PYF, then Make It Grow

This series of blogs will talk to you about the importance of paying yourself first - the most powerful money management system I have ever known. Introduced to me in a seminar by a success coach last year, then tested and proven by the best selling personal finance authors I have come across in my self-education, this simple-yet-effective wealth management is the best thing that I've ever known about money and this can help me and you keep track of on the road to financial prosperity and freedom. And I wouldn't preach about this if I don't walk the talk.

If you got here by accident, I advise you go back to the introductory post about paying yourself first here so you could go along with the ride smoothly.

By far if you have been following this series of fortunate, and extremely basic, method to get your finances on the right track, just as you wanted, it might as well be very obvious as to what the last piece of the puzzle is going to be in this "pay yourself first" practice.


If you have gone through giving back and preparing for the unexpected, then this one right here can most likely be the key to unlocking the door to financial freedom. Of course, it takes a lot of discipline, patience, and faith to get it done.


Growing up as a kid, I always thought that money can simply be placed in what we call piggy banks, where you drop coins regularly or as needed to and make it act as your "savings account". Actually, that technique did not mean much to me for reasons I don't have to uncover.

As I matured up to the point when I finished college, I thought money can just come and go and while you have it, you ought to spend it, rather than lose it all (take it from someone who used to gamble and spend till the last centavo in college).


Then a seminar on money management, coupled with self-education on personal finance and trainings had me realize a number of things that have to be considered in relation to this post:

Why You Shouldn't Read a Blog... About Me

I warned you from the title itself. 

You should not have gone into this page. 

Now you did. 

And there's got to be a reason why you decided to check this article out. Not because I recommended this to you, but simply because the heavens and the universe have conspired to make this moment come true. It was just pure destiny that you came to read this post.

And it is no accident...

Before I tell you why you have to keep reading (and subscribing, and following) my blog posts starting now, I'll first back up the title I just presented to you.

So why shouldn't you read a blog about me?

For starters, I'll introduce myself first. I'm a 22-year young kid who has a knack for taking any opportunity he sees, so long as it fits his core gifts. What's a core gift? It's something I believe I have that will most likely change the world. (O RLY?) My skills, attributes, talents, you name it. So what's so special about me? Nothing really. I'm on my postgraduate studies, I have a full time job, another semi-full time job, a network marketing business and a freelance writer. Maybe it's because of too much pity that we are friends and you decided to peek into my blog, or you entered the wrong link and this blog suddenly came in your face. Maybe you are too busy with your work, making projects. Maybe you're just inches away from victory in the game you are playing at this time and this blog happened to pass you by. Or you just wanted to be unproductive in front of your computer, chatting with friends or busy updating the news feed of your social media sites. Or maybe you are looking for opportunities to earn, save and spend money like a real grown-up should do, and you came across this page.

So if this blog happens to disturb you in anyway imaginable, and if you feel that you really came into this blog accidentally, I respect whatever you are doing right now. I'm sorry if I caused too much trouble in your computer/laptop/tablet. If those are enough, valid reasons that you should not continue to read this blog, you have my permission to leave.

But if you decide to stick around...

Congratulations on reading this far! Getting here would not have been possible if you did not read anything I said above. I'll give you definite reasons why reading this blog, and the posts to come, will be one of the best things that ever happened to you. First things first, I'll start with a boring story. Not again? 

It started a few months after college graduation (June). It was a loooong, tiring wait for the Nursing board exam (December). After all the talk that where we I thought my life was starting to go spiral, out of nowhere, walking in the desert of postgraduate life alone. Until a whole day seminar I attended shook my world upside-down.

John Calub made his first appearance in Cebu. Known to be the guy who turned P30 of life savings into millions in a year or so, I got intrigued as to how he did it. A lot of interesting insights were shared and I could only summarize them in four words:

Everyone deserves financial freedom

Whether it was the ordinary 8-hour employee, the fast-moving salesman, or the round-the-clock entrepreneur, everybody has that opportunity to have what they want in life. All it takes was to take charge of one's thoughts, make a plan, and do something about it. From then on, I started on an epic journey - surfing through the net, walking through every bookstore, looking for another webinar or seminar - on the path of financial freedom. I read, listened, learned things that I never learned in school, desperately making a living of reading more books than I ever did in college.

Then it hit a road block... I still had that board exam to prepare. But I didn't worry that much because right after the last day of the exam was over, I went back to those self-help and personal finance books. My self-education continued persistently, getting to know best-selling authors and motivational speakers in the process. Hey, I even got myself a weekly dose of inspiration at The Feast, a Catholic prayer meeting of the Light of Jesus Family conducted every Monday night at SM City Cebu. (It was so effective, the prayers and petitions I gave helped me pass the exam!)

From all those experiences, I needed something to channel those lessons and ideas to people. And that was where I met the opportunity to be an adviser - not just any adviser, but someone who can make a difference in other people's financial lives. And along with the ability to help everyone - including YOU - achieve their goals comes the responsibility to not just make their money grow regardless of social status and work preference, but also to grow as a person of value. To become closer to God. As He would also want us to live the life overflown with an abundance of blessings from all corners of the planet, not just in terms of monetary value.

So why is my site called "Slowly but Surely"? Achieving financial freedom is a slow and steady process, so is the road to becoming a better person along the way. These and other lessons I will talk about in the blogs to come. With the right assessment of the goals you want in life, the right advice, the right plan, and the right course of action to take, you will surely be on your way to achieving them.

Don't worry. Reading every blog will all be worth it unless you don't take action after everything has been said and done. Should you need more help, I will be there to help address your needs. This is why reading this blog is not just about me; it is about you - yes, YOU - and how you plan to take control of your future.

Have a very fantastic life.