I am sharing these personal finance guidelines for anyone who wants to achieve financial freedom. Of course, everyone wants to have financial freedom…but wanting it is not always enough. You also have to be willing to do the work and (more importantly) to learn what is really going to produce results. These strategies for increasing personal wealth and financial freedom will help you to learn what works, and doing the work is up to you.
The First Step to Financial Freedom: Powerspending of Money
The first of the personal finance guidelines is to spend money for value. This is the practice of “Powerspending” and it is one of the most commonly neglected strategies for personal wealth. Start by keeping track of all your financial transactions by writing them down. Then, go through the list every week and ask yourself: “Am I spending money in a way that adds value to my life or to someone else’s?” Things which add value to other people’s lives are: paying interest on loans, spending money on things that do not add economic value to your life and which you do not really need and “bandit costs” such as late fees, overdraft fees, penalties, and so on.