The Mindset To Start All Over Again When It Seems Uncertain

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Dear Readers,

"It is never too late to be who you might have been" 

- George Eliot

A happy new month to you all.

As we start the month of July, some of the greatest things in mind are How can we tackle Ignorance when it comes to Financial Literacy? How can we start small ventures with what we have? How can we sail through the COVID19 storm by beginning all over? I will be documenting some great articles to give us insight on a few things. I will share some videos as well. If you also have an insight, please feel free to share, comment, etc. Let us rally ourselves to become better with our finances, seek financial peace, build empires from scratch, and win in this area. We can not let ignorance rob us of financial well being.

I remember telling myself there are things I need to own by a certain age but it took a little longer, I remember thinking that after leaving University, I would easily get a job but that did not happen, I had to do other things as I prepped for them jobs, as I grow older, I get to realize what is even more important is how I use the resources I have to do other ventures. Things have never come that easy for me, you could be like me too and there are stories we can learn from you. But every day was a new day to press on, try something new and all those are valuable lessons for life.

I remember losing some good money to fake land purchase and it set me back but because I had the principles that I had harnessed over time, I started all over again.

One of my properties was also sold off without my permission and I had to give it up but start all over.

I lost an opportunity to get property worth some good amount of money and the money was diverted to other things, that fired me up to know that hey! my future is in my hands and I will have to work hard for my own stuff.

I remember being told by a relative, that you can not develop without a loan but I purposed to beat those odds, I purposed to try out doing something without a loan, as a matter of fact, my bank turned down my loan request and that pushed me to tighten my belt for 3 years without touching a particular saving I put aside. I told myself, "I can do it and did everything possible to walk that journey", it was painful, not easy at all, lots of sacrifices had to be made.

Can you change your mindset to start all over, can you build the mental fortitude to leave what is in the past and press on to what is new? Every failure has been a school of hard knocks for me because

I have picked the lessons and used them to get better.

When it comes to Children, Have you done anything in regards to planning school fees? It is tough when a child can't eat, can't have good shelter, can't get medical care, good education or even basic clothing these are deep-seated questions we need to tackle even when income comes in an irregular way. Hard times can fall on us suddenly and the wisdom God gives us when he tells us to study the life of Ants is that they are always preparing, always gathering for winter.

I have read some amazing articles, books and also watched videos that make my heart race, and in the words of Solomon, I would rather be rebuked by a wise man than praised by a fool.

When I read things like it is not the amount of money that counts but the plan, it makes me think twice how to use money.

I remember saying to my mentor, 'If I had more money, I would have a better plan.' He quickly responded, 'I would suggest that if you had a better plan, you would have more money.' You see, it's not the amount that counts; it's the plan that counts. - Jim Rohn

What's your plan? so let us make do and start all over, let us read on and most especially use the knowledge we will get. Allow yourself to be a beginner

God bless you all.

Happy New Month

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Be Wealthy and Near To Humanity, Not Wealthy and Far From Humanity

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Overtime we have seen people who have made it from rag to serious riches. The story of how their wealth has been made is clear and well documented. Many of these wealthy people have practiced well known principles of hard-work, delayed gratification, investment, etc. And yes they are living the life that money people crave to have.

Along their journeys of either growing wealth or being born in it, some choose to remain humble while others choose to live a life that is full of pride. They tend to close out or help humanity, whatever their choice is, it is at their discretion. 

I listened to this mind boggling video and Chris Ryan, the author of 'Civilized to Death: The price of progress' says that Rich people have the tendency to distance themselves from people because pf their wealth differential. In this video he mentions quite a number of things that will cause you to "Think". 

The nicest thing a wealthy person can do is to welcome people, accommodate them, share their knowledge, open their hearts, share a meal with those who they say of of low status, guide, impart, empower, and transform their lives. 

I recently had a chat with my wife and we were talking about a story that has been shared countless times on WhatsApp forums. The story is about a rich man who used to give his condolences (money, here in Uganda, we call it "Mabugo") instead of going for a funeral. His money would speak for him. One day he lost someone and his gate was wide open and no one entered, the locals decided to do the same thing he always did, they sent their "Mabugo-Condolence money" instead of going to mourn with him. Why did they do that? instead of walk through his gate. This kind of alienation brings about Isolation, when it is time for mourning, more than ever we need humanity more than money. 

It is written that it is better to be in the house of mourning than of laughter. In times of pain, people need a touch, words of kindness and comfort, they need warmth more than the material resources we send them and above all they need is "You"- 

People comfort better than money does, people have feelings, money doesn't. People understand, money doesn't, it only facilitates many processes, as you give money, give more of yourself. 

My encouragement to someone out there reading this is that as you grow, don't be far from humanity be close to it. Theodore Roosevelt once said, that, "No one cares how much you know until they know how much you care"

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