Product Description

3 CDs / 3 hours
NOW AVAILABLE ON CD!
Read by the Author, Suze Orman

Now, the national #1 bestseller is available on Compact Disc!


From the nuts and bolts of managing money to the deep psychological and even spiritual meaning it has in our lives, this personal finance audiobook shows everyone, even complete novices, how to take control of their money.

Suze Orman is a certified financial planner, a retirement specialist and registered investment advisor.

Orman begins with the insight that managing money is fare more than a matter of picking the right investments of getting out of credit card debt.

To get control of our finances, we must first get control of the feelings about money that arise from our earliest experiences with it.

Next comes Orman's clear, easy-to-follow advice about the practical importance of understanding and utilizing investments, retirement plans, insurance, and credit.  

Finally, Orman reveals why true financial freedom lies not in amassing wealth, but in realizing that we are worth fare more than our money.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1317567 in Books
• Published on: 1998-11-24
• Released on: 1998-11-24
• Formats: Abridged, Audiobook
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 5.85" h x .62" w x 5.09" l, .27 pounds
• Binding: Audio CD

Amazon.com Audio Review
Suze Orman's reading of the audio version of her bestselling book The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom is nothing if not intense. Coming at you with the force of a summer hurricane heading for Cape Fear, Orman recounts one horror story after another to help us avoid financial disaster. But, if her insistent, somewhat graceless voice takes some getting used to, it's well worth the adjustment. After awhile, you'll be glad she's doing the talking, blending years of experience as a certified financial planner with credible authority and, more important, a passionate belief in our individual abilities to handle our own finances. There's no question that Suze Orman cares about how we manage our money.

To show her commitment to our financial well-being, Orman packs this abridgment with an unusual combination of practical advice and psychological exercises. During our three hours with her, we receive arguably the best education available on mutual funds, estate planning, income taxes--even life insurance. But we also learn how to "face our fear" of money by exploring our past for the source of the fear. Later, she tells us that giving money to charity actually helps us release this fear. And, in perhaps her most startling step ("trust yourselves more than others"), Orman suggests we follow our inner voice while making investment decisions, a voice she believes comes from God.

Whatever you may thing of that revelation, it's impossible to be put off by Orman's candid, idiosyncratic approach to money management. This is one self-help tape that lives up to the genre. Listeners who stick with Orman till the end will be truly inspired to take money matters into their own hands--and they'll likely get started immediately. (Running time: 10 hours and 43 minutes, two cassettes) --Ann Senechal

From Library Journal
Orman is the head of her own financial-planning firm, a certified retirement specialist, and a best-selling author (You've Earned It, Don't Lose It, LJ 1/95). In her latest work, she analyzes the psychological and spiritual factors involved in how we perceive money. Her definition of financial freedom is "when you have power over your fears and anxieties instead of the other way around." Through case studies, Orman illustrates the psychological importance of money and its effect on our lives. She offers practical guidelines for investing, preparing a budget, purchasing a home, getting out of debt, and writing a will. A helpful financial worksheet is included. Orman's insightful guide is highly recommended to public libraries.?Lucy T. Heckman, St. John's Univ. Lib., Jamaica, N.Y.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From AudioFile
Get a handle on your personal money hang-ups and then reconnect with your money in a positive way by making active decisions every day about how to use it. First keep track of everything and make realistic spending rules, then follow the rules and watch your sense of freedom grow. The program has practical investment advice and excellent information about important family finance issues like mortgages, taxation, estate planning, and insurance. It's a comprehensible overview of home-based money management, and a pleasant invitation to develop a better relationship with money by getting over whatever has held you back up to now. T.W. © AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine