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The target audience for this post is me alone. This is to record my thoughts about being a better blogger. So it’s okay for you to skip this one.
I have come to understand the futility of “telling” something to readers. It sounds preachy. Good in theory, but ain’t practical.
Like the one I read on a billboard today: “Let us strive to make tomorrow better than today”.
Does it make an impact on you and me? Not really, because it’s “telling” me to do something rather than “showing” me what to do!
“Telling” is like saying: “Take my advice. I don’t use it anyway”.
I think there can be a better way. Instead of the preachy “do’s” & “don’ts” of personal finance, there could be a way to “show” the way to manage your money.
How? That’s a million dollar question that I have to struggle with.
Example: Instead of talking about the benefits of budgeting (theory and preachy part), I can show you the “Personal Finance Tracker”. See this screen shot below:
Personal Finance Tracker: Budget Chart
Hey, I told you this post is for me trying to show myself to write better. Now that you’ve come thus far, let me know if you think I’m on the right track.
Thanks! I promise I’ll get better and better 
Btw, if you want to try out the tracker application, you can download it for free from Zoho Creator’s Marketplace. It’s featured right on the top!!
I edit Personal Finance Online Resources, nurture Financial Literacy Foundation, deliver Financial Awareness Workshops and have built a desktop RupeeManager.
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Ranjan
If I get it correct , Do you mean, That just letting people know what we are doing about something ourselves or what is a good way to so some stuff , is more effective than telling them explicitely that they “should do this or should not do that” . Is that you point ?
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thanks very much for this service.kindly post your views on ulip polices.
thanks in advance.
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