| Study hard, get good grades and you will | | | | of them. Your world collapses when you |
| have a bright future! I am pretty sure | | | | were retrenched.You suddenly realized |
| many of you have been brainwashed by | | | | that you could not maintain your lavish |
| your teachers with this statement when | | | | lifestyle anymore. Your posh house is on |
| you were students. And your perception | | | | mortgage with the local bank. You took a |
| of a bright future is most likely to | | | | loan for your fast cars. You havent |
| become a lawyer, doctor, engineer, | | | | clear your credit card debts. You dig |
| businessman. whatever that promises a | | | | into your savings to appease your |
| high salary.Your school helped you to | | | | creditors for the first few months. But |
| achieve your goal. It equipped you with | | | | pretty soon, your creditors came |
| the necessary set of skills to thrive in | | | | knocking on your house door every few |
| your trade. But does your school train | | | | days and flood your voice mail with |
| you how to manage your finances once | | | | reminders to pay your debts.As important |
| your money starts rolling in. Does your | | | | as it is to earn lots of money, managing |
| school tell you that you will stop | | | | your finances is paramount to you being |
| earning that kind of money once you stop | | | | able to achieve financial freedom. Once |
| working? Do your teachers give lectures | | | | you obtain financial freedom, you would |
| on the importance of earning residual | | | | be able to escape the rat race, have |
| income and managing personal debts? Does | | | | more free time to do what you really |
| your school teach you how to achieve | | | | love, go on vacation as long as you wish |
| financial freedom?Your high salary | | | | and live the lifestyle you wish!Educate |
| profession enables you to live in big | | | | yourself to achieve financial freedom. |
| houses, drive fast cars, own countless | | | | Teach your children on the importance of |
| country club memberships, go on yearly | | | | managing their finances since their |
| travels, buy the stuff you longed for | | | | school most probably would not do so. |
| But wait! Have the thought of you losing | | | | There are no shortages of resources |
| your job ever creeps into your mind?The | | | | around for you to learn and teach. Money |
| economic bubble burst. Businesses | | | | is a double edge sword. It could make or |
| plummet. Your employment company cash | | | | break you. But if you could master the |
| flow statement goes into the red. The | | | | skill of managing it, money would be on |
| directors of the company want to cut | | | | your side.Embark on a journey to achieve |
| cost. They decide to layoff employees | | | | financial freedom. Educate yourself. Be |
| who take home fat paychecks. You are one | | | | financially free. |