A guide to sorting out your financial mess

Detail shot of a tensed business man isolated against black background. [Photo: Courtesy]

1.  PLAY CASHFLOW 101

This is a highly recommended financial board game that you can invest in with a few friends to help teach yourselves about money. The game was the brain child of Rich Dad, Poor Dad author, Robert Kiyosaki, to help people understand the financial concepts underlying growing wealth. According to its inventors’ own words: “CASHFLOW 101 was created as a fun, powerful, and experiential way to teach investing and wealth building. Manage assets and liabilities, trade stocks and fight your way out of the Rat Race.” The concepts that you learn and practice to perfection in a fun way while trying to get out of the rat race and onto the fast track to financial wealth during the game are the same concepts that you use to get out of the rat race in real life, some of which you may not even have thought of. There is also a Cashflow version for children if you want to get them started early.