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Your Bucket List… Today!

January 15, 2020

How would it feel to knock out your bucket list…..way before you kick the bucket?

When someone thinks of a bucket list it is only natural to think well into the distant future. Treating these dream items as distant wishes. I’d like to prescribe to you that you can begin dipping into that bucket list today!

 

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Quite a while back I was fortunate to be invited into an elite study group. The study group consisted of many friends/peers who were leaders from around the country within the financial planning field. Our group, which was called Top Gun School, followed Dan Sullivan’s Strategic Coach Curriculum. If you aren’t familiar with Dan Sullivan or The Strategic Coach; I’d encourage you to make the investment in yourself. The investment is substantial however the return on investment is immeasurably life altering.

There were numerous exercises and growth moments throughout the eighteen month course, however one session in particular has always stood out. The idea that your dreams are actually much closer than you realize.

The exercise is quite simple. As with anything important its the execution that makes all the difference.

We began by taking a couple of hours in solitude to list all that we wanted to accomplish in our lives. Categorically we segmented the list into short term, medium and longer term objectives. A bucket list of sorts.

This is where the excitement grew for each of us. We began to list the necessary steps to make each of these dreams or big ideas become a reality. Next we began placing time frames/deadlines around each of our next steps. For many of us we began to envision completed projects or the coming fulfillment that was once a dream and now was a certainty

There was a realization that many items were well within reach in the near future when we simply prioritized our time and energy towards completion. It wasn’t long before we began sharing stories of monies raised, trips planned or simply the groundwork being laid out on some really big ideas.

I certainly don’t want to oversimplify the process. However, I firmly believe that when action items are applied to ideas; results will surely follow. Michael Hyatt says it this way, “With action comes clarity.”

At Drive Planning we use the phrase (even hashtag) Be Intentional! The exercise that our Top Gun Group went through simply taught us to Live with Intention. Having an instructor, Kevin Murphey, whom we all looked up to and admired to hold us accountable certainly made a huge impact on each outcome. The best in any sport or field have coaches and mentors and I will say that I have been grateful for Kevin and many others throughout the years.

I want to invite you to create that Bucket List and begin reeling it a bit closer each day, week or month. Find a mentor/coach to push you. If our Be Intentional Package will help you, well all the better.

 

Just get started!

Never Peak

December 29, 2016

Never peak, never settle or max out! I want to encourage you to strive to reach your peak every day. Have you ever known anyone who still lives in their high school days? Someone who always speaks of the past? It can be sad to see or hear. A person who has already lived their best days. Today provides a new opportunity and a new chance to create your future.

 

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Far too often when someone is successful early in life or their career they become stagnant. The stagnancy comes from listening to the applause a little too long or thinking a little too much of the adoration which accompanies success. Wanting that same appreciation this person will try and replicate the action or behavior that created their early win. Don’t get me wrong it is good to identify what has worked in the past but the danger comes when it stunts the growth or maturation in a person or their skills.

 

 

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Keeping this phrase in mind, will always keep you forward looking. Being a standout in your early years can either be a blessing or a curse; It all depends on your motivation and desire to continually improve. An intentional approach to your personal growth ensures that you will continue to be creative. A creative person will always be focused on new or innovative ideas. Innovation is the antithesis of being stagnant or re-living the past.
Wisdom certainly comes from examining our past actions, behaviors and their outcomes. However, a focus on the future and all that God has planned for you will allow you to live the life that you desire.

Your future is bigger than your past, if you take action. Now go out and get it!

Annual Retirement Limits

November 1, 2013

2014 Retirement Limits

This information was provided by Money Education.

 

Please feel free to contact me with any questions regarding how this information impacts your personal planning.