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Looking for the tools to improve your life? Check out this list of the best self-help and development books for anyone working towards personal growth.

“America’s favorite financial educator,” the Budgetnista explains her journey to financial wholeness and how anyone can achieve it.

From inspiring memoirs and self-help bestsellers to important career and money how-to guides, these books will set your college grad up for success.

Even for people who go on to become financial advisors, it’s not always easy to get money matters exactly right when you’re just getting started with...

Every month on Lake Effect, we partner with the Milwaukee Public Library for our Book of the Month series to bring you new reading recommendations. We’ll hear from Matthew Arends, a librarian from the central branch, about his pick that could help you get smarter with your money.

If you truly want to lead a healthy, and successful life, money is a major component.

Whether you want to improve your career or relationships, these bestselling nonfiction books and memoirs will help you be more successful.

9 Black Financial Educators You Should Be Following on Instagram Whether you’re paying off student loans or saving to buy a home one of these savvy sisters has the secret sauce for you. Personal finance expert Jamila Souffrant Gone are the days when financial advisors were confined to older White men (and the occasional woman) who rarely if ever understood the nuances between Black folks and our relationships with money. Thanks to social media, a much broader range of experts i...

Tiffany Aliche has done almost everything imaginable with her money. By 26, she had saved $40,000, more than her annual salary as a teacher. At another point, she accumulated $87,000 in debt. After losing everything in the Great Recession, she took on the scary task of essentially rebuilding her finances from scratch. For Aliche, the goal was never to become rich. She just wanted to get her finances in order. But sometimes a calling can’t be ignored. When people saw Aliche taking control of h...