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Moneywise

We are in the midst of
unprecedented times which
has and surely will continue to
affect our finances. Everyone
out there is now realizing how
important it is to be
economical when spending
and possibly, even try to save.
Zulfikar Rahman, The Head of
Finance and Operations at
Newscred Inc. shares his
candid thoughts on spending
wisely, saving and being more
efficient with your finances.

Smart

Saving #BetterYou

We have surely heard of the you are serious and probably, have
phrase “Money cannot buy the same shortcomings as the rest
happiness” but these mostly came of us. My goal is to give some
from those who have a lot of ideas that I personally have been
money. In reality, when you don’t using which have proven to be
have money or have a lot of debt, fruitful. These are steps that I
it becomes a source of a lot of know work for a lot of people
stress, pain and frustration. It and is already making my financial
impacts not just on your mental life a lot better. I honestly wish
state but even your loved ones. that I had applied these earlier in
But it’s not easy to suddenly make my career where I was making a
a lot of money now, is it? To add mere 4,000tk as a Trainee
to that, everywhere we go, online Accountant. It took a month to
or physically, we are constantly make that amount and only three
tempted by products and services days to spend it all. Not to
that might not be essential for us, mention, regret and shamelessly
but they entice you and before repeating these actions time and
you even know it, you’ve paid for time after. But hey, better late
it only to never use it. Sounds than never right?
familiar? What’s always a good first step, be
If you’ve read this far and are still it in business or personal finances,
reading this, it clearly means that is to look back at what we have

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