Goal Setting is deciding the end-point of your planning exercise – determining where you want to go. The more tangible your goals, the easier it is to plan for their realization. Begin by listing both your short and long term financial goals. Short-term goals are things you want within the next five years – a […]
dr m kishan on January 31st, 2013 at 8:15 am e Subra Sir, Goal setting is very important aspect of any effort financial planning may being one. But I always have one query. Imagine if all of my goals are somewhere about 20 years down the time, do I still have to allot different financial […]
I have written a lot about goal setting…this is just one more in that series! A few things I thought were important to Goal setting are: 1. Let the thoughts come freely when you are setting goals: do not restrict yourself to what you read on the net…these are only examples. Hence in this article […]
In an earlier posting we saw that Goals should be SMART. T stands for tracking. If you have goals it is necessary for you to track whether you are on the correct path. If you were climbing a mountain and following a map, you would look for landmarks to ensure that you are on the […]
Just too many people whom I meet crib about the distributor! Poor guy! Call him an agent, advisor, consultant, …or what have you, but he is representing the manufacturer and has a role to play. Let me tell you what I like my client to do or know. Clients should expect good quality feedback on […]
When it comes to Goal setting think of setting goals like an athlete. Let us take the case of a runner…he could set goals for a Personal Best, a meet record, a meet win, running the whole season without injury, managing health and weight within some parameters….this helps. Let us say the meet record of […]
Recently an article of mine was published in rediff.com. As expected it was about starting early and investing small amounts regularly. What is amazing is the kind of responses that I get when I say something like this – in a class or in writing. Most people who can invest will not. They will keep […]