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Your savings, believe it or not, affect the way you stand, the way you walk, the tone of your voice. In short, your physical well-being and self-confidence. A man without savings is always running. He must. He must take the first job offered, or nearly so. He sits nervously on life’s chairs because any small emergency throws him into the hands of others.
Without savings, a man must be too grateful. Gratitude is a fine thing in its place. But a constant state of gratitude is a horrible place in which to live. A manwith savings can walk tall. He may appraise opportunities in a relaxed way, have time for judicious estimates and not be rushed by economic necessity.
A man with savings can afford to resign from his job if his principles so dictate. And for this reason he’ll never need to do so. A man who can afford to quit is much more useful to his company, and therefore more readily promoted. He can afford to give his company the benefit of his most candid judgments.
A man with savings can afford the wonderful privilege of being generous in family or neighborhood emergencies. He can take the level stare of any man … friend, stranger or enemy. That ability shapes his personality and character.
The ability to save has nothing to do with the size of income. Many high-income people spend it all. They are on a treadmill, darting through life like minnows.
If you don’t need money for college, a home or retirement, then save for self-confidence. The state of your savings does have a lot to do with how tall you walk.
Your savings, believe it or not, affect the way you stand, the way you walk, the tone of your voice. In short, your physical well-being and self-confidence. A woman without savings is always running. She must. She must take the first job offered, or nearly so. She sits nervously on life’s chairs because any small emergency throws her into the hands of others.
Without savings, a woman must be too grateful. Gratitude is a fine thing in its place. But a constant state of gratitude is a horrible place in which to live. A woman with savings can walk tall. She may appraise opportunities in a relaxed way, have time for judicious estimates and not be rushed by economic necessity.
A woman with savings can afford to resign from her job if his principles so dictate. And for this reason she’ll never need to do so. A woman who can afford to quit is much more useful to her company, and therefore more readily promoted. She can afford to give her company the benefit of her most candid judgments.
A woman with savings can afford the wonderful privilege of being generous in family or neighborhood emergencies. She can take the level stare of any man … friend, stranger or enemy. That ability shapes her personality and character.
The ability to save has nothing to do with the size of income. Many high-income people spend it all. They are on a treadmill, darting through life like minnows.
If you don’t need money for college, a home or retirement, then save for self-confidence. The state of your savings does have a lot to do with how tall you walk.
Yeah we agree! Financial literacy and financial independence is as important for women as for men. Money has no gender and anyways in today’s world gender roles are fading. so please whenever possible encourage women in your lives to manage their finances.
[…] want to end with a well-written poem about “A Man with Savings” that makes the point much better than I ever could with all the math & personal […]
Good day! This post could not be written any better!
Reading through this post reminds me of my old room mate!
He always kept chatting about this. I will
forward this write-up to him. Fairly certain he will
have a good read. Thank you for sharing!