The Ultimate Cheapskate on LIVING SMART with Patricia Gras

Author and lecturer Jeff Yeager (dubbed The Ultimate Cheapskate on NBCs The Today Show) advises us how to structure our relationship with money. With many facing economic hardship, Yeagers guidance is especially relevant.  At the backbone of living cheaply is deciding what enough for you is. Using a humorous and practical approach, and by sharing from his own experience (Yeager himself was able to retire at age 46 by decreasing his dependency on money), he shows us how you can learn to enjoy life more by spending less. WWW.HOUSTONPBS.ORG

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Entertainment

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• Money
• Economy
• Financial Literacy
• Ultimate Cheapskate
• Saving
• Credit Cards
• Debt
• Rich
• Savings
• Spending
• frugal living
• Houston
• TX

[solarchuck]

I don't know how much Yeager makes through interviews and and book sales, however, I am aware of his committment to helping others in need. Hopefully, an impressive portion of his proceeds go to this social sector. The book carries sound advice and let's face it.....we Americans are relentless in our pursuit of absolutely everything of material wealth. Good job, Jeff!

[irina801010]

Loved his book!!!!!

[Spudgurius83]

Stuff you cannot take to the grave with youall you can take is your life experiences too bad a good percentage of people don't realize that

[123dotdotdot]

is he from extreme cheapskate??

[TheWheelofLife100]

Less is more!

[bsm6776]

14:50 her face is hilarious!!!

[dande19]

This guy is a huge dork... but very clever.

[petruhae]

ascetism is good,

cheapskateness is bad

it is not easy to remain ascetist in a cheapskate society and if you earn less then you need(you start thinking about money and how to spare them till your next salary, that kills your ascetism immediately)

[dml190]

This guy is putting the proper meaning of cheapskate into peoples minds, he is also probably a millionaire due to how little he spends rather than how much he earns alone. He has been a cheapskate all his life and with this, it's obvious that he isn't going to just give away what he puts so much effort into saving so he must have it all put away somewhere. This guy is great : D

[dsFDFAHAHAHH]

well he said moving is a bad thing sometimes due to various reasons some people are forced to relocate to live peacefully

[dsFDFAHAHAHH]

he is right we spend far too much on what we dont need

[stewartx5]

@LoudCitizen '.. a foolish naysayer ..'

I listened, but that doesn't change my impressions. Now perhaps you should try listening. For example, I never said he WAS, or claimed to be, an industry spokesperson, only that this was my personal image of the guy. The American economy (for most, not the wealthy) continues it's long decline and I'm tired of so many (including the news industry, a wealthy business) trying to convince us this is not really a bad thing - we just need to do with less.