Find your Financial Freedom
Let LifeAssist support you and your household on your personal and collective journey to financial wellbeing. If you are just getting started, have wandered off track, or are well on your way to achieving your goals, you have arrived at a safe space – this zone focuses on money matters, with content and interactive tools that you can use as stepping stones to pave the way to financial freedom.
- Feel free to share this link or content so that others can embark on their own journey right here, online.
- Build financial stability in your home: Encourage all who are financially dependent on you – your partner, relatives, children, and domestic helpers – to work with you to reduce financial stress. If you need a conversation-starter, invite them to watch the videos with you.
- Get professional help: Reach out to a Financial Coach or Debt Counsellor at LifeAssist. You have nothing to lose, and everything to gain by being prepared and working toward your financial goals.
Your Budget
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SAVE R6000
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Set Financial Goals
Its time to set some financial goals that are realistic and that you can stick to.
Money Personality
Are you flash with your cash? What is your money personality?
Your Financial Services Benefits
Learn more about the free Financial Coaching offered by LifeAssist to help you and your household members to find financial freedom.
Putting first things first: How to get started on the road to financial freedom.
INTRODUCTION:
To improve your financial wellbeing, you first need to be honest about your spending patterns.
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PART ONE:
Do you have a good Relationship with money?
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PART TWO:
How a spending plan can help you to set financial goals and keep track of your spending.
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PART THREE:
How to deal with family responsibilities.
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PART FOUR:
How to manage Debt better.
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PART FIVE:
How to Balance your Budget.
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