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Why did a Mechanical Engineering graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) become a Licensed Financial Planner?

This is by far the question that I get asked the most when people meet up with me for the first time.

Insyaallah, i plan to do a series of post to chronicle the journey. Mana lah tau nanti kena write autobiography, content dah ada siap dah. Hahaha.

Draft Chapters:

Chapter 1: Early Childhood Exposure to Finances

Chapter 2: Working / Doing Odd Jobs to earn Money

Chapter 3: Building and Managing a Maggi Empire in Boarding School

Chapter 4: Deciding on Engineering vs Accountancy after SPM

Chapter 5: Managing my Finances independently at MIT

Chapter 6: The biggest Financial Mistake I have ever made

Chapter 7: Steps taken to resolve the impact from the Financial mistake made

Chapter 8: Starting work in Malaysia with a basic salary of RM 1,900 per month

Chapter 9: Getting married at 25, and how we managed our finances as a couple

Chapter 10: First career move – Why I decided it was worth it to breach my scholarship contract worth RM 130,000?

Chapter 11: Achieved first financial goal which was to cover the family expenses based on my own income

Chapter 12: How did we financially know we ready to have our first child?

Chapter 13: Second major career move – Why I decided to go overseas to work?

Chapter 14: Coming back to Malaysia, a greater calling.

Chapter 15: Dabbling in the financial services sector as an agent – why I did it?

Chapter 16: The Push Factor

Chapter 17: The Big Why

Chapter 18: Taking the Certification

Chapter 19: Meeting with my partners

Chapter 20: Starting the business

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