Your personal finance
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Why are you missing the target?
Last February, during my son’s birthday, I made sure that I spend the afternoon home playing games with him on…
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Conference photos: good memories, but money snatched, too
The other day an ardent follower of this column wrote me, narrating how she had kept track of her huge…
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Teach siblings to manage finances
Those of you who are ardent Bible readers (or better still, conformers) will vividly recall Proverbs 22:6 ‘Train up a…
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When you are too polite to say no!
Not long ago, I walked into our office complex and found this man selling a set of perfumes. A few…
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Do you really want to overtake?
Sometime in August 2011, my wife and I drove to Mzuzu to console a close family friend who had lost…
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The golden rule: Spend less than you earn
It sounds so simple, doesn’t it? Yet, there are many of us burying ourselves in debt (spending more than we…
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When quality beats quantity: Tribute to my father-in-law
It was a Wednesday around 9pm. The date was 21st March 2012. Exactly two years yesterday. My wife and I…
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The mandasi woman who motivated me!
Just two days ago, I decided to go to the office early. I had a pile of assignments that I…
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The pro and cons of starting a small business
Do you wish to start a small business? Great! To begin the process of preparing yourself, let’s take a look…
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Hey! What is financial independence?
Last week, I wrote about setting financial independence as a goal. Oh! Mama mia! My mail box was overwhelmed with…
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Setting financial independence as a goal
It will come. Yes, it has to. Of course I mean financial independence. I am especially talking to you young…
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A better life with or without money
The book titled The Last Lecture by Dr Randy Pausch is one useful piece of work you need to have…
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Financial advisor for others, what about yourself?
Going round the house last Saturday, I found my four year old son on the verandah perusing through the Weekend…
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How Kwacha depreciation affects your finances
In the past couple of months, given the recent depreciation of the Malawi Kwacha, I have had followers of my…
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Conference photos are money snatchers
The other day an ardent follower of this column wrote me narrating how she had kept track of her huge…
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The golden rule: Spend less than you earn
It sounds so simple, doesn’t it? Yet, there are many of us burying ourselves in debt (spending more than we…
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When wives put New Year resolutions on dashboards!
The other Friday last year, a friend gave me a lift. A picture on his car’s dashboard caught my attention.…
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Facing your finance fears
Even though I write a lot about personal finance here and elsewhere, I still have a lot of my own…
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Avoid financial strains during festive season
The times are particularly hard for many people this year. This is partly due to inflationary pressures that have built…
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The ‘sweet’ pain of balancing your personal budget
In a prefight scene from one of the ‘Rocky’ movies, Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky character looks into the unblinking eyes of…
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