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The Repercussions Of Not Understanding Our Numbers in Business

Financial literacy should be taught as part of growing up, as much as learning to drive a car is. It’s the knowledge that ensures a family is thriving within its financial means, or that keeps an individual financially savvy and secure. When it comes to managing a business, especially a micro-business, financial literacy is as essential as the product/service knowledge within your area of expertise.

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We Can Create A Generation Of Money-Savvy Kids By Teaching Financial Literacy

There’s that old saying that no one likes to hear: Money won’t solve a money problem. We don’t like to hear it because it means we have to be accountable for the reasons there’s a shortage. Is it an inability to manage money? Is it an inability to earn enough? Understanding how to budget and manage your living expenses is an essential skill. WIthout this knowledge, a university degree or a great job will still not sustain your children as adults.

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How Knowing Your Numbers Can Save The Day

One of the things we love to do at Accounting Heart is to champion financial confidence and one of the ways we do this is by having quarterly catchups to talk all things numbers…profit & loss, balance sheet, break-even, budgets, cashflow, long term forecasts, tax etc. Sounds like fun, I know ?. In recently preparing for one of these catchups I opened up our client’s Xero file to find a very different set of numbers to what I was expecting, and the colour drained from my face.

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5 Steps To Take Charge Of Your Finances For A Life You’ll Love

The super gender gap. The ‘glass ceiling’. No doubt you’ve heard of them – the media often reminds us of the fact women are not earning equal pay for equal work. It’s also a fact that women generally take more time off from full or part-time work to care for children or elderly parents. It all adds up to a financial future that’s anything but certain. As a result, we women need to be super savvy in how we handle our finances.

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