Have you ever wanted to gain better insight to your behaviours and how they affect the games you play with money? Then Money Magic is the perfect book for your bookshelf or audio library.

In this great guide, Price focuses on personal behaviours, what you need to do to understand and identify them, and how to work with them over time. Crack that and you’re on the right path to making your financial picture a lot better and your future a lot richer.

In the book, Price identifies eight character types:

1. The Innocent
2. The Victim
3. The Warrior
4. The Martyr
5. The Fool
6. The Creator/ Artist
7. The Tyrant
8. The Magician

If you’ve ever read much about The Empowerment Dynamic, Price identifies similar behaviour types and includes links to quizzes to help you discover yours. Once you know that you can stop reacting to every money situation or rescuing others, plus you’ll gain perspective of what’s really going on in your financial life.

Great for : Anyone who wants to started on a healthy financial journey and consistently make the right choices with money.

Book review by Nick Girle.

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Ever cheated on a loved one, driven through a red light or taken a pen from the work stationary cupboard? What about picked up money that wasn’t yours? In his book, The (Honest) Truth about Dishonesty, behavioural economist, Dan Ariely presents endless studies on how we lie to ourselves, and what makes it acceptable.

At CommonCents, we’re all fascinated by how everyday behaviours can influence day-to-day decisions. The way we rationalise these decisions is intriguing, and my favourite part of this book is how New York Times best-selling author, Ariely, links many of his studies back to financial behaviours.

Ariely’s research helps us fundamentally understand more about our unethical behaviour and how it works in our personal, professional and political worlds. And the best bit? His book also identifies what keeps us honest and paves the way for how to achieve higher ethics in our everyday lives.

Yep, if you’re ready for some personal growth, want to know, change and then take action on your financial behaviours this is one book worth adding to your Xmas wish list.

Great for: People who want to take an honest look at themselves, understand more about the fast food they’re eating, the exercise they’re not doing and the holiday they can’t afford.

Book review by Nick Girle.

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Have you ever heard of The Dreaded Drama Triangle? Well here’s a quick history lesson. In the late 1960’s Dr. Stephen Karpman described three human characteristics that will no doubt sound familiar – the Victim, Persecutor and Rescuer. Karpman explained how these roles were made up by the ego to manage fear and anxiety.

Fast forward to 2005 and David Emerald releases his book, The Power of TED. Emerald believes when you move from a victim mindset to a creator mindset you can transform your life, which is where the real power of TED comes in.

TED – The Empowerment Dynamic – is like the next level up from, as Emerald describes it, The Dreaded Drama Triangle. It challenges your way of thinking so you don’t get buried in what’s happening to you or caught up in how others treat you. Instead of being a Victim, Persecutor or Rescuer, Emerald presents the opposites of these which he labels, the Creator, the Challenge and the Coach. Emerald’s introduction to empowerment came from a very personal epiphany.

“The epiphany,” he says, “Was how much I had lived my life from a victim orientation. As I surrendered to that victim way of being in the world, I asked the silence, ‘What’s the opposite of victim?’ And what I immediately got back was the word, Creator.”

I’m the first to admit I often get triggered by other people’s behaviour. What I love about this book is that it helps you identify your thinking and shows you how to overcome it in a positive way so you can take a proactive approach. When we delete drama, we can make real shifts which can transform your life.

The Power of TED is a great precursor to The Money Magic and will help you choose empowering responses to everyday situations.

Great for: Individuals who want to escape everyday drama and move to a more resourceful and creative way of living.

Book review by Nick Girle.

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