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Before you can ever reduce your expenses and increase your savings,
you must first know where your money is going to. Many people share
the same experience of having no idea where their $5,000 salary
went. 'How did I spend so much money?' 'I thought that I should
have $1,000 left at the end of the month, but it seems to have all
disappeared!'

With a simple yet powerful system which I personally use together
with specially designed Microsoft Excel templates like the 'Monthly
Personal Income Statements' and 'Daily Expense Sheets' you just need
to invest fifteen minutes a day to manage your money.

If you want to be wealthy, do not expect it to happen
automatically. You must commit to spend time on your finances.

Millionaires spend an average of an hour a day on personal wealth
management, while most people spend less than an hour a month,
usually on paying bills.

So out of this one-hour a day, you've got to devote the first
fifteen minutes to do these five Money Management Steps

1) Always Ask for a Discount

If it is not a fixed price store, there is a 70% chance that you
will get a discount if you just ask for it. If you get a 10%
discount, it is equivalent to earning an immediate 10% return on
your money. Over the long term, you will save a huge amount that
will accelerate you even faster towards your targeted net worth.

2) Always Ask for a Receipt

Always get a receipt so that you can track every single expense at
the end of the day and, if possible, claim it as a business expense
and get a tax deduction.

3) At the End of the Day, Record all Expenses in your Daily Expense
Sheet

You can do this manually in the sample 'Daily Expense Sheet 'at the
end of the chapter or you can key it in electronically into a
template.

I highly recommend you key it into an excel spreadsheet, so it can
automatically add up the total each month.

4) Use a Credit Card Whenever You Can (but always pay the full
outstanding sum every month)

Again, this will allow you a convenient way of having all your
expenses recorded for you in the monthly statement.

5) At the End of the Month, Update Your Monthly Income Statement

At the end of every month, add up the total expenses from your
daily expense sheet and update your monthly income statement. At
the same time, update all your income for the month. Deduct your
total expenses from your total income to get your monthly savings.

You must use a system to track where every single dollar goes. Only
when you know where your money is going, can you take steps to
channel it to your savings and investments.

Doing this month after month may seem tedious, but it is absolutely
necessary if you want to build your wealth. Only when you develop
the habit of managing your personal finances, can you manage the
finances of your own business.

So many people financially mismanage their businesses into
bankruptcy because they mismanage their own finances. Don't be one
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Most of us eat to feed our stomachs at least 2-3 times day. It has
become a habit and something we do to satisfy our body's hunger.

However, have you considered how often you feed your mind and your
soul? If you want to grow in terms of your emotional strength and
mental strength and abilities, then you have to constantly feed
your mind and soul as often as you feed your body. If not, the only
growth you will achieve is in growing fat.

One of the things that has really helped me to become successful is,
I got into the habit of constantly
feeding my mind everyday. I would constantly read books on success,
money, sales, marketing, leadership etc.. I also would like to read
lots of biographies. My favourite ones are on Richard
Branson, Steve Jobs and Donald Trump.

So,I able to make great decisions because I feel like I have got
a few hundred years of experience in my brain. How did I find the
time to read so much? My habit has always been to carry a book in my
bag at all times.

So, every time I am waiting for someone, taking the bus (when I was
a student), in the toilet etc... I would grab the book and start
reading. Doing this, I would be able to finish at least 1-2 books a
week. Today, I read a lot when I am on the plane, waiting at the
airport and when I am driving (I listen to audio books).

Be careful also about what you feed into your mind. When you keep
eating junk food, it will spoil your health and making you slow and
lethargic. At the same time, you have to ask yourself what you are
feeding your mind everyday. What magazines do you read? Which
websites do you visit? What shows do you watch? What are the last 5
books you have read.

When people tell me that they want to become rich, I am shocked to
learn that they never read information that will feed their mind in
the right way. They don't read magazines like Forbes, The Edge, The
Economist. They don't watch programmes like CNBC, CNN Money. They
don't got to websites like cnbc.com, moneycentral.com or
cnn.com/money. They don't read books on investing, financial
planning, property etc... They don't read the money pages on the
newspapers. Instead they feed their minds with FHM, Sports Pages,
Lifestyle etc... Nothing wrong with all theses things, It's just that
it will not feed your mind to become rich, just entertained.
In order to constantly feel inspired, re-charged, fulfilled and
motivated, we also have to constantly feed and nourish our soul.
Different people feed their souls in different ways. Some people
pray, others meditate, others write journals and some go on nature
walks.

If you constantly feel stressed, drained or unfulfilled, you
probably have not allocated the time to nourish your soul and
spirit daily. So, feed your mind and soul today to create the
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