Last week I managed to catch another millionaire by chance. Unfortunately I didn’t have a pen and paper on hand to record all the tidbits he gave me, but something he said really stuck with me. He said people who make money have learnt how to lose their fear of poverty or of being poor. That the fear is what keeps most folk in the middle class, with a bond and a whole lot of debt. I’ve been trying to wrap my mind around that but I can’t say it’s really sunk in.But anyway! While we try to get over our fear, we continue on this money journey. Let’s talk about bargain hunting for a moment.If you have access to DStv, I’m pretty sure you’ve watched this show called “Extreme Couponing”. If you haven’t, it’s about a bunch of crazy Americans who buy all their groceries with coupons. Now these coupons come in newspapers and spreads. These people go through other people’s trash to find as many as they can sometimes, then they spend hours categorising and cataloguing them. Like ... it’s a real...
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