That’s wise for most people because of the oft-quoted statistic: 90 per cent of new businesses fail within the first five years of start-up! Financial guru Robert Kiyosaki’s sound advice to would-be entrepreneurs is to start small and to fail often! Do you possess the needed skills, or can you secure the requisite skills, to propel your business to eventual success? As you nurture this crucial group of supportive individuals, your twin goals should be to achieve a wise balance of healthy inter-dependence with them while avoiding the debilitating unhealthy trap of over-dependence. Furthermore almost all of us have borrowed money from, and lent money to, others.

Source: New Strait Times March 25, 2018 06:11 UTC