Melissa Browne

Most of us would rather be caught naked than have our finances open to view. Why are we so reluctant to engage properly and effectively with something so fundamental? Mel Browne challenges us to change our thinking and our bank balances for the better. With clear, easy to follow advice, she tells you how to set up savvy savings accounts, make the right investments, and discover why budgeting is a dirty word. Learn to financially adult and become not just financially unf*cked . . . but financially well.

Unf*ck Your Finances

If you've ever tried to budget but found it just doesn't work, you need to read this book. When it comes to saving and spending money, we're not all the same. Yet for too long, the financial advice world has treated us as if we are. This book will give you the tools you need to make that long-awaited financial breakthrough, allowing you to discover your 'Financial Phenotype': the unique combination comprising your Money Story, your Money Environment, your Money Type and, just as importantly, the habits, triggers and tricks that are right for you. Once you realise that the one-size-fits-all approach to finances you've been trying to adopt doesn't work for most people, it can be liberating. Finally there's a rational explanation for why you've struggled with money-why you're perpetually sabotaging, why you're constantly at loggerheads with your partner or why you just can't seem to be consistent. When it comes to other areas of your life, such as food and exercise, you've no doubt embraced a multi-faceted, often highly personalised approach and you recognise that's important. Why should it be any different when it comes to your finances? That's why understanding your Money Story and discovering your Money Type is the key to financial success.

Drop the one-size fits all approach to money and discover the power of understanding your unique financial type

Budgets Don't Work (But This Does)

An accountant is not particularly blessed with the most fashion forward reputation – think brown cardigans and stiff black suits rather than floral jackets and four inch heels.Yet accountant and coaching expert Melissa Browne is a master at removing the bland from business (and her wardrobe). Her innovative, illustrated book, More Money for Shoes, shows us that building a successful and profitable business can be just like shaping a fabulous wardrobe. The book couples business essentials with relatable fashion analogies, navigating the often intimidating world of business ownership. From composing goals and plans, to dealing with the often feared critical numbers, Mel will show you how to organise, throw out, build and create a business that will work for you.Like a great cocktail ring or a killer pair of heels, More Money For Shoes is the secret weapon that will take you from being ordinary to extraordinary in the business world. So strap on your stilettos, roll up your sleeves and get ready for dramatic and positive change in your business.About The AuthorAs a multi-business owner and NSW Telstra Business Award finalist, Melissa doesn’t muck about. Melissa is the Principle of Accounting & Taxation Advantage and owner of Business Advantage Coaching specialising in helping business owners realise their goals. It is this expertise in accounting and coaching that Melissa hopes to share. Using fashion analogies to explain business essentials, More Money For Shoes showcases the expanse of Melissa’s knowledge and her accomplished career.In 2001, Melissa started Accounting & Taxation Advantage in the front room of her house. After 9 years, Melissa launched her second business, Business Advantage Coaching, and set up a second office location in North Sydney to support its Glenbrook site. The company’s goal is to change the lives of clients by helping them minimise tax, generate and retain wealth and become better business-owners. Melissa, through first-hand experience, knows what it takes to go from running a good business to running a great business — and a great wardrobe!Melissa has won numerous local business awards and is regularly asked to speak at events both about her success as a business owner as well as the success she has had with her workflow method. She is currently completing her MBA at MGSM.Her love for fashion coupled with her accounting and coaching expertise has inspired Melissa to produce More Money for Shoes — unique expose on translating the often- intimidating world of business.

More Money for Shoes

When Alice fell down the rabbit hole she found a magic drink and a magic cake. Today many of us are still searching for the magic formula when it comes to finances but sadly it doesn't exist. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but you knew that it was up to you, right? There are no unicorns, fairy godmothers or magical shoes coming to save you but you do have something very important which fairytale characters often don't have. Choice. The problem is many of us are carrying such twisted money messages around with us that we aren't exercising choice. That's why I wrote this book - to challenge your mindset in a cheeky, fun way and to show you where you could be heading but, just as importantly, what an alternative ending might look like. That way we can be our own fairy godmothers and prince charmings and financially save ourselves. Fabulous But Broke is a collection of financial fairytales which highlight money messages we carry with us and suggest an alternative, happy ending. From these stories I hope you will be inspired to write your own financial fairytale to make the right decisions for financial freedom, opportunity and happiness for today and the rest of your life.

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