In Dire Straits? How to wrench your family out of financial catastrophe — cover image by Renée Ellison

In Dire Straits? How to wrench your family out of financial catastrophe

Strategies for making and managing money when you're in the eye of a financial storm. This is a 43-page PDF eBook for adults (also available in print while supplies last). Read the table of contents.

If your finances are a wreck, you may be in the eye of a financial storm. Even though you may feel momentarily peaceful and have resolved your matters for the present hour, something got you into this trouble and the same dynamics are about ready to hit you again in full force. Financial catastrophe comes in waves — it slaps you like a wet towel over and over again. There are solid, strong financial principles that when immediately and consistently applied can quickly move you out of this state.

A 19th century New England pastor wrote, "Character, for the most part, is determined by one's relations to money. Find out how one gets, saves, spends, gives, lends, borrows, and bequeaths money, and you have the character of the man in full outline." In this booklet you will read about strategies for getting, saving, spending, and managing money.

What's Inside

Part I: Managing Money — earning money, layering income streams, staying out of debt, allocating limited resources, and business savvy

Part II: Making Money — types of jobs that flourish in difficult conditions, manual labor, family business ideas, and entrepreneurialism

Part III: Conclusions — probing final questions and suggestions for further reading

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