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Sink or swim

We are either treading water trying not to sink in life or we are swimming towards our goals. There is only one or the other. I became all too familiar with this recently as I was dealing with a challenge that came up unexpectedly. I was making progress for several months in a row and felt like I was on a roll. Then the challenge appeared and my progress came to a screeching halt.

As much as we would like to think that we can multi-task, sometimes it is much easier said than done. It’s hard to hit home runs if all you are thinking about is not striking out. It is also hard to save for a down payment if all you keep thinking about is paying your rent and keeping food on the table.

Changing your focus creates magic in your life. I will confirm that, as soon as the challenge was overcome the progress returned 10 fold. Don’t think about trying to make some progress, become steadfast in your approach and heed what Yoda said and “Do or do not, there is no try.”

“Mulit-tasking is merely the opportunity to screw up more than one thing at a time.” Gary W Keller

Today I am thankful for the lessons learned from challenges and the feeling of relief of over coming them, that extra hour of sleep as it felt good at the time and friendly reminders for overdue tasks.

I look forward to hearing from you in regard to your mortgage needs.

Patrick

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Flexible Juggler

Yes as strange as that may sound, but in order to succeed in this day and age you need to be a “Flexible Juggler”. To put this another way, you need to be able to balance several tasks at the same time while maintaining flexibility in your approach to completing each task. Do you want to know who are good at this? Mom’s! Yes Mom’s, my wife is fantastic at this, I get the kids up, she makes them breakfast, referee’s any disputes that may be happening at the same time, motivates them to finish their breakfast, assembles outfits to get them dressed, gets them ready to get out the door, drop’s two off at school and one at day care and then tends to her 85 year old father, picks up the kids for their lunch then back to school, cleans up the house, plans supper, pick’s up the kids, more referee time, makes supper, tubby time for the kids, story time, then bed, plans her day for tomorrow, then starts it all over again. I am tired just thinking about it.

If you want something done, then give it to someone with a well managed busy schedule. This can also be said of the person who is in control of their finances. They know exactly what is coming in each month, what their expenses are, how much they can put away for a rainy day or retirement and how much fun money they have. Are you one of these people?  Or does your money run out before your month does? If you fall into the latter rather than the former, it may be time to re-evaluate your situation. What you are doing may be working now, but it is not a long term solution. Sort of like relying on shoe boxes for your filing systems.

If you would like a fresh perspective on how you can achieve your financial goals, then please feel free to give my office a call.I look forward to hearing from you.
Cheers,

Pat

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