Many of us especially those in formal employment and the middle-class category think as long as we have their salaries, politics and activism is for the politicians and idle people. This attitude is not only a demonstration of naivety about how the economy and money markets work but also a lack of wisdom on how […]
One of the realities in Kenya today is the hard economic times. Only very high net-worth individuals may not be feeling this pain. Unfortunately, this is a very small minority in the country. As if it was not painful enough, the government is loading an extra burden on employed people through more taxes proposed in
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We are living at an age where people are willing to do anything to get money without work. The problem has been complicated by the emergence of all sorts of religious teachings that commonly promote a view that there is a ‘god’ somewhere who can rain money from the skies. The theatrics some religious leaders
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For those who follow this page closely, you are already aware I have been reading Morgan Housel’s Psychology of Money book that I finished this past week. A central theme in this entire book is that the world we live in is very complex. But more importantly, the world of money is particularly difficult for
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One of the most difficult concepts in the world of money is appreciating your financial journey as very personal. The reason why this is so is that we are all in a way entangled in a family where we either grew up or our very own family. Drawing the cut-off line as to where your
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I am presently reading a very intriguing book on how our early life experiences and the environment we grew up in or are presently living in impact our worldview. This largely explains why the choices of other people may seem crazy to you, while they make perfect sense to them. What is emerging is that
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This Easter weekend I started reading Morgan Housel’s book on the Psychology of Money. I have not yet gone too far, but am intrigued by it basic concept that keeping money is not the same as making money. I have shared this severally on this page before. But in this article, I want to demystify
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The greatest lie that I was made to believe while growing up in my village of origin is that rich people are misers as a matter of necessity. We had a term for them in my local dialect. The tragedy of this misinformation was that we grew up despising money and wealth for we did
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The hardest part of setting yourself into financial freedom and success is ironically the beginning point. This is the point of decision and commitment to walk the narrow path that only very few people ever get to walk. For instance, does it not sound crazy to make a commitment to save or grow into a
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The rules of natural justice are predicated on self-preservation. That is, when faced with a threat to your life, economic or social interest, take what is in your best interest first before you start thinking of others. For those who have travelled by plane, you will remember the final instructions before a plane takes into
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