With the risk of sounding a bit “woo-woo” or “wishy-washy” in this post, I wanted to talk to you about personality typing, specifically, The Sacred Money Archetypes®. Last year I did a course online in this subject, and quite honestly, it was probably the most accurate personality test I have done …
So this week, I was having a discussion with my work colleagues, and the topic of instant gratification came up. We were looking at the choices we had made in our profession, and came to some interesting conclusions. We decided that on the whole, individuals who liked quick wins went into …
Instant Gratification or Long Term Goals? Can You Have Both? Read More »
Now we’re in the new year, I decided that I would not allow so many books to go unread. I’m guilty of the impulsive book purchase, but then never get around to reading it!! Perhaps this is you too? “An unread book is just a block of paper” – F. Scott …
I have a brilliant guest post from the lovely Abagail of senecarooms.com this week, and in it she talks about how crowdfunding could potentially be a great asset to add to your portfolio in order to grow your money and reach that net worth target you’re aiming for. I hope you …
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This is one of the fundamental aspects of building true, sustainable wealth: Passive income. Spending money consciously, investing sensibly, and paying off debt are all important and necessary, to create a lasting change in your money journey, but what happens if you have tried to find the spare cash and literally …
So after a conversation with a fellow GP registrar the other day, we got onto the subject of Islamic savings. I have to say, I had never heard of this concept. I hadn’t realised that under Sharia Law, the principle of paying or charging interest is not allowed. This means that …
When someone in your family dies, its often an extremely hard time. Although money doesn’t make up for the fact that they’re not with you anymore, it does help to cushion you in lots of ways. Now while some people would spend this money on something frivolous like a holiday, a car or a wedding, …
Do you save or invest for your children? Starting young can mean that you can really take advantage of compounding, providing you put the money in the right kind of environment! Here is my thinking on this subject, and definitely something I will be doing with my own children when I eventually have …
Start ‘Em Young! How to Start Saving and Investing For Your Child Read More »
Investing is an alien concept for a lot of people – it’s for white-haired, pin-striped-suit wearing men isn’t it? It’s only if you have money? Investing is boring and complicated. It’s for o-l-d people. Well I can categorically say that ALL of those statements are NOT TRUE. The quicker you realise this, the …
I was asked the other day by one of my investing course community members how I settled on picking funds for my investing portfolio. She was worried about picking the wrong thing and losing all her money! I can totally understand where this question is coming from. I felt like this too when …
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