Authors: Trent Hamm
The Simple Dollar
| The Simple Dollar |
| Trent Hamm |
| FT Press (2010) |
How One Man Wiped Out His Debts and Achieved the Life of His Dreams
Trent Hamm
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ISBN-13: 978-0-13-705425-1
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hamm, Trent.
The simple dollar : how one man wiped out his debts and achieved the life of his dreams
> Trent Hamm.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-13-705425-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Consumer credit. 2. Debtor and creditor. 3.
Finance, Personal. I. Title.
HG3755.H237 2010
332.024’02—dc22
2010005204
To Randy Byrn, who not only taught me how to write but made me believe I could
Chapter 1. Prison Made of Plastic
Chapter 3. A Visit from the Black Swan
Chapter 4. The Power of Goals in a Random World
Chapter 5. Running to Stand Still
Chapter 6. With or Without You
Chapter 8. Frugality as Framework
Chapter 9. Cultivating People and Opportunities
Chapter 10. The New Career Rules
Chapter 11. Life Design—Building Something New
Chapter 13. The Personal-Financial Boundary
Chapter 14. Recasting Retirement
Chapter 15. The New Path to Adulthood
Chapter 16. The Power of Giving
Chapter 18. Original of the Species
Insanity: Doing the Same Thing and Expecting Different Results