When discussing Financial literacy, it’s important to remember that we learned a lot of lessons from short fables, stories, and folklore. By the way, I didn’t write these stories. Just resharing them here to help jog memories with aha! moments. These stories were once pivotal as warnings or cautionary tales. When I was growing up Aesop Fables and Grimm Fairytales were amazingly dark. There were rarely happy endings with a heavy emphasis on life not being fair. Yet, they offered financial nuggets that stand the test of time. The Most Dangerous Financial Lessons Trusting Your Instincts A scorpion asks a frog to carry him over a river. The frog is…

By the way, I didn’t write these stories. Just resharing them here. These are financial lessons wrapped in life lessons. They stand the test of time. The Donkey and the Tiger The donkey told the tiger, “The grass is blue.” The tiger replied, “No, the grass is green​.” The discussion became heated, and the two decided to submit the issue to arbitration, so they approached the lion. As they approached the lion on his throne, the donkey started screaming: ′′Your Highness, isn’t it true that the grass is blue?”​ The lion replied: “If you believe it is true, the grass is blue.”​ The donkey rushed forward and continued: ′′The tiger…