Showing posts with label decide. Show all posts
Showing posts with label decide. Show all posts

Friday, April 11, 2014

A WAY OUT TO DEBT



The call of modern lifestyle is the reason why paying the monthly bills becomes a burden to our limited resources and the incapacity to pay. We will be caught in a trap of overspending if we allow it to enslave us. We are very fond of having material things and spending unnecessary expenses because it was our habit to show to the world that we can manage even if it is not. This is the result of irrational spending that put us in misery. The difficulty that we have now is of our own making. We are shortsighted to govern our decision without thinking repeatedly how to tackle the burden of debt.
We are in the hardship of looking for money to pay the stacks of liabilities from the bank, pawn shops, lending institution and from friends. This is the time we asked ourselves, "What had I done?" and how to escape from the bondage of debt that started crippling the core of our very lives.
Debt becomes the source of trouble in the family. Parents were in conflict how to handle the management of overspending and how to control it. It destroys the happiness and comfort instead of not having to worry something too much. The kind of character we have put pressure to our destructive habit that leads us to the hardship our family is now facing.
Overspending can crippled our lives for being careless in making a sound financial decision and become the root cause of emotional problem destroying the fabric of a happy family.
There is still chances to escape from being a slave to debt:
Start facing the realities that spending should be done less than what you have earn.
Avoid your many wonderful fantasies when you knew you don't have the capacity to pay.
Make a habit to be reasonable. Don't start making a problem by putting in debt. By doing it, it will be a hard time to be out it.
Make a complete mental make-over and strive to have a good financial stability for your peace of mind.
Challenge your destructive habit. Equip your mind with enough knowledge of wise-spending.
Be strong and avoid any temptation to go to the other side.
Have a good insight and put the welfare of your family first in your heart and material things later.
Do proper budgeting. Prioritize the most basic needs for your family. Find ways how you can save. Make a goal on how you can eliminate debt. Be firm to your decision. Do a little sacrifice, it is of your advantage.
Change your own kind of extravagant lifestyle. It will only bring you difficulties to pay your debt.
Overcoming debt is your best choice. Resist the temptation. Widen your sense of understanding for your comfort. Learn this secret and you will be assured it will not fail you.

Monday, January 19, 2009

HOW TO HAVE AN EFFECTIVE ADVISE

We do experience a problem in seeking advise from friends or neighbors as we cannot decide on how to solve a certain situation.

Our neighbor told us what happened to him when he seek advise from one of his friends. He did not realized that such advise given to him brought more harm to him.

Relying too much to other people's advise is not a sure thing and risky. It is not advisable to give full confidence right away by relying this information. Give time to verify and check it over a hundred times weighing every side of it before committing a responsibility.

Sometimes, overconfidence leads to lost opportunities. That opportunities only knock once in a lifetime. Right decision should had been made.

Sometimes, listening to one's advise bring us bad luck. It is easy to give an advise but the effectiveness of such an advise is important either from your friend or close to you.

In coming into a conclusion by considering an advise should be carefully taken and given time to determine its value. If you are careless it may lead to painful consequences. This is the mistake some people experienced without knowing what will happen next.


The secret of giving an advise is not to give any to play safe. What you need is to guide him to his confusion in deciding the best option. Ask him but let himself decide. Whatever his decision will be at his own risk. All you have to do is to support him of his decision. Don't argue. Let him answer his own question and let him decide. Give some insight to enlighten him what to do but it should be his decision that will prevail. If he cannot give any, then don't try to advise him.

Giving advise is risky especially in deciding a delicate matter for a solution. If it fails your friend will be back at you going mad blaming you from head to foot. Don't let your friend dependent to you even how simple is the problem. Your help may backfire you. So be careful.

Although we understand the situation of your friend of his incapacity to decide his own. He was handicap in deciding. But there are problems that cannot be decided easily by other people. It is his problem, it should be his decision and its solution.

If he ask you for some advise, tell him honestly that you cannot decide the best for him. Don't assure him of anything because you are not experience enough in giving advise. Let him understand your situation. You can refer him to other person you know that is more experience in handling this problem. You can ask help from radio station having a program giving advice to people of their personal problem (probably an attorney) who are very good in deduction and knows what to do. He has the knowledge and expertise to make the decision to be effective. Maybe he can offer something than you cannot do.