What Does It Mean to Own Your Dreams?

Have you ever met a person who lives by the saying “If you keep your expectations low in life, you will never be disappointed?”  Has that person experienced the fulfillment of goals?  I doubt it.  We only have one life to live, so that life needs to be lived with Intentionality. *Make a firm decision…

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Is Goal Setting a Habit for You?

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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Have You Started Yet?

I’m sure you have read numerous articles about setting goals, especially in the financial part of your life. I have no doubt that you have these objectives in mind as you work through your monthly budget and all the activities that are included in that schedule. However, while our intentions may be good, sometimes it…

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What Will Be the Key to Your Financial Success?

During a recent business trip to Florida, my wife and I had a very scary experience. On the way to Florida, we stayed in the Nashville, Tennessee area and were on our way out of our hotel one afternoon when we faced a genuine challenge. As we were entering the elevator from our third-floor room,…

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What’s Important Now? How Can You W.I.N.?

…each of us is motivated by the size of the dream we choose to pursue.

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A World Of Distractions

“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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What Are You Passionate About?

It Is Hard to Manage What You Are Not Passionate About !

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HAVE YOU EVER SAID “I DESERVE IT”?

Before buying things because you “deserve” them, try reflecting on two very important questions.

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Budget Form

“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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