Firstly, what do I mean by a financial goal? For most of us, that would generally be a goal to either increase income or reduce consumer debt. Of course there may be times in our lives where we want to increase consumer debt to acquire goods and services sooner or to reduce our income as a trade off to have more time but in this article, let's set those situations aside. In particular, let's...
There is no excuse today for you to not prioritize your goals and to put them into some kind of electronic calendar, with Google Calendar, Microsoft Office and many more.
Years ago, I was working towards my black belt in karate, learning to fly, gokarting and going to the gym so I was very busy and alot of but ineffective in achieving any of my goals.
For your big goal, block out at...
Newsflash: Runescape Introduces Charting
One of the most exciting features post Grand-Exchange has got to be the new price and charting database.
For the parents reading this article, Runescape is a multiplayer adventure game played by millions of children worldwide, with at least 100,000 online at any time of the day or night. A tiny part of that game is an automated item trading system...
Fear of rejection was the thing that held me back from making friends and achieving what I want to do. Fear is an instinctive emotion designed to protect us from dire circumstances. In some cases it may be totally instinctive and in others it may be learned.
Fear of rejection was the most debilitating fear that I have ever experienced. It was the most challenging to overcome. Imagine that...
You might think that some people are just naturally successful and others are not. Perhaps that is true but I have discovered that achieving success is a skill. It cuts across most areas of human activity including health and fitness, gambling and investments.
I already have a black-belt in karate but I am now training in a mixed-martial arts style and my instructor wants me to attempt my...
Do you have a burning desire to achieve in a sport, hobby, talent or business venture but you never seem to have the time or money to achieve it?
Today I am going to talk about the importance of budgeting in relation to goal setting. For years and years I have set goals but I never used to fully fund the goals.
Before I had a home loan it was pretty easy actually, I would make a...
If you are stressed in almost any situation, chances are you need to relax more. Before we go there, let me talk about relaxing under pressure in sport and then we can talk about business and family situations.
I was down at the Martial Arts center the other day and I was training, doing a new drill that I haven't done before. As I was practicing the routine, one of the Black Belts came up...
Once you have decided on your big goal, it's time to start putting resources in place that you need. Firstly, complete a Concept Card (1), fill in the details of your coach, key advisors and key resources but right now I am only going to talk about selecting a coach.
You will probably have to pay for coaching one way or another and the reason to have a coach is to avoid the pitfalls along...
Have you ever had an argument with your partner about money? Has he or she spent more than they should? Have you over-spent and tried to cover it up to avoid a fight? I have developed a system to stop the arguments over money. I have been married for nearly 14 years and we never ever fight about money.
I will provide some simple steps for you to take to stop the arguments over money...
I met a guy on the weekend at a party. He was a pastor at a local church and had been retrenched. He had gone into part time work and was looking for a full time job. It reminded me of when I was out of work for 18 months in the last I.T. recession. So I told him about how I applied for 300 jobs in a 10 week period.
When I was unemployed, I treated my job interviews as my job. I would...
