I grew up hearing my dad often make statements like, ‘rich people are proud’; ‘the rich don’t sleep peacefully’, ’I am better than the rich because I sleep peacefully’. He will often make comments starting with ‘We the poor…’ These declarations turned out to become self fulfilling prophesy. Being a natural observer, one lesson became […]
8 High-Income Skills You Can Learn and Practice on Your Phone Right Now for FREE
Sometime last year, I was thinking of something new I could do on my phone at spare time. I thought, “what if there was an app to learn how to draw?” I went on Play store and found a lot of them. I downloaded Infinite Design and SketchBook; and free-style once in a while. Well […]
7 Important Lessons from 12 Rules of Life by Jordan Peterson
I remember receiving two different phone calls from two of my university friends in one week – few years after graduation. One called to announce that he had just bought a car – a Toyota Camry. The other called to let me know about the new house he was about completing and how $100 is […]
7 Important Skills You Only Learn From Real Life Experience
An ambitious young man went to the monastery to learn from a wise man about the secrets of life. After listening for hours, the young man said, “wow, I have learnt a lot from you today”. Then the wise man replied, “You have learnt nothing. What you just got from me is information, now go […]
7 Key Reasons Why Financial Education Is Your Best Investment
You’ve probably heard stories of some celebrities or lottery winners who went bankrupt. Mike Tyson the boxer, 50 Cent the rapper, Majek Fashek the musician, Emmanuel Eboue the footballer to name a few. The story of Emmanuel Eboue, former professional footballer, and Arsenal midfielder is particularly heartbreaking. He went from earning millions of Euros per […]
7 Things Future Entrepreneurs Are Doing Today That You Are Not Doing
In 1975, Bill Gates read an article that changed everything. It was an article on the Altair 8800 mini-computer made by MITS. That article led Gates and Paul Allen to see a bigger opportunity in the personal computer industry than anything they had previously imagine. That encounter led them to work with MITS and within […]