Setting and sticking to long term goals
The Meaningful Money Personal Finance Podcast
Pete Matthew
4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 30 November 2016
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
The problem with building wealth is that it takes a while; 20,30,40 years or more sometimes. And because it can be a slow process, it can be tough to stay focused, particularly when things are difficult. In this session I’m going to help you visualise your dream so that it inspires you enough to stick to those long term goals.
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Setting and sticking to long term goals
So, we need to find a way to stick to the process of wealth creation, which we’re going to learn much more about in the coming weeks, even when things aren’t going our way, when we’re distracted or whatever. To do that, we need to know how to set goals in the first place, and employ some practical hacks for keeping the faith when we don’t feel like it.
In this session, you'll discover:
- The right way to articulate your long term goals
- The danger of distraction
- Why the journey can be just as important as the destination
- Why it's essential to dream
- How to quantify your dreams and distill them to a number
- Why you should keep your dreams and action steps front of mind
- Why you need to create a framework to help you stay the course.
Resources mentioned in this show
Worksheet
Podcasts: Net Worth mini-series, Sessions 154, 155 and 156 Podcasts: Behavioural Finance with Greg Davies, Part 1 and Part 2
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| 0:00.0 | Hi folks and welcome to the Meaningful Money podcast season four, episode two. |
| 0:05.2 | They're all different, but they all share the same goal to serve the most despicable master they could find. |
| 0:16.9 | This is the podcast dedicated to helping you put your finances in order. |
| 0:25.6 | My name is Pete Matthew and I'm going to share with you everything you need to know |
| 0:28.5 | and everything you need to do to secure your financial future. |
| 0:31.8 | I'm here to help you make sense of money. |
| 0:45.7 | Hey, hey, welcome to the Mean for Money podcast. |
| 0:46.8 | Great to have you with me. |
| 0:50.8 | If I sound a little bit croaky this morning, it's because it's ridiculous a clock. |
| 0:51.9 | Okay? |
| 0:53.2 | It's about half past seven. |
| 0:56.9 | I don't know it's not that early, but it's early to be talking into a microphone because my voice hasn't woken up yet. |
| 0:58.1 | But a very busy day. |
| 0:59.7 | Got to get this recorded because it's being launched tomorrow. |
| 1:02.4 | So, you know, no rest of the wicked. |
| 1:05.0 | Now, the problem with building wealth, building wealth is the subject of this season of |
| 1:10.3 | the podcast. The problem with building |
| 1:12.3 | wealth is that it takes a while, right? 20, 30, 40 years or more sometimes. And because it can be a |
| 1:18.1 | slow process, it can be really tough to stay focused, particularly when things are difficult. |
| 1:24.3 | In this session, I'm going to help you visualize your goals and visualize it to the extent that |
| 1:29.7 | it hopefully inspires you enough to stay the course no matter what. |
| 1:34.2 | So we're going to be looking at setting and sticking to long-term goals. |
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