by Michelle Manuel | Sep 11, 2021 | FINANCIAL TIPS
“An investment in your personal development is the best investment you can make” Jim Rohn I’m somewhat of a personal development junkie and over the years have bought a ton of books and a lot of courses to support my addiction. The thing is, I haven’t...
by Michelle Manuel | Aug 26, 2021 | FINANCIAL TIPS
“The paradox of money is that when you have lots of it you can manage life quite cheaply. Nothing is so economical as being rich” Robertson Davies Spending to save? I love the sound of that! While it may strike you as totally counterintuitive there are actually...
by Michelle Manuel | Jul 20, 2021 | FINANCIAL TIPS
The idea of becoming a millionaire today is not as far-fetched as it used to be. A study by Fidelity Investments found that 88% of millionaires got there themselves, no inheritance or silver spoon necessary! How did they do it ? It turns out self-made millionaires...
by Michelle Manuel | Jun 24, 2021 | FINANCIAL TIPS
How many times have you clicked “check-out” over the last 12 months or so? Probably a lot more than pre-March 2020. According to McKinsey 10 years of e-commerce adoption took place in the 3 months after the pandemic caused a global lockdown and based on my e-shopping...
by Michelle Manuel | Jun 16, 2021 | FINANCIAL TIPS
One of the best ways to make decisions around anything is to do a SWOT analysis. This is a simple but useful framework developed in the 1960’s by the Stanford Research Institute for companies to analyse the things they can control, their strengths and weakness and...
by Michelle Manuel | Apr 29, 2021 | FINANCIAL TALK, FINANCIAL TIPS
To set the record straight I know nothing about gardening but I do know I love to spend time in the garden especially in spring when the days start getting brighter, the blossoms appear on the trees and the bird song seems so much louder. It all seems to come together...
