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9 Personal and Financial Development Books, Blogs, Newsletters, and Podcasts

Are you searching for new personal or financial development books? Looking for fresh blog posts or newsletters to read? Need a catchy podcast to listen to or just a new angle on your favorite self-improvement topics? We’ve got you covered!

Regional Missouri Bank employees have rounded up some of their favorite personal and financial development books, blogs, newsletters, and podcasts to help you reach your goals. Whether your resolution is to save a certain amount of money by a specific time, get a certain number of minutes or steps each day, or listen to educational podcasts on your way to and from work every day, these books, blogs, newsletters, and podcasts listed below could help you get there!

Books:

  1. Atomic Habits by James Clear | Katelyn Brookfield Branch
    • The cover provides an accurate summary by stating, “An easy and proven way to build good habits and break bad ones.” Personal and financial health is a sum of your habits. If you have a resolution to make a change in any aspect of your life, this book covers it all. Atomic Habits provides the toolkit to be the best version of yourself every day.

  2. Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kyosaki | Michael Paris Branch
    • Rich Dad Poor Dad is Robert's story of growing up with two dads — his real father and the father of his best friend, his rich dad — and the ways in which both men shaped his thoughts about money and investing. The book explodes the myth that you need to earn a high income to be rich and explains the difference between working for money and having your money work for you.

  3. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey | Shannon Marceline Main Branch
    • The key message here is that you need to take care of yourself, stay physically fit, maintain your emotional wellbeing and your mental wellbeing through expanding your knowledge, as well as your social well-being by having good relationships with others.

  4. Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson M.D. | Beth Marceline Main Branch
    • A simple story to help you learn how to deal with change

Blogs/Newsletters:

  1. Kiplinger | Eric Marceline Main Branch
    • Kiplinger has been providing reliable information for many years. Their site has been proven to be a trustworthy guide for general market analysis as well as general financial and investment information.

  2. Money Boss Mom | Lydia Glasgow Branch
    • Jamie Bosse is a Financial Planner, author, and mother of four.  She helps her clients maneuver through life’s transitions and overcome and anticipate any potential roadblocks along the way.  Jamie also has a passion for mentoring and financial literacy and is the author of the Milton the Money Savvy Pup books we use in the teach children to save program now. I love her approach to talking to kids early and often about money.

  3. The FDIC Consumer News | Kim Salisbury Branch
    • FDIC Consumer News is the FDIC's monthly newsletter to consumers, providing practical guidance on how to become a smarter, safer user of financial services, including helpful hints, quick tips, and common-sense strategies to protect and stretch your hard-earned dollars.

Podcasts:

  1. The Fort Podcast with Chris Powers- interviews Real estate investors and business owners | Michael Paris Branch
    • The Fort is an entrepreneurship podcast. The podcast uncoveres the proven strategies, insights, and inspiring stories of today’s greatest leaders in the worlds of business, real estate, entrepreneurship, and investing. Each episode’s mission is to help you to level up your entrepreneurial game by hearing directly from the men and women in the arena. Chris can uniquely uncover things not commonly discussed because he is an entrepreneur himself. We not only cover business, but we also cover the personal side of entrepreneurship. Each week features conversations with Entrepreneurs, Founders, CEOs, and Executives from some of the leading companies in America.

  2. The Ramsey Show | Shannon Marceline Main Branch
    • The Ramsey Show believes you can build wealth and take control of your life no matter what mistakes you’ve made with money.

We hope that we have helped you find a new book, blog, newsletter, or podcast to inspire and motivate you to reach your fullest potential or meet your goals and resolutions.