Three pathways
Courses Built Around Where You Are in Your Journey
Whether you're still weighing possibilities or ready to build a revenue plan, Sukjai has a programme for your current position — not the one someone assumes you're at.
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How Sukjai Approaches Financial Learning for Adults
Our programmes follow a deliberate sequence: begin with honest self-assessment, move to financial understanding, then apply that understanding to real planning. Each course produces something tangible — a workbook, a written plan, a capstone presentation — rather than leaving participants with only notes from sessions.
We work from the principle that adults over 40 come with substantial prior experience. Our role is not to teach fundamentals from scratch but to help participants apply financial tools to their specific circumstances in Thailand. Peer discussion is central to this: what a fellow participant learned from running a small tutoring side business in Chiang Mai is often as useful as facilitator instruction.
Timing and pacing reflect the realities of working adult life. Sessions are scheduled on evenings and weekend mornings. Materials are designed to be picked up, set down, and returned to across a working week without losing thread.
Explore
Understand the options available and evaluate them honestly against your own time, skills, and financial position.
Plan
Build the financial picture of a transition or additional income path — including the parts that are less straightforward.
Build
Develop the operational and financial foundations of a sustainable additional revenue source, working at your own pace.
Course One
Exploring Income Options Beyond Your Primary Role
A supportive starting point for adults over 40 who are considering additional income channels alongside or beyond their current employment. Covers self-assessment of transferable skills, an overview of common side income models in Thailand such as consultancy, tutoring, artisan production, and digital services, and how to evaluate time and financial commitments realistically.
Participants engage in guided self-reflection exercises, peer brainstorming sessions, and receive an opportunity evaluation framework. Two live sessions and a personal skills inventory workbook are included. The course approaches the topic with warmth, recognising the thought it takes to consider new directions.
What the course covers:
- 1Self-assessment: identifying transferable skills and existing assets
- 2Overview of income models available to adults in Thailand (consultancy, tutoring, artisan, digital)
- 3Evaluating time commitment against existing responsibilities
- 4Financial viability: initial income expectations and start-up considerations
- 5Using the opportunity evaluation framework to compare options
What's included
- 2 live group sessions (3 hours each)
- Personal skills inventory workbook
- Opportunity evaluation framework
- Session recordings for review
- Peer brainstorming facilitated exercises
Duration: 2 sessions over 2 weeks | Group size: max 12 participants
What's included
- Structured budgeting workshops
- Scenario planning exercises
- 3 individual mentoring sessions
- Written transition financial plan (your output)
- Session recordings for review
Duration: 4 sessions over 4 weeks + mentoring | Group size: max 12
Course Two
Financial Planning for a Career Transition
For those who are seriously considering a shift in their working life and want to prepare financially. Examines how to calculate a transition runway, manage cash flow during a changeover period, understand severance and provident fund withdrawal implications, and set up a separate financial plan for the new venture.
Includes budgeting workshops, scenario planning exercises, and three mentoring sessions. Participants develop a written transition financial plan. The course acknowledges the emotional and practical complexity of career changes and provides a steady, structured framework for moving forward.
What the course covers:
- 1Calculating your transition runway: how long your finances can support a changeover
- 2Cash flow management during a career changeover period
- 3Severance pay and provident fund withdrawal: Thai regulations and timing
- 4Setting up a separate financial plan for the new path
- 5Scenario planning: testing your plan against different outcomes
Course Three
Building Sustainable Additional Revenue
Crafted for participants who have identified an income opportunity and want to build it into a sustainable source of revenue. Covers basic business registration in Thailand, pricing strategies, client acquisition without aggressive marketing, cash flow management for a side venture, and scaling considerations.
Five sessions, a business model canvas workshop, two advisory calls, and access to a peer support network are included. The capstone involves presenting a revenue sustainability plan. The course values thoughtful growth over rapid expansion and supports learners who prefer to build carefully.
What the course covers:
- 1Business registration in Thailand: structures, steps, and costs
- 2Pricing your service or product: frameworks and common considerations
- 3Acquiring clients and customers without heavy marketing spend
- 4Cash flow management specific to a side or new venture
- 5Scaling decisions: when and how to grow — and when not to
What's included
- 5 live group sessions
- Business model canvas workshop
- 2 individual advisory calls
- Peer support network access (ongoing)
- Revenue sustainability plan (capstone)
- Session recordings and all materials
Duration: 6 weeks | Group size: max 12 participants
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Which Course Is Right for You?
| Feature | Course 1 ฿4,200 |
Course 2 ฿10,500 |
Course 3 ฿17,500 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live group sessions | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Mentoring / advisory calls | — | 3 mentoring | 2 advisory |
| Personal workbook / plan | |||
| Peer support network access | — | — | |
| Capstone / final deliverable | Framework | Written Plan | Revenue Plan |
| Best for | Still weighing options | Ready to plan a change | Have an idea, want to build it |
Not sure which applies to you? Get in touch and we'll spend time understanding where you are before recommending anything.
Across all programmes
Shared Standards Across Every Course
Privacy in Every Session
Financial scenarios shared by participants are treated as confidential. Our facilitators do not reference one participant's situation to another.
Annual Content Updates
Materials are reviewed every January to incorporate changes to Thai tax rates, labour law, and business registration procedures.
No Product Selling
Facilitators do not sell financial products, investments, or advisory retainers within sessions. The course is the service — nothing else.
Sessions Recorded
All live sessions are recorded for enrolled participants. Recordings remain available for 90 days after the course concludes.
Feedback at Every Stage
Structured feedback is gathered after each session and again at programme close. Responses shape the next cohort's experience directly.
English with Thai Clarification
All programmes run in English with Thai clarification available throughout. Materials are provided in English; bilingual support is standard.
Not Sure Where to Begin?
That's a reasonable place to be. We'll take time to understand your situation and suggest the course that fits — or tell you honestly if none of them do right now.
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