But life gets busy, and we have to make choices. Many people (myself included, at times) have a hard time prioritizing what we know is important, because so many seemingly “urgent” tasks take over. In other cases, people don’t look to save themselves and make positive pro-active decisions until things get really ugly.

But the offer is out there now.

If everyone in our country took steps to educate themselves about personal finance, we wouldn’t be in such an economic mess today. So let’s hope a good majority of those students, as well as readers of this post, are savvy enough to read a book! This is good not only for them, but also collectively for us as a nation.