Category: Motivation

Why You Need To Stick To Your Investing Strategy

Everyone wants to rule the world these days.

But even though it’s a fact that there are no easy ways to get rich quickly, there are some few lucky folks who get the moolah that they dream of in a very short period of time. Some are plain lucky because they won the lotto or the the jackpot at the casino. And very few investors and traders just really know how to choose the right stocks and become really big time winner using his few millions.

But this does not happen most of the time to many people. As Bo Sanchez’s book would say, “The Turtle Always Wins”. In that book, it’s mentioned that consistent and habitual effort that count most in achieving success in the investment world. Continue reading Why You Need To Stick To Your Investing Strategy

Rock Bands and Artists That Rock About Personal Finance

I have been a musician for more than 2 decades already. Gosh, it’s revealing my age! I’m already 25! 😉

As I have been saying to my fellow financial literacy advocates, we can not stay educators of the rest of the Philippine nation with our “boring” methods of teaching if we really want to reach out to every Filipino. We need to be more creative and more entertaining in our approach so that we can be heard and craved by people to be heard again.

That is why in our upcoming Angat Pilipinas Financial Literacy Awards 2015, we’re bringing in our celebrity volunteers like Jojo Alejar, Joyce Burton-Titular, Jao Mapa (why do their names all start in letter “J”???), Miriam Quiambao, etc. as we believe that with their following and showbiz influence, they can be great ambassadors of financial literacy. Continue reading Rock Bands and Artists That Rock About Personal Finance

How To Improve Yourself, and Probably Your Investments Too

While on our way back home from my family’s regular Friday night out, we passed by our favorite bookstore (because it’s the only big bookstore in our place) to check out some new books and learning materials for our 5-year old daughter.

We went straight to the stationery station to buy some pens and watercolor for the arts session of our child. My wife also grabbed an interactive-type Japanese conversational lessons kit. But before we even left the shelves, I chanced upon a small black book that looked very familiar to me.

I usually don’t spend on new books compulsively. But this particular book surprised me as I have been wanting to score a copy of this since last year. Good thing it’s in our bookstore now! Continue reading How To Improve Yourself, and Probably Your Investments Too