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"How To Get A Thicker Skin!"   In my previous article, I talked about needing a thick skin to generate wealth. In this article, I will share another story of my life and teach you how to have a thicker skin in the process.   I was a painfully quiet person growing up.   When IHow to make money run after you (Part 18)

Getting Rid Of Money Leeches   If you have not yet read Part 1 of this article, please click here  READ PART 1 NOW Okay, let’s continue where we left off and go a little deeper on being more financially prepared so that wealth starts flowing towards you instead of away from you. OurHow To Make Money Run After You (Part 2)

I want you to imagine that you are in one of my finance seminars right now. You are seated in the middle row and you are here because you want to understand how to grow your money. As the seminar begins, and after I make everyone feel comfortable, I pause andThe Difference Between Trading And Investing

My wife and I used to live in a condo unit when we were newly married. At first, the condo was pretty spacious and needed some furniture so we got a little bit of this, and a little bit of that, then gifts would come from friends and family onHow to Build Businesses using the Power of Accumulation!

In the previous article, I explained how to simplify your finances by just completing a few simple exercises on a piece of paper and I explained the three scenarios that you are probably in right now. So let’s continue our discussion right now. If you are currently in Scenario 1,Money Management Simplified (Part 2)

Ever hear the phrase “From Good to Great?”   The context of the phrase of course is to be better than just good. To be greater than just okay. While that is of course what I believe and strive for in this life as an achiever, I wanted to also take a"Goodness Is Better Than Greatness!"

Negative and Positive Cash-Flow Businesses One of the more important considerations an entrepreneur has to make before starting a new business is the nature of the business' cash-flow.   What is Cash-flow?   But first, let me take a step back and explain in simple terms what cash-flow really is. Cash-flow is about cash comingHow To Make Money Run After You (Part 10)

First off, I’d like to thank all of those who visited and commented on my blog for Part 1. For those of you who have not yet read it please click here [caption id="attachment_263" align="alignleft" width="245" caption="The Yin and The Yang Salesman"][/caption] From the comments, it was apparent that everyone has aThe Tale of Two Salesmen (Part 2)

Last April 16, 2010 the US Securities and Exchange Commission charged Goldman Sachs with Fraud.  This explosive move by the SEC has tremendously diminished  investor confidence in Goldman and Wallstreet in general.  The SEC charge is a very serious one because it says that Goldman fraudulently sold its CDO’s (CollateralizedSimplifying Wall Street Blunders

[caption id="attachment_89" align="aligncenter" width="307" caption="Click Here To Download the File!"][/caption] One of the top questions that I get from people is “What’s a good business to get into?” If you’ve asked this question yourself then you are in luck because in this article I will not only teach you how to100+ Business Ideas to Explore & How to Choose the right one for You!

FACT: “Everyone has problems. And almost everyone I know HATES having to deal with problems.” This absolutely simple truth is the most basic formula for success in all of my businesses. Because while everyone thinks of problems as unwanted nuisances that upset their well being and adds stress to their alreadyHow I Make My Problems Produce Profits for Me

“How To Remove Credit Card Debt Fast” Do you have what seems to be unmanageable credit card debt? Are you already swearing to cut it up as soon as you pay it off and never use another credit card in your life ever again? Well, if you are suffering from Credit CardHow to make money run after you (Part 7)

The phone rings in the office at around 10 in the morning and my secretary answers it. It was from a priest, a Monsignor in fact looking for me. I wasn’t around at the time so my secretary asks for his number and purpose of the call. She got theTo Catch a Thief, Think Like a Thief

Over the past year, I’ve written a good number of business advice articles for Manila Bulletin and each of those articles were and still are meant to help as many people as possible. These articles are from my experience and discoveries through a lot of trial and error in “business5 Super Tips For Succeeding In Business!

“How to Make Credit Cards Work for You!” Credit Cards, are the proverbial stepping stone to wealth. This article explains how I use my credit cards so that I minimize my monthly cash flow burden, use it without incurring interest (and get even super discounts in the process) and lastly getHow to make money run after you (Part 8)

Is Your Wife Your Equal? In one of the lighter moments of one of my seminars, a student asked me if my wife was my “Equal”. To which I quickly replied: “No. She is more than me” Of course, the whole classroom erupted with people gushing with corny delight. The seminar thatDon't Marry Your Equal. Marry Someone "More" Than You!

"If You Want To Build Wealth, Stop Prioritizing Money!"   After 10 months and 20 articles on "How To Make Money Run After You", you will notice that all of my articles thus far have been about preparing you to manage the wealth that is about to come. In other words, thoseHow to make money run after you (Part 21)

Preparing for "Essential Conversations" On Money In part 5 of this article series, I talked about the first step in making your marriage a wealth magnet. Of course if you are not yet married, and planning to, Jhoanna and I wish you the same kind of happiness that we have whenHow To Make Money Run After You (Part 6)

Be Generous With Your Talents instead of Money   In part 3, I mentioned that you have to stop your money leeches and at the same time learn to be extremely generous in “kind”. So in this article, I will be expounding on that. Simply put, there are 3 lessons I wantHow To Make Money Run After You (Part 4)

"How To Make A Career With What You Are Great At!" In my previous article, I mentioned that finding out what you are great at requires "experimentation". In this article, I will teach you how to move forward with whatever it is you are great at so that it leads toHow to make money run after you (Part 16)

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Happy New Year! 2015 is here and we say hello to another year full of surprises, challenges, failures, blessings, successes but more importantly, a great opportunity to be better than you were a year ago. This article is dedicated to all those who want to make a fresh start for theDecide, Seek, Commit, Do - Why and How I Lost 100lbs in 10 months!

The First Step to Making Your Marriage a “Wealth Magnet” “Who you marry is one of the most important decisions you will ever make if you want to be a success.” This is not just my belief, but also the belief of one of the wealthiest persons on earth, Mr. John Gokongwei. QuotingHow To Make Money Run After You (Part 5)

Money Leeches in the Family?     If you have not yet read Part 2 of this article, please click here to read it now In the last article, I talked about being aware and effectively stopping your Money Leeches! Should a Money Leech appear who is NOT Immediate family, I recommend that youHow To Make Money Run After You (Part 3)

“The 3 things to consider before Investing Money" In my previous article, I talked about Step1: Making Money, and Step 2: Managing Money. If you haven't read that article yet, please read part 11 of the series and sign up for the Wealthplan so I can email you that and theHow To Make Money Run After You (Part 12)

Last March 23, 2010 I spoke at the Manila Bulletin Job Fair at the Glorieta Activity Center in Makati and in that talk I mentioned how job seekers can stretch their cash while searching for a job. I had a great time that day and I hope that my simpleMoney Management Simplified (Part 1)

Today I want to teach those who have a Business or those thinking of starting a business a very simple, very powerful, and almost effortless way to increase profits. And although what I will explain is pretty obvious, most businesses would surprisingly go the complete opposite of what I willHow to Increase Your Business’ Profits with Minimal Effort

(Continued from Part 1, if you have not yet read it, please click here) One month before I met my wife, I started to work and turn my troubled business around. So I did what I should’ve done a long time ago, I fired my non-producing General Manager and her cohortBusiness and The Start of A Beautiful Relationship - Part 2

“Credit Cards and Businesses!” My Ninong came to visit us from Canada a few years ago, and during one of our lunch get togethers, I overheard a conversation he had with my mom about credit cards. My Ninong you see is a retired corporate executive and is brilliant with money managementHow to make money run after you (Part 9)

A few months ago, a friend of mine requested if I could help her nephew (an undergrad student from an Ivy league school) with his business practicum project that he was becoming frustrated with. Their business practicum’s goal was to produce and sell as many “uniquely different” T-Shirts as possibleDo Not Over Complicate Your Business