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Of Self and Finance
Having the ability to make money has always been top-of-mind for people across generations. However, how many of us are able to manage money well? An unstable global job market over the last decade or so has forced Millennials and the younger Gen-Z to take a closer look at financial independence, literacy, and impact – for themselves and their children. Without a doubt, financial empowerment,...Read More
3 Ways to Build Financial Resilience
Credits: Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes Control is but an illusion. Many of us fear uncertainty, we try to prepare for all scenarios in life even though we know that’s impossible. Illness, retrenchment and accidents are all out of our control. We cannot avoid their occurrences, but can only be ready to respond when they occur. Financial resilience is the ability to withstand all...Read MoreRunning My Own Race
I come from a middle income family, graduated from an elite girls school, junior college and then a double degree from university. By society’s standards, I should be climbing the corporate ladder, working hard to earn big bucks. Being a non-conformist, I ended up only working full-time for 4 years before deciding that life was too short to be clocking hours at work for corporate...Read MoreBreaking The Habit Loop
In our earlier article, we explored how a habit loop can be formed, and the impact it might have on our lives. Life skills habit As William James, a famous psychologist, once said: All our life, so far as it has definite form, is but a mass of habits Achieving financial well-being is thus also about mastering our habits so that the good ones remain to make our lives more efficient while the...Read More