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Most Americans don’t have sufficient funds in retirement accounts. Naturally, they can’t just retire and continue working. Whereas there are people who take early retirement. Start managing money well today so that you won’t regret when you’re old.
After graduation from the university where occasional side jobs were my best friends, I’ve got a fright:
Quotes are easy things to overlook. But that has nothing to do with the fact that they contain priceless advice from some of the smartest people in the world.
I found some of them funny, some thought-provoking, and others interesting but I never took them seriously until I spent four years building my business and learned my lesson in a hard way.
Family members lend money to each other all the time, but this does not mean that doing so comes without risks. Unfortunately, many people lend close relatives such as their brother or sister money without ever receiving a dime of repayment.
This can be damaging to the relationship and makes it more likely that the lender will not help other family members within similar positions because the perception will be that lending informally comes with too many risks.
Unfortunately, unexpected life events rear their ugly heads without respect to age, gender or ethnic background. It’s the human condition! If we are breathing and actively participating on this earth, we can be guaranteed that we will experience an unexpected life event that will create a financial hardship. It doesn’t matter whether you’re single, married, divorced, male, female, old, young – and I can go on but you get the picture.
While it would seem logical and a “no brainer” that if you’re breathing you might experience an unexpected life emergency, why is it we don’t plan for the unexpected? I’m not aware of many who live in a bubble protected from what I call “life’s suddenlies.” Life is going great, and suddenly a major disruption renders us under financial pressure.
First of all, check out this quotation:
“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” – Mark Twain
Now, let me ask you this…How do you identify the things you know for sure that just ain’t so?
When I first started earning money it was 2000, I was in India. I straightaway jumped for stocks and within a year my invested amount lost half of its value. Poor stock picking coupled with the burst of the dot-com bubble taught me what not to do with money when you are a beginner. Since then I committed many mistakes, at the same time, I did things that worked very well for me.
A few of the mutual funds I bought between 2003 and 2005 got almost tripled its value before I sold them off. I had mentored people towards their first investing since then, A little disclaimer, I am not a financial expert and don’t take my advice for granted, consult with someone you trust before taking any of the steps I mentioned below. The following ideas are lessons I learned with my life and lives of the people (at work and within the family) who came to me for advice.
There’s a lot of information out there about money, but there are also a lot of myths and misconceptions. You might have even heard something about finances from your parents and grandparents growing up and just believed it to be true.
This can be dangerous as you might be making bad decisions about your future. Further, you can also be missing out on great opportunities to increase your wealth.
As competitors from around the world gather in Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Summer Olympics, we investigated the strategies these elite athletes use to stay motivated to achieve their goals. Could their mental techniques help the average Joe manage his money more effectively?
I think champions in any field are the examples of dedication, hard work, determination and will. They are the ultimate achievers. Good qualities in Olympic athletes can be used by other professionals who wish to achieve highs in their professions.
We have some beliefs around money, which we cultivate since our childhood. Sometimes they are the beliefs shared to us by our parents. Sometimes we assume on our own. Do you have some time to think about those beliefs? You should take some time out and relfect on those beliefs.
You never know how many of money concepts we have are actually not true. Some beliefs are limiting, some are no longer valid in our generation. Some are partially applicable to our lives. Let’s discuss 10 most prominent money beliefs that you should avoid, as those might hinder not only your financial life but your life in general
Money constantly moves in a cycle from consumer to business to employee. Every time you send or receive money, you take part in that cycle. Money can move an impressive distance as these transactions happen. On average, a dollar bill moves two miles per day and changes hands 55 times per year. And that’s just printed for currency — digital transactions help move money even farther and much more quickly.
The lifespan of a $1 bill is less than six years, so new money is constantly printed to replace old. As a matter of fact, 90 percent of all new money merely replaces currency already in existence. Moreover, new money is getting more advanced, including measures to prevent counterfeiting.
U.S. dollar bills are printed in Washington, D.C., and Fort Worth, TX, by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and U.S. coins are minted in Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Denver. Then the money travels across the United States to Federal Reserve Banks, where many smaller banks have accounts allowing them to pay for cash withdrawals.