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This piece first appeared at The Conversation.
When you think of the ideal version of your nation, it likely reflects your own values. We vote in accordance with our values and live our own lives according to them as well.
No wonder.
Critical to the success of both people and their nations are the values they adopt. Personal values are central to where people end up in life. Values influence actions and these subsequent actions help determine life’s outcomes, both in terms of happiness and financial success.
Those who value friendship over work, for example, experience a different world than their more diligent counterparts. And as it is true for you, so is it true for your country.
At the national level, cultural values influence what institutions are formed and how they perform. It is difficult to maintain a democracy if the underlying values necessary to sustain it aren’t respected in the first place.
However, and here’s the twist, the values that shape personal success aren’t always the same as those that govern national success…

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Canadian Financial Literacy

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Canadian Financial LiteracyNovember is Financial Literacy Month.   Poverty Alleviation is all year long.
November November November; the cold gale winds of November. What comes to mind when one thinks of November. In The Cold November Rain another great lyrical tune and song that best describes a hard time.
Knowledge is Power and empowerment is something else. It’s something you have that you can trade, exchange or give away freely in a best case scenario. You wouldn’t give away your money if you needed it; however you may inform and educate in a way that is conducive to giving away something important and meaningful.
Who needs help should come here ask and interact with what we as a collective have to offer freely. Who has wisdom and experience should line up to give back and pay it forward. Therefore everyone is invited to the new Investment Marketplace the have’s and the have not’s, the 99 and the 1%. Creating an even playing field for one or many, for the rich and well to do, the poor and the average Canadian…

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