My wife and I came from financially challenged families. My father worked overseas as a security guard and a swimming pool cleaner to support nine members of the family, while my mother-in-law had several hustles — from part-time tutorials to selling products — to support five members as a single mom. From nine years old, I woke up at 2AM every day to help my parents prepare chicken to sell in the market until I finished high school.
We are so blessed to have attended a financial literacy training in 2013. We learned that becoming financially independent may be a long journey, but families that aren't educated on how to begin will not make it. Statistics say only around 2% of the population reaches financial independence.
After five years of sacrifice and commitment to our strategy, we were able to leave our jobs and educate families full-time. We built portfolios across paper assets, real estate, businesses, and commodities. We're not finished — but we're on track toward our financial independence target.