Look at your world from a different perspective today. Your house, spouse, kids, dog or even shower soap. Look around you with fresh eyes and no bias. Consider everything without your usual bias or expectation. Good luck!!
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Category: Action
Inflate Or Pay?
Many observers of governments and markets thought the governments of the world would let their new debts inflate away. The idea being that as everything inflated, the debt would become relatively smaller and therefore more manageable.
However, it looks more like some governments and/or central banks will try to ensure people will pay back all the debts that they didn’t ask to be created. And to do so may involve everyone working at two or three jobs to raise the money, pay the extra tax and pay off the debts.
If you haven’t thought about how the next 1, 2, 3 or even 5 years are about to play out, you had better consider some of the options for our future. Listen to a few doomsayers and optimists for contrast. Then get yourself set up in November because March may be too late.
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Asking For Payment
It’s important to pay for products and services we buy. We agree a price, use the product or service and then pay for it.
Equally, when we provide the product or service, we should be confident and ask for the sale or payment. We should ask with the expectation of prompt payment just as we would pay promptly if we were on they other side of the trade.
We would feel like a thief if we did not pay for something we acquired. Just as we would feel like we had something stolen from us if we delivered and we’re not paid.
Sometimes people forget to pay. So we must remind them. For their sake, and our own. And do it right away. It can get embarrassing if we have to chase someone down the street for payment. It’s awkward on both sides. Don’t let that happen.
Most people are honest and willing to pay. When you don’t remind them to pay, they could feel like a lesser person when they do remember. Make sure you give them every opportunity to feel good about buying, and paying for, your product or service, by asking for payment.
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Wake Up!
Are you financially fit? Are you hoping, dreaming, avoiding or planning, when it comes to your financial future?
You’ll probably end up broke if you hope, dream or avoid. And if you plan, have you stress tested it with challenges and been accurate with your current, realistic course?
You can do more than you think, so start imagining and planning. Yes you need effort and sometimes it will be hard, uncomfortable or even frustrating. But it’s better to have those challenges in your 20’s to 50’s than your 60’s and up.
It can feel hard, uncertain and confusing to get started organising your finances. But if you don’t, you could end up broke or in an undesirable (non) retirement situation.
Yet, if you start now, you can take control of your future, learn some basics and have a wonderful retirement, while still passing on a solid inheritance to the kids or your favourite charity.
Start today! It’s time to wake up! Do it yourself or get in touch and I can give you some pointers. Regardless, pay attention and set up your life to win! I’m cheering for you. ✅
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Choices
Would you rather be given £1 million today or wake up tomorrow morning?
If you would rather wake up tomorrow morning, you chose that over £1m. When you wake up, you should at least be as happy as someone who was just given £1m, since waking up must be better than getting the £1m.
You choose to smile, to be fit, to take on challenges. Live every ounce of today. It’s the only day you get. But you can make it better than expected in lots of little ways.
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The Lesson Will Repeat Itself Until You Learn It. @steven
Loving this!! Thank you Steven Bartlett for the title. (The Diary Of A CEO)
We all have lessons that keep repeating and we get outcomes we don’t necessarily want.
We can change this. We can learn the lessons. We can make the changes and say No More!
We haven’t learned the lessons because it’s not convenient, easy, or comfortable. They are habits we created. But we can create other ones. It takes work to adjust these habits. We need Discipline, Effort, and Desire to have better outcomes.
No longer do we have to say “Why does this always happen to me?” Or “Isn’t that typical” or even “I knew that would happen”.
Change our ways today and get better results tomorrow. Live a better life with just some simple changes in how we think and do.
We can set up our environment to win. We can set up our schedule to win. We can start today.
Learn the lessons the feedback is giving you. And then make the adjustments. Yes, it will feel odd at first, but it will get easier and your results will be much better.
Start now!
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Keep Achieving More
There is no time to stop. You can pause for a holiday or vacation, but don’t stop. There is so much to do and not nearly enough time to cram it all in before the final buzzer.
How does one keep achieving more? Well there are 7 Simple Steps. First Think of a better future. Imagine it is exactly how you would like it to be, right down to the tiny details. Then, consider what you have to Overcome to get there and what sacrifices you’ll need to make.
Write down your thoughts and challenges. Get it all on paper or in your device. Use this information to create a simple Plan. Then Act accordingly to bring you closer to your goal. Review your progress and challenges every day. You’ll need to improve and hold yourself accountable.
Finally, Celebrate all your little and big wins. Give yourself lots of credit. This isn’t all easy stuff. It takes effort and determination. Thank yourself for getting through it.
Think of two people who are struggling with some goals right now. It could by financial, fitness, education, career, weight loss or just being more positive. Send them these simple steps. Or send them a copy of my book in print, audio or digital. You might just change their life. Go to www.Scottsbook.com to get a signed copy sent to your door, or find a retailer who can help you.
You can achieve anything. When will you start?!
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Are You “The One?”
You may well be “The One”. Start acting like it. Believe it. Engage.
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Keep Your Thoughts Positive
When times are tough, we may think of the worst case scenario or even a disaster scenario. Remember this is not happening to you. It is just your mind being active with negative thoughts. So, as hard as it may be, focus on positive outcomes, wins and victory. Feel this as if they are real.
As neither are real, you may as well give yourself the feeling of the positive thoughts. Train your brain. It’s worth it.
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Flatten The Curve
Perhaps flattening one curve has unintentionally steepened another.
In life we need to make decisions. All decisions have consequences, even indecision, which is actually a decision to not decide.
Our MP mentioned she was at the local hospital with her daughter who had an injured wrist (hopefully all ok!)
The sign there said that it was up to an 8 hour wait time. I recall trips there years ago when it was 3 hours – which seemed plenty long enough.
Did all the “flatten the curve”, lockdown and covid precautions simply postpone regular medical demand? And now we have the regular demand plus 2.5 years of excess, pent up demand, to get caught up on.
Perhaps many medical personnel are off ill, more than usual? Or they have left the profession for a variety of reasons? Maybe these are developments given an aging population? A combination of these all, perhaps?
In five years, there will be some neutral studies done and we’ll have a slightly better idea of the cause of these tripling delays (I’ve heard many others say 8 hours is consistent with their experience).
Until then, remember this: Your actions have consequences. And when you try to change the course of nature, profoundly unintended consequences can emerge.
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