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Monthly Archives: May 2009

How to grow your brain towards financial freedom


Flickr image Do you find my brain? - Auf der Suche nach meinem Gehirn by alles-schlumpf

Flickr image "Do you find my brain? - Auf der Suche nach meinem Gehirn" by alles-schlumpf

Your journey towards financial freedom is dependent on how well you grow your brain to its fullest potential, so that you empower yourself with its ability to think up of ways to:

  • Live within your means;
  • Save and invest;
  • Grow your means; and
  • Protect your means

Your brain may stay the same size physically in adulthood, it’s not the same brain as you age. The reason is that the connections between the neurons can keep growing and growing as we experience more of life and life experiences that make our lives so diverse and unique. Continue reading →

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How to communicate your way towards financial freedom


Flickr Image Talking by pedrosimoes7

Flickr Image "Talking" by pedrosimoes7

Your ability to communicate during interviews for a job, for a scholarship for an award or prize can help you move towards financial freedom.

Public communication is one of the most under-rated skills in life. Even with the proliferation of toastmasters clubs all over the world, not many people make their way to improve their own inter-personal communication or their one to many communication situations.

I’ll share some ways in which you can improve your performance dramatically during those crucial interviews that could help or hinder your journey towards financial freedom. Continue reading →

Get Rich by Cheating by Jeff Kreisler


This infommercial is hilarious. Caught it on CNBC and thought it’s fun to share it with you. While it’s meant to be entertainment, the reality is that real people actually got rich by some of these technqiues!

Check it out. :-)

Wordle of the Week


Wordle: Wordle of the Week

Saving money by asking about HR benefits


Flickr image Greeny wallet-front by CanineGirl

Flickr image "Greeny wallet-front" by CanineGirl

Many of us work towards our financial freedom. We sometimes forget that our organisations may provide certain human resources benefits that can help us save money in financial freedom.

Let’s explore what other cost-cutting measures we can make use of to help us achieve more savings towards your financial freedom. Continue reading →