A guide to achieving financial stability and prosperity encourages new ways to think about and manage money, discussing such topics as balancing a budget, planning for entertainment, and getting out of debt.

Includes index.

Getting started : the truth about money -- Count all your worth -- Escape from the thinking traps -- Count the dollars, not the pennies -- If you can't afford fun, you can't afford your life -- To build your future, pay off your past -- Build your dreams a little at a time -- Love and money : having it all -- The big buy : purchasing the home that is right for you -- Financial CPR : protect yourself when things get tough -- The last word : it's not about money.