Are you the “Boss” of your money? Or do you tend to slip when it comes to personal finances?
In case your boss decides to fire you, will you be rattling on how to find another source of income? Or have you prepared for it just in case?
Are you working hard for your money? Or is your money working HARDER for you?
Discover your financial health today! Take the Colayco Foundation’s Financial Fitness Quiz to find out. Click the picture below to start taking the quiz!
by: Francisco J. Colayco
It may be that readers may be less interested in the analysis of a business. However, I’d like to address those who might want to learn for a business they now have or for their planning of a future business.
Break-even in business means how much you need to sell (i.e., how 
many units of products you need to sell at a given unit price) so that you will be able to sustain your business. Break-even does not mean you are losing money but it also does not mean that you are making money. If your sales are below your break-even, you will be incurring losses and if it is higher, your will be making money.
For big businesses, there will be finance people who can do all the required analysis. However, for a small business, the owner will have to do the analysis himself and it may not be so easy for those who do not really have experience. I will try to help you to compute break-even. You do not have to think in a complicated way. You can just use the simplest forms possible.
5. The basis for determining your break-even sales is your sales price per unit of your product (e.g. per kg, or per piece or per hour, etc, etc).
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“Nang Magising Si Juan” is not your ordinary financial literacy program. This comedy-reality show is set to educate, relate, entertain and inspire by tackling common money issues every Filipino can relate to. This show not only teaches practical and doable financial management, but also promotes positive values and corrects wrong mindsets in and beyond the topic of money.
The driving point of the whole show is this: Beyond the how-to, it’s the essence, the core principles and the right attitude applied that can truly make a difference.
To further emphasize the importance of practical application of principles, this show features a social experiment on the show’s main character. The goal is to enlighten him and improve his financial situation. As a relatable character, the show aims to inspire the audience and send them the message, “Kung kaya niya, kakayanin niyo rin.”
“Nang Magising si Juan” is named as such because it directly reflects the perceptions, attitudes and habits of Filipinos and tries to serve as a wake-up call. On the other side of the coin, this show also reinforces the value of getting up and actually doing something to achieve one’s personal goals and dreams.
The main character is Ariel Villasanta, a real-life comedian who got his share of the limelight and extravagant living but is now struggling with debt. Refusing to come to terms with reality, he projects a flamboyant image and lives in a big house, but with no electricity. (To which he puts a signage on his gate for all his neighbors to see: “Support Earth Hour Every day!”)
His anxiety about his finances urges him to talk to the financial guru in the show he writes in, “Feeling Close with FJC”. This show-within-a-show is a parody of a typical business & finance show: stiff sofas, big potted plants, tacky background design and lounge music playing. This will be used as a platform to deliver the financial principles and techniques that Ariel will process throughout the show. The show’s star, real-life award-winning financial guru Mr. Colayco, a wise but brutally frank man, corrects Ariel’s wrong perspectives and pushes him to change with challenging questions.
Along with other characters (played by non-actors), Ariel encounters different financial issues that plague the common Pinoy. Mr. Colayco gives practical advice and techniques in layman’s terms. Ariel puts some of it to practice, some he willfully ignores to do his own “diskarte”(not without amusing consequences of course).
In his journey to financial literacy and freedom, Ariel discovers that there’s more to managing wealth than just accumulating money and becoming rich. He also learns the values of self-discipline, hard work and even self-worth and generosity that improve his quality of life in a way more than money can.
Nang Magising Si Juan is open for commercial advertisements for more information email partnerships@colaycofoundation.com
ni: Francisco J. Colayco
*unang lumabas sa Bulgar noong Oktubre 20, 2012*
Ang ilan sa mga pinakamayamang tao sa mundo ay ilan din sa pinakamapagbigay. Tinuturing mo ba ang pagsuporta sa charity, pagbibigay donasyon, at pagbabahagi ng biyaya bilang bahagi ng buhay ng mga matagumpay na tao at organisasyon?
Ilan sina Warren Buffet at Bill Gates sa mga kahangahangang mayayamang tao.
Pareho silang nagbibigay ng napakalaking halaga sa charity, kaya nga kahit paano pati mana ng kanilang mga anak ay naaaapektuhan rin. Pinaplano nilang limitahan ang halagang ipapamana sa kanilang mga anak samantalang balak naman nilang ibigay bilang donasyon ang karamihan ng kanilang yaman sa mga charity o kaya’s sa mga pananaliksik na may positibong epekto sa lipunan. Totoong napakalaki ng halagang pwede nilang ipamana sa kanilang mga anak kaya naman hindi mararamdaman ng kanilang mga anak ang nabawas sa kanilang mana kung hindi man nila makuha lahat. Karaniwang pinapamana ng mga napakayaman ang kanilang mga ari-arian sa kanilang mga anak, hindi ba? Pero hindi ganoon sila Warren Buffet at Bill Gates.
Maaaring hindi ko laging pinagtutuunan ng pansin ang espritwal na aspekto
ng pagpapalago ng yaman kapag nagsasalita ako sa publiko, nagbibigay ng seminar, o tuwing nagsusulat ako ng libro at mga artikulo. Kasi naman, naniniwala akong ang 99% ng mga nakikinig sa akin o nagbabasa ng mga isisnulat ko ay hindi lamang nagnanais matuto para sa sarili nilang pakinabang, kung hindi ay para na rin sa kanilang pamilya at mga mahal sa buhay. Naniniwala ako na ang mga taong ganito ang pag-iisip ay mga taong marunong maging mapagbigay. Likas na sa kanila ang magbahagi. Matututo rin balang-araw ang 1% na hindi pa marunong maging mapagbigay. Matibay ang paniniwala ko sa mga kasabihang: “Kapag mas mapagbigay ka, mas lalo kang makakatanggap” at “Mas mabuting magbigay kaysa tumanggap.”
Pero paano ka makakapagbigay ng tulong kung wala ka namang pwedeng ibahagi? Nagtuturo ako na palaguin, pangalagaan, at gamitin nang tama ang pera para MAKAPAGBAHAGI tayo sa iba. Ito mismo ang inspirasyon ng aking adbokasiya.
Kung isa ka sa mga nakakaunawa ng mga simpleng konsepto ng pagtitipid at pag-iipon, masuwerte ka dahil magagamit mo ang nalalaman mo. Pero hindi ito ganoon kadali para sa ibang tao kaya kailangan nila ng oras, suporta at payo. Gayunpaman, obligasyon ng bawat isa na palaguin ang yaman dahil sa mismong dahilan na hindi natin maibabahagi ang mga bagay na wala naman sa atin.
Sana tulungan ng mga kumpanya ang kanilang mga empleyado kung mayroong pagkakataon. Kailangan nilang tulungan ang kanilang mga empleyado na maging maalam sa paghawak ng pera at hindi matutong umasa sa mga credit card and credit union loans.
Ang pagtitipid ay ang PAGBABAYAD MUNA SA SARILI. Kapag binayaran mo ang sarili mo, natitipid mo ang pera sa halip na ipamigay iyon sa tindero o taga-gawa ng produkto. Ang IPON ay gastos na ipinambibili sa magandang kinabukasan. “ON SALE” na ito dahil binibigyan ka ng maraming pagkakataon na matutunan kung paano mapalaki at mapalago ang ipon. Huwag hayaang lumampas ang pagkakataon na “BILHIN” ang iyong magandang kinabukasan!
Magpasyal sa www.colaycofoundation.com o tumawag sa 6373731 o 41 para sa karagdagnang kaalaman.