by Michelle Manuel | Jul 12, 2019 | FINANCIAL FREEDOM, FINANCIAL MINDSET, FINANCIAL TALK, FINANCIAL TIPS, FINANCIAL TOOLS
As a Gen Xer I grew up in an era that saw the personal computer become a household item, the advent of ATMs and the first forays into creating the brick mobile phone. It is probably an understatement when I say being tech savvy was not my sweet spot. While that was...
by Michelle Manuel | Jul 6, 2019 | FINANCIAL FREEDOM, FINANCIAL MINDSET, FINANCIAL TALK, FINANCIAL TIPS, Uncategorized
I am a real money geek and love all things money, including, sadly, spending it a little too much. If, however, you saw the way I used to treat it you would never have guessed. As soon as it hit my bank account I would do my best to remove it from my life with a...
by Michelle Manuel | Jun 28, 2019 | FINANCIAL FREEDOM, FINANCIAL MINDSET, FINANCIAL TALK, FINANCIAL TIPS, FINANCIAL TOOLS
I am sure many a parent has wished they had the “birds and bees” conversation with their teen, when said teen discloses there is a grandchild on the way. Well let me tell you, when the script is turned and the parent is telling you, their adult child, that they don’t...
by Michelle Manuel | Jun 21, 2019 | FINANCIAL FREEDOM, FINANCIAL MINDSET, FINANCIAL TALK, FINANCIAL TIPS, FINANCIAL TOOLS
I like to think of myself as a fairly savvy woman. I have managed to arrive at middle age fairly unscathed, but when I look back over my life oh the money lessons I have learned! At times I wish I could go back and do things differently but then I realise the path to...
by Michelle Manuel | Jun 14, 2019 | FINANCIAL FREEDOM, FINANCIAL MINDSET, FINANCIAL TALK, FINANCIAL TIPS, FINANCIAL TOOLS, Uncategorized
Why do we keep making the same bad money decisions? We set a goal, take all the right actions and then in a flash we do something to sabotage all the good we were achieving. It sometimes feels like some sort of higher power is out to stop us getting out of our money...
by Michelle Manuel | Jun 7, 2019 | FINANCIAL FREEDOM, FINANCIAL MINDSET, FINANCIAL TALK, FINANCIAL TIPS, FINANCIAL TOOLS
It’s not how much money you make that determines whether you live a life of financial freedom, it’s what you do with it. In Tony Robbins book, “Money-Master the Game” he tells the story of Theodore Johnson who worked for UPS and never earned more than $14,000 per...
