Tapping into the ‘power’ to get out of the ‘poo’

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Don’t you hate it when you have poo on your shoe?  You suddenly recognize that unmistakable odour… and then you realise you can’t walk away from it… and then you see the trail you’ve left in the store!  You know what I mean, don’t you?  It’s even worse when you walk the doggie doo-doo into your own house – that really gets you in the cr#p with the family!

 

I guess by now some of you are wondering if I’m going to try and offend you some more.  Don’t worry, there is a point to my analogy.

 

Poo on your shoe makes you smell bad and leaves a messy trail that takes some cleaning up.   So the question I have for you today is this:

“do you have a trail of financial-fecal-fouling behind you?”

 

Many people who come to me for help have created a trail of money mess over several years because of poor choices and unhealthy habits.  Whilst my description may sound a little messy for you to relate to, it describes the hard times experienced by those who find themselves with “too much week at the end of their money”, “more debt than they can afford” or “arguments at home whenever money is mentioned”.

 

There is one thing you can do to help get yourself out of the ‘poo’, and that is to tap into the power of Financial Goals.

 

WAIT – DO NOT SWITCH OFF – THIS WILL HELP YOU MORE THAN YOU REALISE

 

Here are three benefits to help you to accept that Financial Goals can help you:

 

1.  Financial Goals give you an emotional motivator to change your behavior to get a better result.  By working towards something enjoyable you are satisfying the human need for recognition or reward.  If you can see a holiday at the end of your journey it may help you to stick to the program.

 

2.   Financial Goals will help you to restructure your finances and therefore create the healthy habits you need in your bank account.  By using the wisemoney system for planning your money (A-B-C-D) you can force yourself to be well disciplined.  Imagine that?!

 

3.  Financial Goals reinforce the financial success principle of delayed gratification, helping you to apply the age old secret that has helped many people become millionaires.  I promise you it will help you get out of your money mess – it will teach you not to spend money that you don’t have.

 

No matter what your circumstances you can use Financial Goals to get ahead.  I have seen families with a single income use goals to their advantage.  I have seen a beneficiary income recipient get out of debt using the power of goals.  I have seen my pre-teen children achieve amazing results because they have applied a simple strategy to put money away for things they really want.  And you can do it too.

 

I’m a big fan of using goals to help people get out of debt, and that includes making sure there’s a little reward in the process along the way.  In my book I outline a simple system for getting people out of a mess of debt, so if that decribes you make sure you go and get your copy of the book Becoming Money Wise.

 

The simple message today is – you can use the power of Financial Goals to get yourself out of the ‘poo’ and into the life you really deserve.