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Book Reviews

Spare The Psychology Finding Me

BY PRINCE HARRY BY VIOLA DAVIS
of Money
It was one of the most searing images of BY MORGAN HOUSEL “In my book, you will meet a little girl
the 20th century: two young boys, two named Viola who ran from her past until
princes, walking behind their mother’s Doing well with money isn’t she made a life-changing decision to
coffin as the world watched in sorrow - necessarily about what you know. stop running forever. This is my story,
and horror. As Diana, Princess of Wales, It’s about how you behave. And from a crumbling apartment in Central
was laid to rest, billions wondered behaviour is hard to teach, even Falls, Rhode Island, to the stage in New
what the princes must be thinking and to really smart people. Money - York City, and beyond. This is the path
feeling, and how their lives would play investing, personal finance, and I took to finding my purpose and my
out from that point on. business decisions - is typically strength, but also to finding my voice in
For Harry, this is that story at last. With taught as a math-based field, a world that didn’t always see me.
its raw, unflinching honesty, Spare is where data and formulas tell us “As I wrote Finding Me, my eyes were
a landmark publication full of insight, exactly what to do. open to the truth of how our stories
revelation, self-examination, and hard- But in the real world people are often not given close examination.
won wisdom about the eternal power don’t make financial decisions They are bogarted, reinvented to fit
of love over grief. Prince Harry wishes to on a spreadsheet. They make into a crazy, competitive, judgmental
support British charities with donations them at the dinner table, or in a world. So, I wrote this for anyone who is
from his proceeds from Spare. meeting room, where personal searching for a way to understand and
history, your own unique view of overcome a complicated past, let go of
Price: R559.00 the world, ego, pride, marketing shame, and find acceptance.
and odd incentives are scrambled For anyone who needs reminding that
together. a life worth living can only be born from
In The Psychology of Money, radical honesty and the courage to shed
award-winning author Morgan façades and be you. Finding Me is a deep
Housel shares 19 short stories reflection on my past and a promise for
exploring the strange ways people my future. My hope is that my story will
think about money and teaches inspire you to light up your own life with
you how to make better sense of creative expression and rediscover who
one of life’s most important topics. you were before the world put a label on
you.”- Viola Davis
Price: R409.00
Price: R365.00

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