“We don’t talk about money!” This is just one of the beliefs that can prevent us from feeling at ease with money and thinking carefully about it.
People are not walking Excel spreadsheets. Yet many books on finance approach money purely in terms of numbers and facts. Geld oder Leben turns this approach on its head: money is not primarily a matter of numbers, data and facts, but of emotions. I share 30 stories from my work as a fee-only financial adviser, exploring how real people handle money and how, all too often, they get it wrong.
From the start-up founder who slid into personal bankruptcy after a multimillion exit, only to get everything right when he sold his second business; to the heiress utterly overwhelmed by her wealth; the frustrated regional manager of a bank; and the businesswoman who now devotes her time to her foundation after stepping back from her business: when it comes to money, it is about people, the experiences that have shaped them, and their dreams.
Ideally, it is not a question of money or life, but money and life: a successful approach to money that can help you, too, lead a better life.
