by admin | Apr 12, 2015 | 52 Week Accountability Challenge
In the pursuit of our goals we often focus on our actions, or the things that we need to do to move us closer the attainment of our ideals.
While action is an absolutely essential ingredient in our success formula, it is important to remember to appreciate all of the challenges as well as victories that we experience along the way.
One of the most useful, rewarding and uplifting activities that we can engage in is the daily habit of BEING GRATEFUL. The best part of this process is that is simple-and we can participate in the act of being grateful wherever and whenever we are.
There are days, and even weeks where we feel a sense of struggle. Unchecked, these feelings can stop us in our tracks, and will hold us back from making progress on our goals. In fact if we allow these feelings to continue they may even permanently derail and cause us to give up on our goals. I know this is true because I have experienced it first-hand myself.
This week I am offering you one simple but highly effective antidote which is guaranteed to completely shift your energy and emotion from a negative place to a much more positive and productive one, right here, right now.
Accountability Challenge Week 15: The Power of Gratitude:
Take 5 minutes right now to write out a list of at least 5 things that you are grateful for today. It could be as simple as noticing and being thankful for a ray of sunshine that breaks through an otherwise cloudy day. It could be being grateful for the opportunity to practice patience and restraint when you held your tongue and your temper at the breakfast table despite the chaos of bickering young children. It could be a smile that you passed along to a stranger as you stopped for your morning coffee. When we consciously choose to be appreciative and grateful in this moment, we can’t help but change our sense of direction from that of struggle, frustration and even resentment to one of harmony, peace, and power.
If you don’t believe me give it a try. Don’t be surprised if you find yourself wanting to complete your list again tomorrow, and then the next day….
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Expect Success,
Coach Mark
Thought for the week: “I am deeply thankful for all that I’ve received, and I enjoy giving to others in the spirit of love and service.” Wayne Dwyer
Mark Hudon, CFP™, CCS™
Financial Fitness Coach, Certified Cash Flow Specialist™
Creator of The Core Conditioning Program™
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by admin | Apr 12, 2015 | Advisor Stream
For this week’s featured article, I thought I would give financial topics a rest, and instead touch on a subject that I know many people are very passionate about-the love of wine.
I am by no means a wine connoisseur, but one thing I do enjoy when it comes to wine is exploring new and interesting wines that are off the beaten path.
For the wine lover in your family, here is a great article called 5 Tips For Travelling in Lesser-Known Wine Regions.
Have a fabulous day.
Cheers,
Coach Mark
Off The Beaten Wine Path: 5 Tips For Traveling In Lesser-Known Wine Regions
Visit a Winery Near You! If there was a slogan for the entire North American wine industry, that may be it. That’s because few experiences enhance the pleasure of wine like visiting the place it’s produced, whether you walk through the vineyards, or peer into the barrel room, or wander through the production area itself. With the travel season just around the corner, here are five tips for visiting those lesser-known wine areas that are available to us all.
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by admin | Apr 6, 2015 | 52 Week Accountability Challenge
Accountability Week 14: 13 Reasons Why Goals Fail?
I thought we would spend our time this week addressing the major reasons why the majority of people fail to achieve the important goals and dreams in their lives.
The source for this week’s lesson comes directly from one of the many encouraging and instructive audio programs that I frequently listen to while driving, exercising or just sitting in silence.
If you haven’t already created your own “University on Wheels”, or in my case on my MP3 player-I highly recommend it.
One of my favourite teachers is Bob Proctor who you may know from the movie The Secret. Bob has been an icon in the field of personal development for over 50 years now. He has many wonderful programs-which I encourage you to check out.
In this particular lesson Bob identifies the 13 reasons why goals fail. Go through the list and identify for yourself which of the 13 reasons may be standing in the way of your own goal achievement.
Thanks Bob.
13 Reasons Why Goals Fail:
1. Failure to set goals.
2. Your personal values don’t support your goals.
3. The goal is not your own-it is been set by someone else for you.
4. Not being absolutely passionate about your goal.
5. Your Goal is not important enough to you to take the risk to achieve it-you play it safe.
6. Not prioritizing your goals.
7. Focusing on too many goals at one time.
8. Lack of clarity and focus-no crystal clear picture in your mind.
9. Attached to Limiting beliefs.
10. Poor attitude.
11. Failure to Implement-having great ideas but not doing anything on your goal.
12. Giving up too soon.
13. Failing to measure your progress and make necessary adjustments.
Now let’s reverse the wording so instead of having 13 reasons why goals fail and we now have 13 rules to follow that lead to an abundant life.
13 Rules to an abundant Life:
1 Keep setting goals.
2. Make sure your personal values support your goal.
3. Make sure the goal is your own not someone else’s.
4. Go after goals that you are truly passionate about.
5. Goals that require risk on your part create magical endings.
6. Prioritize your goals until you fix on your A Number One goal.
7. Focus on achieving just one goal at one time.
8. Paint a crystal clear, brilliant picture of the goal’s result in your mind.
9. Consciously choose the thoughts that support your goal.
10. Control your attitude. Choose to make it a good one every single day.
11 Plot your initial plan and Implement.
12 Keep going no matter what. Never give up on your goal.
13. Take measurements of your progress and adjust accordingly.
I would like to leave you with some simple final words…”trust yourself and believe in yourself”.
Keep your core strong
Coach Mark,
Thought for the week: “You can do it and you know you can”.
Mark Hudon, CFP™, CCS™
Financial Fitness Coach, Certified Cash Flow Specialist™
Creator of The Core Conditioning Program™
Check out our exciting new Website, Radio Show, & Cash Flow Planning tools:
https://financiallyfitforlife.ca/
http://webtalkradio.net/internet-talk-radio/financially-fit-for-life/
http://cashflow-specialist.com/
by admin | Apr 6, 2015 | Advisor Stream
First off, I want to wish a very Happy Easter weekend to you and your family.
The arrival of Easter, also coincides with the arrival of spring and warmer temperatures on the horizon. I know that we could all use some sunshine and warmth after a cold winter.
One of the biggest challenges that many families face (mine included) is how to balance the inherent benefits of putting our kids in sports or other activities against the high cost that these activities entail.
In our house, we have two boys who are actively involved in a number of sports including hockey, rep baseball, swimming, basketball & soccer.
Each of these sports requires a serious commitment of both time & money.
My wife and I both see the benefits of raising healthy & active children, but at times we struggle with where to draw the line.
Here is a great article that sheds some very much needed insight on how to keep from spending a fortune kids’ sports.
Be sure to pass it along to someone you know who shares this same dilemma.
Happy Easter.
Cheers,
Coach Mark
How to keep from spending a fortune on kids’ sports
After much thought and consideration, my husband and I decided that it is finally time to get our kids started in a few sports and activities this year. Although I enrolled my children in their first sport willingly, I didn’t take this decision lightly. As we all know, getting children involved in sports and activities can be expensive in both time and money, and it can be a slippery slope that can escalate over time and last for years. Since my kids are still young, I want to take a thoughtful approach now — before things get out of hand. I want my kids to learn and grow. I want them to get involved and stay active. What I don’t want is to go broke doing it. Here are some tips on how to keep from spending a fortune:
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by admin | Apr 1, 2015 | Advisor Stream
There are copious numbers of articles and information written on how to invest your money-and specifically how to invest for retirement.
I come across them everyday and I know that my clients and contacts do as well.
While some are useful, many provide contradictory advice that just leads to confusion for many investors.
I do my best to seek out and find articles that will provide you with a core approach that when implemented will help you to achieve your long term goals, and dreams, and help you to build funds for retirement that will stand the test of time.
Here is an excellent article, that is in line with my own core philosophy.
Expect Success,
Coach Mark
The Best Way To Invest For Retirement
Turn on CNBC for two minutes and it’s easy to believe you need to stop everything and invest in the hot stocks the “experts” are recommending and get out — NOW! — of the ones they’re bearish about. Chris Minnucci, author of the ironically titled The Death of Buy and Hold: How Not to Outlive Your Money — Investing for, and in, Retirement, says do so at your own peril. Minnucci, an early retiree and self-taught investor, says you’ll be far likelier to make your retirement money last if you take a more cautious, deliberate approach to investing, using diversification using what he calls “the principle of correlation combined with the complementary principle of compromise.”
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