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GFC – Like KFC but not as tasty – actually it’s totally different

23 June 2011

What can we learn from the Global Financial Crisis?

Join the mycents Kiva group

27 February 2010

Do you have a few spare coins? The mycents Kiva group is now up an running (http://www.kiva.org/team/mycentsaustralia) follow the link and sign up.

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Twitter and your financial intelligence

05 July 2011

Great thoughts from http://bit.ly/2FZHp5: "Join in the many conversations going on among the Twitter feeds that discuss finance, business, economics, entrepreneurship, and more. You can find advice on personal finances and debt reduction or learn from professors and other experts in the field to feed your financial intelligence. Here are 100 tweeters to get you started."

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Study

30 June 2011

I remember my awful and terribly unreliable Ford Laser. It JUST passed rego, the interior was off beige and the roof sagged. Just arriving at a destination was touch and go, and I had countless breakdowns on cross-city tunnels. Once I broke down and the roadside repair man recognised me! Many of my friends [...]

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Educate yourself

29 June 2011

So many people fail to ‘invest’ into their own financial literacy. I don’t mean that everyone should become economists or bow-tie wearing stock analysts. If that is your dream, then by all means go for it. For most of us that won’t be the case. Most of us won’t need to understand the meanings of [...]

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Marshmallows, discipline, decisions and delayed gratification – updated

29 June 2011

Why should we develop the discipline of deferred gratification? Thought and ideas from a Stanford University study.

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Real money

28 June 2011

Real money When I was little I remember speaking to my dad and he advised me that he never ‘sees’ the money that he earns. By this he meant that the wage that he receives goes straight into his bank account. This seems pretty obvious, your boss doesn’t usually hand you cash at the end [...]

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Bill Gates Harvard Speech – Part #3

26 June 2011

I thought that I would share a transcription of a speech given by Microsoft chairman Bill Gates at Harvard University on June 7, 2007. I hope that you enjoy Part 1 of the speech and that it inspires you. The full Speech can be viewed at http://bit.ly/rjIpl

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Bill Gates Harvard Speech – Part #2

24 June 2011

I thought that I would share a transcription of a speech given by Microsoft chairman Bill Gates at Harvard University on June 7, 2007. I hope that you enjoy Part 1 of the speech and that it inspires you. The full Speech can be viewed at http://bit.ly/rjIpl

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Stay in touch with mycents

23 June 2011

Thank you to all those people that have commented on the website or sent in email. We really appreciate your feedback and ideas. Keep your thoughts and suggestions coming. You can keep up to date with new content and weekly discussions through the mycents facebook page http://bit.ly/aAA7J5 or follow us @mycents_today on twitter. Each [...]

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lets get started…

22 June 2011

So, why should we bother setting goals? However old you are, whether you have just received your first instalment of pocket money (lovely stuff), or if you are about to start your first casual job or you may have just got your P-Plates and need some extra petrol money, money management is extremely important. You [...]

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A financial plan?

21 June 2011

What is a financial plan and why do I need one?

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A quick thought on ‘necessary’ expenses

19 June 2011

Isn’t it amazing how many ‘necessary’ expenses we have? Those absolute necessities seem to creep up. When I was at University, paying rent, eating (barely) and owning an extremely unreliable car, my ‘necessary’ expenses were food, caffeine and the occasional salad roll from the local bakery. In always seemed to just have enough, and only [...]

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Hurdles

16 June 2011

My only experience with hurdling resulted in a bruised leg, an unfinished race and a severely battered ego – the ‘girl of my dreams’ never spoke to me again. I remember it clearly, or it may just be branded in to my pre-pubescent memory. I was waiting at the start line during a PE lesson [...]

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Lessons learnt from Walt Disney

14 June 2011

What can we learnt from the life of Walt Disney? http://www.dumblittleman.com/

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Bridge the gap

12 June 2011

What decisions do you need to make TODAY to move you towards your financial goals? You need a plan, and you need to have some strategy to get there.

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Bill Gates Harvard Commencement Speech – Part #1

11 June 2011

I thought that I would share a transcription of a speech given by Microsoft chairman Bill Gates at Harvard University on June 7, 2007. I hope that you enjoy Part 1 of the speech and that it inspires you. The full Speech can be viewed at http://bit.ly/rjIpl

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A few thoughts from Apple CEO Steve Jobs.

08 June 2011

This is one of the speeches that has changed the way I look at opportunities in life. This article is transcribed from (http://bit.ly/2eCPrF)\ Enjoy.....

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