IntroductionTelling It Straight

This book is, admittedly, a low-tech device. But it’s meant to offer advantages you find in a high-tech GPS navigation system for your vehicle and an iPod audio player.

In navigating money and spending issues, especially in these challenging economic times, I hope you’ll find this book as helpful and succinct as a GPS device that gives driving directions in an unfamiliar region. And in simplicity, it’s meant to be as easy to use as the ubiquitous iPod music player.

Fortunately, you don’t have to be a gadget lover to use it.

Getting from Here to There

I like my GPS navigation system, a Garmin Nuvi. I suggest you buy one, after you get your money life in order and are spending your money smarter every day.

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