Personal Finance Tips #3: Be Honest

Honesty is known to be the best policy. However, only few people practice it. Seemingly because being honest may give you some instant troubles. People tend to depart from honesty to escape some of life’s immediate troubles. What they don’t know is they are just pushing their selves into bigger problems which are even long-term rather than temporal. Persons who are fun of hiding in the darkness instead of in the light are the people who always fall into the trap of financial troubles, as well as in the claws of debts. They are the ones who usually don’t achieve financial freedom and the ones who often become slaves of Read more

Money is not the root of all evil

Is money the root of all evil? No it’s not. Many people believe in this great misconception. That’s why most of them somehow have a bad feeling about it – about money. Seemingly, money can be the reason of many fighting. Money also seems to be the motive of theft, corruption, prostitution, fighting, and other negative actions. However, if we will do a thorough research on the origin of this notion, which is the Bible, we can learn that the saying “money is the root of all evil”, is indeed a misinterpretation. If we will refer to the book of 1 Timothy 6:10, we will read the following: Read more

How to really transform yourself?

So how do we really transform ourselves into persons who are success achievers? This is a tough question and goal most people strive to answer and achieve. But no matter how hard it is, it’s still not impossible. Many people in the world, though not really in a great percentage of our population, have already transformed their selves into better persons.  They become successful in terms of business, personal finance, career, relationship and other aspects of lives. Now, the question is… if they have done it, why can’t we? Yes, why can’t other people do the same? Perhaps, most people don’t know the key Read more

How to prepare for a personal financial crisis?

Sun Tzu of the Art of War once said, in time of peace prepare for war and in time of war prepare for peace.  He also stated that a victorious commander is one who makes more calculations. Applying this ancient Chinese wisdom in personal finance, we can tell that a crisis can be overcome by wise calculations and advanced preparations. A financial crisis sometimes attacks anyone without a warning. This happens when unexpected events like health failure, sudden loss of a job, and repair needs of our properties give us money troubles. Thus, an advance anticipation and preparation to minimize the troubles Read more

How to Become Rich According to the Bible

Do you want to become a rich person? Do want to escape poverty and live a prosperous life? Have you already read tons of “getting rich” books and articles, watch lots of “jump into riches” DVDs, and attended several “fortune fishing” seminars? But still they are not making you a wealthy person you ever dreamed of? Then, this article is for you? Here, we are digging up thousands of years old scriptures that contain guides and instruction to the true riches. There can be no greater author of books than the One who never lies – whom is God. If you want to become rich like a tree that bears abundant fruits, you have to put Read more

How to manage your personal finances (the manager’s way)

We always want to put strength and stability in our personal finances. This is because no one usually wants a ruined financial condition. People always think and crave for financial success. However, only few of them realize that success. The reason is – we always think, but we lack actions.  Another deeper reason is – yes we have plans and actions, but we lack strategic plans and actions. Here comes management, a system that will help us achieve our personal financial goals. But how? Do we need to have management savvy to put effective personal financial management system in action? The truth is…we just Read more

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