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Your most valuable resource is time. Yet, most spend their time working on other people's goals.
Use your time wisely by daily improving your skills, learning new things and building relationships. Then you will always have something to fall back on.
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If you're in business, consider serving more than one group of customers, or focus on more than one industry.
When sales don't perform well in one area, you always have another option.
We always think about the risks involved in making a big chance in life. We consider the risks and then decide not to do it. But, the risks shouldn't scare us into inaction.
Invest in something that has an underlying value.
Limit your potential losses by diversifying. For instance, invest in an index fund, real estate, and business.
“It is only by being bold that you get anywhere. If you are a risk-taker, then the art is to protect the downside.”
You can't achieve anything if you lock yourself up in your home. To live life to the fullest, you need to make bold moves. And this doesn't necessarily imply risk-taking.
Try to limit your potential losses. Protect the downside.
The purpose of protecting the downside is to prevent losing everything. You shouldn't put all your life energy into a single thing. This is true for your personal life too.
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A few examples of how we extrapolate our exceptions all the time:
- “House prices will probably keep increasing.”
- “That person will never change.”
- “My business will keep growing.”
- “I will never learn from my mistakes.”
- “He do...
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- Don’t Be a Consumerist: keep your expenses as low as possible without sacrificing the quality of life. Spend money on things that yield lasting benefits.
- Have An Emergency Fund: this gives you freedom and peace of mind to deal with issues without having to upset your lo...
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You don't need to earn a lot of money to become rich if you have healthy financial habits.
If you want to get wealthy, you need to consider three things:
- Earn
- Save
- Invest.
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