I'm agnostic (I can't verify whether there's God or no God), with a bias towards Oriental philosophies like Zen and Taoism.
Whenever I find people lamenting or complaining that Big Daddy should have taught us financial literacy in schools, I always have a wry smile.
These people must be atheists!
Since I can bluff my way through Buddhism and Christianity (I even found time to learn about Orthodox Christianity during my time in Athens), let me share with you 2 snippets:
1) The Sigalovata Sutra and Buddha's advice on money.
2) Parable of the Talents - Mathew 25:14-30
For those who are believers, well, something for you to ask your shepherd this weekend!
For those who are atheists, let me remind you there were a choice during school for you to take up Business and/or Financial studies. Why didn't you?
If you are graduates, there's Graduate Diploma in Financial Management and similar post-graduate qualifications from many tertiary institutions.
And non-graduates like me, there are lots of books like Finance for non-accounting managers, or Finance for dummies, and other similar titles. What's stopping you from life long learning?
P.S. Muslim and Hindu friends out there, if you can share a snippet from your faith on money management in the comments section, that would be very much appreciated!
I know the Koran must have; if not there would not be Shariah compliant investment funds.
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