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| The Seven Stages of Money Maturity: Understanding the Spirit and Value of Money in Your Life | 
 enlarge | Author: George Kinder
Publisher: Dell
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (44 reviews)
Sales Rank: 25861
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 0440508339
Dewey Decimal Number: 332
EAN: 9780440508335
ASIN: 0440508339
Publication Date: April 11, 2000
Release Date: April 11, 2000
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| Customer Reviews:
 The Psychology of Money April 18, 2006
40 out of 40 found this review helpful
In January 2002 my wife and I hit rock bottom financially. We owed nearly $45,000 in credit card debt alone, another $20,000 in student loans, and another $30,000 or so in car loans, personal loans, etc. We rented a ramshackle house and had no savings or investments whatsoever. And yet I found it impossible to pass up a bookstore without a new book in hand or the latest CD. I had read a number of books about personal finance, but I understood that there was something deeper that I was looking for. Something that would help me to understand the psychology of money, to understand why I made the choices that I made.
Fortunately, I came across an ad for George Kinder's book in Harvard Magazine in 2002. As a Christian I can understand that some might be put off by Kinder's infusion of Buddhist philosophy throughout the book. I studied East Asian studies in college, so I wasn't that bothered by it. In fact, I think Kinder's metaphor of the seven chakras, or energy centers, correlated perfectly with the seven stages of money maturity.
The main problem with most popular approaches to teaching personal finance is that they start at level four or five. But you haven't addressed the fundamental issues of levels one through three. This gap helps explain why the average American household has a negative net worth. We are doping ourselves at the mall with our credit cards!
Four years after reading the Seven Stages we have paid off all of that old debt (no bankruptcy!), own our own home, and are closing in on six figures liquid net worth. Robert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad, Poor Dad helped me to realize that The Matrix had me in its grasp; Kinder helped me see the code.
 Explores your values when it comes to making financial decisions March 16, 2006
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
There are some great basic finance books out there, the ones that tell you what percentage of your income to save for retirement, how much to invest and so forth. Many of them will put you on the road to financial security. I'm a fan of those and of becoming knowledgable about wise use of one's money.
But what about your values, dreams, aspirations and goals? How many of them acutally show you how to encompass those into your savings plan? How many actually have you explore how your views of money and its use have been shaped from childhood on?
This book does all of that and by doing so allows readers to have a truly insightful approach to money management. After all, with self-understanding comes wisdom and the opportunity to make informed decisions.
Like any skill, those who are truly wise and powerful money managers are often intuitive and their wisdom comes from a very clear understanding of how and why to make decisions. Even more importantly, they make decisions that are right for THEM.
This book is great but if you are looking for detailed, "how to" info that doesn't take your personal values and spiritual side into account, you may not like this one. But I think it is an excellent supplement to all the other books out there, especially if you're pretty knowledgable about the basics (retirement planning, investing, home ownership, planning for kids, college, etc). There is a spiritual dimension to how we use and spend our money, well worth exploring!
Profound AND practical companion / guide to making peace with money January 5, 2006
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
I love this book! You will, too, if you are looking for a profound, yet highly readable and practical guide to finding harmony in your "money life." As a psychologist, his "Seven Stage" model rings true to me; as a person seeking harnmony in my own money life, his teaching stories are both inspiring and informative, and his practical information about how money "behaves" to be enlightening. I have found this book to be an enlightening, compasssionate companion on my path to money maturity. As you know, there is a welter of books out there on self-help around money; this one is unique, and stands tall in that crowd!
Money as a tool not an objective January 4, 2006
Accumulation of monetary wealth is not the most important thing in life, we all know that but this book helps us put in into practice. We may know what "we have to do", what "we should do" but how often do we get round to "we like to do". This book is the toolkit to a more balanced life its not without its limits but its still a giant leap for mankind.
Bridging the gap between money and spirituality January 4, 2006
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Money and Life. Materialism and spirituality. Profit and sustainability. They always seemed to be two seperate worlds to me in my daily life. In his book George Kinder teached me so much how to bridge that gap, how to unite this paradox which is not really a paradox after all.
To create a life based on your heartscore, to be an entrepeneur and also create added value for society ... George Kinder delivers a great model that helped me such to live a more authentic life.
George Kinder teached me how money can work for me rather than the other way around. I read many books about money. I loved Money and the meaning of life by Jacob Needleman. It's also a 'must to read' but the book of George Kinder is a practical translation into daily life matters. Really good! There is such a need in this world to give meaning to life. George offers tools to help ourselves to find that meaning within ourselves and live a harmonious life around money. His meassage comes from a universal place of freedom. Beautiful!
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