How to Worry Less about Money Paperback – January 1, 2012

This book simplifies and clarifies one's relationship with money. To quote: "Our worries - when it comes to money - are about psychology as much as economics, the soul as much as the bank balance." It makes you look at what you truly value and puts money in its rightful place. Worrying about money serves no purpose, as the author points out: "Our natural tendency is to spin from one worry to another; we change topic, as it were, but do not really get anywhere. A more desirable habit of thinking is one in which worries are held in the mind, so that they can be turned into genuine enquiries: WORRIES>QUESTIONS>ANSWERS. I highly recommend it. And the soft rubbery texture of the book cover makes makes holding it in your hands a real pleasure.

I found this book very revealing in terms of how people can approach money regarding their personal history. It is a work of committing yourself to change those patterns. The exercises suggested have been helpful.

The book started as a very interesting one to me but towards the end O started to lose interest. It somehow justifies the fact of spending money in certain ways that could be not wise if you have money troubles. Although this is about money worries and not troubles.

It suffers from a problem that many of this kind book also encounter, in it that it could be more succinct and direct in the key points. Despite that, it is extremely insightful and I whole hardheartedly recommend it.

This is one of the more interesting perspectives on the inner experience of wealth, which translates into how we exerience money. I highly reccomend it to prosperity teachers and anyone wanting a healthier relationshp with supp;y. Rev Dr. Carol Crnes

I do not particularly think about money much. But I picked up the book because someone closed to me does worry it about money a lot. While the book didn't end up helping me helping him, it does shed light on to why people have such tormenting relationships with money. If you like psychology books, this one is one interesting one to read.

I was captivated from the very beginning of this book, where the author made a most useful distinction between "money troubles" and "money worries." If you spend a lot of energy wishing you had more money, and you have a thoughtful kind of mind, you may find this practical, clearly written book helpful in showing you the roots of your ruminations and the difference between what you want and what you need. Worth keeping and rereading!

Read this pretty much without putting it down for other books (I usually have 5+ books I'm reading at once).

A book we should all definitely read to have a better understanding about finance and how to handle our money the right way in order to live better.

Having it and still worrying is a problem. This book provides a cure.

It's an awesome book. It provides amazing viewpoint towards money.There are amazing instances in the book which will show how success and money have corelation but only to a limited amount of time.In the world we live where we are constantly inspired to work only towards high paying job, makes this book immensely helpful as it molds our thinking.We can see immaterial the "immaterial" success is. There are numerous examples in book which I liked for example, an English couple sold every futile thing they owned to live in a French rural locality because in the end that's what they wanted. To have a natural large mansion away from city crowd and not some crazy, high-paying job.No this book won't make you leave your job but it'd definitely clear your perception towards why should we earn money? And how much is enough?Thanks Amazon for amazing prices!

Ottime idee e ragionamenti all'internoMa più che un libro mi sembra un post molto lungo di qualche blog.Comunque, il fatto che sia estremamente breve non vuol dire nulla. Vale la pena leggerlo.

My title says it all really. This book completely changed the way I think about money issues. I wish someone had talked to me like this twenty years ago.It isn't that I have money 'problems'. I'm well-paid and have a lot of stuff. And that's the key thing about this book. The author distinguishes between money troubles and money worries. The first, troubles, is if you have debts and can't pay them. That's something you have to sort out. But that is NOT what this book deals with. This book deals with nagging issues about how you as an individual (or me) views money. Right down deep, at relationship level. It is about values, priorities, relationships, envy, and the effect of childhood patterns on our thinking about money. It helps explore the hidden psychological roots of why we think the way we do.And most helpfully, it shows how to re-position the way you see money in your life, by helping the reader expose what money represents for them; security? control? a way of feeling alluring?...From reading this book, I have learned a great deal. My most important discovery was in seeing money as 'the potential means of acquiring something good' (rather than being 'good' in itself), and also of re-defining my 'needs' from survival needs to fulfilment needs. (eg whereas I used to say 'I don't need that trip to Paris because I won't die if I don't go', I now feel 'I need that trip to Paris because I have reflected and I understand that it is part of what is important for me to flourish as a person'.)But this is a sensible book. Even when trained to think differently, we are also encouraged not to buy stuff we can't afford - even if we 'need' it.This book may not appeal to everyone. John Armstrong is a philosopher, and his passion for literature and art comes through in his writing. It may feel a bit 'high brow' to some people. But I loved it.Brilliant. Thank you John Armstrong.