A Personal Finance Star on What Millennials Need From Their Boomer Parents - The New York Times

What, exactly, is the best thing to do with our money? How do we control it instead of letting it control us? And how can we use our money to lead happier and more secure lives? These are big, complicated questions, and ones made even more intimidating by the feeling that there are experts with answers that, at least to me, seem opaque. Ramit Sethi, who is 43, has successfully positioned himself as one such personal-finance expert. His 2009 book, the irresistibly titled “I Will Teach You to Be Rich,” now has more than a million copies in print. (It’s the kind of book that’s always on hold at your local library.) Since the book was published, Sethi has transitioned into streaming television, with a Netflix series called “How to Get Rich,” and podcasting, with his popular “Money for Couples” show, in which he plays the dual roles of financial adviser and de facto therapist for couples struggling with all manner of money problems. So why are people listening to his advice? For one, he com

What, exactly, is the best thing to do with our money? How do we control it instead of letting it control us? And how can we use our money to lead happier and more secure lives? These are big, complicated questions, and ones made even more intimidating by the feeling that there are experts with answers that, at least to me, seem opaque. Ramit Sethi, who is 43, has successfully positioned himself as one such personal-finance expert. His 2009 book, the irresistibly titled “I Will Teach You to Be Rich,” now has more than a million copies in print. (It’s the kind of book that’s always on hold at y