Financially Capable - by Matt Paradise

About the Book

Book Synopsis

What's stopping you from achieving your financial goals?

In this easy-to-understand guide, Matt Paradise offers new research, valuable resources, and tools and tips to help you manage your money and build a strong foundation for a secure future.

Financially Capable teaches you:

• How your values, mindset, and behaviors affect your finances
• How to develop a budget you can actually live with
• Which financial products and services will help you grow your savings
• How to avoid predatory loans, scams, fraud, and identity theft
• Practical tips to help you manage debt and improve your credit score

Review Quotes

"Empathetic and relatable, Financially Capable speaks to the heart of issues faced by young people as they make their way in a complex, confusing, and often predatory financial world." - Dr. Sarah Newcomb, Director of Financial Psychology at Morningstar and author of Loaded: Money, Psychology, and How to Get Ahead without Leaving Your Values Behind

"Personal finance is personal-but it's personal within a system of rules and customs. This book helps you navigate both the system and the individual choices you can make to improve your financial life." - Robert Farrington, Founder of The College Investor and Millennial Money Expert

"Matt's commitment to providing broad access to financial education and opportunities to build assets and credit has few equals. He is an excellent communicator with a gift for connecting with others." - Paul Horwitz, former Community Affairs Specialist, FDIC

"By focusing the first two sections of his book on the financial environment and psychology, Matt Paradise's Financially Capable helps readers grapple with understanding why they make the decisions they do about money. He recognizes that when it comes to financial capability, that knowledge is not enough, it's understanding our own financial behaviors and the psychology behind them. An important contribution to the field!" - Tim Ranzetta, Co--founder of Next Gen Personal Finance

"Matt Paradise talks about key points that the finance industry as a whole has lacked. As someone who champions financially inclusive content, Financially Capable touches on many of the areas that actually matter. Matt Paradise wrote a must--read book that empowers readers to question old assumptions and embrace new ideas and perspectives. This book is a helpful and actionable guide for everyone who wants to really understand what's going on with their personal finances and the financial industry." - Rahkim Sabree, CFEI(R), RFC(R), author of Financially Irresponsible

"In Financially Capable, Matt Paradise equips his readers with a holistic array of financial information and resources. While the book focuses on the 'how--to's' of personal finance in clear, practical terms, Matt also provides the larger institutional and social contexts that intersect and impact people as they strive to meet their financial goals. Readers will be empowered to take control of their finances and futures. It is a timeless go--to guide." - Tammy Gooler Loeb, author of Work from the Inside Out: Break Through Nine Common Obstacles and Design a Career That Fulfills You

"Financially Capable is the guide I wish I'd had thirty years ago. When you know better, you'll do better. With this book, you'll get an educational resource that provides solid information that feels like a warm hug. Matt Paradise provides a unique perspective and valuable insight so you'll understand what to do with your money, and you'll understand why you've been thinking and behaving the way you have up until now. You'll have the tools, strategies, ideas-and most importantly, the confidence-to move into your financial future, starting today." - Honorée Corder, author of You Must Write a Book