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ABOUT THIS BLUEPRINT
After almost four years of being broke, busted and disgusted, I decided
to take charge of my life and make a turnaround. That was June 10,
2015.
Doing the strategy outlined in this blueprint, I was able to get out of
my debts in one and half years, and achieved one million peso in my
UITF account in two years. In addition, my wife and I were able to build
an Emergency fund where a million peso from it was used for the down
payment of the apartment we are purchasing. And these were all done
at the same time.
I am sharing this to you so that you, too, can gather ideas that you
may use for your personal finance. This blueprint can be useful even if
you are just starting with your financial freedom journey. You don’t
need to become broke first before you can apply the strategy.
Financial Freedom is not about the amount of money, but it’s more
about being able to provide our lifestyle. That’s the moment we won
the money game.
These topics are very broad, but we will only discuss what I used in the
process of my financial journey.
PART 1 – YOU FIRST!
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” – Proverbs
4:7
This is the biggest task that you should be working with. It’s been said
that “You become what you think about” so it is highly recommended
that you will take a good look about yourself first - your philosophies
and mindset about life.
If you want to have a change in your life, you have to change. And the
first place to look at is what’s on your mind.
“I have set before you, life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose
life in order that you may live, you and your descendants.” –
Deuteronomy 30:19
Most people will tell you that money is evil. But the truth is that money
has no moral sense of being right or wrong. Life only comes to it by the
person who holds it and what to do with it.
Money is a tool that can change your life - it could be used for good or
for evil.
We are given choices – good or evil. Choose the good one as what God
asks us to choose. Use money to do more good things, to share more
good things, and enjoy more good things.
“Suppose you want to build a tower. You would first sit down and figure
out what it costs. Then you would see if you have enough money to finish
it.” – Luke 14:28
Make an audit of how much your household is earning, and how much
your household is spending on a monthly basis (Personal Income &
Expense). Then make your budget. Managing your money allows you to
spend it all without feeling guilty. And you will learn here how to spend
all your money wisely.
ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE
“The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom. Though it cost all you
have, get understanding.” – Proverbs 4:7
Acquire wisdom no matter how much it costs. Most people don’t plan to
fail, but they fail to plan. The reason why they fail to plan is not
because of lack of knowledge. It is because most of us were fed with
the wrong information. Without wisdom, it limits us to make wise
decisions.
I started investing in stocks in 1995 and went broke in 2013. It’s not all
about stocks, but with wrong investments wanting to earn more
quickly. Even though you are in the right vehicle to get you where you
want to go if you don’t have the knowledge to drive that vehicle, you’ll
end up in the ditch. It took me too long to realize that the information
I’m following was not good enough to make me rich. I was turned
upside down before I awaken to the reality.
“The wise have wealth and luxury, but fools spend whatever they get. –
Proverbs 21:20
There is a saying that “no matter how much you earn, if you don’t keep
anything, nothing will change in your life.”
This is why you need to devise a game plan, a formula how to allocate
your earnings.
I learned about the 70-10-10-10 formula from Jim Rohn. I made it 10-
10-10-70 so that it will correspond with my philosophy. I will call it
“The Pinoy Millionaire Game Plan.” Following this game plan, you are
managing the money that is coming to your household every month.
Managing and budgeting money promote and allow you to “spend all
your money” without feeling any guilt.
The idea is like having a team of many players. Your aim is to win the
game – the money game. As I said earlier, if you arrived at the point
where you can live on passive income (even without working), then
you’ve won the game.
But to win the game, in your team, each player should play their part.
Every cent should be spent according to its purpose.
The first 10% of all my earnings is set aside to be spent for giving and
sharing. This amount will be set aside for serving my God – for my
offerings to give back a part of the blessings I received. God wants a
cheerful giver! A part of this allocation will go to charities as well.
The next 10% will be spent for building my financial freedom fund or
my money machine. This is the ball handler, the game orchestrator, the
offensive player who will make the score. To win the game, you have to
score.
This is an expense “NOW” to build the required lump sum that will
provide my family in the “FUTURE” an income from my investments.
Although the money is sitting in my investment (retirement fund), this
money is not mine right “NOW” but it will be mine in the “FUTURE”.
I am building a lump sum where the interest income alone should be
big enough to be able to support our lifestyle even without working
again if we choose to. This is the golden goose; and the golden goose
should not be killed and butchered. That golden goose will then be
passed on to our children and grandchildren as inheritance to change
my family’s destiny.
Also from this allocation, I will slowly pay off any debts and at the same
time, slowly build my Emergency Fund.
The remaining 70% will be spent to provide support for my family – the
rent or pay mortgage for a warm shelter, insurance coverage, the food
to eat, clothes to wear, for pleasure and enjoyment, etc.
Some part of this allocation (10% of your total income) will go to a long
term savings for spending intended for big ticket items like buying a
car, family vacation, sail a cruise, etc.
Following this game plan, your money will be well-spent up to the last
cent every month.
SET YOUR GOAL AND PURPOSE
“The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is
hasty comes only to poverty.” – Proverbs 21:5
Without a goal and purpose, you will go nowhere. You will simply drift
by where the wind blows you and take whatever life throws at you.
Set out your goals – retirement fund or your financial freedom fund,
your emergency fund, debts repayment, insurance and healthcare,
financial goals for buying a car, education, vacations, etc.
“I have plans to prosper you, not to harm you. I have plans to give you a
future filled with hope.” – Jeremiah 29:11
Most of us Filipinos were able to earn more than a million pesos during
our lifetime. Unfortunately, we don’t have the knowledge how to handle
those millions that have come and pass through our hands. We earned
a lot of money but have nothing to show for it in our bank account. This
blueprint will change that situation.
I say again, wealth is not only about money. There are other things
more important than money. Having Financial Freedom will allow you to
concentrate on things that are more important than money.
Now that you were able to solve your money problem, you can now
solve your other problems with style.
PART 2 - LEARN TO EARN
“By the sweat of your brow, you will produce food to eat until your
return to the ground…” – Genesis 3:19
I used to clean yachts, office cleaning, mowing lawns and home repairs
to earn extra income. But these are not passive, these are jobs. Right
now, I am building a source of passive income doing part time business
in Internet Marketing to market my own products.
One of the effective ways to save is to follow the Millionaire Game Plan
discussed earlier. Adjust the allocation to fit your current lifestyle if
necessary. If you can’t do the 10-10-10-70 allocation, you can make it
1-1-1-97. It’s not the amount that counts; it’s the habit you are
forming that will make the difference. And since you are not putting
your focus and attention to manage your money, more money will
come to you to manage.
Know this, if you can’t manage a single peso, you can’t manage a
bigger amount. That’s the Universal Law, you can’t break it. This is the
reason why we hear the phrase, “The rich get richer while the poor get
poorer.” You have to be worthy to manage small amount first, before
you will be worthy to manage bigger amount.
THE ART OF GIVING
“Bring one-tenth of your income into the storehouse so that there may be
food in my house. Test me in the way, says the LORD. See if I won’t
open the windows of heaven for you and flood you with the blessings.” –
Malachi 3:10
The verse above is the principle that caught my attention to set the
first 10th of the Millionaire Game Plan as the top priority. I take this
amount out first every time I receive any income.
You may say that it’s not anymore the era about giving tithes or the
tenth of all your income, but it’s a good place to start to practice with
my giving and sharing.
“A godly life brings huge profits to people who are content with what
they have.” – 1Timothy 6:6
The 70th part (Lifestyle) of the Millionaire Game Plan should be allotted
to support your lifestyle. All your expenses will be covered by this
allocation.
Reminder: It’s not the amount of money you manage that counts; it’s
the habit of managing your money is more important. Do not save and
invest too much that you deny yourself with leisure and other aspects
of your life. The fruits of your labor are only important if you have your
life to enjoy it. The journey is much more important than the
destination. Arriving at the finish line (your goal) is only the crowning
moment of all your efforts.
Nothing better than how Apostle Paul said about contentment – the art
of living well: “I have learned to be content whatever the circumstance.
I have experienced times of need and times of abundance. In any and
every circumstance I have learned the secret of contentment, whether I
go satisfied or hungry, have plenty or nothing. I can do everything
through Christ…” – Philippians 4:11-13
You have to make sure that your income should be bigger than your
expenses. Buy the things that are in your “NEEDS”. The “WANTS”
where you can live without should be minimized or totally avoided
temporarily while you are still in the accumulation phase in building
your financial assets.
Insurance and health care are expenses. These are very important to
have them as a part of your defensive game. I have to protect me and
my wife as the main sources of our household income with proper
insurance and health care coverage.
We all know we are going to die; we just don’t know when. We all know
that we are going to grow old, but we just don’t know how long we live.
We have to prepare for what is coming – die too soon or live too long.
For us who live in France which is a socialist country, the social security
pays most of the medicals and health care. Of course, this is not free.
It’s deducted from our salary every month. In addition, I have to get an
extra private health care to allow me to be covered 100% with all our
medical and health care expenses.
Peter Lynch in his book suggests that you buy your own house first
before you go investing your money in the stock market. This is
because in most cases, a house or a condominium will be a sure
money-maker.
Your rent or mortgage should come from the Lifestyle allocation of the
Millionaire Game Plan. If you are renting a house or apartment, the
money you paid for the rent is totally gone. But if you are paying for
your own house or condominium, you are actually investing your
money. Over time, the value of the property will increase. If you are
lucky enough, the price will double even before you paid out the total
cost of the house or apartment.
The third 10% (Active Capital) should be put into play at once to pay
out debt and building your Emergency Fund.
If you have debts, split the 10% allocation for both Emergency Fund
and debt repayment.
BE DEBT-FREE
If you have debts, consolidate all into one package then negotiate to
pay every month the smallest amount possible. The idea is to slowly
pay off your debts. And while writing off your debts, you are also
accumulating cash for your emergency fund.
Once you get out of debt, stay away from getting into any debt trouble
again. Owe no one, period. Be FREE and never be a slave of any other
people ever again!
His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been
faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come
and share your master’s happiness!’” – Matthew 25:20 - 21
Money that you put to work, earns income for you. So let’s make our
money grow.
The second 10th (Passive Capital) of the Millionaire Game Plan should
be put into play and work hard at once to make the score to win the
game.
And since this is for building wealth for my retirement fund, I use the
Cost Average strategy, and the Buy & Hold strategy. Simply put, I will
buy additional investments with a certain amount in every month, then,
hold them. Setting up my account to make auto-investment every
month, I won’t be bothered to access my account to submit an order.
The system will do it every month for me.
Once you’ve paid off your debts and have 3-6 months of expenses in
your Emergency Fund, then you begin to allocate this part to build your
part time passive business for another source of passive income.
Building your part time passive business will allow you to transition
yourself from employed into an entrepreneur.
The only way to win the money game is to have many sources of
passive income enough to support your lifestyle.
The two sources of passive income that we should build are passive
investment income and passive business income.
Investment income will come from your investments like stocks, mutual
funds, UITS, bonds, money market and the like.
Passive business income will come from your business like apartment
rent, book royalties, internet marketing, parking lots and other
businesses that you were able to systemize to work even without you
working in it.
If you reach the point where your passive income can pay for your
lifestyle, even without you working, that is the time that you won the
money game. Your passive income will provide your financial needs.
Your money is working for you, not you working for it. You are now
living financially free!
There’s enough wealth for all of us, just claim what’s ours. Don’t fail
Him. Commit yourself to achieving your Financial Freedom and be the
manifestation of His power and blessings.
PAYING IT FORWARD
Thank you for reading this blueprint. It is not by chance that this
blueprint has reached you. You now have the ideas how to win the
money game, so it is now your turn to do the favor to help others:
First, please go back to the download page and leave your comment
(https://goo.gl/mD2VsN). This will be helpful if you can leave even a
short message recommending this blueprint to others who will visit
the page.
Second, share this blueprint or the link to a friend or relative or to as
many as you can that you think will benefit from these ideas. Who
knows, this might be the best gift you can offer them.
God bless!
Jun Pasion
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