Good Habits Will Create Success for Your Financial Security

We have identified the secret key ingredient of successful people is DESIRE. Their desire above others to come out on top.

From soccer Liverpool were 3-0 down at half time against A C Milan in the European Cup Final. Very easy to give in because of the daunting task to be successful from this position. Their captain Steven Gerrard gave an inspirational speech at half time and he was instrumental in turning around the second half to draw 3-3 at 90 minutes, followed by a goalless extra-time. Then Liverpool went on to win on penalties when their future had looked impossible an hour and a half earlier.

All down to Steven Gerrard’s desire to be a winner and overcome adversity to lift the European Cup for the team he had supported from childhood.

Because he always had his Big Picture in his mind.

From your personal plan you have your Big Picture. Where you want to be. How you are going to get there. What you have to do to be a financially organised person and achieve Your Financial Security is to be DISCIPLINED.

What does, being DISCIPLINED look like?

Going back to our mantra of -Don’t trust to luck - financially organised people will keep on top of their finances.

This begins with consistently REVIEWING your financial plan for Your Financial Security. Exactly as an airline pilot will consistently review conditions and the performance. Is the plane still on track to get to its destination?

I would see my clients every six months for a review and I recommend you do the same. Firstly keep your paperwork filed in order to make reviews easy and save you time. This is what financially organised people do.

Are you sticking to your budget and you controlling your spending rather than the other way round? Because this frees up the balance of money that you will be investing in Your Financial Security.

Then you review what is happening with your investments. Are they on track and what ACTION is required.

The airline pilot will review the position of the plane. Take into account the current and possible future conditions. Then make appropriate adjustments.

It’s exactly the same to achieve Your Financial Security.

What is your PLAN – what is your desired destination?

REVIEW your current position - Where you are in line with your PLAN.

ADJUST accordingly - To stay on course for YOUR FINANCIAL SECURITY.

Your Own Personal Support

No one is pretending this is easy so you need your inspiration along the way to remind yourself WHY you are doing this.

You have made your PLAN so you have your BIG PICTURE. But this is in writing – so turn it into a picture board format.

Have a montage of individual pictures that you can post somewhere where you will constantly see it. This could be in your diary; on your opening page for your computer. Possibly inside your wardrobe door. But a private and special place for you to be constantly inspired.

These pictures could be of places that you want to travel to. Pictures of the important people in your life. Waving ‘the boss’ good-bye. A picture of someone trekking, fishing, sailing. Doing charity work. Or just someone lying in a hammock with their hat pulled over their eyes.

Whatever these pictures are, they must be special to INSPIRE you. To get to where you DESIRE to be.

Then you will literally have a constant reminder of the BIG PICTURE for WHY you are being organised and disciplined so that you can achieve YOUR FINANCIAL SECURITY.