Quote Originally Posted by C-Bear View Post
Save. You can't really build up any sort of strong financial position without first having developed the saving habbit. Start by saving 10% of your monthly income and putting it aside. Try to get this up to 20%, 30% and ideally 50%. As you grow in your career be very aware, and try to avoid of what happens to most people on the planet and that is: as income rises, so do expenses.

If you have savings, you'll be in a much better position to take risks with things like investments or even becoming an entrepreneur.
Yes, when you can build (save) a crisis account for emergencies then you can look into other things like short term and long term. No point in putting money aside when you have nothing for those "surprises" coming up in life.