Award-winning journalist, “Today Show” financial editor and MONEY magazine columnist Jean Chatzky wants women everywhere to take control of their finances, in a smart, savvy way. In her book, Make Money Not Excuses: Wake Up, Take Charge, and Overcome Your Financial Fears Forever she warns readers not to be afraid to do just that: take charge! She urges women to look at their finances as their responsibility and take control of their funds the same way they've taken control of their careers.

Chatzky breezes by the common excuses women use when it comes to money - like “I'd love to save but I don't know how”; “I'm too old to start now”; or, “my husband handles that” – and gives easy how-to instructions for taking charge. Women today are earning more and living more independently, and Chatzky wants women to take control of their money and not depend on a spouse to do it for them, or worse, do nothing at all. She warns money left idle will actually lose value over the years, unless it is cared for (translation: invested wisely).

Following the simple how-to formulas for saving, Girlawhirl is sure the “Map to a Million” will have her on her way to just that in no time at all.

Girlawhirl found her copy of Jean Chatzky's Make Money Not Excuses: Wake Up, Take Charge, and Overcome Your Financial Fears Forever in her online shopping mall at barnesandnoble.com

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