By Mikael
Have you ever considered the fact that your limited success might be caused by the group of friends that you have and that by replacing the friends with another group you can literally change your financial destiny?
Now don’t get me wrong. When I first learned about this fact I was stunned and very resentful of the fact that the people I call my friends might actually be holding me back and limiting my chances of financial success and the likelihood of me making a lot of money.
Despite the fact that I didn’t like the sound of this “wisdom” I have also learned that even though you might not believe in something or agree with something, you should always listen and evaluate the message as keeping an open mind can sometimes lead to gre... Read more
By Mikael
The latest post I wrote turned into quite a bit of a discussion or rather a conversation since we all agreed that you need to take personal responsibility for what happens in your life.
The post was about retirement investing but it might as well have been about financial planning. All in all it is the same thing because to achieve anything significant you will need to plan carefully as well as act and follow through.
Whether we want to become wealthy or just financially secure there is no way around the planning and preparation part. The process (and it IS a process) consists of a lot of different parts that works together but one of the vital aspects is the educational part.
Whatever we do in life we will need some kind of training or ed... Read more
By Mikael
Being able to retire early from your job or from the work that you are currently doing is a dream for a great deal of people. Not having to get up in the morning and not having to go to work for someone else is seen on more and more people’s wish lists.
Even people that are self-employed or own their own company and run it like its president or CEO can have this feeling of wanting to be “free” and not being tied down in a situation where someone or something requires them to do something.
Unfortunately for the majority of people this dream will forever remain a dream and retirement will come when they hit the age where the laws tell them that it is time to retire. In some cases retirement will come earlier than that and especially in ... Read more