Originally Posted by
giddyboy
For the newbies, dia ray simple ay:
STEP 1: LIVE BELOW YOUR MEANS.
Always live below your means. Successful rich people live below their means. Those people who are rich but live above their means are called the poor rich...
That means watching how you are spending your hard-earned money. A cup of a P100 a day brewed coffee is P3,000 of added monthly expenses.
Dili ni pasabot nga mag tinihik. There is a difference between being tihik than being aware of where your expenses go and what you can do about it.
Self-discipline is the key here...
STEP 2: SAVE!
From your Income, save 30% first and foremost, while the 70% you spend for your needs. If you can do more than that percentage, the better.
Do not touch your savings or even think about drawing some funds from it.
All it needs again, is discipline. No discipline, you can forget about even opening a savings acct or even borrowing money.
STEP 3: CONTINUALLY EXPAND YOUR CONTEXT/MINDSET/REALITY.
Think like how the rich thinks even if you are poor or middle-class. This doesn't mean you go immediately and buy a fancy car. What I mean is expanding your reality about money.
The old story why poor people who won the lotto and back to being poor in a few months is an example. The reason is they have a poor context. They don't know how and what to do w/ their lots of money. Most likely, they are going to spend them all in liabilities and expenses until nothing is left.
Another example is a seaman who earns a lot abroad. Cgeg padala ug kwarta sa pamilya kada buwan w/o saving part of it. Inig ka tiguwang or masakiton na, he went poor. The sole reason? Poor financial literacy.
Financial literacy can be gained in business schools but generally, our education system does not. We are taught to work for money but not money working for you. That's why financial education can be gained from other sources like self-help materials (DTI's GoNegosyo, Robert Kiyosaki books, Bo Sanchez TrulyRichClub, etc) and seminars...