January is behind us and it has been a crazy month. It was a real rollercoaster due to business travel. I did spend one week in Shanghai, came home for 3 days and spend another week in Pennsylvania, USA ending with 2 days in New York city. Below you can find two nice pictures that […]
A few weeks ago I read the blog post “Planning for a Great New Year? Start with Self-Reflection Before Setting Goals” of Keith Rosen. In this blog post, Keith states that most people set the wrong goals and never take time to celebrate their successes over the prior year. Before you begin your goal-setting mission, you need […]
After a relaxing start of 2019, the normal life rhythm picked up again with school for the kids and business objectives at work. This means also business travel. The first trip in 2019 is a business trip to Shanghai. I was the first time in Shanghai in 2006. Now 13 years later I am back […]
Welcome to the first blogpost of 2019 ! We hope you enjoyed your New Year celebration. We relaxed our vacation until 7th of January. We are also working on new projects for 2019 ! Keep on following us ! Christmas vacation was the perfect time for giving three more classes financial literacy to the teenager […]
Are you giving your kids or teenagers a financial literacy class or do you expect the schools to take care of that objective? The school educational system is failing….no doubt. Our teenage sons will get no financial literacy courses in the next 2 years. That is one of the reasons why we started our blog […]
Recently the Belgian newspaper “Het Laatste Nieuws” HLN published an article “about how much money you need to save to maintain your life standards during your retirement. The roaring title of the article was ” 85x saving your salary- how do you do that?”. When I read an article from a journalist about personal finance, […]
Are you giving your kids or teenagers a financial literacy class or do you expect the schools to take care of that objective? Last week I went to the info evenings of the schools of our sons. No financial literacy classes during the whole school year 2018 – 2019….NONE !! So the school educational system is […]
Teaching kids financial literacy is something most parents don’t care about. They expect schools to take care of it. The blogpost today reflects on events that passed in our family during the past months. Several months ago our daughter asked 10 Euro for the purchase of 800 R$ Virtual Money in her game Bloxburg. At […]
Today is a special day. Today is the day that all fathers in Belgium are celebrated. Americans celebrate Father’s Day on the third Sunday of every June. This holiday celebrates fathers and fatherhood in general, including father figures such as guardians and grandfathers. The occasion is marked by giving a gift to one’s father or spending […]
During last month of March, Wikifin (a government sponsored organization responsible for teaching the Belgian population financial literacy) organized “The week of the Money”. Each year research is done about the financial behavior of the Belgian population. This year the topic of the research was “Loans and credit…how is it used?” Key Findings 63% of […]