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Laura Vanderkam
Laura Vanderkam is the author of All The Money In The World: What The Happiest People Know About Getting and Spending (Portfolio, March 1, 2012), 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think (Portfolio, 2010), and Grindhopping: Build a Rewarding Career Without Paying Your Dues (McGraw-Hill,... show more
Laura Vanderkam is the author of All The Money In The World: What The Happiest People Know About Getting and Spending (Portfolio, March 1, 2012), 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think (Portfolio, 2010), and Grindhopping: Build a Rewarding Career Without Paying Your Dues (McGraw-Hill, 2007).She is a member of USA Today's Board of Contributors, writes the "168 Hours" blog for CBS MoneyWatch, and her work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, City Journal, Scientific American, Reader's Digest, Prevention, Fortune.com, and other publications. She has appeared on numerous television programs, including The Today Show and Fox & Friends, hundreds of radio segments, and has spoken about time, money and productivity to audiences ranging from the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association to MTV's employees to graduating seniors at her high school, the Indiana Academy, who brought her back as their commencement speaker in 2006.A 2001 graduate of Princeton, she enjoys running, writing fiction, and serving as president of the Board of Trustees for The Young New Yorkers' Chorus, an organization which specializes in commissioning new music from composers under age 35. She lives outside Philadelphia with her husband, two young sons and baby daughter.
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Musings/Träumereien/Devaneios
Musings/Träumereien/Devaneios rated it 6 years ago
(Original review, 2013)This is all grimly self-helpish and there is no common denominator, so there is no top tips take-away. I’m coming from the Rough Guide’s “50 things You Must Do Before You Die” and all that, this is a bit of a double whammy. Are we supposed to squeeze the last drop of productiv...
sarahdanyelle
sarahdanyelle rated it 12 years ago
I feel like this would have been more helpful if I had kids. A lot was geared towards families.
katiewilkins186
katiewilkins186 rated it 12 years ago
All the Money in the World is a thoughtful series of essays on earning and using money to maximize your happiness. It’s full of interesting thought experiments, facts, and questions that will make you think about money in ways you never have before. The writing is great, reminding me of Malcolm Glad...
The Zoe Zone
The Zoe Zone rated it 12 years ago
Great premise. Maybe someone less completely oblivious will write a useful book on the subject one day.Here's the premise: 1. Become mindful of what you're doing with your money (and of what you can't do because of other choices you're making)2. Question your assumptions about spending, saving and e...
notyourmonkey
notyourmonkey rated it 13 years ago
Competently executed and reasonably engaging, but the nods to people in life situations different from the authors are just that - nods. Well. I say "nod." I probably mean "slightly uncomfortable head jerks when you see your boss in the mall with a much younger girlfriend who's not his wife." If you...
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