ALERT! New Scams To Avoid Before 2015

It took us several months to add more to our list of potential fraudsters and scammers before the end of the year 2014. But at least we’re doing all we can to help you be informed about these money and reputation killers.

So, have you though about protecting your bonus this coming Christmas season? Just be reminded that it pays to study first any business offer before investing your hard-earned cash.

So without further ado, whatever ado means, here are a few more teeth-nashers and fist-clenching online and offline sons-of-a-GONE that you shouldn’t even think about putting your money in. Continue reading ALERT! New Scams To Avoid Before 2015

What is Warren Buffet’s Golden Rule in Investing?

First of all, Warren’s last name is pronounced as ‘Buh-phet’. As in Bah-fet. Not “Booh-fay”. Got it?

Now, who is Warren Buffet?

Warren is an American business mogul, investor and philanthropist. He is considered as the most successful investor of the 20th century. He is also the chairman, CEO and largest shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway (a holding company that owns Dairy Queen, Fruit of the Loom, etc. and partially Coca-Cola, American Express, and IBM).

 

Recently, he bought battery legend Duracell in exchange of about $4billion worth ff Procter and Gamble shares that he held for quite sometime. He is consistently ranked among the world’s wealthiest people and was even named in 2012 by Time magazine as one of the world’s most influential people. Continue reading What is Warren Buffet’s Golden Rule in Investing?

How To Pay Forward Your Learnings

In one way or another and somewhere along your life’s journey you encounter opportunities to learn new things. New things that would change your love anew and maybe for forever. Or sometimes these aren’t new things at all but rather new discoveries of your special skills, knowledge, or even experience that somehow has contributed to the good of your organization or the society as a whole.

In my personal experience of sharing what I have learned from mentors, only a few heeded the call of joining the financial litersacy missions and mentoring other people. Many of them, after gaining the knowledge, has kept the “secrets” to themselves or to within their small circles of friends and family members.

And so the questions to ask ourselves, are we willing to share whatever we receive from others whether its material or spiritual in nature? Do we save the goodness and the benefits only for ourselves and for our loved ones alone? Do use our talents not only to earn from it or to help others who need them most?

Every gift, talent, wisdom, expertise are powerful gifts that deserve to be shared. It may be yours to keep since you worked hard to have it. But that doesn’t mean you have to keep it to yourself only. You have a mission to go out into the world to liberate people and inspire them to believe that they can achieve whatever they badly need in life. Continue reading How To Pay Forward Your Learnings