Vik Dulat: Sharing is Caring
Hard work equals Success

I was in Toronto over the July 4th long weekend and I had a chance to hang out with some young guns.  (19-21 years old)  All of them had a part time or full time job but what I found discouraging was that they did not value the money they earned.
Here are some examples:
Buying food [...]

I am still shocked at how many do not carpool when they live next to each other and work at the same workplace.  There are many benefits to carpooling.
Save money: This is a no brainer.  If you carpool, you take turns driving and this saves money.
Saves the environment: I don’t how you feel about the [...]

Here’s a no brainer.  The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer.  This all comes down to one thing: your habits
Just because a rich person is rich does not mean, they will not try to find a bargain.  If you can save $5 or $10 here, why not save it.  Most people [...]

My friend (won’t mention his real name) lives downtown Vancouver. He is literally 2 minutes away from GM Place and he has a 2 bedroom apartment (approx. 840 square feet). Regular rent goes for $2200/month. He knows the owner of the apartment, so he gets its for $1,600/month. This is where [...]

I always hear comments such as, “Wow, that person is rich because he/she makes $300,000/year.”  Just because someone makes that amount of money, doesn’t make them rich.  A person can be making $300,000/year but if they spending more than they earning, they are in fact in debt.
They might be able to have a buy more [...]

It is safe to say that a child is molded by the way he/she was brought up.  I am fortunate to have great parents.  Below are 10 things they taught me about money:

It is a lot easier to spend the money than to earn it.
Keep [...]

Just wanted to give a quick heads up about Earth Hour 2009.  At 8:30 pm local time, please shut off your lights for 1 hour.  My blog will also be part of this.  I have installed a wordpress plugin called Earth Hour Plugin by Brave New Code.

You will be saving the planet and saving yourself [...]

Are you still buying bottled water?  Can you imagine the money you will be saving if you just drank tap water.  Before you say, ” Vik, bottled water is better for you.”  I suggest you watch the video below.

Now that you have seen the video, I suggest you stop buying bottled water immediately and put [...]

This weekend was one of the best weekends I have had in my 24 year illustrious career. So how did I get a $735 for $28? This was all due to volunteering.

I volunteered for a wonderful non for profit organization named VIBC. I was a team liaison for one of the 8 teams competing in [...]