The Credit Diet

While the book, The Credit Diet, is an excellent start with a great plan for eliminating debt, the author has more available. If you visit http://www.creditdiet.com, there are plenty of free articles with even more insights on money, debt, and financial freedom. Keeping yourself motivated is critical to getting the money portion of your life in order just as it is with real dieting. The additional information on the web site does that.If you want to eliminate your debt and build a solid financial future, you need the information in this book as well as the added resource offered at the web site. This book is the solution to debt in very simple terms with easy to follow steps. If you fill in the blanks on the forms included in the book you end up with your own financial plan.

Some might think this book a little touchy feely, but I think that it is the perfect blend of process and support. Working through it not only makes scense, but it tells the eader what the true meaning of wealth is.After reading this book, I went out and began working the program. I am only two months into it and already I feel like I'm taking charge. And, I get to watch my money grow while still taking care of business. This process works!Now, say I'm feeling like falling back into my old spending patterns and think about giving in, I can pick up this book and read the "self help" side and then I become empowered again.I am not usually interested in financial matters (thus my problem), but once I read this book, I really started paying attention to how money works.j.

Award-winning speaker and bestselling author John Fuhrman suggests a method of debt recovery that utilizes mental and physical techniques to change your approach to money. Fuhrman uses real examples and personal experience to show how to create, manage and maintain a debt-relief plan and get your financial future on solid ground. He suggests a way to prioritize your spending and provides a realistic framework for avoiding past financial mistakes.

From someone who was in serious trouble with credit cards, I was able to understand John Fuhrman's formula because he used simple examples and offered encouragement throughout the book. While everyone is different, I enjoy good ideas with motivation to back them up. I was intimidated at first thinking that there would be too many charts and calculations but was pleasantly surprised to find they weren't needed. The set of payment tables that are included really opened my eyes when I realized after living in my house for seven years, I've paid very little.I also liked that each person can develop their own plan to take control of their money situation. There is something in this book for anyone who owes money.

This is the year I do it. Finally a book that understands what people have to go through to pay bills. I'll be able to pay off my debts AND put more money in the bank this year than I have in the last few years. Even when I was earning more money.John Fuhrman makes it simple to understand why budgets don't work and how changing the way you think about money is the most important first step.I've read all the finance experts and while they have great information, there is no way to take advantage of it until I get out from under all this debt. Then I can use their information to secure my future.If this is the year you want to eliminate debt from your life and start really building a financial future, this is the one book to own.