Teaching novel · 13 chapters · 19k words · 12 min of audio
What Nobody Taught Me About Money
Valentina's Story in Ten Lessons
by Danny Viasus
Valentina earns a good salary. And reaches the end of the month with twenty-eight dollars in her account.
She is twenty-seven, has a good job and the feeling that money comes in through one door and leaves through another. Until the man who runs the bicycle shop on the corner asks her a question nobody ever asked:
And how much did you pay yourself this month?
Ten chapters. Ten lessons taken from the most-read personal finance books in the world, turned into a single story you can read in an afternoon. A padlocked drawer, a notebook with ten rules, and a twenty-year-old debt nobody ever talked about.
At the end of each chapter: what Vale learned, which book the idea comes from, and one concrete thing to do today. Plus a ten-week workbook to turn the story into your own plan.
Illustrated in black-and-white manga style.
Chapters
- 1Before We Begin2 min readFree
- 2Chapter 1: The Empty Envelope7 min readFree
- 3Chapter 2: Don Aurelio's Bicycle7 min readAmazon
- 4Chapter 3: The Day the Fridge Died8 min readAmazon
- 5Chapter 4: Two Siblings, Two Clocks7 min readAmazon
- 6Chapter 5: What You Can't See7 min readAmazon
- 7Chapter 6: What a Saturday Costs7 min readAmazon
- 8Chapter 7: Mr. Market8 min readAmazon
- 9Chapter 8: Sebastián's Chain7 min readAmazon
- 10Chapter 9: The Conversation with Marcela8 min readAmazon
- 11Chapter 10: Enough9 min readAmazon
- 12Epilogue: The Ten Lessons on One Page5 min readAmazon
- 13Vale's Notebook: Your Ten-Week Plan2 min readAmazon
Also available in Español: Lo que nadie me enseñó del dinero →
Frequently asked questions
- What is the book about?
- Valentina earns a good salary. And reaches the end of the month with twenty-eight dollars in her account. She is twenty-seven, has a good job and the feeling that money comes in through one door and leaves through another. Until the man who runs the bicycle shop on the corner asks her a question nobody ever asked: And how much did you pay yourself this month? Ten chapters. Ten lessons taken from the most-read personal finance books in the world, turned into a single story you can read in an afternoon. A padlocked drawer, a notebook with ten rules, and a twenty-year-old debt nobody ever talked about. At the end of each chapter: what Vale learned, which book the idea comes from, and one concrete thing to do today. Plus a ten-week workbook to turn the story into your own plan. Illustrated in black-and-white manga style.
- Who is it for?
- For anyone who wants to understand money without dry manuals: every chapter is a story with one lesson and one concrete action for today. Suitable for all ages, no profanity.
- Can I read it for free?
- Yes: the prologue and the first chapter are free here, no sign-up needed. The rest of the story is in the full edition.
- Where do I buy the full book?
- On Amazon, as a Kindle edition or in paperback. The links are on this page. Kindle: US$2.99. Paperback: US$11.99.
- What does the premium area include?
- The extended workbook (editable PDF), the spreadsheet templates the protagonist uses, and a bonus chapter that isn't in the book. It is an optional companion to the book, not the book's text. One payment unlocks the extras and the audio narration in both the English and Spanish editions. The text of the paid chapters remains available only on Amazon. Price: US$19.
- Is there an audiobook?
- Includes the audio narration of the free chapters, with the text moving in step with the voice. The prologue and chapter 1 have a one-minute sample you can listen to without buying anything.
- Is it available in another language?
- Yes, there is a Spanish edition of the same book. Lo que nadie me enseñó del dinero: https://dannyviasus.com/es/libros/lo-que-nadie-me-enseno-del-dinero