WHAT IS FINANCIAL LITERACY


Is the ability to make smart financial decisions to achieve the life you want, mainly include.

Ø  Earning Income

Ø  Paying debts

Ø  Savings

Ø  Investing

Ø  Managing your finances

Ø  Protecting yourself financially.

 

WHY FINANCIAL LITERACY SO IMPORTANT

ü  The more financial literate you are, the more the better decision you will make with your finances, so the more you’ll have the more effective you will be with your money.

ü  You can have the best job in the world and still be broke, just because you make more money doesn’t make you better at managing it, you can also have a low paying job but still built wealth because you have good management money skills.

ü  Without financial literacy money get wasted that means working more time and building less wealth.

ü  Don’t you want to afford the better things in life? Without getting yourself into debt, travelling, buying a home, having children your dream car, are you going to have enough money when you retire?

ü  Being more financial literate helps you get closer to your financial goals. Are you able to cover your emergency fund? When you know how to manage your money emergency expenses can be stress free.


HOW DOES MONEY WORKS.

ü  Money is an accepted payment for goods and services, your either providing a good or a service, for most people working always take most of your time so essentially your trading your time for money, you can make all the money in the world but you can only have so much time, so why are people so inefficient with their money? Because they are financially illiterate.

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