This document provides information about managing personal finances. It discusses the importance of managing finances to know where money goes and avoid undesirable debt. It outlines four modules on managing finances, getting into debt, staying out of debt, and applying financial techniques. It discusses will and skill in managing finances, with those high in both being free from debt. It defines undesirable debt and provides reasons why people get into debt, as well as tips to stay out of debt like having an emergency fund and living within one's means. The document provides a spending log template and tips for managing spending habits.
Your ticket to financial freedom doesn’t lie in getting a raise or enlisting services of a personal financial consultant. Your ticket to financial freedom lies in mastering basic money management.
Financial Literacy for Teens and Students Experian_US
Join our #CreditChat every Wednesday at 3 p.m. ET on Twitter and YouTube. This week, we discussed Financial Literacy for Teens and Students. Our #CreditChat panel included Steve & Annette Economides – New York Times Best Selling Authors and Founders of MoneySmartFamily.com, Laura Levine – President of the Jump$tart Coalition: Financial Smarts for Students, Brian Page - Budget Challenge Outreach and Education, Manager and Debbi King- Personal Finance and Life Coach and Owner of ABC’s of Personal Finance. We were also joined by several influencers in the personal finance community on Twitter. This deck features tips from: @FinEdChat, @WealthwithMina, @mymoneycoach_ca, @RAHomes, @FamZoo, @LeslieHTayneEsq, @ncl_tweets, @NextGenPF, @b__wil, @christaylor_nyc, @ACCC_helps, @TraeRetailMeNot, @PiggieBanker, @MiriamSCross and @emergebenefit
Your ticket to financial freedom doesn’t lie in getting a raise or enlisting services of a personal financial consultant. Your ticket to financial freedom lies in mastering basic money management.
Financial Literacy for Teens and Students Experian_US
Join our #CreditChat every Wednesday at 3 p.m. ET on Twitter and YouTube. This week, we discussed Financial Literacy for Teens and Students. Our #CreditChat panel included Steve & Annette Economides – New York Times Best Selling Authors and Founders of MoneySmartFamily.com, Laura Levine – President of the Jump$tart Coalition: Financial Smarts for Students, Brian Page - Budget Challenge Outreach and Education, Manager and Debbi King- Personal Finance and Life Coach and Owner of ABC’s of Personal Finance. We were also joined by several influencers in the personal finance community on Twitter. This deck features tips from: @FinEdChat, @WealthwithMina, @mymoneycoach_ca, @RAHomes, @FamZoo, @LeslieHTayneEsq, @ncl_tweets, @NextGenPF, @b__wil, @christaylor_nyc, @ACCC_helps, @TraeRetailMeNot, @PiggieBanker, @MiriamSCross and @emergebenefit
Financial Planning - Helping You Sail Successfully into the FutureFrank Wiginton
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Financial Empowerment Seminar with focus on
1. Causes of Business Failures
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3. Overcoming Financial Challenges in Retirement
Personal Financial planning & ManagementAshish Ongari
Personal finance is the financial management which an individual or a family unit performs to budget, save, and spend monetary resources over time, taking into account various financial risks and future life events.
November is Financial Literacy month. Did you know that 48% of Canadians say they’ve lost sleep because of financial worries?* Financial stress can be detrimental to mental and physical health, families, relationships and even productivity. With this in mind, we’re providing our advisors with a powerpoint presentation to promote financial literacy in the community. Download it at: https://financialtechtools.ca/financial-literacy/
This presentation is made by students of ACPCE - Anamika Mishra, Kirti Karawde, Prathamesh Mahadik, and Ritik Kale.
This presentation introduces the concept of financial literacy to the young generation. It also gives tips on how to go from financially crippled to financially able.
If you are between 25- 45 yrs. of Age,Working & Serious about achieving success in your Financial Future, here are some guidelines.......... which can help you.
In today’s video we discuss the money myth, debt is bad! Is it true? Or just made up?
Well it depends, debt can be good or bad, it depends what your doing with that debt you’ve acquired.
If you're simply acquiring debt to get a house, car, clothes or holiday abroad, then that’s completely different from the debt acquired to start a business, purchase an investment property etc.
Knowing the difference between good debt and bad debt, will help you to quickly decipher whether that debt you're planning to acquire for whatever reason, is a wise decision or not!
So what do you reckon, is it true or false?
Financial Planning - Helping You Sail Successfully into the FutureFrank Wiginton
This is a short e-book I wrote to help dispel some of the myths about financial planning and educate the public on what financial planning really is and what it can do and provide.
Financial Empowerment Seminar with focus on
1. Causes of Business Failures
2. Retirement Planning /Life after Work-Life
3. Overcoming Financial Challenges in Retirement
Personal Financial planning & ManagementAshish Ongari
Personal finance is the financial management which an individual or a family unit performs to budget, save, and spend monetary resources over time, taking into account various financial risks and future life events.
November is Financial Literacy month. Did you know that 48% of Canadians say they’ve lost sleep because of financial worries?* Financial stress can be detrimental to mental and physical health, families, relationships and even productivity. With this in mind, we’re providing our advisors with a powerpoint presentation to promote financial literacy in the community. Download it at: https://financialtechtools.ca/financial-literacy/
This presentation is made by students of ACPCE - Anamika Mishra, Kirti Karawde, Prathamesh Mahadik, and Ritik Kale.
This presentation introduces the concept of financial literacy to the young generation. It also gives tips on how to go from financially crippled to financially able.
If you are between 25- 45 yrs. of Age,Working & Serious about achieving success in your Financial Future, here are some guidelines.......... which can help you.
In today’s video we discuss the money myth, debt is bad! Is it true? Or just made up?
Well it depends, debt can be good or bad, it depends what your doing with that debt you’ve acquired.
If you're simply acquiring debt to get a house, car, clothes or holiday abroad, then that’s completely different from the debt acquired to start a business, purchase an investment property etc.
Knowing the difference between good debt and bad debt, will help you to quickly decipher whether that debt you're planning to acquire for whatever reason, is a wise decision or not!
So what do you reckon, is it true or false?
Australian Lifeskills - Credit Cards Level 2Teejay Maths
Suits ages 8-12 after completion of Level 1 Financial Maths lessons
Lesson Objective:
By the end of the lesson, pupils will be expected to understand the differences between a Debit/Credit card, and recognise the pros and cons of using each card.
Outcomes:
I understand the costs, obtain cash and realise that budgeting is important. benefits and risks of using bank cards to purchase goods or
While your mountain of debt may be daunting, it's possible to get to the top and clear your financial name! www.lifethenfinance.com
3. Getting Out of Debt Credit Cards Bank Loans Mortgage www.lifethenfinance.com
4. Step 1: Organize Your Debts Smallest to Largest • Pay only minimum payments and any left over money is directed to the smallest debt until it is paid off. www.lifethenfinance.com
5. Step 2: Eliminate Small Balances First • If you have a card with a low balance, pay it off first. • Then reroute the money for that card’s payment to pay off cards with higher balances or a higher interest rate. www.lifethenfinance.com
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Senior Managers in many organizations assume that leadership competencies come with their positions. This may be surprising but true and when learning and development are proposed , these are almost always meant for staff in the levels below Senior Managers. In fact, Senior Managers may feel that any proposal for them to attend training is an insult to their intelligence and competence.
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This presentation offers one concept for leadership development of Senior Managers for consideration.
Studies and surveys have revealed that although many organizations have the right strategies they failed to achieve the targeted objectives due to poor implementation of the action plans or simply bad execution.
These organizations would have achieved success with Flawless Execution which is the implementation of systems, action plans, techniques and tools to ensure strategies that are effectively formulated are effectively executed to achieve the desired goal.
Your Pleasing Personality is your greatest asset or liability. It embraces everything you control - your mind, your body, and your soul. Your personality is your trademark and It is through your personality that you motivate others to help you to reach your goals.
Pleasing Personality is one of Napoleon Hill’s 17 Principles of Success.
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One of the leadership qualities that is often lacking is Caring. Generally, leaders are so focussed on organizational and personal performances and success that they overlook to care for others. They are also focussed on improving their management and technical skills but their people skills improvement needs are often ignored.
This presentation provides 15 Core Qualities of Caring Leadership that leaders should constantly demonstrate.
In any business, ethics is a crucial factor to sustain the business as unethical behavior significantly increases the cost of doing business and customers will just shy away. As such, a company ethics policy should be implemented to provide management, executives and other employees with specific guidelines on acceptable and unacceptable business practices.
Compliance with the ethics policy should be monitored and appropriate disciplinary actions should be taken against violators to deter wrongdoing, compel accountability and promote adherence to the policy.
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Having a clearly defined future and goals will also help you to:
- improve your academic or work performance
- increase your motivation to achieve
- boost your pride and satisfaction
- enhance your self-confidence
- raise your enthusiasm in life
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The more effectively you can measure and prove competence, the more likely you can turn learning into a tangible corporate benefit. To be effective, assessment cannot be an afterthought or instructional add-on. It needs to be embedded, contextualized, and executed within the learning process.
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This presentation summarizes the key points of the Six Drivers and this book is highly recommended.
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For many of us, more so for those in leadership positions, stress is an unavoidable part of our daily routines. Stress is the cause of a variety of physical symptoms, everything from headache, indigestion, fatigue and weight gain. In extreme cases, people can worry themselves to death! The problem is that many people do not know how to recognize signs of stress until it is already at a stage where it is taking a physiological toll on the body and possibly affecting their health and work.
Therefore, learning to manage your stress load is critical to your mental and physical wellbeing. You must understand the most common types and stages of stress and know how to spot them so that you can manage your stress better. This will help you to work more productively, build better relationships and live a healthier life.
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Inevitably, your time to retire from your working life will come and a plethora of changes awaits you, some good, some not so good, others may even be unpleasant. This will be a new beginning for you. If you have planned for it, then you are fully prepared for it, you will welcome it and you will be retiring on your own terms. If you have yet to make any plans, no more procrastinating, just do it! This presentation will help you in your planning for a healthy, secure and fulfilling life upon retirement.
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It is truly amazing that even after 2,500 years the principles under Sun Tzu Art of War are very much relevant today and are adapted by many in almost every aspect of life, militarily, economically, politically and even socially.
Sun Tzu Art of War has been translated into English by numerous authors making it easily readable. However, some with little knowledge of the Chinese culture may find difficulty in fully understanding the art of war principles.
This is an attempt to highlight the key strategies as simple as possible for better understanding and also to present a Sun Tzu Art of War tool for application of the strategies.
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“Your mental attitude is the medium by which you can balance your life and your relationship to people and circumstances - to attract what you desire.
We are all born equal in the sense that we all have equal access to the Great Principle - the right to control our thoughts and mental attitude. A positive Mental Attitude is the greatest of life’s riches … it is through this attitude that anything worthwhile is achieved.” ~ Napoleon Hill
People often complain about the lack of time - there are so many things to do and so little time. Actually the lack of time management is the problem.
The question is how do you manage your time? Once you have mastered time, you will be surprised how much you can accomplish with whatever time you have.
Do you have problems solving problems?
If you do, this presentation can assist you to improve your problem solving skills.
Thereafter, no problems solving problems!
You can become a confident problem solver at work and an indispensable member of your organization.
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Modules
MODULE 1 Managing Personal Finances
MODULE 2 Getting into Undesirable Debt
MODULE 3 Staying out of Undesirable Debt
MODULE 4
Applying Personal Finances
Techniques
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What is Managing Personal Finances?
Managing Personal Finances is about making
financial decisions to budget, save, and spend
monetary resources from time to time, taking
into account various financial risks and future life
events… it does not matter how much or how
little money you have
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Importance of Managing Personal Finances
Managing Personal Finances will
help you to:
☺ Know what you want to do with
money
☺ Know where your money goes
☺ Know how to save money for
your goals
☺ Plan in advance your spending
☺ Know your credit limits and how
to keep control
☺ Organize your financial records
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A bad management of
personal finance will provide
nothing but financial trouble
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Will - Skill Matrix in Managing Personal Finances
Low
Low
High
High
SKILL
WILL
(High Will, High Skill)
Free from
debt!
(High Will, Low Skill)
Susceptible
to getting
into debt
(Low Will, Low Skill)
Will get
into debt
(Low Will, High Skill)
High chance
of getting
into debt
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What is Undesirable Debt?
A personal debt consists of any money owed as a
result of an individual purchasing items or goods for
personal consumption
Very few individuals do not have debt
In fact, maintaining some level of debt is necessary
for most people, mainly because they do not have
the cash available large ticket items like house and
car
Thus, personal debt is not necessarily a bad thing
But, when the debt is too much and escalates out of
control due to inability to repay, then this is
undesirable debt
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“Debt can turn a free, happy person into
a bitter human being.” - Michael Mihalik
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Reasons why one gets into debt
1. Get a credit card (or two or three or more)
and don't service them promptly
2. No habit to save
3. Ignore your budget or don't even have a
budget
4. Tend to be lazy - pay for people to do
things for you, like washing car, cleaning
house, cutting grass, etc
5. Try to win big - the lottery or gambling at
the casino is by far one of the most fun
and exciting ways to blow all your money!
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Dumb ways to get into debt
1. Financing an expensive car
2. Using credit cards
3. Financing latest gadgets
4. Having expensive habits
5. Spiraling debts
6. Giving family and friends a loan
7. Stand as guarantor for loan
8. Upgrading unnecessary stuff
9. Playing lottery and gambling
10. Hire purchase on furniture and appliances
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Clues that you are in debt
1. Your credit card balances continually increase
regardless of the fact that you are making a steady
income
2. You are consistently making only the minimum payments
on your credit cards and the balance never goes down
3. You have to work overtime or take a second or even
third job to simply pay off all of your credit card bills in
addition to your regular monthly bills
4. You have no idea how much you owe your creditors and
you are too afraid to call them to find out
5. You start ignoring phone calls because they are from
your creditors
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Clues that you are in debt
6. Your savings account is getting lower and lower
because you have been dipping into it to pay your bills
7. You lie to your spouse about how much items cost
8. Your spouse or family has no idea how severe your
bills are & you hide your debts from them
9. You are regularly late in paying your utility and other
monthly bills
10. You are consistently worrying about money to the
point that you are losing sleep and it affects your daily
life
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The Debt Cycle
First, we JUSTIFY the
need to take a new debt
Then we TAKE on the
new debt
This causes more
STRESS and financial
consequences
To RELIEVE stress, we
take on a new debt
When we start explaining,
rationalizing, defending or making
excuses why we need to add new
debt, we’re caught in the debt cycle
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Credit Card Debt Cycle
You use
your credit
card
You pay the
minimum
payment
You buy
even more
stuff
You still pay
the minimum
payment
And the
debt never
seems to
reduce!
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Debt leads to Fraud & Wrongdoing
The 1st element of the Fraud Triangle
represents pressure to resolve “non-
shareable problems” (to be kept
confidential & secret)
This is what motivates the fraud and
wrongdoing in the first place
The fraudster has some financial
problem that he is unable to solve
through legitimate means, so he
begins to consider committing an
illegal act, such as stealing cash, as
a way to solve his problem
The Fraud Triangle
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If you are in debt
Assess in detail your indebtedness
1
Admit & Accept the fact that you have a
problem
2
Acknowledge it - Don’t ignore the
problem - it won’t go away
3
Don't leave it until it's too
late - ACT FAST
4
Simple steps that can be taken to get back on
the road to debt recovery
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Recognizing Red Flags
1. Fail to save money for rainy days
2. Always financially tight and out of money
before payday
3. Longer time needed to pay or frequently
late in settling bills
4. “Juggling” payments to creditors
5. Borrow to pay fixed costs such as rental, insurance…
6. Credit card cash advance used to pay daily expenses
7. Resort to borrowing from illegal money lenders
8. Creditors often call up and send letters demanding for
payment of overdue debts
9. Unsure how much actually owing
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Living Within Your Means
Live a comfortable life, not a
wasteful one
Do not spend to impress others
Do not live life trying to fool
yourself into thinking wealth is
measured in material objects
Manage your money wisely so your
money does not manage you
Always live well within your means
Resisting the gratification of your
ever-growing whims and desires
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Safeguarding Your Reputation
“It takes 20 years to build a
reputation and just 5
minutes to ruin it
If you think about that, you
will do things differently”
Warren Buffett
23. His advice to young people:
"Stay away from credit cards & bank loans
and invest in yourself and remember:
A. Money doesn't create man but it is the man
who created money
B. Live your life as simple as possible
C. Don't do what others say - listen to them,
but do what you feel good doing
24. His advice to young people:
"Stay away from credit cards & bank loans
and invest in yourself and remember:
D. Don't follow brand names; just wear those
things in which you feel comfortable
E. Don't waste your money on unnecessary
things; rather just spend on those things
you really need
F. After all, it's your life so why allow others to
rule your life?"
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Tips for Living Within Your Means
1. Redefine your definition of “rich”
2. Borrow & share instead of buying all
the time
3. Refrain from going to the shopping
malls unnecessarily
4. Limit your intake of advertisements –
consciously manage excessive desire
and temptations for luxurious comfort
5. Buy on need basis with ready cash or
use credit cards prudently
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Tips for Living Within Your Means
6. Find a better deal which
results in savings
7. Stay in and relax
8. Prepare yourself for rainy
days in a realistic way
9. Stop competing with others in
material comfort – no end
10. Avoid impulsive buying - buy
things you truly need
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Avoid Credit Card Blues
It is so easy to make purchases
when all you need to do is just
pull out the “plastic card”
Easy, that is, until the monthly
bills arrive…
Many use credit cards to make ends meet and then
find it difficult to make all the monthly payments
That is when the “credit card blues” set in
If you have trouble just meeting your monthly
payments, then it’s a warning to you to cut back on
using the credit cards
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GIVE UP on these!!!
GIVE UP your needs to impress others
GIVE UP living your life to meet others’ expectation
GIVE UP your needs to be the envy of others
GIVE UP satisfying your desire to buy, buy and buy
GIVE UP comparing yourself with others
GIVE UP borrowing to maintain luxurious lifestyle
GIVE UP gambling, sticky habits…
GIVE UP owing more than one bank’s credit cards
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Effective Tips to stay out of undesirable debt
1. Prepaid cards - using prepaid cards for shopping
2. Good offers - on the lookout for the best deals and discounts
on products and services
3. Timely payments - paying your bills on time is a great way to
budget your spending
4. Avoid being ‘slaved’ by luxuries – even you earn good
income doesn’t mean you spend on everything that catches
your fancy…
5. Emergency fund - having a consistent and regular savings
for emergency situations is a sound choice for your family
6. Will power - last but not the least; you need to have the will
to save
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Where does your money go?
Do you know where your money
goes?
You may say, “house payments,
car loan, utility bills and food”
But after that, things begin to get a
bit blurry
You are not sure where the rest of
it goes - Right?
You will not be sure until you learn
to manage your personal finances
properly
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Tips to manage your Personal Finances
Start saving today - make it a habit to save a portion of
your paycheck on a monthly basis
When you can borrow or rent, don't buy
Go for high down payment and low monthly installments
Have good insurance coverage for emergencies
Holding credit cards considered to be important for
establishing credit standing but watch your spending
Read books on personal financial management - to learn
proper financial management skills from experts
Save a few ringgit a day and it will snowball to become a
million some day…
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Spending Habits
DO YOU …
1. Decide on the needed items and plan how much
can be spent BEFORE going for shopping?
2. Always use a shopping list?
3. Buy only items on your list?
4. Compare price and quality before buying, especially
on expensive purchases?
5. Use your credit cards only when necessary?
6. Make effort to return poor quality or defective items
to the seller?
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Too many people spend money
they haven’t earned, to buy things
they don’t want, to impress people
they don’t like – Will Rogers
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Spending Log (1 of 3)
WEEKLY SPENDING LOG
A FIXED EXPENSES WEEK 1 WEEK 2 WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5
1 Rent, management fees
2 Mortgage
3 Credit Card payment
4 Insurance
5 Child care/support
6 Alimony
7 Vehicle loan
8 Allowances
9 Monthly prescriptions
10 Other Fixed Expenses
TOTALS
(A) FIXED EXPENSES TOTAL
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WEEKLY SPENDING LOG
B FLEXIBLE EXPENSES WEEK 1 WEEK 2 WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5
1 Electricity, gas, oil, fuel
2 Water, Indah Water
3 Telephone, internet
4 Groceries
5 Cable TV, Satellite
6 Dry cleaning
7 Dining out
8 Other Flexible Expenses
TOTALS
(B) FIXED EXPENSES TOTAL
Spending Log (2 of 3)
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WEEKLY SPENDING LOG
C DISCRETIONARY EXPENSES WEEK 1 WEEK 2 WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5
1 Education
2 Medical, Dental, Vision
3 Entertainment
4 Going out, events
5 Clothing
6 Personal Services
7 Sports, hobbies
8 Home repairs, maintenance
9 Vehicle repairs, maintenance
10 Newspapers, books, magazines
11 Other Discretionary Expenses
TOTALS
(C) DISCRETIONARY EXPENSES TOTAL
OVERALL EXPENSES (A, B, C)
Spending Log (3 of 3)
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Spending Tips (1 of 3)
1. When you go for ordinary shopping, bring only cash, don’t
take credit cards…why?...
2. Buy consciously only the things you really need - before
going for shopping, make a list of your needs and stick to it
3. Save up the money to buy what you need – don’t get a
loan or use credit cards
4. Shop at thrift stores, negotiate prices whenever practical
5. Swap clothes with friends and relatives
6. Avoid trendy clothes; buy classic styles made from high-
quality fabrics
7. Look for sales and off-season bargains, compare prices…
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8. Carefully inspect everything you buy; make sure the item
is worth the money - keep your receipts
9. Buy furniture and household appliances on cash, not on
HP
10. Shop for food at supermarkets with a shopping list based
on menus; avoid costly convenience stores
11. Use coupons, and buy store brands at the supermarket
12. Buy larger quantities of things if you frequently use – for
better prices
13. Eat at home - make your own meals
14. Take your lunches to work
15. Share driving or use public transportation
Spending Tips (2 of 3)
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16. Arrange baby-sitting with neighbors, friends, and relatives
17. Write letters or emails instead of calling long-distance if
these calls cost extra on your phone
18. If you use mobile phone, be sure you're not paying for
minutes you never use
19. Give home made gifts to people
20. Read books, magazines and newspapers at the library if
practical or from the internet
21. Do as much repair work as possible by yourself
22. Buy only energy-efficient appliances - you will be paying
for electricity
Spending Tips (3 of 3)
41. Designed & Developed by : Wong Yew Yip ~ updated 17 September 2021
6 Steps to balance your Budget
Balancing
Your
Budget
Set your
financial
goals
1
Know your
income
2
Estimate
your
monthly
fixed
expenses
3
Estimate
your regular
flexible
expenses
4
Estimate
your
occasional
expenses
5
Compare
income &
spending and
adjust to
achieve
balance
6
42. Designed & Developed by : Wong Yew Yip ~ updated 17 September 2021
Set your financial goals
• Your values should be reflected
in your financial goals
• No one can tell you what your
lifestyle ought to be but every
lifestyle comes with a price tag
• Only you can decide how to
match your money with your
lifestyle and goals
6 Steps to balance your Budget
43. Designed & Developed by : Wong Yew Yip ~ updated 17 September 2021
Know your income
• You must know how much
money you have to work with in
order to make a plan to live
within your income/means
• Your income will be your take-
home pay (not basic) and
allowances
6 Steps to balance your Budget
44. Designed & Developed by : Wong Yew Yip ~ updated 17 September 2021
Estimate your monthly fixed
expenses
• Fixed expenses stay basically
the same each month and are
committed for a period of time
• You may need to adjust the
amounts to reflect any
changes, such as a rent
increase, higher insurance
premiums, new loan repayment
6 Steps to balance your Budget
45. Designed & Developed by : Wong Yew Yip ~ updated 17 September 2021
Estimate your regular
flexible expenses
• Flexible expenses occur each
month, but the amounts change
so you have to carefully track
expenses for items such as
food, clothing, transportation
• Unlike fixed expenses, you
generally have more control
over these amounts
6 Steps to balance your Budget
46. Designed & Developed by : Wong Yew Yip ~ updated 17 September 2021
Estimate your occasional
expenses
• Occasional expenses come
periodically throughout the year
such as holidays, birthdays,
home maintenance, education
• Don’t let occasional expenses
creep up on you and find
yourself without the money to
pay them
6 Steps to balance your Budget
47. Designed & Developed by : Wong Yew Yip ~ updated 17 September 2021
Compare income & spending &
adjust to achieve balance
• If your income and expenses
don’t balance, determine where
can you make adjustments
• If your income exceeds expenses,
consider additional savings or
investment goals
• However, if your expenses greater
exceeds income, you have 2
options - increase income or
reduce expenses
6 Steps to balance your Budget
48. Designed & Developed by : Wong Yew Yip ~ updated 17 September 2021
Action Learning Project on Budget Planning
Prepare your monthly budget
for next month using the
Monthly Budget Planning tool
Ensure that you adhere
strictly to what you have
budgeted and planned
Determine the differences at
end of month and, if your
actual expenses exceed
budget, identify expenses you
can give up or reduce