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The theme for October has been to focus on health and fitness. All of the financial goals have either been exceeded or are on autopilot to success through the end of the year. As I shared earlier in October, I placed a $1,000 bet with a co-worker, with the winner who loses the most weight winning. The bet was officially agreed on 10/7/16 and I had a starting weight of 228.4lbs (I will spare you with the before pictures…for now). Let’s just agree that I didn’t start at my leanest. That said, it will be fun to compare the before and after pictures when we make the final weigh in on 12/21/16. Below is my current weight loss trend over …

Well, it feels like I fell asleep on January 1st and woke up in September. Can you believe that 8 months are already gone? FOREVER. Like money, time can also be so very fleeting. The unfortunate truth is that by now, most people have already given up on their goals, and that makes me sad ( 🙁 ). In my opinion that is because of several reasons: People don’t properly plan how they will achieve their goals. People don’t have the right accountability system in place. People don’t write their goals down, and then end up forgetting about them. People make less progress than they planned, they get discouraged, and throw in the towel. People set the wrong goals. People set …

As I write this monthly goal check-in we are officially 214 days into 2016 (or ~59% complete). Most people started the year off strong with their New Year’s resolutions for 2016. Well, at least the 45% of people who actually set New Year’s resolutions (US based statistics). The low participation rate isn’t even the worst news, of those 45%, 1 in 3 have already given up by the end of January. This means that 70% of Americans have already failed either by default or giving up. I don’t want you or I to be a part of that 70% group. If you’re reading this, then you’re probably still on track and fired up to reach your goals, I know I am! …

As I write this monthly goal check-in we are officially 183 days into 2016 (or ~50% complete). Most people started the year off strong with their New Year’s resolutions for 2016. Well, at least the 45% of people who actually set New Year’s resolutions (US based statistics). The low participation rate isn’t even the worst news, of those 45%, 1 in 3 have already given up by the end of January. This means that 70% of Americans have already failed either by default or giving up. I don’t want you or I to be a part of that 70% group. If you’re reading this, then you’re probably still on track and fired up to reach your goals, I know I …

Here we are another month behind us. The bad news is that April didn’t go by any slower than March. The good news is that with 4 months down we still have twice as much runway with 8 months ahead of us. Last month I spent a bit of time trying to put into perspective just how important time is to us all. I also mentioned my Momento Mori chart, which is where I got the idea of the goal tracking system that I created this year and use in this monthly update. It’s a grid of 52 columns in width (represents weeks in a year) and 100 rows tall (represents years). I personally have a goal to live to 100, …

Didn’t March just start a week ago? I can’t decide which is more fleeting TIME or MONEY. If you’re not intentional with either, they can be gone in the blink of any eye, or so it seems. The difference is that you can always make more money, you can’t make more time. You see money can be SPENT or SAVED. Time on the other hand can only be spent. You can’t save time and once you spend it, it is gone forever. This blog spends a lot of time talking about money, but at the end of the day, money is a means to an end. It’s really about the FREEDOM that money provides in how you choose to spend your PRECIOUS time. …