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Hong kong billionaire li ka-shing teaches you how to buy a car & house in 5 years

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[h=1]A practical guide to making money...Let us use this sagaciously!


HONG KONG BILLIONAIRE LI KA-SHING TEACHES YOU HOW TO BUY A CAR & HOUSE IN 5 YEARS[/h][h=3]The post Li Ka-Shing teaches you how to buy a car & house in 5 years appeared first on E27.[/h] [h=3]Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing shares some of his money wisdom, outlining an inspirational five-year plan to improve one’s lot in life[/h] This article is translated from the original Chinese by Edmund Ng at CeoConnectz.





Suppose your monthly income is only RMB 2,000, you can live well. I can help you put money into five sets of funds. The first $600, second $400, third $300, fourth $200, fifth $500.



The first set of funds is used for living expenses. It’s a simple way of living and you can only be assigned to less than twenty dollars a day. A daily breakfast of vermicelli, an egg and a cup of milk. For lunch just have a simple set lunch, a snack and a fruit. For dinner go to your kitchen and cook your own meals that consist of two vegetables dishes and a glass of milk before bedtime. For one month the food cost is probably $500-$600. When you are young, the body will not have too many problems for a few years with this way of living.



Second set of funds: To make friends, expand your interpersonal circle. This will make you well off. Your phone bills can be budgeted at RMB 100. You can buy your friends 2 lunches a month, each at $150. Who should you buy lunch for? Always remember to buy lunch for people who are more knowledgeable than you, richer than you or people who have helped you in your career. Make sure you do that every month. After one year, your circle of friends should have generated tremendous value for you. Your reputation, influence, added value will be clearly recognized. You’ll also enhance your image of being good and generous.



Third set of funds: To learn. Monthly spend about RMB 50 to RMB 100 to buy books. Because you don’t have a lot of money, you should pay attention to learning. When you buy the books, read them carefully and learn the lessons and strategies that is being taught in the book. Each book, after reading them, put them into your own language to tell the stories. Sharing with others can improve your credibility and enhance the affinity. Also save up $200 per month to attend a training course. When you have higher income or additional savings, try to participate in more advanced training. When you participate in good training, not only do you learn good knowledge, you also get to meet like-minded friends who are not easy to come by.



Fourth set of funds: Use it for holidays overseas. Reward yourself by traveling at least once a year. Continue to grow from the experience of life. Stay in youth hostels to save cost. In a few years you would have travelled to many countries and have different experiences. Use that experience to recharge yourself so that you’ll continually have passion in your work.



Fifth set of funds: Invest. Save the $500 in your bank and grow it as your initial startup capital. The capital can then be used to do a small business. Small business is safe. Go to wholesalers and look for products to sell. Even if you lose money, you will not lose too much money. However, when you start earning money, it will boost your confidence and courage and have a whole new learning experience of running a small business. Earn more and you can then begin to buy long-term investment plans and get long-term security on your financial wealth being of yourself and your families. So that no matter what happens, there will be adequate funds and the quality of life will not decline.



Well, after struggling for a year and if your second year salary is still RMB 2,000, then that means you have not grown as a person. You should be really ashamed of yourself. Do yourself a favour and go to the supermarket and buy the hardest tofu. Take it and smash it on your head because you deserve that.
If your monthly income is at RMB 3,000, you must still work very hard. You must try to find a part time job. It will be great to find part time sales jobs. Doing sales is challenging, but it is the fastest way for you to acquire the art of selling and this is a very deep skill that you will be able to carry it for the rest of your career. All successful entrepreneurs are good sales people. They have the ability to sell their dream and visions. You’ll also meet many people that will be of value to you in the later part of your career. Once you’re in sales, you will also learn what sells and what not. Use the sensitivity of detecting market sentiments as a platform for running your business and in the identification of product winners in the future.
Try to buy minimal clothes and shoes. You can buy them all you want when you’re rich. Save your money and buy some gift for your loved ones and tell them your plans and your financial goals. Tell them why you are so thrifty. Tell them your efforts, direction and your dreams.



Businessmen everywhere need help. Offer yourself to do part time for any kind of opportunities. This will help to hone your will and improve your skills. You will start to develop eloquence and soon, you’ll be closer to your financial goals. By the second year, your income should be increased to at least RMB 5,000. Minimum it should be RMB 3,000, otherwise you would not be able to keep up with inflation.



No matter how much you earn, always remember to divide it into five parts proportionately. Always make yourself useful. Increase your investment in networking. When you increase your social investment, expand your network of contacts, your income also grows proportionately. Increase your investment in learning, strengthen your self confidence, increase investment in holidays, expand your horizons and increase investment in the future, and that will ultimately increase your income.



Maintain this balance and gradually you will begin to have a lot of surplus. This is a virtuous circle of life plans. Your body will start to get better and better as you get more nutrition and care. Friends will be aplenty and you will start to make more valuable connections at the same time. You will then have the conditions to participate in very high-end training and eventually you’ll be exposed to bigger projects, bigger opportunities. Soon, you will be able to gradually realize your various dreams, the need to buy your own house, car, and to prepare an adequate education fund for your child’s future.



Life can be designed. Career can be planned. Happiness can be prepared. You should start planning now. When you are poor, spend less time at home and more time outside. When you are rich, stay at home more and less outside. This is the art of living. When you are poor, spend money on others. When you’re rich, spend money on yourself. Many people are doing the opposite.



When you are poor, be good to others. Don’t be calculative. When you are rich, you must learn to let others be good to you. You have to learn to be good to yourself better. When you are poor, you have to throw yourself out in the open and let people make good use of you. When you are rich, you have to conserve yourself well and don’t let people easily make use of you. These are the intricate ways of life that many people don’t understand.



When you are poor, spend money so that people can see it. When you are rich, do not show off. Just silently spend the money on yourself. When you are poor, you must be generous. When you are rich, you must not be seen as a spendthrift. Your life would have come full circle and reach its basics. There will be tranquility at this stage.



There is nothing wrong with being young. You do not need to be afraid of being poor. You need to know how to invest in yourself and increase your wisdom and stature. You need to know what is important in life and what is worth investing in. You also need to know what you should avoid and not spend your money on. This is the essence of discipline. Try to avoid spending money on clothing, but buy a selective number of items that have class. Try to eat less outside. If you were to eat outside, do make sure you buy lunches or dinners and foot the bill. When buying people dinner, make sure you buy dinners for people who have bigger dreams than you, and work harder than you.



Once your livelihood is no longer an issue, use the remainder of your money to pursue your dreams. Spread your wings and dare to dream! Make sure you live an extraordinary life!



Famous theory from Harvard: The difference of a person’s fate is decided from what a person spends in his free time between 20:00 to 22:00 . Use these two hours to learn, think and participate in meaningful lectures or discussion. If you persist for several years, success will come knocking on your doors.
No matter how much you earn, remember to split your salary into five parts. Take care of your body so that it will still be in good shape. Invest in your social circle so that you will constantly meet new people where you can learn new knowledge from. Expanding your network will also have an important impact in how much you earn eventually. Travel every year and expand your horizons. Also keep abreast with the latest developments in the industry. If you follow this plan diligently, you will soon see big surplus in your funds.



Whatever happened in the past is over. Do not dwell on past mistakes. There’s no point crying over spilt milk. Everybody makes mistakes. It’s what you learn from the mistakes, and promising yourself not to repeat those mistakes that matters. When you miss opportunities, don’t dwell on it, as there are always new opportunities on the horizon.



Being able to smile when being slightly misunderstood is good upbringing. When you’re wronged and you smile with calmness, it is generosity. When you’re being taken advantage of and you can smile, you’re being open-minded. When you are helpless and you can do a philosophical smile, you’re in a calm state. When you’re in distress and you can laugh out loud, you’re being generous. When you’re looked down and you can calmly smile, you’re being confident. When you’re being jilted in relationships and you can smile it off, you’re being suave.

Hong Kong Billionaire Li Ka-Shing teaches you how to buy a car & house in 5 years | The Real Singapore



There are many people who are struggling to make ends meet. It doesn’t matter if you are rich or poor. There are lessons for all to learn from Li Ka Shing.
 
???? 5 years?

Why so long.

I bought my 1st car within 1 year of starting work and 1st house within 3 years of starting work just by saving money and paying a reasonable down payment and applying a loan from bank with low interest.

Its is actually not that hard to own a car and a house..its is just that many people want to flashy cars right away and have too much desires too soon.

Also many people want to buy houses in posh areas and pay so high for a house that is actually smaller and more expensive..a good safe neighbourhood home need not cost too much.

Just make sure the developer is a reputed one.

Here developers make many types of homes in the same area.

There are low cost types,medium cost types..medium to high cost and very high cost.

So buy what suits our budget.

No harm buying medium cost at first cos after a few years the market value for property will go up and we can sell the house..make some cash and pay off the outstanding loan and with the profit we make we can buy a higher cost house if needed.

Its all smart planning finally cos the starting pay for any profession is not too high.
 
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I can teach you how not to buy a car or house in 5 years. I use public transport, utilize free/ subsidized public housing, eat out of free soup kitchens, get food stamps from the government, use free public wifi, buy clothes in bargain basement sales or garage sales, read books in public libraries, utilize free government healthcare. I am certainly not unhappy. And I don't need any creature comforts to make me happy.
 
I can teach you how not to buy a car or house in 5 years. I use public transport, utilize free/ subsidized public housing, eat out of free soup kitchens, get food stamps from the government, use free public wifi, buy clothes in bargain basement sales or garage sales, read books in public libraries, utilize free government healthcare. I am certainly not unhappy. And I don't need any creature comforts to make me happy.

Ash,

Then what drives you?
 
Renukaji,
The advice is a general guideline for average person. You being a Physician will not qualify as average person. You are starting with 4 years lead times in terms of earning money.
 
I can teach you how not to buy a car or house in 5 years. I use public transport, utilize free/ subsidized public housing, eat out of free soup kitchens, get food stamps from the government, use free public wifi, buy clothes in bargain basement sales or garage sales, read books in public libraries, utilize free government healthcare. I am certainly not unhappy. And I don't need any creature comforts to make me happy.

Are you starting your life, or towards the end. Secondly there are no food stamps, or free healthcare, or public transport, or libraries in all the places in the world. The advice given is a general guideline, not a tailor made solution for any individual.
 
I find the POV is basically a good roadmap for average person starting in life.
I would have liked a summery and a link to the article. It is long and boring for people who are not starting in life or hungry for material prosperity.
 
Renukaji,
The advice is a general guideline for average person. You being a Physician will not qualify as average person. You are starting with 4 years lead times in terms of earning money.


Dear Prasad ji,

Here it is compulsory for doctors to work the first 4 years in the government service and the starting pay for a government doctor especially a junior is much less than most private sectors graduates..but even then most of us doctors manage to safe up and buy cars within the 1st year of work.

It is not too hard to safe.

I see most people tend to over spend...that is why they find making ends hard.

Some couples over spend on marriage and honey moon and then do not have much to buy a decent house.

Mostly want expensive cars to keep up with others and if one gets bitten by the credit card over spending then dont hope to save at all.

But out here having cars is not a problem....there are even 9 year loans with 0% downpayment for local basic simple cars.
 
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I find the POV is basically a good roadmap for average person starting in life.
I would have liked a summery and a link to the article. It is long and boring for people who are not starting in life or hungry for material prosperity.

This article is relevant for those guys with fire in the belly and starting fresh with only ideas..It is for the young guys planning to start a venture or business!!
 
This article is relevant for those guys with fire in the belly and starting fresh with only ideas..It is for the young guys planning to start a venture or business!!

You mean the article is relevant for people with peptic ulcer, hemorrhoids, and heartburn :-)
 
Are you starting your life, or towards the end. Secondly there are no food stamps, or free healthcare, or public transport, or libraries in all the places in the world. The advice given is a general guideline, not a tailor made solution for any individual.

I got a nasty PM on my post.
I can deal with it on my terms.
How many of us will be ready to accept "free soup kitchen food", which is supposed to be for poor people who are really in need. How many of us will accept a life style of begging for survival. I am not.
Secondly if you have the means and your children can help you should leave the soup kitchen food and rummaging sale for less fortunate.
The article that vgeneji posted gives a road map to avoid this kind of situation. But might have come too late for people who already missed the boat.
 
I can teach you how not to buy a car or house in 5 years. I use public transport, utilize free/ subsidized public housing, eat out of free soup kitchens, get food stamps from the government, use free public wifi, buy clothes in bargain basement sales or garage sales, read books in public libraries, utilize free government healthcare. I am certainly not unhappy. And I don't need any creature comforts to make me happy.
you know ashwin for past three monthhs I am getting free water and fifty percent subsidy on electric bills thanks to AAM govt. in delhi. now I know why poor are happy in tamil nadu with freebies.see their life is tension free without car and house. and galore of freebies.in gross happiness index tamil nadu must be topping the list
 
???? 5 years?

Why so long.

I bought my 1st car within 1 year of starting work and 1st house within 3 years of starting work just by saving money and paying a reasonable down payment and applying a loan from bank with low interest.

Its is actually not that hard to own a car and a house..its is just that many people want to flashy cars right away and have too much desires too soon.

Also many people want to buy houses in posh areas and pay so high for a house that is actually smaller and more expensive..a good safe neighbourhood home need not cost too much.

Just make sure the developer is a reputed one.

Here developers make many types of homes in the same area.

There are low cost types,medium cost types..medium to high cost and very high cost.

So buy what suits our budget.

No harm buying medium cost at first cos after a few years the market value for property will go up and we can sell the house..make some cash and pay off the outstanding loan and with the profit we make we can buy a higher cost house if needed.

Its all smart planning finally cos the starting pay for any profession is not too high.
for the newly married it is a trade off between good living and buying a house . most in first few years would buy car ,a few consumer goodies such as frig,washing machine tvs etc ,then have a kid or two ,save a little and buy a flat or house after 7 to 8 years. buying a flat immediately after marriage is uncommon in india
 
I like the thought ,that when you are poor spend more time outside making friends,be good to others and spend on others and once you are rich, be a recluse and let others be good to you and not flaunt your wealth.also the thought that poor should spend time educating themselves and
invest time in oneself and increase wisdom and stature.advise to put away past mistakes and smile away is wise.interesting post. but difficult to follow for most. but would not mind getting a car and flat without following the advice above. as done by renukaji. her approach is far better than millionaires.as early as possible get a car and house even if it is on loan. automatically you will get motivated and learn to earn more to settle your debts. Whew what a thought. in inflation ridden economy there is nothing like some debt . it is financially wise.
 
you know ashwin for past three monthhs I am getting free water and fifty percent subsidy on electric bills thanks to AAM govt. in delhi. now I know why poor are happy in tamil nadu with freebies.see their life is tension free without car and house. and galore of freebies.in gross happiness index tamil nadu must be topping the list

If you are poor and you get your basic things free or subsidized it will help you to be free of worries about the basic necessities

On the other hand, if you are rich and you still clamor for subsidies, it shows the mindset..

Subsidies are a drain on income and increases the fiscal deficit..Spending on education, healthcare and infrastructure would be hampered..It will create a laid back attitude and will not foster innovation

I think the rich /middle classes ought to be excluded of subsidies
 
If you are poor and you get your basic things free or subsidized it will help you to be free of worries about the basic necessities

On the other hand, if you are rich and you still clamor for subsidies, it shows the mindset..

Subsidies are a drain on income and increases the fiscal deficit..Spending on education, healthcare and infrastructure would be hampered..It will create a laid back attitude and will not foster innovation

I think the rich /middle classes ought to be excluded of subsidies
vgane ji
there is something wrong with manmohanomics . mindless growth increasing the gaps between rich,middle class and the poor and then welfare for the poor thru subsidies which reaches partially the targetted parties. it is time to have an alternative model and fresh thinking in economic terms to reduce the gaps between these classes. nehruvian socialism was much better.it is time congress and bjp do a turn around and reassess the economic policies.the wage differentials between the the poor and middle class needs to be brought down and incentives and tax breaks for rich who are industrialists should be tightly controlled.minor misdirected subsidies for middle class such as free water or discounted electricity bills do not count for much and perhaps be pocket money for a couple of packets of cigarettes or a casual drink in a five star hotel. I was only amused that I got these.
 
People who defend subsidies for particular sectors often highlight the goods or services that have been produced, or the new jobs created. What they do not normally acknowledge is that the benefits to society of that money, if it had been spent otherwise, or left in the pockets of taxpayers, might have been even greater.



Economists refer to the value of an expenditure in its highest alternative use as its "opportunity cost." The concept of opportunity cost is reasonably intuitive. At the household level, if a person spends $100 on a night on the town, that $100 is no longer available to buy necessities, like food. Similarly, if a government spends $100,000 on a bridge that few people will use, that money is not available to be spent on education, or health care, or any other government priority. Because of taxes and other feedback mechanism in an economy, the analogy between the government and a household is not perfect. But in the presence of a budget constraint, all spending decisions, at the margin, imply trade-offs.


The bureaucracy itself can present an obstacle. Government ministries rarely admit to having a vested interest in the continuation of the support programmes they administer, but it is hard to imagine total disinterest being the norm. More subtly, the bureaucratization process often feeds a pervasive notion that the subsidised activity forms part of the natural order of things. Subsidies thus metamorphosize into entitlements, and any attempt to curb them becomes politically hazardous.
 
People who defend subsidies for particular sectors often highlight the goods or services that have been produced, or the new jobs created. What they do not normally acknowledge is that the benefits to society of that money, if it had been spent otherwise, or left in the pockets of taxpayers, might have been even greater.



Economists refer to the value of an expenditure in its highest alternative use as its "opportunity cost." The concept of opportunity cost is reasonably intuitive. At the household level, if a person spends $100 on a night on the town, that $100 is no longer available to buy necessities, like food. Similarly, if a government spends $100,000 on a bridge that few people will use, that money is not available to be spent on education, or health care, or any other government priority. Because of taxes and other feedback mechanism in an economy, the analogy between the government and a household is not perfect. But in the presence of a budget constraint, all spending decisions, at the margin, imply trade-offs.


The bureaucracy itself can present an obstacle. Government ministries rarely admit to having a vested interest in the continuation of the support programmes they administer, but it is hard to imagine total disinterest being the norm. More subtly, the bureaucratization process often feeds a pervasive notion that the subsidised activity forms part of the natural order of things. Subsidies thus metamorphosize into entitlements, and any attempt to curb them becomes politically hazardous.
In india, growth coupled with welfare subsidies has been the economic model
only growth with huge money siphoned off by business houses from govt banks [made NPAs ] for business and accompanying coruption besides
welfare subsidies often misdirected and leaky for the poor has been the economic model .there was growth of 8-9 percent between 2005-2009then three years of deccelerated growth of 5-6 percent.we have lived with inflation of 8-10 percent eroding worth off money value poor being badly hit. the sum total is poor got freebies ,the rich got rich on bank money never returned and govt employees enjoyed pay revisions and pay rises undeserved. the result is for all to see.
we may blame the bureaucracy for having vested interest in welfare programmes,politicians for crony capitalism ,middle class being apathetic. t the talk of alternative spending in infra or power altering the balance between growth and welfare etc without fixing the ills of the economic model IMHO is meaningless
 
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