Time Is Of The Essence
Time Is Of The Essence
Recently, I was reading Brian Tracy’s book The 32 Unbreakable Laws of Money and Success. No matter how many years I have worked on goal setting, I am always interested in reading more about it to see if there is anything additional I can learn. What he said surprised me and disappointed me. “It is…
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The title above probably sounds like a pointed question. In some respects, it is. However, we all get caught up in the “race to the finish line.” Unfortunately, this often can lead to stress, unnecessary fatigue, and eventual burnout. Life doesn’t have to be that way, for any of us. I know what you are…
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When we bought 26 acres almost five years ago, our priority was to build our dream home. As we evaluated our property, we also had visions of raising animals. We were looking specifically at raising chickens, since the price of eggs was fluctuating so much. I had grown up on a farm and remembered the…
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…each of us is motivated by the size of the dream we choose to pursue.
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We are now about 50 days into the new year! If you have decided that one of your resolutions for 2025 is to update your daily routines to feel more productive, then you have discovered by now that you need to pick your morning routine wisely, as it sets the pace for the rest of…
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It’s a new year! Have you created a new budget that aligns with your goals for the year? Or are you still trying to catch up; paying for overspending on all of those Christmas gifts? As we help our daughter work through a new budget that more closely matches her income for 2025 and add…
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I was recently thinking about the way I organize my time. This is crucial when you are running a business, writing articles for publication, developing regular blogs, recording a couple of videos each month and completing occasional speaking engagements…
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Have you been through this life
stage with parents?
“Focus is often a matter of deciding what things you’re not going to do.” John Carmack I know I have written about focus before, so why keep dwelling on it? Because distractions are constant and never ending! Our phones give constant alerts, emails, text messages. Someone has a question, interrupts a conversation, walks in on…
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Do you feel as though you have too many things to remember? We are inundated with so much information each and every day, aren’t we? Some days, it’s hard to keep track of all of it! I have always been a “list maker,” and a recent event reinforced the value of making lists to…
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“If you measure something, you can understand it. If you understand it, you can control it, and if you can control it, you can improve it.” The same holds true in your monthly budgeting.
The reality is that it is nearly impossible to complete & follow a monthly budget without improving your overall financial position. There are several reasons for this, so I would challenge you to do this.
First, just developing a budget for yourself will raise your awareness of what you have for revenue or income sources and then also boost your cognizance of how much you are spending each month. Next, you will come to grips with the reality of one of three facts. Either you need to boost your income sources, reduce your outgoing expenditures or, thank goodness, if you have more income than expenses, you can then save some money. Of course, this is fantastic! You just need to determine where you will store or invest those extra funds each month…
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