Tag: Financial Freedom
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Locate your niche, the money will come
One common mistake we often make is making money the primary consideration or motive for what we do. We all need money, no doubt, and sometimes the need is urgent. However, nobody will give you money simply because you need it. We all have needs and people are not Santa Claus. The realization that people…
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Your money or your life – 2
My sincere apologies to my readers for dropping off the radar without a word of warning. I took time off to go back to where I started and take a second look at the compass to make sure I am heading in the direction I originally intended rather than going with the flow. That effort…
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Spend Below Your Income
Spend below your income simply means whatever comes in by way of income, do not spend everything. Routinely keep some aside for savings and investment. According to a Yoruba proveb – do not eat with ten fingers. Come to think of eat, while eating with your hand, only one hand enters the mouth (maximum of…
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Lessons on the Road to Financial Freedom
The interesting about the journey to financial freedom is that at the start, the major drive is to achieve financial independence and financial freedom, but as you go along, you see that it is not really all about money. It is more about freedom than money, freedom to really be yourself, live life and contribute…
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Practical Steps to Financial Freedom and Independence
The journey to financial freedom has been one of self-discovery for me. The quest for financial freedom set me on a path of personal development, whereby I started off as an engineer and ended up an author, speaker, entrepreneur, mentor, athlete, civil rights activist, a better husband, and father… It has been one of the…
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Get Out of Jail Free
Although this title is inspired by the game of Monopoly, this post is not about Monopoly, although Monopoly as a game is a true reflection of real life. If you can play Monopoly in real life, then you are on your way to becoming rich – buy an investment property (green houses) in choice locations,…
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Achieving Financial Freedom in Times of Financial Turbulence
Following the news nowadays can get quite depressing. It seems what qualifies as newsworthy is news of the disaster variety. They come in different shapes and forms – job losses, corruption in high and low places, economic downturns, terrorist attacks, you name it. As the business climate seems to get more hostile, we tend to…
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The Role of Personal Development in Achieving Financial Freedom
Knowing “how to” is often less than half the story, when it comes to achieving anything worthwhile. including achieving financial freedom. We are daily inundated with “how to do this” how to achieve that”, “six steps to this” and “seven steps to that”, but it is often easier said than done. Knowing how to do…
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Financial Freedom for Employees
The decision to write the EBook “Financial Freedom for Employees” was inspired by the topic of a presentation I was invited to make by a company to an audience of about 30 employees on Financial Freedom sometime last year. My original plan was to give the EBook free to all attendees of the seminar. However,…
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Guiding Your Children to Financial Freedom
By Ayo Olesin Now that the children are on holiday, is perhaps a good time to consider the introduction of some personal finance principles to younger members of the family. The challenge for parents these days is that children are being invariably raised in an increasingly consumerist world, with a focus more on eating the…