Archive for the 'Finances' Category

25 Aug

Dinner with Taipan Henry Sy

Ok. Let me get the facts straight. We had dinner last night in China Palace (Mall of Asia). We had the place to ourselves. I was with Shirley and our girls (Bea, Ana and Andrea). My Mom and Dad joined us together with TinTin (my sister) and her son Nathan and her fiancé Gary. Then [...]

24 Aug

Looking Rich VS Being Rich

There was a TV show in the early nineties entitled “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” hosted by Robin Leach. It featured the extravagant lifestyles of affluent athletes, business tycoons and celebrities. It shows you some of the properties of these wealthy people i.e. mansions, resort and vacation houses, private islands, huge yachts, jets, sports [...]

19 Aug

Short-term VS Long-Term

A lot of people are dreaming to be rich or may I say financially independent. But many don’t have the discipline to work and save and see their money grow. They are impatient and would like to get rich quick. They would rather enjoy life now and spend what they have rather than delay their [...]

19 Jul

Latte Factor

After preaching in the morning service, I bought a short hot latte from Starbucks. While sipping and enjoying the hot latte in my office, I remembered a principle I read in the book entitled “Automatic Millionaire”. It’s the principle of the latte factor.
According to author and financial consultant David Bach,
“The Latte Factor® is based on [...]

14 Jul

The Best Advice I Ever Got

If you are the richest man in the world with a net worth of $50 billion, what would you consider as the best advice that you ever got?
Bill Gates created the Microsoft empire and has amassed a huge fortune since 90% of the world’s computers run on their operating system. (Unfortunately, I belong to the [...]

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