Listen: Do Not Set Aside Financial Matters
In the course of my Financial Advising Journey, I am amazed how the majority of the Filipinos do not discuss openly the Matters on Money. They present different sets of behavior such as avoiding the topic, changing the discussion, or sometimes, suddenly changes the tone to the extent of disconnecting with you. FRIENDSHIP over. Sad. Why do we have this kind of patterns? Well, we could probably root this behavior to our concept of Traditional Religiosity as with the common concept of "Money is the Root of All Evil". Well, I argue that Greed is the root, not Money. Money is just a material invention of society used to acquire limited resources that we need to live comfortably. But with the Filipinos, most of us relied on too much Fatalism, or belief that the heaven will provide. I do not argue to stop believing, I argue to start ACTING. I say, DO NOT set aside Financial Matters, because this is a crucial component of our well being. Financial aspect of our life is the ...