ANY PERSON CAN ALTER THEIR FINANCIAL LANDSCAPE WITH THE RIGHT MENTORSHIP

 A few years back there was a youth who struggled with life due to lack of access to a decent job. He was able to attend a financial literacy training that I organized in a certain community. This was his turning point. He learnt the causes of excess debt and why he did not advance financially. The youth was able to make gradual shifts in his financial behavior. With this shift he became more confident of what he could achieve. Today he owns a successful business and he employs other youths .This is evidence that anyone regardless of background can change his or her financial fortunes. As a financial literacy trainer who has been in the field for the past 5 years I have seen several examples of men and women who altered their financial lives simply because of willing to seek financial mentorship. 

We need to know that money is a mental game. The wealthiest men and women are deliberate in improving  their financial decision making skills. The fact that a person has a degree does not mean that they are financially literate. I speak to so many university students and my assessment is their is a financial literacy void. A number of university students focus on what they lack instead of building on what they have. Did we know that Bill Gates started Microsoft as a university project? Today it is a leading company in the world. Did we know that Professor Muhammad Yunus started Grameen Bank as a pilot project in Bangladesh to cater for the rural poor and today it is a pace setter in the Microfinance industry? Do we know that Equity Bank started as a building society in Kenya and today it is a financial conglomerate in Africa?

The above examples should inspire us that there is nothing impossible for as long as we are alive. We are living in exciting times where the world is one and we can access any type of information at a click of a button. There are a variety of financial services that can enhance our financial lives. What we need is access to information and mentorship so that we can be able to alter our current financial decisions.

HOW TO ALTER OUR FINANCIAL DECISIONS 

1.Think long term

2.Seek financial advice from experts 

3.Live within your means

4.Research before you invest

5.Automate Savings

6.Develop an emergency fund

7.Save as you earn


We all have the potential to make wise financial choices and advance financially. There are so many examples of men and women who have big companies but they started off struggling. This should give up hope that with the right mentorship we can alter our financial lives .

For individual and corporate financial literacy training contact:

Coach Phillip Kiryowa 

Personal Finance Coach(CMA)

Master Trainer, Bank of Uganda 

Founder, Advanced Empowerment Link 

0752615916

For Financial Freedom and Sustainable Enterprises 


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