This booklet is about making choices that can move you along the path toward the economic future you want for yourself. It’s also about increasing the chances that you attain the future you choose to seek. Making the best choices and increasing your chances aren’t easy. So you need to know what pathways lead from where you are to where you want to be. You need to know about ways to get on the path you pick, how to stay on it, and how to move ahead on it. This booklet offers you that kind of information.

This information is about “assets” you can build. Assets are the capacities and resources that people need to succeed in today’s economy. They include the following:

Getting the knowledge, skills, and experience you need for a good job

Finding a job, getting the most out of a job, and getting by when you earnings are limited

Setting money aside and building a nest egg for future financial security.

Each section will tell you why building that kind of asset is important to your choices about the future and your chances of success. Each section begins with information about what it takes to get started on the path to building that kind of asset.

It then offers additional information about how to stay on that path.

You may have questions or want to learn more about what you can do. You can find out about how to connect – in person, by phone, or through the Internet – with others who can help make things happen for you.