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Rich Brott writes about business, finance, purpose and stewardship – with a grounded perspective for the decisions that shape an abundant life.
Insights & Wisdom for a Rewarding Life – Financially, Personally, Spiritually.
- Rich Brott
Kingdom perspective
Business · Finance · Purpose · Stewardship
Successful people manage their time! They set priorities and then allow their priorities to manage their calendar. Ineffective individuals are often mastered by the loudest voices, the urgent and the unplanned. They are ruled by pressures, not by priorities.
Most people find time management troublesome because they don’t understand the basic principle of time. People react to circumstance by being controlled by events. Ideally, they should control the circumstance.
Think of time as your personal resource and you will be more likely to use it wisely. If you think of it as a valuable and scarce resource, you will most likely take steps to prevent its wasteful use.
Benjamin Franklin said, “When you run in debt, you give to another power over your liberty.” Living within your means is simply not going into debt for any purchase. It means you purchase only things you need, not what you want, and you pay cash for things you need instead of trapping yourself in debt […]
READ ESSAY >Bring About Change by Obeying God’s Principles There are certain principles which, if followed, will lead to a peaceful and prosperous life: “Blessings on all who reverence and trust the Lord— on all who obey Him! Their reward shall be prosperity and happiness” (Psalm 128:1-2 TLB). 1. You must never keep it all. The first […]
READ ESSAY >Compounding Year after year, any money you invest may earn interest, dividends or capital gains. When you reinvest those earnings, they help generate additional earnings; those additional earnings help generate more earnings, and so on. This is called compounding. For example, if an investment returns 8% a year and its earnings are reinvested annually: After […]
READ ESSAY >Scripture says the poor will always be with us, but it does not say none of them will be Christians. A friend of mine, who is very brilliant individual, once made a statement that seemed very odd to me. He said, “I cannot understand why God has not made me rich yet.” I have no […]
READ ESSAY >Before you even begin to think about financial stability or long-term investment strategies, you must understand the decision-making process, or risk losing what it may have taken you years to accumulate.
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