About Leveling Up: What Your Parents (or school) Never Taught You About Living Financially Well by J Hopkin:
Personal finance is the bane of many people’s existence but fear not.Leveling Up is a simple financial step-by-step system that will help you get your personal finances organized and, aim to make your life easier. It’s more then just a budgeting book… It goes beyond trying to simply help you become debt-free. The goal is understanding your financial ‘bigger picture’; spending habits, debt, credit, and showing you how to stay the course with strong, tested, and proven wealth-building habits.In this easy-to-understand financial literacy workbook, you’ll discover:Ideas to identify and overcome any spending problemsHow to better manage money, and take control of your spending habitsHow to understand your credit and interest debtsStraight forward strategies to pay off debt fastSimple financial exercises to build good financial habitsA 90-day personal finance challenge with a detailed financial workoutAnd so much more!Don’t ignore your bank statements because the numbers aren’t in your favor…yet. Do the work necessary to change your financial situation for the better and take control of your money once and for all. Leveling Up offers a straight no-nonsense approach to making your “cents” work for you, for a change.
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Author Bio:
J Hopkin was born and raised in Salt Lake City, UT. Growing up, he loved numbers and dreamed of becoming a businessman – investor type, but at the time, it seemed like an unlikely aspiration. His single-parent; mother battled to make ends meet for her three children, and much of his early life was shaped by poverty.
J was determined to rise above his meager beginnings and never to have to struggle again. But as an adult, he soon learned that poverty was a vicious cycle that’s extremely difficult to break out of – or so it seemed to a younger J, who had yet to understand the importance of personal finance and investing. His initial battle to rise above the poverty line saw him chasing the great mythical payoff that never materialized, and he seemed destined to a life of scratching out a living, painting cars, and surviving from paycheck-to-paycheck. If not for two incredible chance encounters, J might still live that life.
The first was with a wonderful woman who taught him the importance of personal finance and being accountable to himself. The second was an equally great man who taught him the fundamentals of investing. Any success J now claims he accredits to the mentorship and wisdom those two people showed him.
If asked his specializations, his response is always ‘nothing more than a simple painter.’ He is always willing to help others find their financial paths, pushing the importance of starting with personal finance before investing. His personal investing focuses on hard money lending, real estate, trades, and core holdings in stocks and bonds.
When he finds the time, J escapes to the outdoors to enjoy the fresh air and the freedom of being where money has no meaning.