Official Review: Nice Girls Don't Get Rich, 75 mistakes

[JessiAnne26]

Nice Girls Don't get Rich interested me because i was curious to know exactly what a "nice girl" is and how to maintain the line between being an aggressive person and simply being aggressive about money. The book delivers exactly what it promises, 75 mistakes you could be making and definitely leaves the reader with some solid advice for their future, assuming they want to be wealthy in their future of course.

The book is structured such that it tells you what mistakes your making, examples of other people making the mistake and the consequences they suffer, and a solution you can implement as soon as possible to remedy these mistakes. Each lesson is not very long, maybe 5 or 6 pages and some of the advice is common sense and some is not. The main theme seems to be that girls are taught to do good, while boys are taught to do well and the author does go into some detail explaining the difference.

What i liked about this book was that like other money books it's pretty short and the author explains things in laymen terms so that if you, like me, don't understand a concept or some financial jargon you can just read a sentence or two down and don't have to get out your dictionary to be able to interpret her meaning. There are a few exercises (like in every other money book ever written) that you must be willing to participate in, but these are something you should want to complete so that you are sure of where you are and where you're going financially. I also enjoyed the fact that every chapter started out with a neat little quote in relation to the topic of the chapter.

What i did not care for in this book was that like every other money book the advice is sound but i'm not exactly sure how to retain all, if not a good percentage of it. I rented the book from the library so i doubt i'll be referring back to it to figure out exactly what advice to take hold of. The end of the book is sanctioned for helpful resources, but i think there might have been a more helpful way to construct those resources (i.e; its separated by books, then by websites, etc. but i think it might have been nice to have them separated by topic instead).

Nice Girls Don't Get Rich is exactly what i expected. After reading it I have finally decided to take action regarding my finances, figuring out exactly what the difference between a mutual fund and an IRA actually is, and to start an investment club (pending i figure out all of the logistics since my friends and i are in different places and this is something you should do with those you trust). I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a short, easy to understand, helpful guide to money and how to getting rich.

Thank you for your time,
Wealth, Health and Love to you all,
JessiAnne