-and-bolts economics.
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About the Author
Suze Orman is the author of three consecutive
New York Times bestsellers --
Road to Wealth, The Courage to Be Rich, and
The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom -- and the national bestseller
You've Earned It, Don't Lose It. She is the personal financial editor on CNBC, and the host of
The Suz Orman Show, a national CNBC-TV show that airs every weekend. She is also a contributing editor to
O The Oprah Magazine. Suze wrote, co-produced, and hosted three PBS pledge shows based on her bestselling books, which are among the most successful fundraisers in the history of Public Television. A new PBS special based on
The Laws of Money, the Lessons of Life premiers in 2003.
Suze has also been called a "one-woman financial advice powerhouse" by USA Today. In 1999, she was named by Smart Money magazine to its list of the top thirty powerbrokers in the United States. She was recently selected as one of five distinguished recipients of the prestigious 2002 TJFR Group Business News Luminaries Award, which honors lifetime achievement in business journalism. Suze was also profiled in Worth magazine's 100th issue as among those "who have revolutionized the way America thinks about money." Suze's popular web site, SuzeOrman.com, features, among other valuable financial information, her monthly e-newsletter.
