8 Biggest Money Traps to Avoid in Your 20s

8 Biggest Money Traps to Avoid in Your 20s

Last week, I was invited for a webinar to talk to young people about personal finance. One of the topics they wanted me to address is money traps to avoid in their 20s. Before I gave them my thoughts about it, I asked them to share the money traps they knew of or the...
Is a Scarcity Mentality Keeping You Broke?

Is a Scarcity Mentality Keeping You Broke?

A few weeks back, I wrote an article on what wealth means to me. One of the items on my list was having free time ‘just sitting, without having to worry about the next meal.’ I wrote that “growing up in poverty meant that when you sit to ‘relax’, the first thing that...
Of Dumb Money Moves

Of Dumb Money Moves

Let’s talk about our dumb money moves. Ways in which you blew part of your money or all of your money then later looked at yourself and you for sure felt dumb. How have you dug yourself in a deep financial hole in the past? As you think about yours, lemme tell you...
Of Financial Insecurities and Enlightened Greed

Of Financial Insecurities and Enlightened Greed

Earlier this week, a friend who is a pilot with Emirates Airlines shared the disheartening news that he has been put on unpaid leave for 7 months. 7 months. I literally had to count 7 months using my fingers to get a clear picture of the next time he will receive a...
Of Dangerous Financial Mistakes

Of Dangerous Financial Mistakes

Around mid-June last year, I received a rather exciting call from my cousin. He told me about a lucrative investment opportunity he had discovered. The investment was in Forex Trading. He had been investing in it for 3 months and since it had proved to be a legit...
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