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The Art of the Good Life #3 : Inflexibility as a Strategem
By Growing your tree of prosperity  •  December 28, 2017
Inflexibility is normally seen as being irrational. The book uses the example of the CEO who has a no tolerance policy towards eating dessert. He can easily wait for the dessert to arrive and then refuse to eat it. Instead, he always makes it a point to ensure that the dessert was struck off the menu even if it already part of a paid set meal. For the past 15 years, I have also used inflexibility as an investment strategy. No matter how attractive the stock was, I will not invest in it unless it gives out a decent dividend which is pegged at around 6% for my core portfolio and 4% for my CPF assets. This was because I'd like to be paid for holding onto my counters. This policy has not been easy to follow. I read a lot of brokerage reports and knew that stocks like Best ......
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I have recently completed my Juris Doctor and I am waiting to be called by the Singapore Bar. For the past 15 years I was an IT manager and I have worked in multinationals, financial exchanges, trade unions and even a government agency. I started my career as an AS/400 administrator and moved on to manage IT projects and operations
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