Tiffany Aliche

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Get
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BOOK CLUB KIT
Welcome book club members! I’m so excited that you’ve chosen to read,
Get Good with Money, together. Before you dive in, please watch this
welcome video, I taped to get you excited and started.
Tiffany “The Budgetnista” Aliche

“This book represents a safe place to launch dreams, open doors, and ignite potential right where you are.”

Introduction (click to play)

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Chapter 1. Before We Begin:

Get to Know Financial Wholeness (click to play)
“There are ten lessons you need to learn, ten areas of your finances that need to be working in
sync for you to reach financial wholeness.”

Chapter 2 Budgetnista Pep Talk Video: (click to play)

10% Whole: Budget Building
“If you don’t know what your money is doing, you aren’t going to be doing much with it.”

• What is your biggest takeaway from this chapter?

• What do you want to say “yes” to?
• Did you get a notebook and write down your spending habits? What surprised you?
• What actions did you take—or are you going to take—based on Tiffany’s steps in this chapter?

Chapter 3 Budgetnista Pep Talk Video: (click to play)

20% Whole: Saving like a Squirrel
“To get good at saving, you’ve got to move from the habit of saving to spend money
to saving to make money.”

• After reading this chapter, do you have a different understanding of saving?

• Do you act like a squirrel or an ostrich? Or both?
• Did you figure out your “Noodle Budget”? What did you think of that exercise?
• N
 eeds, Loves, Likes, Wants—do you have a greater understanding or appreciation of Mindful Spending?
• H
 ave you started automating?
Chapter 4 Budgetnista Pep Talk Video: (click to play)
30% Whole: Dig Out of Debt
“The main purpose of reducing your debt is so you have excess money to go toward
growing wealth.”

• I f you have debt, what information in this chapter made paying it down more manageable—
and possible—to you?
• What actions are you now taking?
• Tiffany says to stop saying in debt, because debt is not a place. Does that shift in mindset help? How?

Chapter 5 Budgetnista Pep Talk Video: (click to play)

40% Whole: Score Credit (High)
“Even though we use the terms good and bad when talking about credit, none of this is a
judgment on the goodness or badness of you as a person.”

• W hat do you understand about credit now that you didn’t quite know before?
• Did you follow the homework assignment to figure out your credit score?
• What did you learn and how does that shape what you do going forward?

Chapter 6 Budgetnista Pep Talk Video: (click to play)

50% Whole: Learn to Earn (Increase Your Income)
“I teach an approach to increasing your take-home pay that’s not about suffering,
but about strategy.”

• H ave you started keeping a Brag Book to present when you decide to ask for a raise? What things will
it include?
• Why do you think people are afraid to ask for a raise? What things would you like to ask for but
haven’t yet?
• What ways could you enhance or expand your skills?

Chapter 7 Budgetnista Pep Talk Video: (click to play)

60% Whole: Invest Like an Insider (Retirement and Wealth)
“Investing is all about taking steps today to take care of yourself in the future.”

• Tiffany Aliche calls investing an act of “self-care.” Do you see it that way?
• How did you view investing before reading this chapter? How do you view it now?
• What are your thoughts about your own retirement? About wealth building?
• Active, Passive, or In-Between—which type of investor are you?
Chapter 8 Budgetnista Pep Talk Video: (click to play)
70% Whole: Get Good with Insurance
“Life is unpredictable.”

• W hat do you understand about credit now that you didn’t quite know before?
• Did you follow the homework assignment to figure out your credit score?
• What did you learn and how does that shape what you do going forward?

Chapter 9 Budgetnista Pep Talk Video: (click to play)

80% Whole: Grow Richish (Increase Your Net Worth)
“The goal is to get up to a positive net worth, even if it’s just positive by $100, $200, or $1,000.”

• H ad you considered your net worth before this chapter? What have you learned?
• Tiffany shares Dame Dash’s view on the purpose of work: “The purpose of work is to own.” Is that how
you see it? Or did you, too, feel a shift in your mindset?
• What do you think Tiffany means about “accepting your net worth”? After adding the numbers, how do
you feel about the current state of your net worth? How does accepting that help you plan your goals
going forward?

Chapter 10 Budgetnista Pep Talk Video: (click to play)

90% Whole: Pick Your Money Team (Financial Professionals)
“A Money Team is the support system that helps guide and influence your financial choices.”

• Who have you started looking to as a financial resource?

• I s there someone supportive and encouraging in your life who you’d like as a financial accountability
partner? What qualities do they have? What do you think you can offer them? How might you go about
asking them to work with you?

Chapter 11 Budgetnista Pep Talk Video: (click to play)

100% Whole: Leave a Legacy (Estate Planning)
“You are not just the boss of your life, but also the boss of your legacy.”

• D
 oes the topic of this chapter feel daunting to you? Why do you think some people have a hard time
talking about estate planning?
• What immediate actions can you take to ensure your loved ones are taken care of?
• What do you see as the benefits of having a will?
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Get Good with Money! I’m so proud of you. How proud?
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