Derrick Kinney - Good Money Revolution

Copyright 2022 Derrick Kinney

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Print ISBN: 978-1-5107-7291-5

Ebook ISBN: 978-1-5107-7292-2

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Praise for Good Money Revolution

Inspiring. Challenging. Groundbreaking. Good Money Revolution is ready to change your mindset about money. Andy Andrews , New York Times bestselling author and founder of WisdomHarbour.com

You shouldnt have to choose between growing a successful business and impacting the world. In Good Money Revolution , Derrick shares how to do both. For business leaders who desire a life of significance, this book is a great guide. Michael Hyatt , New York Times bestselling author

If you want to impact the lives of others by making a difference in the marketplace, you are really going to enjoy this book. Bob Goff , author of New York Times bestsellers Love Does ; Everybody, Always ; and Dream Big

Generosity is a powerful and underestimated tool of transformation. It changes the world one life at a time, beginning with the individual providing it. Good Money Revolution shows you exactly howand its worth re-reading again and again. John OLeary , #1 national bestselling author of On Fire

Derrick Kinney has created the go-to guide on making, saving, investing, and giving more money. Packed with humorous anecdotes and sobering wisdom, I felt like I was reading a treasure map to reach financial freedom while impacting the world. This is a must-read. Lara Casey , CEO of Cultivate What Matters

Both prosperity and generosity go hand in hand, and Derrick helps you to create more of both in this practical, life-changing book. The time is now for you to join the Good Money Revolution. You can thank me later! Chris Harder , investor and philanthropist

Weve needed a fresh voice about money for a long timeand Derrick Kinney is that voice. This book should be required reading for every business leader wanting to do more with their money and their life. Dr. Nido Qubein , president, High Point University

Derrick has cracked the code. Get ready for an honest, hopeful, actionable approach to your money. Derricks message is exactly what you need right now and its impossible to read this and not get motivated about your finances. Jon Acuff , New York Times bestselling author of Soundtracks

No matter where youre at with your money, Derricks seven-step Good Money Framework will transform you from an insecure investor to a confident wealth creator. This book will redefine financial planning for decades to come. Dr. Brad Klontz , financial psychologist and author

If you want to make more money and live the life youve always wanted, Derrick Kinney shares his proven formula to achieve both. This is the book you need right now. Dan Miller , author of 48 Days to the Work You Love

Derricks practical yet powerful strategies and stories will allow you to completely rewrite your money story and create lasting impact in ways you didnt knowuntil now. Derricks message is exactly what we need today. Barbara Huson , author of Rewire for Wealth and Overcoming Underearning

In a new and insightful way, Derrick tackles the challenging money issues in todays modern economy that most experts shy away from. Derrick reveals the real secret that few business leaders understand: How generosity can boost your bottom line! JV Crum III , podcast host, coach, founder of ConsciousMillionaire.com

If you have always believed that money was complicated, confusing, and out of reach, this is the guide youve been looking for. Derrick masterfully demystifies the world of investing with simple, easy strategies you can implement today. Justin Donald , bestselling author of The Lifestyle Investor

What if there was a better way to think about your money? Good Money Revolution puts the status quo on notice. A new day for you and your money has arrived. Steven Pressfield , bestselling author of The War of Art

In this persuasive book, Derrick Kinney speaks with the compelling voice of personal experience as he elevates money from the bank account and the complicated economy into a life-transforming medium and metric. I confidently predict it will uplift both lives and fortunes. It provides reasons and explanations that will motivate and inspire readers on their journey through the portal of prosperity. Rabbi Daniel Lapin , bestselling author of Thou Shall Prosper

Derrick Kinney is one of those standout financial authors that simplifies money in a way that flat-out makes sense. Youll love how easyand funthis book is to read! Bob Beaudine , CEO, best-selling author of The Power of Who and 2 Chairs

Thanks to its lovely colloquial style, reading Good Money Revolution feels like a chat with a master storyteller, yet its financial wisdom will transform your life. Bea Boccalandro , author of Do Good at Work: How Simple Acts of Social Purpose Drive Success and Wellbeing

If youre twenty-five and paying off college debt, read this book. If youre forty and teaching your kids about money, read this book. If youre sixty and feel behind on retirement, read this book. Get the message? Read this book. Peter Shankman , author of Faster Than Normal

for

K ARA , L AUREN , H ANNAH , C ONNER , AND D ILLON

You are my greatest joy.

To anyone whos ever felt theyre not smart enough, good enough, or talented enough to make more money and have an impact on the world.
This book is for you.

Contents

Foreword

I REMEMBER STANDING in line with my mother and grandmother outside a church where the government was giving away blocks of cheese to families who qualified for assistance. As I stood in line, I carefully inspected the other kids in line, hoping they didnt go to my elementary school. I didnt want people to know how poor we were. I was embarrassed and, if Im honest, a little ashamed. Many of my friends were wealthy. At least to me, they were wealthy. Their parents had two cars. They had a garage. Their house had stairs and a second floor with an extra bedroom for guests. These things, to me, were great luxuries.

My mother worked hard. She was a secretary at an oil refinery. Shed dropped out of college to marry my father, who dropped out of the marriage a few years laternot long after I was born. My mother was frugal with money. She subscribed to a newsletter that taught her how to save money. Instead of buying paper towels, we saved the extra napkins we got when we bought fast food. We used powdered milk instead of real milk because it was half the price.

If you were to pause my story right there, right when I was in junior high adding powdered milk to my cereal, youd likely fill in the rest of the story revealing how I grew up to become poor myself, how I didnt go to college and got a job digging ditches and started drinking and got a woman pregnant and so on and so on.