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Desperate Times!

Call for desperate measures. What if a tragic event happened in your life (like death of a spouse, loss of employment or divorce) how would you handle it? Are you prepared for it financially. Would you have enough money? Would you have to borrow from the bank, friends or family, or have to liquidate assets. Something tells me that you would just find a way. It’s because in those moments of great need we develop a very strong sense of urgency. If you needed 5K by Friday to fly to Germany to be with a loved one who was terminally ill then you would just find a way to make it happen. Then why are we lacking this same sense of urgency in the running of our everyday lives? If it is not important, then why are we doing it?… Read more

Quickest way to recession proof your life!

We all would love to have the same level of comfort we were used to when the economy was booming. Now that things are less certain, the spectre of job losses impacting our own income is looming large. How can we protect ourselves before the worst happens?  What if there is an option available, one that does not require hours and hours of your time?      

We have looked around and found inspiration in the mindset many students have.  Not the ones who are stressed out trying to make their grades, the other ones: the ones who are making their grades and paying their way, the ones who don’t get stressed if the job at the store ends.  If that happens, they simply find another job to take its place or they don’t stress at all because that was their “fun”

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