SAVE, SAVE & INVEST MONEY

 “A penny saved is a penny earned.” Benjamin Franklin.

 You don't become rich from what you earn; you become rich from your savings and investments. Every Rupee saved or invested becomes your best servant, it continuously works day and night to give you passive income in the shape of interest, rent dividend, etc. Therefore, start saving soon and ploughing back the revenue generated from your savings/investments to enjoy the compounding effects which is the greatest wonders of the world.

 If you deposit Rs 5000 p.m. for 30 years, it will grow to Rs. 90, 95,093 & may give you more than 67,000 p.m. for the whole life if invested in fixed deposit at the same rate. The beauty of the scheme is that your legal heirs will inherit the original Rs. 90, 95,093 and give your soul tons of blessings.

 Many will ask," How can I save from my small income which is barely sufficient to meet my necessities?

Your necessities are your creation. You may curtail them. But your income is not in your hands. You can't increase it at your sweet will. A part-time sweeper of our Majahaulia branch was saving so much that many full-time employees used to borrow from him.

 When you look downstairs, you will find that many persons are managing themselves well with much lesser income. Therefore, stop making the fuss about your small income and start saving 25% of your income from the very beginning. Make up your mind firmly to make both ends meet with 75% of your income. Gradually you will accumulate enormous wealth. Then you will be in a position to enjoy lavishly with 75% of all your active and passive income.

Many persons commit the mistake of treating their car, motorcycle or freeze purchase as savings. But they are not savings; they are expenditure since their value becomes zero with the passage of time. Hence plan to buy these comforts of life within 75% of your income.

You may reserve 25% of your income for consumer durables, and use the remaining 50% for other expenses.

  Your habit of saving will also take care of your mental health and will help keep depression away since most of our worries are due to our financial problems. We often wonder what will happen if our job is gone or if we are no more. These thoughts make us depressed.

Allocation of your savings into different assets such as in fixed deposit, insurance, mutual funds, equities, etc. is also important, but this is a very tricky task. It will be better to take help of a financial planner for this task.

 However, one may keep his six months income in saving funds or fixed deposits so that he can live up to six months with his present lifestyle even if his source of income stops abruptly. One may also get insurance cover worth ten or twelve times of his annual income so that his family members could enjoy the same lifestyle even after his unfortunate demise. You may allocate according to other requirements which may differ from person to person.

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Many employers such as banks etc., offer their employees easy loans since they quickly recover the instalments of the loan from their salary. Please don't fall prey to easy loans for consumption purposes if you cannot pay instalments from seventy percent of your income.

Every rupee borrowed becomes your master and sucks your blood in the guise of interest even when you are sleeping. But loans may be availed for productive purposes where capital appreciation is more than the interest paid. 
Persons with great desires have small pockets. Therefore, practice to manage your wishes within seventy-five percent of your income.

 None, not even Kings, and Emperors could fulfill all their wishes.

ENHANCE YOUR KNOWLEDGE DURING PASTIMES

  I called on my brother-in-law once around 9 P.M. I was very exhausted, so I slumbered soon after having the dinner. My brother-in-law was disappointed, so he complained the next morning about my not talking at all. Therefore I spared one hour to talk with him about our family members, our profession, and other topics. I also asked about some common diseases. My doctor brother-in-law happily enhanced my general knowledge.

There is one Hindi idiom," Aam ke aam aur Guthli ke Daam" which exhorts making a double profit from a situation. 
When we ask our friends about their expertise, they happily tell lots of things. You just need to be a good listener to enhance your knowledge. Moreover, your friend may also appreciate you for your nice talking skills. The world’s famous author Dale Carnegie, in his bestselling book, "HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE," wrote, “He got much appreciation in a social gathering for his excellent talking skills; however, he did hardly talk except encouraging his botanist friend to talk more about his expertise.

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 Students may also use this method for preparation for exams by making a group of diligent and bright friends. They may discuss relevant topics of the syllabus when they gather at any place. Thus, their eyes get rest, but their mind will enhance the knowledge.  So start getting fun along with improving your knowledge. All the best.

BE A BURNING CANDLE

Be a burning Candle if you cannot be Sun just now, at least, you can give light to a few persons.

Be a burning Candle and expand more and more light in all directions.

Be a burning Candle and light other candles, thus, you can become a source of infinite light.

Be a burning Candle and burn all the rotten thoughts.

Be a burning Candle and help other candles to burn because sharing, caring and helping others make our lives meaningful and we also get help from unknown sources when we are in need.

FOREVER BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF.

You must be wondering I am talking about what nonsense? However, it is painfully true that we often hoodwink ourselves. Many of us harm ourselves much more than what our worst enemies can do.
 A drug, alcohol or nicotine addict inflicts upon himself deadly diseases such as liver cirrhosis, cancer, etc.

   Even Smugglers and criminals practice honesty very meticulously in their Profession. Dishonest crooks are mercilessly annihilated in crime syndicates.

 Who would like to keep a black sheep in his company?

 The companies like TATA, Maruti, Microsoft, who honestly give maximum value to their customers for the minimum possible price, are thriving by leaps and bound.

 Thus, honesty rules high in this world, being widely perceived as dishonest.

Everybody must completely and continuously be honest both with himself and with others. If someone becomes dishonest with others, the society mocks at the crook, but if someone is dishonest with himself, life ridicules him, and he will never make his dreams true.

It is high time that we honestly fulfill all those promises that we make to ourselves. However, we must be selective in making promises. The commitments must be so demanding that we make extra efforts to fulfill them but impossible resolutions like reaching on the moon in one hour, serve no purpose but lower our morals. 

 Grenville Kleiser rightly told," By constant Self Discipline and Self Control One can develop greatness of character."
 Let's start to fly high in the sky of super success with the strong wings of Self Discipline & Self Control. Amen.