How to Eat an Elephant: Achieving Financial Success One Bite at a Time

How to Use this Guide

THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN AS a guide to take you through a step-by-step process to get your finances in order. Each chapter can be read on its own but you may find it easier to follow (and achieve greater success) by following the book in sequence, from Chapter 1 to 12.

If you spend just four hours of one day each month reading the chapter and doing the exercises online, you will have the majority of your personal finances in order in one year.

If personal finance is not really your favourite topic, you are in luck! This guide is designed to take you through the process in small, manageable, bite-sized pieces to help you ensure success. Follow these simple steps to get all your personal finances in order:

Step One:Read one chapter each month.

Step Two:Make notes in a journal or write in the book itself as you read each chapter.

Step Three:Log into the website at www.howtoeatanelephant.ca and complete the exercises for that chapter.

Step Four:Once you have completed the exercises, download your report.

Step Five:Schedule time next month to complete the next chapter.

Step Six:Reward yourself for accomplishing that month's work!

Once you've completed all 12 chapters and all the exercises online, download a copy of your summary financial report and spend some time reviewing it.

Many events and changes can happen in a year, so you may need to go back and review some of the tools and exercises to update them with the latest information. You may wish to repeat this ...