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How Can You Prepare Yourself for Economic Changes and Your Retirement Days? Don’t Stuck In Case You Lose Your Job

by Enes Öner1 Comment on How Can You Prepare Yourself for Economic Changes and Your Retirement Days? Don’t Stuck In Case You Lose Your Job

I met a few people on social media recently. The lives of these people and what they do in one day seemed very interesting to me. Let me introduce two of these guys to you:

At first glance, these guys are firemen. So, they are public officials. They probably didn’t have any higher education. They only work two days a week. They have employment security, regular salaries and retirement plans. They also invest professionally three days a week. Their “side income” is quite high. These people have made great fortunes with their investments. Lastly, they can relax and spend time with their families two days a week.

One of these men buys old houses and rents them out. Currently, he owns forty-five houses with a monthly return of ten thousand dollars after paying debt installments, taxes, maintenance and repair costs, management and insurance expenses. His salary as a fireman is approximately 1200 dollars. He is five years into retirement and his goal is to increase his annual income to two hundred thousand dollars when he is 56 years old. Not bad for a public official with four children.

The other person does company analysis and deals with stocks and long-term transactions. Its current portfolio is over three million dollars. If he turns it into cash, he gets ten percent interest per year, which equates to three hundred thousand dollars. In all market conditions. But be sure his annual income is much more than that. Not bad for a public employee with two children.

Both of these men could have retired in their forties after twenty years of investment. But they chose to work and take advantage of retirement as public officials. Now, they have the advantage of operating in both areas, both as employees and investors.

I know many people who have a lot of money in their retirement accounts but don’t feel secure. They make up their retirement savings from the money they earn by working. Unfortunately, they know very little about investment. They wouldn’t know what to do if their savings melted away and their working life ended.

In times of major economic changes, wealth changes hands. Regardless of your economic situation, it’s important to invest in financial education. Because when time and conditions change, it is necessary to be prepared for the new situation. So you won’t be afraid. Although no one can see the future, it is good to take precautions and be prepared for all conditions. Therefore, it is necessary to start obtaining information as soon as possible.

Economic changes have already begun due to company sales and mergers. A businessman who recently sold his company had fifteen million dollars in his account, but those who worked with him had to look for new jobs. In such cases, anger is felt along with sadness at farewell parties. Employees realize that they make their bosses rich, not themselves, in return for years of hard work.

The truth is that bosses are not supposed to make their employees rich. Their responsibility in this regard is only to ensure that salaries are paid. Being rich depends on everyone’s own will and effort. What to do to become rich starts when the salary is received. If a person is not good at managing finance, he cannot continue to have wealth, even if he has all the money in the world. He eventually loses it all. The important thing is not to gain wealth and prosperity, but to sustain them.

If you can manage your money wisely, educate yourself about being an investor or a company owner. So, you are on your way to achieving personal wealth and financial freedom.

The difference between someone who is rich and can maintain it and someone who is not, is basically the way they use their money and leisure time.

Learning to invest and allocating time and budget for it saves much more free time and money in the long run. Do your best while at work, but also make sure you make efficient use of your wage and free time after work. It is not very wise to enrich others with your lifelong labor. If you make a commitment to work for yourself, you can achieve financial freedom in time.

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Make Money in a Better Way

by Enes Öner4 Comments on Make Money in a Better Way

It Doesn’t Need to Have Money to Make Money

We know that many successful people dropped out of school without getting a degree or never went to college. General Electric founder Thomas Edison, Ford Motor Co Founder Henry Ford, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, CNN founder Ted Turner, Dell computer founder Michael Dell, Apple Computer Company founder Steve Jobs, Polo’s founder Ralph Lauren did so. Higher education is important in traditional professions, but for these men it wasn’t important in accessing great wealth since they started their own business.

So, What Do You Need?

If money isn’t needed to make money and schools don’t teach how to achieve financial freedom, then what is needed?

It is necessary to dream, to be determined, the desire to learn quickly, the ability to use God’s blessings, and to know how to earn income.

Which Way Do You Make Your Income?

Different ways of earning income.

An employee earns money by getting a job, working for someone else or working for a company. A self-employed person earns money by working for himself. An employer has set up a business that generates income. An investor earns money from the various investments she makes.

There are different ways to generate income. It requires different mindset, different technical skills, different learning path and different people. Different people find themselves closer to different areas.

Although money is the same everywhere, the way it is earned can be very different. Think of the different qualities required in all four ways and ask yourself which way you get the most of your income.

Each one is very different. Earning income from different segments requires different skills and different personalities, even if the person in each segment is the same. Switching from one method to another is like playing golf or tennis in the morning and going dancing at night.

You Can Earn Income in These Four Ways

Most of us have the potential to generate income in all four ways. Which one we choose has nothing to do with what we are taught at school. It is more related to our values, strength, weaknesses and interests. What kind of person we are determines how we will earn our income.

Whatever we do professionally, it is possible to earn income in these four ways. For example, suppose a doctor chooses to earn income as an employee. He can work in a hospital or a public institution. He can even become a military doctor or become a permanent doctor of one of the insurance companies.

The same man can also open a clinic and work as a self-employed. He can also choose to be an employer. He hires other doctors. He doesn’t have to work in his own polyclinic, then he can employ a administrator. If this doctor does not necessarily want to have a job in the field of health, he can also establish a company operating in a completely different sector. 

He can also invest in other people’s business or other investment instruments such as stocks, bonds and real estate.

Different Methods of Generating a Source of Income

The way we earn income depends on our character. Some prefer to work for someone else, some hate it. Some people like to own a company but also like to run that company. While some people like to invest, others avoid it by citing the risk of losing money. Most of these attitudes can be found in us.

You Can Become Rich or Poor in All Four Ways

There is no clear relationship between these methods and wealth or poverty. Earning millions or being broke is up to the person himself. Choosing one way or another is not a guarantee of financial success, and no one can give you any advice.

These Methods Are Not Equal

Knowing the different features of each method is useful in understanding which one or which ones are more suitable for us.

Let’s say I choose to earn my income primarily as an employer and investor. Because I would like to take advantage of tax benefits. Legal tax privileges for groups at the top of the table are limited. On the other hand, there are plenty of loopholes regarding tax that can be used by those below in the table. If I get my income as an employer and investor, I can earn much more money in a shorter time and I will not pay high tax.

Money Supports Life

I believe it is absurd to spend a lifetime working to earn money and pretending that money is not important. Life is worth more than money. On the other hand, money is also important in terms of supporting life. We must learn to make money without working long hours. That’s when we get plenty of time to do other things.

If you take a closer look at this simple table, you will see that it contains not only different views of the world, but also very different worlds.

Neither is better than the other. Each of them has strengths and weaknesses.

Some of us can walk more than one path, maybe even all of the paths. We are all different individuals, remember, one method is not better or more important than the other. In every village, town and city of the world, all kinds of professionals are needed in order to balance the financial stability of the society.

On the one hand, our interests change as we grow older and our experience increases. For example, many young people who have just graduated from school are elated when they find a job. However, after a year or two, few find that they are not interested in rising up the corporate hierarchy or are not interested in their business. These changes that come with age and experience cause one to seek new ways to grow, challenge, achieve financial reward and achieve personal happiness…

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The Key To Being a Successful Investor

by Enes Öner3 Comments on The Key To Being a Successful Investor

One tenth of the people in the world own nine tenths of the total assets. If we are not careful, this ratio can reach 95/05 and even 99/01 in a very short time. In other words, 1% of people can own 99% of wealth.

“Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, Or what’s a heaven for?”

Robert Browning

It is our dreams that keep us moving forward. If your reality starts with your dreams, I am happy to say that your dreams will become your reality.

Why so? Because if we didn’t have dreams, we would be living just to survive. I don’t believe that most people’s goal is just to survive. Have you ever heard any teenager say that he hopes to be a stray bum? Usually they say things like: “I want to be president.” “I want to be an astronaut.” “I want to be a fireman.” “I want to be a doctor or an engineer.” These are professions that require effort and sometimes heroism, and young people have dreams and aspirations for these professions.

Winners are always young in spirit. They set high goals and have plans and enthusiasm to achieve what they aim for. They may have crazy dreams, but that’s better than not having them. Then they focus on whatever is necessary to achieve these dreams and make an effort in this direction.

Being stubborn is an important part of being a winner. Some people fail because they give up too soon. When I was little, my uncle always told us the story of a man who loved soda and therefore got into the soda business by creating a product called 3UP. It had failed. Therefore, he started to work again and this time came to the market with a soda called 4UP. This product had also failed. So he named his product 5UP and this time he did whatever it took to be successful, but as you can imagine, it failed again. Realizing that he still liked soda, he made another trial and named his new product 6UP. When this product failed, he completely gave up on this business.

A few years later, someone else produced a new soda and named it 7UP, which was a huge success. When I was young, I could not understand why my uncle kept telling this story. He has told us the same story many times. Later I realized that he actually wanted to tell us not to give up. I never forgot this story and never gave up. His story was very accurate. Tell yourself this story if you need it, and see your inner winning side come into play.

The other component of winning is simply having a winning attitude. I tell people to see themselves as victorious. Positive thinking helps. It is a great power. Winning requires you to have that kind of power. Power means durability. Being positive gives you the strength to deal with extremely difficult situations.

Are you stubborn enough to win? Then you can invest to make money! This is not a foreign region, and you don’t need a passport or visa to enter the winning investor class. I have heard many people say “I am too stubborn” when talking about themselves. But then they pretend they don’t have what it takes to invest! They even talk in such a way that you think they don’t have the right to learn about investment. They’re just missing out on a great pastime and also a better financial future.

Ignorance can cost a lot more than education, and this certainly applies to your financial education. Don’t let the fear of the unknown hamper your aspirations and financial well-being. There are people who would like to take advantage of you. As an example of this, I have seen such situations happen to successful athletes. While they had millions during their sports career, they lose all their assets within 10 years of retirement. Do not let such a thing happen on your own. Learn about money and use what you’ve learned in a way that works for you. This is the first and most important key to a successful investment.

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Make Your Investments To Earn

by Enes Öner5 Comments on Make Your Investments To Earn

People have three types of investment behavior:

  • Not investing at all
  • Invest in order not to lose
  • Invest to earn

People who do not invest at all expect the state, the company they work for or their families to take care of them after they retire.

Those who invest in order not to lose usually choose investments that they think are safe. This group constitutes the majority of investors.

Those who invest in order to earn, turn to higher return investments. They are more willing to invest, they research and learn more about investment.

The strange thing is that all of these people, regardless of their investment attitude, have the potential to become rich.

The reason many people invest in order not to lose is because they find the investment risky and compare it to gambling. In addition, almost all of them think they need to take more risks to get higher returns. However, there is not such a direct relationship between high risk and high return.

Raising money is a really fun game. However, most people live in fear instead of enjoying this pastime. Therefore, they take their steps cautiously. They make “safe” investments, cling to social security, and live below their possible standards. Millions of them are also bogged down in debt and live paycheck to paycheck. Although these people wanted to have fun, they did not learn to invest in order to earn. Therefore, they are not considered to have actually built a good life.

The 90/10 Rule of Money

Most of us have heard of the 80/20 rule. Now I want to tell you about the 90/10 rule. This rule is an always reliable practical rule that I also apply in my own life.

Very simply, in the money game, 10% of the players get 90% of the money. We know that 10% of the world owns 90% of the current assets. 10% of real estate investors hold 90% of the investments. One-tenth of these are also the ones with the highest wealth. The 90/10 rule also applies to specialties. For example, in basketball, 10% of all professional players earn 90% of the money.

The 90/10 rule also helped me decide which area to head to. For example, the reason why I did not choose to be a basketball player was that I thought I would not be able to enter 1 in 10 in this field. If you had seen me singing, you could understand why I am not a singer.

Ask yourself in which field or industry you can enter the 10%. Do you think you are in the 10% of your current job? If not, is it because of your lack of skills in your field or something else? This short conversation with yourself in front of the mirror will give you a lot. Just make sure that no one is around you while doing this…

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A Motivation Post for Those Who Want to Get Rich

by Enes Öner2 Comments on A Motivation Post for Those Who Want to Get Rich

Everyone has financial problems. If you want to get rich, you have to solve problems. Identifying the problem creates the opportunity to reach a solution.

Each generation has and will have a unique set of financial problems. The challenges faced by my generation of parents were the global economic crisis and the oil shock. Their solution to these problems was going to school, finding a safe and good job, retiring at the age of 65, and spending the rest of their lives watching sports. For the vast majority of my parents’ generation, getting a good education and getting a good job was enough to survive financially.

Our generation is faced with a different set of financial problems. A good university education and a good job are not enough today. Exporting jobs overseas also makes the problem even more intricate.

The next generation, Generation Z, will have different financial problems that it will have to deal with. If our generation fails to clear the mess that the generation before ourselves left us, the complexity that the generation Z has to deal with will be much greater. Generation Z will have to deal not only with their own financial problems, but also with the problems they inherited or even inherited to their parents.

The growing scale of this problem, currently worth trillions of dollars, is daunting. Simply handing this problem over to the next generation will only make the problem bigger and more complex. As financial problems become bigger and more complex, the financial IQ we will need to solve them has to be higher. We will need all of our brainpower to solve this problem.

My suggestion to you is to overcome the storms in today’s financial world with proper financial education and planning. Find ways to solve problems and get richer with this training.

One thing we should all bear in mind is that a little effort is the best substitute for excuses. If we all make some effort to understand what is happening around us; If we can think with a superior, caring mentality, a more enlightened and correct way of thinking will emerge. While defining intelligence, problem solving skills are mentioned. This is possible with education. Just as there is no understanding, there is hate, if there is no education, there is fear.

Ignorance may be easier, but it often comes out of fear. Reduce your fears and trigger your courage.

This is an amazing power of energy if you have the determination to move forward quickly. And when you focus on the right thing, your chances of success are very high. I have always liked this statement of Alexander Graham Bell: “Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.”. If you can control your energy then you will have a good opportunity to create and control your own level of wealth.

Problem solving will also become a lot easier if you think they are a challenge. Problems are part of life. It is inevitable that a positive approach to problems will give you more energy. Trust is a big step on the road to courage, and fear will evaporate when confronted with confidence.

At the beginning of the post I said that a problem can create an opportunity. If you start seeing your problems from such a perspective, I can also assure you that you will be on the way to solving them.

Like everyone else, I know that problems can be complex and sometimes seem like never ending. However, I would like to encourage you to see them as an opportunity to challenge you to great success. Just remember that reaching nothingness is easy… But who wants to reach nothingness? You can achieve great things with your financial intelligence.

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Work in the Same Field But Earn More

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A few days ago, my computer suddenly broke down. I immediately contacted a friend who understands electronics but is a student in a completely different field. My friend solved the problem in minutes with a video call. Listening to the sound of the case was enough for him to understand the problem. I was shocked.

The world is full of awake, resourceful, educated, and gifted people. We come face to face with them every day. On the road, in the market, in the movie theater, in the stadium… They are around us.

I am always surprised how little talented people earn. I recently heard that the proportion of Americans making $ 100,000 annually is less than 5 percent. I know smart, highly educated people whose annual income is less than 20 thousand dollars.

Someone who specializes in buying and selling medical supplies told me that doctors, dentists and physical therapists are facing financial difficulties. He said: “They are one step away from great wealth.”

Most people can manage to increase their income substantially if they add another to their skills: Financial intelligence is the synergy of accounting, investment, marketing and law. Making money is easier if you combine these four technical skills.

If my friend who helped me fix my computer had learned sales and marketing skills, his income would have grown tremendously. If I were him, I would research how I could do this business online and develop it. At the same time, I would improve myself in public relations. I would learn to reach the masses with free publicity. Ultimately, I would have more opportunity to profit from my own skills. In a short time, I would be one of the “best” in this area of expertise.

I suggest you look for jobs that will help you improve yourself. Before you decide on a particular profession and become a prisoner in a rat race, you have to decide what skills you want to learn.

Once a person gets caught up in a bill-paying cycle, they’re just like little mice spinning small metal wheels. They always run, but never go forward.

There is a lot of big talk in Jerry Maguire, in which Tom Cruise stars. Perhaps the most memorable line is: “Show me the money.” But there is another line that seems most realistic to me. The sentence Tom Cruise said when he left the company. He was fired and asked all the company members: “Who wants to come with me?”. But everyone is silent, almost frozen. A woman speaks only, “I’d love to come, but I’ll be promoted in up to three months.” she says.

Perhaps this is the most striking phrase spoken from the beginning to the end of the movie. It’s the kind of word used by people working to cover their bills. We all have someone around who studied for years and then got a job with an average salary. These people look forward to the hike they will receive each year, and they are disappointed each year.

I often ask everyone: “Where is this daily activity taking you?” I wonder if they too are looking where this hard work is taking them. What awaits them in the future?

I ask you too, do you think about your future or are you looking forward to the next paycheck without questioning where you are going?

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You Need To Save Money

by Enes Öner7 Comments on You Need To Save Money

“The sun that shines today was shining on the day your father was born, and will continue to shine as your last grandchild moves into the darkness of the other world.”

George S. Clason

Throughout history, people have been able to get rich by using various opportunities. Although these opportunities come across all of us, most of us don’t realize them. But there is one thing we can all be aware of. Anyone can achieve this: Saving. It is one of the golden rules of getting rich. By making savings, we keep some of our earnings with us. This leads us to wealth.

We pay for all the goods and services we receive. If we save a tenth of our earnings instead of constantly paying others, we will have a year’s earnings ten years later.

We should know that savings cannot be made from the remaining money. We must set aside the amount we will save before we start spending our income. This amount is actually the payment we make to ourselves.

But only saving money is not enough. Also, every single dollar we save must make money for us. Getting rich is only possible if savings continue to grow on their own. Thus, we can achieve the abundance we want. No matter how little we earn, the amount we save should not be less than one tenth. We can save even more. But we have to be careful not being too hard on ourselves.

So how does our accumulated money increase on its own?

We must either learn to take advantage of the opportunities that come to us or consult with informed and experienced people in investment. If we consult someone, we should choose these people well. If we trust the wrong people, we may have to pay this mistake with our savings.

We should consult wise people. We must seek advice from the experts. A small safe investment is always preferable to risk. High interest rates sound nice, but they are dangerous. We must be careful.

This whole process teaches us first to live with less than we earn, then make the right investments and run our savings.

I urge you to dedicate some of your earnings to yourself. Think about this. Even think constantly. So, you get yourself used to this idea. The second step you will take will be to decide the amount you will regularly set aside. Make sure that this amount is not less than a tenth of your income.

Your savings will gradually make you feel rich. As your savings grow, your motivation will increase and you will be more eager to increase your money.

You have to think about your future. Remember that one day you will grow old too. You must ensure your old age income.

And be careful not to force yourself too hard to save. If you can only save a tenth of what you earn, be satisfied with that. Do not be stingy to your present self for your future self.

Life is really beautiful. Enjoy it.

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