Financial independence is defined by Wikipedia as the state of having sufficient personal wealth to live, without having to work actively for basic necessities. For financially independent people, their assets generate income and/or cash flow that is at least as equal to or more than their expenses. Financial independence is the ability to stop working for money and still be…

Similar to many epic journeys, one of the greatest dividends in the journey to financial independence is the building of character. Like scaling a great mountain range, crossing a continent, birthing a nation, creating a movement or building an enduring company, the journey to financial independence takes grit, self-awareness, resourcefulness, purpose and a strong support system. To walk this journey…

Today’s young person is quite conflicted. She is in the university studying complex stuff ranging from the arts, medicine, actuarial science or architecture. With the internet, she is exposed to a whole world of ideas, places, lifestyles, and dreams. Yet the home she lives in is a complete contrast to the ideas she is exposed to. Universities can no longer…

Enabling investors achieve their financial independence is our purpose at TSAVO, it is the mission we have been called to, its a pursuit worth dedicating lives to.   When this purpose was taking shape in our collective psyche as a company, a thought kept coming to my mind. I at first rejected that thought because I was not sure it…

Ancient Jewish wisdom defines physical activities as those human activities that one does and can be understood by other animals. Spiritual activities, on the other hand, are those that can not be fathomed by other animals. Some activities like eating, sleeping, defecating, and sex are extremely crucial for life yet they remain physical because other animals do them. Human beings…

Having mastered psychology, marketers of consumer products have taken human wants and desires and turned them into needs. Consumerism has become a symbol of success, dignity, and security even though in actual fact those addicted to consumerism become poorer, are inwardly insecure and live undignified lives. Social media enables the whole world to connect yet loneliness is at an all-time…

The True Measure of Wealth Today, we differentiate between being rich and being wealthy! We are quite fanatical about this ‘financial independence’ thing. It is our purpose for existence because we believe each and every one of us can build a pipeline of assets to generate sufficient income to cater for our needs, wants and desires.  This is financial independence!…

At the start of our investment journey, my wife Emily and I knew that we had a fairly good grasp of the rental market. We especially understood the needs of young people who needed bedsitters. Naturally, this is where we started - offering housing solutions for the young. In time we came to the realization that young people did not…

The path to possibilities Personal finance and investing towards financial independence is a wonderful thing but let's be clear, it is not the goal of life. The ultimate goal of life is how you and I can live more, grow more and contribute more. It just happens that money is a central part of the life connection. Whereas money is…

Have you addressed this question? At the core of the investment journey is the reason WHY you want to invest. There exist very many generic reasons WHY people invest but these are not very useful. To be able to stay the cause you need to be very specific to yourself as a unique individual, a couple, a family or a…