3 steps to your Financial goals setting

Planning is a loborious process and when we break down the process to steps its easier to understand and execute.
The 3 main steps to Financial goal setting are

• What you have
• What you want
• How to achieve it.

What you have:

Reviewing current financial position is very important process. If you are in a lot of debt and want to save a million, it doesnt make sense, as reducing the debt is the priority before saving. A very easy process would be do a simple cash flow and find out how you are spending the money you earn. ( I have a template and if you want to use do email me)

What you want:

For this question, sky is the limit. A realistic goal which also takes little steps is achievable. Breaking down long term goals to small achievable short term goals is the best way to work this out.

How to achieve it:

For this step, categorising the goals is important. Savings, investment, protection, retirement etc. There maybe some overlaps too. This step requires time with your financial advisor to come up with a goal.

Financial Psychology

Have you ever wondered why money seems to work so well in some people’s lives and so destructively in others? Why some people control money while others allow it to control them? Or why some of us can manage it so effortlessly to fulfill life’s plans and goals, while others never stop to question how they want it to serve them?

Questions like these are not typically explored. Why not? Its probably because the answers do not lie in cold financial facts. One must look at both the financial and psychological factors involved in money matters to make sense of why people do what they do with money.

Emotions, culture, religion and personality has the major play while talking about Financial psychology.

Culturally, many societies have a believe that Money is evil, and cause of evil. So this is ingrained in the mind since young. So as adults, there is an aversion to money.

Most religion preaches against Greed and somehow Money gets associated with Greed.

Personality. There are many money personalities and the blue print for each is different. This has to be evaluated and analysed.

You only attract what you want subconsciously. That is the reason why we find different people having different ways of handling money.

If you are keen to know more about your personal money blue print, do give me a buzz... Swarna