Interview with Kel Galavan, author of Mindful Money: More Money, More Freedom, More Happiness
Kel Galavan, author of Mindful Money: More Money, More Freedom, More Happiness recommends a great set of books! Before jumping into the interview, please check out Kel's book:
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Does thinking about money stress you out? Does the concept of 'having it all' seemed more like a taunt than an aspiration? Do you want to make your money work for you, rather than the other way around? Has the Covid lockdown forced you to reconsider how you live your life and awakened a desire to develop a better work--life balance? In 2018 Kel Galavan was living and working at breakneck speed, spending endless hours commuting, and felt like she saw more of her children asleep than awake. Realising this wasn't the life she wanted for herself or her family, she quit her job, and, with the family income reduced, embarked on a No-Spend Year in January 2019. Her journey through self-doubt and hard-won life lessons culminated in savings of over €27,000 and changed the life of her family for the better in ways she could never have imagined. Now she wants to bring these lessons to you as we adjust to the post-Covid world and hopefully an understanding of the importance of family and health above the consumer-driven rat-run of life in the twenty-first century.
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Mindful Money: More Money, More Freedom, More Happiness
Mindful Money is about building good spending habits and a positive money mindset to create a fulfilling, happy life no matter your income. Part personal story, part how-to guide, Mindful Money provides deep insight into the emotional journey of Kel's own experience, along with a background on how money works, and details the seven habits of mindful spending so that anyone can build a life of their own design on their own terms. Mindful Money is more than a journey; it is a transformation in mindset that allows for more money, more freedom and more happiness in all our lives.
(U.S. Title: The Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics)
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Q. Do you have a favourite smart thinking book (and why that book)?
There are so many great book out there. The sheer amoount of knowledge and experience that can be gleaned for a book can be life changing. A good well written book can imprint on you and change thinking on a fundamental level.
Review from Book Depository:
The bestselling The Millionaire Next Door identifies seven common traits that show up again and again among those who have accumulated wealth. Most of the truly wealthy in this country don't live in Beverly Hills or on Park Avenue-they live next door. This new edition, the first since 1998, includes a new foreword for the twenty-first century by Dr. Thomas J. Stanley.
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A perfect guide to understanding finances and a powerhouse of time-tested principles to gain and retain personal wealth, The Richest Man in Babylon has been inspiring readers for generations. It continues to remain a classic bestseller.
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One of the first and deepest impacting books in my life was The Millionaire Next Door. The Millionaire Next door, opened my eyes to the differnece between affluence and wealth. It showed me that wealth is not always apparent. It taught me that wealth is more to do with what you do with income as opposed to income. Affluence is often confused with wealth and this can be a grave mistake.
Another one that I feel I have to mention is The Richest Man in Babylon. This is a simple story book but teaches in a beautiful way the power of saving and doing the small things well.
The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy
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The Richest Man in Babylon
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Q. What's the most recent smart thinking book you've read (and how would you rate it)?
The most recent smart thinking book was Do Cool Sh*t by Miki Agrawal. It was a great read that tells the tale of feeling the fear and doing it anyway and that anyone can succeed but you need to try and put yourself out there. It was quite an inspriational read.
Review From Book Depository:
Is it possible to make a career out of something you love? Miki Agrawal, entrepreneur, angel investor, and cool-sh*t doer, has figured it out and now shows you how. In Do Cool Sh*t, she shares her adventures in entrepreneurship and life, from learning to step out of her comfort zone in a foreign country to achieving her dream of playing soccer for the New York Magic to partnering with Tony Hsieh of Zappos.com to launch her dream business.
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Do Cool Sh*t: Quit Your Day Job, Start Your Own Business, and Live Happily Ever After
Now Miki shows you how to start a business, fund it on a shoestring budget, brainstorm a business plan, test a product, get great (free) press coverage, and more-all while living a life to be proud of.
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Q. Do you have a favourite childhood book?
Hands down Matilda by Roald Dahl. He was such a great writer and really showed the cyinical side to childhood and how the world isn't picture perfect. Matilda was such a cool character, inspite of being told repeatedly by those around her that she was nothing. She knew in her heart she was more and pushed through. You just want to root for her all the while and relish in her success. She focused on what she wanted and got there. Clever girl.
Review From Book Depository: From the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG! Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a kid-hating terror of a headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull she suddenly discovers she has a remarkable power with which to fight back. It'll take a superhuman genius to give Miss Trunchbull what she deserves and Matilda may be just the one to do it! (All links earn commission from purchases that help fund this site. Prices accurate at time of writing)
Matilda
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Q. Do you prefer reading on paper, Kindle or listening to an audiobook?
I do love the feel of a book in my hand. Theres nothing more comforting than feeling its weight knowing that in its pages is the knowledge of someone else. No matter what the book is, there is always something I didn't know on offer in there.
Q. Do you have a favourite bookshop (and why that shop)?
I think I love all book shops. The calm and quite that they lend. I couldn't possibly pick a favourite.
Many thanks to Kel for recommending an great set of books! Please don't forget to check out Kel's book Mindful Money: More Money, More Freedom, More Happiness.
Daryl
Image Copyrights: Orpen Press (Mindful Money), Taylor Trade Publishing (The Millionaire Next Door), Penguin Putnam Inc (The Richest Man In Babylon), HarperCollins Publishers Inc (Do Cool Sh*t), Penguin Random House Children's UK (Matilda).
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