Teaching Teenagers How To Trade – Part 2
Learning how to trade is increasingly popular as a way of making money. If you have not read our article on the overview of investments and trading, you might wish to look at that first to get the context of today’s discussion. lifeskill how to trade Today, we are going to look at the benefits and risks of investing versus trading. At the core of trading/ investing, people earn through...Read MoreTeaching Teenagers How To Trade – Part 1
Many teenagers and young adults are now exploring trading as another way to earn money. It’s thus imperative that they know how to trade and what it is. It was heartbreaking to read the news of Alexander E. Kearns’s suicide! Imagine feeling you had to take your life because of $730,000 in debts. Worst, this was a temporary balance before settlement. Subsequent revelations...Read MoreThe Art of Earning Money as a Teenager
As our children grow into teenagers, they desire more independence. Some start looking for part-time work as a way to expand their income. This is a great opportunity for parents to coach and guide children into how to earn money more effectively. Hence, Adulting advice about earning money 1) Getting A Job Most of us earn income by getting a job. From young, children may have learnt to...Read More3 Key Money Values To Teach Your Child
Teaching kids about money is challenging. We often learn how to teach the value of money by observing our parents, through collective wisdom on social media and having conversations with our children when opportunities arise. This means that children do not get a holistic and complete view about how to manage money. Their learning is limited by what they are exposed to. After talking to...Read MoreLessons Learnt – Our Very First WA Pitch
It’s been 6 months since we got ourselves present in Perth, Western Australia. So far, it’s been a steep learning curve for me. I got myself acquainted with the culture here, and tried to figure out how to set up a business in all sense and aspects. Australia is very different to Singapore. As I like to say, I probably learnt more in the past 6 months what didn’t work than...Read More
#adulting: Managing Peers
Growing up doesn’t feel easy. In the midst of #adulting, we realise we have opinions and preferences that we do want to express and be heard. These may require us to find ways to get along with others, including our peers, such that we can manoeuvre through this world with the support of people we value, while not becoming people pleasers. adulting managing peers Managing others...Read More
#adulting: Building Confidence
Ever wondered why the adults look like they know better? For starters, they do have the benefit of experience that is gained through living a longer time. That experience provides knowledge, reducing the fear of the unknown in decision making. Having also lived through failure, adults also know that failure in a particular situation is not the end of the world. This is what it...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