Usapang Pera Season 1 Episode 11
“Vince, thank you very much! Sobrang dami kong natutunan and I’m sure yung viewers natin ay mas maraming natutunan from you.”
“Yeah. You are very very welcome Venus ‘no. And if you want to know more, about personal finance and money management, I actually wrote a book, it’s called (L)Earnin Wealth: Successful Strategies in Money Management.”
“Wow! Ano bang mga laman nito?”
“Yan, so this is for you.”
“Thank you! Thank you thank you.”
“So, yan, the book… ang laman nyan, meron dyan about behavioral finance. Tinitingnan natin yung mga emotions natin when we come up with financial decisions. Ang book meron din siyang mga quick financial diagnostics para malaman mo kung nasang financial life stage ka at kung ano yung mga good practices mo and bad practices mo on personal finance. And then, I go into the details of savings, budgeting, investments, insurance, how to avoid scams. So that is the book.”
“Wow! And I think nag-ooffer ka din ng seminars?”
“We offer trainings all over the Philippines so you can go to our website to take a look at the schedule.”
“Anu-ano bang-encourage sayo to write this?”
“I, myself, nakaranas din ako ng kahirapan sa buhay during the Asian Financial Crisis when I was in college. This was about 1998 to 2000. Yung parents ko were hit by the Asian Financial Crisis at nakita ko talaga yung epekto ‘no, pag hindi ka marunong sa personal finance.”
“Mmhhmm…”
“So, doon, sinabi ko sa sarili ko na kailangan maayos ang paghawak ko sa pera. So, nung nag-aral ako sa Ateneo at nung nagtrabaho na ako, I made it a personal mission na dapat ako ay magturo lalo na sa mahihirap kung papaano i-manage yung kanilang pera.”
“Ang karaniwang itinuturo sa atin sa mga eskwelahan ay mga basic subjects kagaya ng English, Math, Science pero hindi itinuturo ang pag-iipon ng pera, paghahawak ng mga loans, pag-iinvest at ang pagkuha ng insurance.”
“But at our age, ang money management ay isang life skill na dapat nating ma-master upang ma-achieve natin agad ang financial freedom.”
“Let’s all learn about wealth. Like and share our page and…”
“be free for life!!”
