I Will Teach You to be Rich Review

Title: I Will Teach You to be Rich

Author: Ramit Sethi

Target Audience: "At last, for a generation that's materially ambitious yet financially clueless comes I Will Teach You To Be Rich, Ramit Sethi's 6-week personal finance program for 20-to-35-year-olds. A completely practical approach delivered with a nonjudgmental style that makes readers want to do what Sethi says, it is based around the four pillars of personal finance— banking, saving, budgeting, and investing—and the wealth-building ideas of personal entrepreneurship." - Book Description via Amazon.com

How I Found It: I found Ramit’s blog before I found his book. I think my first encounter with Ramit was in an excellent interview by Chase Jarvis. As an avid information collector, Ramit's blog was fascinating to me. Although on the surface the blog covers such topics as earning money, finding your dream job, and negotiating like an Indian, this blog is really focused on the psychology behind these things. I could go on and on about Ramit's work, but I think you get the picture. Warning: He communicates in a brusque, edgy, and occasionally offensive manner on his blog, although his book a bit more refined.

Book Reviews: Writing and Reading Them

Now that I've committed to writing a book review for at least 12 books (see here), I realized that I have never really been a big person on reading book reviews. I mean, sometimes I'll go on Amazon and look up the reviews of a book that I've heard of and might seem interesting, but I never really paid attention to things like format. I regret it a little bit, but then again, I don't know how many people pay meticulous attention to the formats of book reviews (aside from length). So I thought that, before I get started, I'd write a short blog explaining how I'll be writing my book reviews so that you'll be able to easily read and understand them. And if, for some reason, you ever desire to write your own reviews, you'll have a basic format to follow.