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I am going to achieve financial freedom in 5 years.


And you can too.

Hi, I am Manoj Padki, your Financial Freedom Guide. What do I mean by that term? It's very simple:

You are financially free when your passive income exceeds your expenses.

I plan to share all the details of my personal adventure to financial independence on this website. I also provide all kinds of tools to help you get there. I hope it inspires you to embark on your own journey.

If you look on the web for information about financial freedom, you will see millions of website promising you the quickest way to making millions of dollars. They talk about joining affiliate programs or network marketing ventures. They are all talking about the making of more money.

I know that making more money is important, but I also know that it is just ONE part of a three-part puzzle.

Financial Offense

One part is making more money - what I call financial offense. This is all about finding different and more efficient ways of making money.

And if you are serious about financial freedom, the most desirable form of income is passive income - income you earn without spending significant amounts of time. You can earn a lot of passive income by using a variety of avenues, such as rental real estate or dividends or online business or network marketing.

Financial Defense

The next part is learning to use your money wisely and efficiently - what is known as financial defense. The world has seen too many people who earned a whole lot of money, which did not stay with them for long. These people had not learned the habits of financial defense, and so the money that came into their lives was not respected. As a result many of them ended up broke.

Financial defense gets much less press online than does financial offense, the sexy part, but financial defense skills are critical if you want to be truly financially free.

Know Thyself!

What is the third piece of the puzzle? The third and most critical piece is your personal psychology. We all know people who have sabotaged their own lives - in spite of best intentions, knowledge and advice. We all have done it in our lives to various degrees.

What causes us to sabotage our own lives? This is a question that gets debated a lot in psychology, metaphysics and even theology circles! What I know is that unless you know what makes you tick and know how to work with your own self, your chances of becoming financially free are low.

My Plan

I am on my own journey to financial freedom. I have created a plan that will get me there in 5 years. It comprises

I am also going to make sure I have accountability structures (such as a Mastermind group) in place that make sure that I follow through on all these ideas.

I expect to see all these pieces of this puzzle develop and mature and ultimately to culminate in financial freedom! (March 2010 update here).

I will detail my progress on this website. I will tell you what works and what does not. I hope to inspire you to undertake your own voyage to financial independence!

Financial Freedom Guide Blog
The Financial Freedom Guide Blog keeps you up-to-date with all postings and news about achieving long-term financial freedom, related book and product reviews and much much more.

Know Thyself!
Know Thyself! Self-knowledge is an essential part of the journey to financial freedom.

Financial Defense
Financial defense is taking good care of the money that flows through your life. Key techniques include living below your means (also known as LBYM), automating your finances and budgeting.

Financial Offense
Financial offense consists of earning more money. Building streams of passive income is a key strategy for achieving financial freedom.

Dividends
Generating passive income from dividends is a key pillar of financial freedom.

Rental Real Estate
Rental real estate can be a great way of generating passive income.

Online Business
An online business offers a great avenue for generating a stream of passive income.

Network Marketing
Network Marketing can be used to build a passive stream of income.

Trading stocks, futures and currencies for passive income
Trading stocks, futures and currencies can also be used to create passive income.

Tax Lien Certificates
An article about tax lien certificates by Dr. Steve Sjuggerud about another method of generating passive income.

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