Financial wisdom for building a life where money works for you.
Moneywork
Moneywork begins where most investing books skip ahead: with the cash flow your portfolio actually delivers. Paul Durso traces the strategy from a single conversation in a hot tub at a San Diego conference, through years of testing dividend-growth investing against bonds, annuities, mutual funds, and growth-only portfolios, to the planning framework that became Simplicitree. From there he walks through portfolio construction, the difference between fool's-gold yield and durable income, the math of reinvested dividends, tax-aware placement, and the discipline of staying invested when staying invested feels uncomfortable. It is written for readers who would rather understand the machinery than hand it to a stranger, and for anyone who wants their savings to do the work that a paycheck used to.
"Build an income strategy that keeps paying you whether the market is climbing, flat, or falling."
Find the right book for your season
Each book in the collection meets readers at a different point in the same conversation. Pick the one that sounds most like where you are now.
Moneywork
"The income-first investing book in the Durso collection — for readers ready to make their portfolio earn its keep."
Books taking shape
These titles are in various stages of writing and development. Each one is part of the same ongoing conversation — a look at what is coming next from the Durso collection.
Shortfall
— Fix What's Broken. Find What's Missing. Build a Plan That Finally Works.
"The diagnostic companion to the Durso retirement library — for readers who would rather start with the truth than with the spreadsheet."
"If one of these books finds you at the right moment, let it quiet the noise for a while. I wrote them to help you think clearly, plan patiently, and put your money back in service of your life. Start where you are. The next faithful step will do more for you than waiting for perfect timing."
— Paul L. DursoA growing collection, one conversation
From rethinking the assumptions in your current plan to building an income stream you can rely on, the books move together — each one a deeper layer of the same financial mentor.
A few honest answers before you choose a book
These are the questions most likely to come up when someone lands here for the first time: where to start, which book fits which season, and what kind of help these books are actually trying to offer.
Pick the book that meets you where you are.
Each title sends you straight to the retailer of your choice. No accounts, no funnels — just the next book on your shelf.