February 4, 2026 | 7:00am
Listening to her, I realized that poetry and FQ have more in common than we might think.
We often imagine poetry as purely involving our Emotional Emong and finance as cold calculation by our Makatwirang Mak. But real poetry is not indulgent. It is restrained. It chooses what to include—and what to leave out. The same is true of sound financial decisions. Financial Intelligence is not so much about having more money. It is about giving meaning to the money we already have.
Poetry values clarity. It asks, What is essential?
So does FQ.
