[Book Review]-The Money Code by Joe John Duran,CFA

Dominique Book Review, Parenting and Kids Managing Finances

The Money Code

The Money Code: Improve Your Entire Financial Life Right Now by Joe John Duran, CFA is a comprehensive short read about how you can improve your current financial situation.

In the 10 chapters of the book you will learn about the lessons that Jack had gone through while managing his money.

Joe starts of the book by mentioning that Money is only good for three things

1. Avoid pain—by protecting you and helping you to take care of what you’re afraid might cause pain in the future.

2. Feel good—by getting you the things that provide you with happiness and satisfaction
3. Take care of the ones you love—by meeting your obligations to family, community, and society at large

He goes on to share the 5 money secrets and how they affect all decisions which you make regarding money. In subsequent chapters Joe talks about how important it is to know the following

1. Clear understanding of what is currently most important to you in life.

2. What you are willing to adjust to meet your goals.

Through the online lessons that Jack went through with the Alchemist he learned more about his own thought process regarding his finances and he learned how to prioritize what he needs against what he wants financially.

My thoughts

I found this an excellent book as it makes one examine what triggers purchases and woes about money in a person. It also teaches us how to plan the usage of money rationally. How we can control our financial life by taking charge of our spending patterns.

We can control our spending, savings, timing on when we need to make major financial changes and the amount of risk we want to take. Reading the book makes me think through in more detail preventing me making any hasty decisions regarding my finances. I’m blessed to be living with a CFA who does make prudent decision regarding our family finances.

The tips shared in this book are applicable to any lay person and can really change your financial status.

Get your copy of The Money Code: Improve Your Entire Financial Life Right Now to learn more about managing your money.

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January 17, 2013

Curry Coconut Prawns on a Friday

Dominique Parenting and Kids, Thoughts Food Trip Friday, Foodie Friday

Curry Prawns in Coconut

For the past few weeks I have been sharing photos about the food we at while on our road trip to Malaysia. Last week was on Dim Sum and the previous week I featured seafood and deer meat. Here is the last installment of the food pictures which I took.

It was the first time I saw coconuts being use as containers and also curry prawns being served in them. The dish was really yummy and I hope that I’ll be able to find the dish here in Singapore to savour again.

Tempura style vegetables

These tasted really yummy and crispy. It was different from the normal tempura battered deep fried vegetables that we have at the Japanese restaurant. Really wonder how this dish is made so I can try replicating it at home for the kids. They loved it and finished the dish within minutes.

Chili Noodles

This noodles were served to us at the market we stopped for lunch after visiting the Tin mining museum in Sungei Lembing. The dish was hot due to the chillies but really tasty.