Week's Round-up

Howdy!! I am hoping all has been well for you this past week, it has been a great week for me. While I had a good time with my family I indulged in keeping my frugal self educated. Down here I have rounded-up some of the best trending blog posts and news on the www. Check them out.

1.  5 Tips for Planning a Frugal DIY Tour

You don't have to pay big bucks for the trip of a lifetime.
Tours can be a perfect way to explore a new area without having to plan much. If money is tight right now, consider designing your tour yourself so you can spend less on a great trip. 

"The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up." 

~Paul Valery 

2.  Money Tips: Kim Kardashian shares money tips  

The star goes on to reveal she has discovered that the more money she makes, the less she spends, adding, "I'm really conservative even though it seems like I buy a lot and I have a lot, I don't go crazy like I used to... I thought the more money I made, that I would spend more. And that's the opposite. The more money that I make, the more I want to save. I didn't think it would be like that and I've actually surprised myself."

"An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox." -Lao Tzu

 

 3. Frugal When They Don't Have to Be

  While the popular perception of millionaires is that they are more ostentatious than frugal, recent research shows that single-digit millionaires, at least, are generally far more mindful about how they save, spend and invest their money.

"Nothing is impossible, the word itself says, 'I'm possible'". -Audrey Hepburn

 4. How Millennials Define Frugality Differently

The younger generation wants experiences over things. 

“Millennials value access over ownership,” says Joan Kuhl, founder of Why Millennials Matter. 

Yes is the mother of all positive words. When you say it, something is born. -Jason Mraz

5.  Money Tips: Smart money tips for Millennials

Smart money tips for Millennials. Good read.

I learnt quite a lot going through this bookmarks and I'm hoping you'll get one or two things out of them too. 

Till next time, keep saving and living Frugal!! 

I'm out

Elvis - Frugal Kenyan

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The Six Human Needs – Tony Robbins

The Six Human Needs – Tony Robbins

How is it that one person will sacrifice his own life for another, while another will murder a stranger for sheer pleasure? What creates a Charles Manson or a Nelson Mandela? What is the force that drives and shapes all of our emotions, actions, qualities of life, and ultimately, our destinies?While each human being is unique, we also share nervous systems that function in the same way.There are also six fundamental needs that everyone has in common, and all behavior is simply an attempt to meet those six needs.
 
The Six Human Needs:
1. Certainty: assurance you can avoid pain and gain pleasure
2. Uncertainty/Variety: the need for the unknown, change, new stimuli
3. Significance: feeling unique, important, special or needed
4. Connection/Love: a strong feeling of closeness or union with someone or something
5. Growth: an expansion of capacity, capability or understanding
6. Contribution: a sense of service and focus on helping, giving to and supporting others.
 
This drive is encoded in our nervous system.The means by which people meet these six human needs are unlimited. For example, one of the six human needs is the desire for certainty that we can avoid pain and gain pleasure (i.e. comfort). Some people pursue this need by striving to control all aspects of their lives, while others obtain certainty by giving up control and adopting a philosophy of faith.
 
Variety makes us feel alive and engaged. Then there’s the desire for significance—a belief that one’s life has meaning and importance. Some individuals will pursue this need by competing with others, or by destroying and tearing down those around them. Others may strive to fulfill this need through connection with other human beings.
The force of life is the drive for fulfillment; we all have a need to experience a life of meaning.
 
Fulfillment can only be achieved through a pattern of living in which we focus on two spiritual needs:
1) The need to continuously grow; and 2) The need to contribute beyond ourselves in a meaningful way. All dysfunctional behaviors arise from the inability to consistently meet these needs. 

When our attempts to reach fulfillment fail, we will settle for comfort—or for meeting our needs on a small scale. Look to replace any dis-empowering ways of meeting your needs with things that empower and support you and others.
 
Understanding these needs, and which ones you are trying to meet in any given moment, can help you create new patterns that lead to lasting fulfillment.

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