Listen to Anger! It is Your Best Friend.

It was a rare moment as a parent. I was in awe as the sun shone on the table. I had the full and undivided attention of my teenager. It is such a rarity in this highly engaging world that I cherished the moment as long as I could. What I thought would be a fleeting event lasted for a full 2 hours. I was in heaven. It started with a question. This simple question lead us through a half-century of life experiences. Mostly focusing on all the ways I had failed. In the end, we both saw how all the failures, when tallied together was the secret to my success.

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Clearing Clutter: Financial Freedom at its Simplest!

As I spend this week clearing my desk of the piled up papers and bring semblance of normality to my office, I’m ready for the next big project; decluttering my home. It is an area of neglect for most folks in America, Canada and England, yet it is the first thing I recommend to all my clients who want to positively change their financial situation. Yes, having an over stuffed house full of things does cause financial problems. Don’t believe me? I don’t blame you, but it is true.

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Cut through Indecision with Living Goals!

 

 

This week is a week of planning for me. As I wrap up the last year financially and spiritually, I find my thoughts moving to the next dream, project, income level and living goals. Yes, I call them living goals. Why Living Goals? Because of this past November and December! 2016 ended with a heck of a bumpy ride.

I had another experience with Death this past holiday season. I was diagnosed with malignant melanoma and was terrified by the fact that I may not live for the next full year. This fear was generated due to my personal experience of having two friends die from this condition. One was given the diagnosis and died within 6 months, another lived for a full 18 months before her death. So, despite it being the holiday season and it being filled with cheer, love and light, I found myself having to make terminal decisions.

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Your Life of Joy! 7-Steps to BRING IT in 2017!

Bring it in 2017!
Time for Goals  by Janine Bolon

New Year’s Eve is fast approaching for those of us who use the Gregorian Calendar and here I sit for the 29th year in a row, pen in hand, writing down my annual goals. I’m thinking, “Bring it in 2017!” Shocked? I sure was when asked by a friend how long I had been writing down New Year’s Resolutions. I had started this process in November of 1987. I had just found out about this thing called, “The Franklin Planner System” and was listening to the cassette program outlining how to put your planner together and use the goal-setting forms. (Thank you, Hyrum Smith) Ouch! Showing you my age here, aren’t I? Despite the antiquated technology of what I was doing, the process of goal setting to bring about a “Life of Joy” hasn’t changed.

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