| An Open Letter to New Readers | p. 1 |
| Introduction: Would You Rather Be Sexy or Rich? | p. 6 |
| Why do people gain weight after college? The similarities between money and food | |
| Counterintuitive but true: We need less personal-finance information | |
| Common excuses for not managing money | |
| You're not a victim-you're in control | |
| Stop debating minutiae and focus on the Big Wins | |
| The key messages of I Will Teach You to Be Rich | |
| "Rich" isn't just about money: What does it mean to you? | |
| Optimize Your Credit Cards | p. 23 |
| How to beat the credit card companies at their own game | |
| Why Indian people love negotiating | |
| Stop being intimidated by your credit cards | |
| Picking the best card for airline miles, cash back, and rewards | |
| The six commandments of credit cards | |
| How to negotiate with your credit card company to get fees waived and receive lower rates | |
| Secret perks your card offers | |
| Why you should always buy electronics, travel, and furniture on your credit card | |
| What not to do with your cards | |
| The burden of student loans | |
| When credit cards go bad | |
| Five steps to getting rid of debt | |
| Week One: Action Steps | |
| Beat the Banks | p. 69 |
| Open high-interest, low-hassle accounts and negotiate fees like an Indian | |
| How banks rake it in | |
| The bank accounts I use | |
| Why you really need a separate savings account | |
| Opening high-interest, no-fee accounts | |
| Why people stick with terrible bank accounts | |
| Five marketing tactics banks use to trick you | |
| Negotiate out of fees with your current bank (use my script) | |
| Week Two: Action Steps | |
| Get Ready to Invest | p. 94 |
| Open your 401(k) and Roth IRA-even with just $50 | |
| Start investing, step by step | |
| Why your friends are scared of investing | |
| Investing is the single most effective way to get rich | |
| Where should your money go? Introducing the ladder of personal finance | |
| Mastering your 401(k) | |
| Crush your debt | |
| The beauty of Roth IRAs | |
| What about robo-advisors? | |
| The exact account I use | |
| Feed your investment account | |
| HSAs | |
| Beyond retirement accounts | |
| Week Three: Action Steps | |
| Conscious Spending | p. 126 |
| How to save hundreds per month (and still buy what you love) | |
| How to spend extravagantly on the things you love and cut costs mercilessly on the things you don't-without making an annoying budget | |
| The difference between cheap people and conscious spenders | |
| How my friend spends $21,000 per year going out-guilt-free | |
| Using psychology against yourself to save | |
| The four buckets: fixed costs, savings, investments, and guilt-free spending money | |
| The envelope system for not overspending | |
| What if you don't make enough money to save? | |
| How to make more money | |
| Handling unexpected expenses | |
| Week Four: Action Steps | |
| Save While Sleeping | p. 167 |
| Making your accounts work together-automatically | |
| The power of defaults | |
| How to spend only 90 minutes a month managing your money | |
| Ways to use psychology to help you save money | |
| Create your automatic money flow | |
| Using your automated finances to fuel your rich life | |
| Week Five: Action Steps | |
| The Myth of Financial Expertise | p. 188 |
| Why professional wine tasters and stock pickers are clueless-and how you can beat them | |
| Who should you trust? | |
| Experts can't guess where the market is going | |
| How experts hide poor performance | |
| You don't need a financial adviser | |
| Behind the scenes: When two wealth managers tried to recruit me | |
| Active vs. passive management | |
| Investing Isn't Only for Rich People | p. 212 |
| Spend the afternoon picking a simple portfolio that will make you rich | |
| The beauty of automatic investing | |
| Asset allocation: more important than the "best stock of the year!" | |
| Retiring in your 30s or 40s: The FIRE movement | |
| Convenience or control? You choose | |
| The many flavors of stocks and bonds | |
| Creating your own portfolio: How to handpick your investments | |
| Investing the easy way: target-date funds | |
| Feeding your 401(k) and IRA | |
| The Swensen model of asset allocation | |
| Insane crypto "investments" | |
| Week Six: Action Steps | |
| How to Maintain and Grow Your System | p. 260 |
| You've done the hard work: Here's how to maintain (and optimize) your financial infrastructure | |
| Feed your system-the more you put in, the more you'll get out | |
| Ignore the noise | |
| The tricky part of managing your own portfolio: rebalancing your investments | |
| Nutty beliefs about taxes | |
| When to sell | |
| For high achievers: a ten-year plan | |
| Giving back-an important part of being rich | |
| A Rich Life | p. 282 |
| The finances of relationships, weddings, buying a car, and your first house | |
| Student loans-Pay them down or invest? | |
| How to help parents who are in debt | |
| The big conversation: talking about money with your significant other | |
| Should you sign a prenup? | |
| Why we're all hypocrites about our weddings (and how to pay for yours) | |
| Negotiating your salary, I Will Teach You to Be Rich style | |
| The smart person's guide to buying a car | |
| The biggest big-ticket item of all: a house | |
| The benefits of renting | |
| Is real estate really a good investment? | |
| Planning for future purchases | |
| Your Rich Life: Going beyond the day to day | |
| Acknowledgments | p. 335 |
| Index | p. 336 |
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