| If you're reading this then hopefully you are | | | | program also needs to teach you the right |
| looking for a way to take control of your own | | | | mindset for achieving prosperity. Financial freedom |
| finances by completing some form of financial | | | | or success can have different definitions to many |
| education program. Perhaps you have sacked | | | | people but any financial education program needs |
| your financial adviser because he's done such a | | | | to also teach you beyond the basics and principles |
| crap job over the last couple of years and you | | | | of how to swing a golf club. |
| reckon you can do a better job. Or maybe you're | | | | What about when your ball goes into a bunker? |
| just starting off and have decided to take | | | | Did your golf pro teach you how to get out of |
| responsibility for your financial future at an early | | | | trouble? We all know the world of finance and |
| stage. | | | | investment does not run smoothly all the time. |
| If so, congratulations! The path to true wealth and | | | | For the untrained, making financial decisions can be |
| prosperity lies in understanding your own finances | | | | like not knowing what club to use on the tee or |
| and taking control of them. The path to failure is | | | | any other part of the course - because they do |
| letting others, like financial advisers, family or | | | | not know what the outcome may be. To the |
| friends, take control of your future by managing | | | | trained golfer you know what club to use and will |
| your investments or telling you what you should | | | | be successful more often than not when you play |
| be doing. Worse still, is trying to do it on your | | | | a shot from any position. |
| own without understanding where you are going. | | | | To find the best financial education program you |
| To benefit from the ability to control your own | | | | need it to cover the fundamental basics like |
| finances you need initial and ongoing financial | | | | budgeting, cash flows, understanding all types of |
| education and that is best achieved through a | | | | investments, investment structures and |
| properly structured financial education program. | | | | understanding company reports and research |
| It's like learning to play golf. If you have never | | | | papers. It also needs to teach all the advanced |
| played before, then the best way to learn is to | | | | strategies like minimising your taxes, estate |
| seek a professional who will show you how to | | | | planning issues, retirement planning strategies and |
| achieve that low handicap through a perfect | | | | protecting your assets. It also needs to teach you |
| swing. Your ongoing performance on the golf | | | | about prosperity, financial well being and the |
| course also relies on your ongoing practice and | | | | importance of a healthy lifestyle. Probably the |
| continued support from the golf pro or other | | | | most important aspect, just as the golfer needs |
| professional sources. We all know what sort of | | | | constant revision and practice to keep a low |
| golfer a person is likely to be who has never | | | | handicap, you will need constant reviews and |
| taken a golf lesson and relies on advice from their | | | | ongoing access to professionals and mentors. |
| mates when things go from bad to worse with | | | | Achieving financial freedom is an ongoing pursuit |
| the swing. | | | | of knowledge and education. If you don't do it |
| Financial well being is no different to playing golf. | | | | right you'll end up in the trees or someone else's |
| You need to learn the basics through a | | | | forest. |
| comprehensive financial education program. The | | | | |