Did you wish you learn more about finance in high school? Honesty, I didn’t really learn much about finance and investing until I took an elective business class in college. While managing our money, investing, and dealing saving is something very important, it seems no one teaches it. That makes it very tricky for many going out on their own for the first time, making it one of the many reasons I tried teaching it when I taught economics. Unfortunately, very few econ teachers seem to do the same, leaving many adults confused in the real world. Wouldn’t it be great if there was an easy, introductory book to finance? Luckily, I recently had the opportunity to review a book that seemed perfect for someone wanting to get their feet wet when it comes to personal finances – Napkin Finance: Build Your Wealth in 30 Seconds or Less by Tina Hay.
Napkin Finance: What Is It
Want to gain control of your finances? If so, we think you will love Napkin Finance: Build Your Wealth in 30 Seconds or Lesson! Here is what the publisher has to say about this new book.
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“An incredible, compelling read. It covers an astonishing amount of ground with basic simplicity and good humor. A masterful starting point for any investor. Tina Hay is a wizard.”—Ben Stein, economist, author, actor and commentator
A handy crash course in personal finance, Napkin Finance is the groundbreaking guide everyone needs to help them manage their money and feel more secure.
Surveys have found that two thirds of Americans can’t pass a basic financial literacy test, and nine in ten believe personal finance should become a required high school course. Tina Hay understands the confusion. While attending Harvard Business School, she struggled to keep up with classmates–many of whom came from the banking world–when it came to understanding jargon and numbers-heavy concepts. Tina developed a visual learning strategy using sketches and infographics that helped her succeed in her studies and master even the most complex financial topics.
Since then, Tina founded Napkin Finance, a thriving company built on the concept of taking seemingly overwhelming topics—such as budgeting, investments, and retirement accounts—and turning them into simple, skimmable explanations. Now, she’s synthesized the most important content into this personal finance handbook. Napkin Finance includes dozens of individual learning modules, on topics ranging from credit scores to paying off student loans to economics and blockchain.
The first illustrated guide that makes finance fun and accessible, Napkin Finance can help even the most numbers-phobic reader learn about complex financial topics without dying of boredom.
Napkin Finance: Our Thoughts
Before I go any further, I want to make one thing very clear – this is an introductory book to finance. This book gives a very basic understanding of very important financial topics, allowing anyone to learn anything they need to know in the financial world, such as getting your force mortgage, crowdfunding, insurance, and more. As someone who taught high schoolers, I would love having this book as a textbook with my students, especially with the very down to Earth approach the book takes, accompanied by fantastic illustrations. Overall, I think Napkin Finance: Build Your Wealth in 30 Seconds or Lesson is a fantastic introductory book.
Napkin Finance: Where to Purchase
Would you like to purchase this book for yourself or someone you know? You can find Napkin Finance: Build Your Wealth in 30 Seconds or Less on Amazon for under $20.
About Susan Bewley
Susan Bewley is a professional writer who has been writing content online & in print format for over 10 years. As well, she is an alumni of the University of Louisville with a Masters Degree in Special Education. When not working as an online business consultant or ghost writing, she can be found writing on Budget Earth, on her own novel, or working with various entities in the pet industry.