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Financial discipline is key to success

As a child, my parents taught me the importance of thrift, a lesson that I never took seriously. Throughout my childhood, I was a heedless spendthrift and fool who parted with his money as fast as it came my way.

At school, I would squander my pocket money by mid-term, only to end up begging for bus fare on closing day.

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