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Any of these sound familiar?
When it comes to your financial plans, do you do the same? Let's have a look at what these assumptions could be costing you. 27/8/2020
Six Money Must-Do's For The Middle AgedIt's easy to understand why retirement doesn't loom large on the horizon for 20-somethings. Young workers are more concerned with kick-starting careers, not ending them in the long-distant future.
And in your 30’s, there’s probably extra mouths to feed and debt to reduce. “So what do you do?” the cardio surgeon asked. It’s an innocent enough question, but it turned out to be loaded with philosophical importance.
His eyes lit up when I said financial planner.
In the grand scheme of things, money's not that important. It's important only to the extent that it allows you to enjoy what's important to you. Despite this, a recent survey of Millennials found more than 80 per cent said their major life goal was to get rich. Another 50 per cent said that another major life goal was to become famous.
When I ask this question of my clients, it is generally not an amount of money or the material side of life that we finish up talking about.
It is the things they want to experience. Retirement ought to be the time of your life. And for many retirees that holds true.
Some would say that they were happily retired, while others wouldn’t even admit to being retired at all! That’s the point – this next phase of your life will be about living the kind of life that YOU decide. Having trouble following through on financial goals (or any goal for that matter)? Here are eight great questions that might just help.
Investment mistakes cost you money – that’s why they must be avoided.
What I’ve discovered over the years is there are only two ways to gaining the experience necessary to know how to avoid investment mistakes.
Frankly, I'm no glutton for punishment. The easy way makes sense to me. Avoid these mistakes, do better with your money and accelerate your journey to retirement happiness. This is part three of our budgeting series, showing you step by step how to take control of your money and get on track for a stress free retirement. If you missed them, links to Part 1 and 2 are below. Thanks Mike and Helen for allowing me to share how you saved more than $15,000 per annum, using our "9 Pro Tips". Mike and Helen are super determined to build some new habits now so they can remain living the good life well in to retirement.
They are showing us all how to get it done!! OK, so now we have debunked some myths about budgeting, are you ready to take control of your money, so you can stress less about retirement, and live a better life too?
Here are 9 tips gleaned from 30 years of helping people with their money. Follow these, and you will be saving money like a pro in no time. |
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