Financial Freedom?
It's been more than a year break from last posting. Obviously things happened during this period of time.
Overcoming personal disappointment incident (something which i had chose not to elaborate and perhaps one of the reasons why i stopped so long) and getting busy with work. There was another life-changing experience which i went through during this period. During May 2012, I went to a seminar which Robert Kiyosaki was the key speaker.
Yes, Robert Kiyosaki, the author of "Rich Dad, Poor Dad". Prior to this, I have heard roughly about this guys and his book. And all along I have some idea of what is financial freedom and passive income. But it was only till I attended his 30min of speech that I felt I finally know what is financial freedom and passive income! And realized that I have been slogging like a middle-class cow for the past 1 decade! I always thought after getting a degree, life is much better compared to the lower income people. But I did not realized that we are still trapped in this rat race as what Robert defined.
Obviously, copying exact everything from Robert may not work. However the main concept and idea is there. And property is applicable to Singapore.
I was glad that I pulled my wife along for the seminar. She got "enlightenment" as well during the talk. Now both of us are excited about our new financial freedom journey. I never manage to finish a book in my life, but I was so motivated that I finished the "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" 200+ pages book in 2 weeks.
We got our 1st investment property about 3 months after the talk, and we are in the mid of getting our 2nd investment property. Ironically, we had been looking for a property to stay for past 1+ year without any success.
Attaining financial freedom will still be a challenge. But at least nowadays, I'm less bother about my hectic work. I used to be proud working late nights, last to leave office or get company awards... Not anymore... No more "Best Cow Award" like what my wife like to tease me.
