Make Your Money Smile

Written by Jason Vitug, 2023 Plutus Award Winner for Best New Personal Finance Book, Make Your Money Smile is a tactical and practical how-to guide on mastering your money to achieve financial well-being. From budgeting to investing for independence to improving your credit score, all the way to creating estate plans and beyond, this book provides all of the step-by-step personal insight you need for success while also incorporating Vitug's signature foundational philosophy of experiential and purposeful living. In this book, you'll learn a key component of the Smile Money System, which places an emphasis on financial knowledge to achieve your life goals. To begin, you're encouraged to complete a financial wellness checkup to better understand your financial starting point. With the foundation set, Vitug then shares the five Smile Money Pillars-Managing, Earning, Growing, Borrowing, and Protecting Money-to help you identify the specific areas of personal finance that are challenging you and then give you the steps to solve them, such as optimizing your paycheck, contributing to retirement, and eliminating debt. The book has 15 lessons giving you answers to many of the common money questions you might have and offers expert guidance to the financial challenges ahead. With a wealth of exercises included throughout and a number of resources for further learning available on a companion website, Make Your Money Smile earns a well-deserved spot on the bookshelves of all individuals looking to improve their personal finances and create healthy relationships between money and other aspects of their life.