Recently, I wrote a blog post on my experience with a “get-rich-quick” scam. I lost a total of almost $2,000 over a few short months. I reflected on my actions, and realised that it was my greed that caused my ultimate downfall. Not my naivety, not my dire financial...
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There are No Shortcuts to Wealth – What I Learnt When I Tried to Get Rich Quick
When I was 22, I was young, naïve, broke, and greedy. And I fell for a get-rich-quick scheme that swindled me of almost everything I had. I saw an advertisement on binary options trading and was taken in immediately. I injected about $2,000 of my hard-earned money,...
What Happened When I Tried A “Get-Rich-Quick” Scheme
I was binge watching YouTube videos, when an intriguing advertisement flashed before the start of one. ‘Tired of being broke? Want to work from home?’, it asked me. I nodded. ‘You, yes you, can make thousands of dollars every month from home!’, it seemed to speak to...
The One Life Lesson I Wish I Had Learnt, Before I Lost My Inheritance Overnight
Have you ever lost anything you truly loved or meant the world to you? After which, have you ever regretted not being prepared for that loss? Were there lessons you wished you had learnt earlier? Well, I’ll cut to the chase – I did lose everything I had, I wasn’t...
3 Simple Rules for a Bright Financial Future
In my previous post, The Most Important Thing to Spend your Money On, I discussed what we should be spending our money on, and what we shouldn't be spending our money on. What we shouldn't be spending our money on is material junk. No material goods. No bags. No...
The Most Important Thing to Spend Your Money On
The good things in life don’t usually come cheap. There’s always that new sleek phone. That fancy car. That gorgeous apartment. That luxurious holiday. That new bistro down the corner. In this big beautiful world, there are so many things competing for our attention,...
Starting this Blog. And Restarting My Life.
The cubicle life. The phase of life that most people dislike, but believe they must tolerate. I’m no different; I dislike my job. No, scratch that. I hate my job. I hate the early morning commutes. The 9 hours a day I spend crunching numbers at my desk and feeling...