What are your goals and objectives
underpinning your ideal future?

Your financial security in the future is totally dependant on what you are doing today, and every day until you get it. You start from exactly the same place as everyone one else in being successful and securing your financial future.

You, like everyone else, starts from right where you are now. Deciding where you want to be in the future leaves a gap. It is what you are doing about that future each and every day that fills the gap. Wealth creation, financial security, financial independence, financial freedom are activity based gap fillers! That gap; the difference between where you are and what you have, to where you want to be and what you want to have; is time relative and activity filled. You decide!

Your retirement may be many years away, or it may not. One thing has been proven and demonstrated time and time again. If you have a clear picture of your goals and objectives, and you write them down, they arrive more quickly. The universe is a strange place where what you focus on is what you see and get. So if your retirement is 10, 20, or 30 years away doesn’t really matter. What matters is what you are doing about it!

It isn’t just about retirement. There is a lot of living to be done between now and when you retire from the active pursuit of money and wealth assets. Setting down that living and lifestyle as an action plan of goals is just as important, may even more important, because that future date and type of retirement might be just a little too big, or far away, to keep you going month after month. So setting realistic and planned goals is important to keep you stepping up each day.

Setting goals is even more powerful if you talk about them with another person, in detail. We do not advocate telling the world. No need to, and it can be very hurtful when others, with no dreams, no goals, and no plan of their own, try and pull you back to their level.

If you review them regularly, put in place daily actions to achieve them, they begin to happen, and become real in your life. These are the big picture, “the why”, and “the how to” steps. Achieving those goals and objectives happens by paying persistent attention to them, regularly, and taking the action required in moving toward them. Yes they can change, because life changes, but if you repeat the process you ensure they become part of your life.

We suggest you try this format and scaled “quiz” for your goal setting and objectives. Use another that better suits your style if you have one. But decide to do it, and take action! 
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Within 5 years I will have or achieved or created or BE (doing) …
(eg. continued income of $___; have better paid employment or job; have a job; made medium to long term shares investments; bought 1, 2, 3 properties; have travelled to…..; bought that new car, etc)

I will have established the capacity to...
(eg. be doing something meaningful for the community, a charity, your family, advance your career, build a bigger home or business, etc.)

I will operate from the values, principles and beliefs of...
(IE. identify your values, principles and beliefs on which you will build your business, career, property portfolio on, as you plan and build your future. Such things as honesty and fairness are values, as are love, caring and knowledge.)

Now for the specific goals that are within specific periods!

Goals I will have achieved are that: -

1. Within the Next 6 months: -

Income / Cashflow –

Property –

Vehicle –

Personal –

Family –

Savings –

Education –

Independent Business -

Other –

2. Within the Next 12 months: -

Income / Cashflow –

Property –

Vehicle –

Personal –

Family –

Savings –

Education –

Independent Business -

Other –

3. Within the Next 3 years: -

Income / Cashflow –

Property –

Vehicle –

Personal –

Family –

Savings –

Education –

Independent Business -

Other –

4. Within the Next 5 years: -

Income / Cashflow –

Property –

Vehicle –

Personal –

Family –

Savings –

Education –

Independent Business -

Other –

5. Within Next 10 years: -

Income / Cashflow –

Property –

Vehicle –

Personal –

Family –

Savings –

Education –

Independent Business -

Other –

Why is it an absolute must that I achieve these goals? What is it that compels me to achieve them?

What reasons have I had which have prevented me from achieving my desired results in the past? Register

Being specific about your goals is very important. Making them accurate, with a time reference (eg it is now 4.30 PM on 14 July 2007 and…), on the colour, the model, the make, and the place you’ll be standing or the thing that will happen to clearly indicate you have achieved that goal, are important for you to write down.

Pictures, photographs, maps, etc, all displayed around your home, office, bathroom, behind the dunny door, on the dashboard of the car, will also help you keep a focus on them.

OK, the kids might laugh, other friends or family might make a bit of fun about it. If you are going to let some wise guys or criticism get in your way, well, maybe you need to go back and rethink what it really is you want out of this life. Someone once said life isn’t a rehearsal!

Anyway, their tune will change when you get these things you have set yourself to achieve. So what if you put them up around the place as a part of your plan to get them! At least you have a plan! Remember a wise saying though… “be careful what you pray or ask for… you just might get it!”

We know you can and will. Remember success is a journey, not a destination! FBP and Associates are people who will work with you on achieving your life’s goals and dreams.