Money Management for the Creative Person: Right-Brain Strategies to Build Your Bank Account and Find the Financial Freedom to Create - Lee T. Silber - Paperback - 1ST

1 The Creative Life "People say I'm a millionaire, but that's not trueI only spent millions." Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin Most books about money management should include the disclaimer "This book may cause drowsiness and severe boredom." Oh my gawd, are some of these books dry (and mostly irrelevant for the creative person). I can't tell you how many times I have found myself facedown asleep in a book about financial management: I think I have finally found a cure for my insomnia. What I didn't find was a lot of useful information in preparation for writing this book. When I awoke from my "naps" inside yet another boring book on finances for left-brainers, I would first wipe the drool from my chin and then write little notes to myself like, "Whatever you do, don't write a boring book," and "Remember, right-brain!" and "Write outside the lines." I did my best to make this book interesting, relevant, and reader-friendly. For some strange reason, left-brainers who write about the financial world tend to complicate things by using stupid formulas, silly terminology, and some really ridiculous ideas about what to do with your money. Why? My guess is, to make themselves feel important and useful (and to make us feel like idiots and incapable of dealing with this stuff on our own). You are NOT stupid, and you CAN do this without the help of a money chaperone. Just because you don't understand their lame lingo doesn't mean you don't know anything about money. Some of your best assets as a creative, right-brain person can be used to your advantage when it comes to making and managing money. When it comes to finances, thinking outside the box can actually be a good thing (within reason), and I believe the creative person has a lot of advantages over others in this area. All we lack is the knowledge about how money works so we can make educated (if not impulsive) decisions about what to do with our dollars. This book helps to demystify money so you can manage it (effectively) yourself. It's a simple truth that the more you learn (about money), the more you earn. I will show you a simple, straightforward, and creative approach to money management. You don't have to deal with the details, but you at least need to know a little something about how finances work so you can make informed decisions. Many creative people are clueless about financial matters. Yet money is an integral part of the creative life whether you are aware of that fact or not. Having it can create a feeling of abundance, confidence, joy, validation, security, satisfaction, and freedom. The goal of this book is for you to experience freedom. Freedom from financial ruin. Freedom from debt. Freedom from stress. Freedom from horrible work. To free your mind from money hassles so that you can do what you do bestcreate. To go from being financially dependent (on others, your day job, and even your work) to being financially independent through a brand-new (healthy) mind-set about money, along with proven techniques blended with some unorthodox (to non-artists) ideas about how to earn, spend, invest, and save your hard-earned greenbacks without the worry or guilt that can sometimes accompany doing things that don't feel natural or are out of alignment with your beliefs. (Translation: You won't lose any sleep by doing what this book recommends, and you won't need to take a shower to wash away the dirt of doing something sleazy or selling out.) This book is designed to help you make money with your creativity. (Make that a lot of money.) And why not? You deserve it. If not you, then who should be reaping the benefits of your ideas, talents, and hard work? Someone is going to be paid big bucks, and in my opinion it should be you. Then we will tackle how to manage all that money they lavish on you without letting it slip through yourSilber, Lee is the author of 'Money Management for the Creative Person: Right-Brain Strategies to Build Your Bank Account and Find the Financial Freedom to Create - Lee T. Silber - Paperback - 1ST' with ISBN 9780609806258 and ISBN 0609806254.