We never get an instruction manual about how money works. We never have to pass a test to get our Money Licence before we can take a new credit card for a drive. Most of what we learn about money comes from advertising or from other people who know as little as we do. No wonder so many of us just decide to stick our heads in the damn sand and never deal with it.
When this book first came out in 2018, Corona was just a beer, Cyril Ramaphosa still had that fresh president smell and ‘working from home’ was code for ‘unemployed’. A lot of shit’s happened since then, so it’s time for a refresh.
In this UPDATED AND EXPANDED edition of her bestselling book, money dork Sam Beckbessinger tells it to you straight once again. You’ll learn:
- How to trick your dumb brain into saving more, without giving up fun
- Why you need to forget about what you’ve learned about credit, buying cars and owning homes
- Why investing’s so much easier than you think (and why you’ve got to do it)
- How to deal with ‘black tax’, expensive kids and aging parents
- How to get your head around rising inflation, crypto and SA’s two-pot retirement system.
With exercises, flowcharts and informative illustrations (also: kittens), this book is empowering and helpful – and f*cking funny, too. You’re going to earn millions of rands over your lifetime. Are you going to waste it on stupid crap that doesn’t make you happy, or let it buy you your freedom and your most audacious dreams?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sam Beckbessinger is the bestselling author of Manage Your Money Like a F*cking Grownup, sold in six countries. She writes weird horror stories and kids' tv shows, and helps people learn to adult better (she's still trying to figure it out herself).
She was one of the writers on Serial Box’s and Marvel’s Jessica Jones: Playing With Fire serialized novel. She's also written several episodes for animated kids’ TV show, Team Jay, commissioned by the Juventus Soccer Club and produced and animated by Sunrise Productions, and the family-friendly comedy series Jungle Beat, which has been broadcast in over 180 countries on channels including Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon.
Sam was a Mandela Washington Fellow for Young African Leaders at Yale University in 2014, and is a partner and co-founder of two financial technology businesses: Lettuce and Inves. After many years working as a financial educator, she now spends her days writing about other terrifying things, like tapeworm monsters and werewolves. Her latest novel is Femme Feral.
'Manage Your Money Like a F*cking Grownup (New Edition)' is published by Jonathan Ball Publishers