Billionaire Bill Gates once said, “If you are born poor it’s not your mistake, but if you die poor it’s your mistake.” And that’s a kind of mistake you don’t want to take to your grave, and burden your family and loved ones after. Fortunately, there are easy-to-recognize signs, which can help you see if […]
Tags: Life Lessons, Mindset, Mindsetting, poor, reasons why people remain poor, reasons why the poor is poor
I’ve been asked a few times if I ever regret working in the corporate world, and my answer would always be a big “No”. Being an employee has taught me a lot of valuable lessons that continue to remain relevant in my life as an entrepreneur, seven of which I’m sharing today. 1. Do not […]
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In my speaking engagements, I normally share the story of how I used to be a civil engineer who decided to become an entrepreneur, and later on a financial planner. And whenever my audience are college students, one of the questions that I am always asked is why did I take up engineering in the […]
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We all know it’s bad to be wasteful of anything because almost everything has a limit. We conserve water because there’s only so much fresh water on our planet. In fact, while the Earth is 70% water, only less than 1% of it is fresh and usable by humans. It’s also for the same reason […]
Tags: knowledge, Life Lessons, Mindsetting, money, time
We get an extra day this year in February, thanks to the scientists who calculated the Earth’s exact orbit and revolution. But what good is that extra day to us? For most people, it’ll just be an ordinary day — except maybe for those who were born on February 29th. Fortunately, there are other things […]
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“Aren’t we supposed to be great by this time?” asks Mace in the Palanca Award-winning screenplay and movie, That Thing Called Tadhana. The film had a lot of hugot lines about love, which resonated in many. But this line was the one that struck me most and my favorite moment in the movie because I […]
Tags: dreams, goals, life, Life Lessons, Mindsetting, purpose
A couple of years ago, I had the privilege to climb up the belfry of Taal Basilica in Batangas. I was even able to explore parts of its roof. On the right side of the church’s facade, there’s an open area where you can walk on to see a bird’s eye view of the heritage […]
Tags: courage, fear, fear of failure, Life Lessons, Mindsetting
Christopher Ashton Kutcher is an American actor, producer, investor and former model. While he’s more popularly known as a comedian, this guy actually has more depth than you’d expect. Below is his acceptance speech when he won the Ultimate Choice title during the 2013 Teen Choice Award. It’s a 4-minute speech about the three life […]
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“I don’t like my job anymore,” says a friend to me. “But I can’t quit because I’m supporting my family.” “Have you tried finding another job?” I asked. “I am trying to look for one,” he replied. “But those I found don’t pay as much as my salary now.” “So just keep looking,” I advised. […]
Tags: i want to quit my job but i have a family, Life Lessons, Mindsetting, when you want to quit your job but you need money
Last week, I was invited to give a talk about money management to College of Arts and Letters students in UP Diliman. My initial plan was to speak about financial strategies for teenagers, but later on decided to instead, share stories from my life. I told them that I was a licensed civil engineer, who […]
Tags: discover purpose in life, dreams, figure out what you're meant to do in life, goals, how to find the job you were meant to do, Life Lessons, Mindsetting, purpose, what am i destined to do in life, what am i meant to do for a living, what career am i meant for, what should i do with my life
Have you ever really thought about the time you will spend on Earth? Have you ever wondered how that time can quickly pass us by? How fleeting our life’s moments are, and how much of it we waste on things that don’t really matter in the long run. This video below can give you a […]
Tags: Inspirational, Life Lessons, time
Pain is a part of life. And no matter how much you try to avoid experiencing pain, there will be times when it is inevitable. Pain is good, because when you feel pain, it means that you are still alive. If you don’t feel pain, you’ll never know that touching a flame hurts, and you […]
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My current personal best for a 3-kilometer run is around 30 minutes. I believe that’s below average as most friends do the same distance for less than 20 minutes. I know I can improve my time, but I guess the motivation isn’t really there. Because when I run on the treadmill, at that pace which […]
Tags: goals, life goals, Life Lessons, Mindsetting, that thing called tadhana
Hi, my name is Fitz Villafuerte and I’m a Registered Financial Planner living in the Philippines. In 2007, I started this blog to help people learn how to achieve financial freedom. Read my story here.
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