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How to Achieve Your Financial Goals (tips from the achievers)

Family Balance Sheet

Wonder what sets you apart from the people that seem to crush their financial goals? with their goals. These folks didn’t corner the market on goal success either, instead they just got the task DONE. His 2017 goal is to make $100,000 in online income. She hit that goal in September 2016. Getting Started.

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A Goal Without a Plan is Just a Wish

Family Balance Sheet

Sitting down with my husband to discuss our situation was one of the hardest conversations I have ever had in our marriage, but I felt so much relief getting it off my chest. At my age, my parents had 20 years of kid-free living ahead of them to focus on their own career goals and to save for their retirement.

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Four Weekend Activities that will Rock Your Financial World

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Are financial your goals aligned with your spouses? Are your goals meshed with theirs? Do the kids know what the goals are? Talk about why you took a particular action and let your family members share their actions and reasons and goals as well. Knowing where you stand is vital to making progress towards your goal. “If

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Parenting Pointers: Tips for a Screen-Free Holiday

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SET GOALS Encourage your child to make a list of things they want to do or accomplish with their extra time. Spice Up Mealtime Convo Make family dinnertime more interesting with conversation starters and leave your screens off the table. Phones and other personal screens are completely out of sight during these times.

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Resolve to Regularly Discuss Your Finances with Your Spouse

Family Balance Sheet

When my husband and I are focused on our goals , we nail them. But for the two of us to achieve our financial goals, we need to have money conversations and they need to be done regularly. I created our Family Balance Sheet years ago as a way for me to communicate the state of our finances to my husband.

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Marriage and Money: 5 Tips To Reduce the Money Arguments

Family Balance Sheet

It is not always easy to communicate your current financial snapshot with your spouse, so let the balance sheet do the talking for you. I developed this spreadsheet years ago, as a way to communicate our finances with my husband. Make Clear Financial Goals {Together}. Write down your goals and make them visible.

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Top 5 Must Know Negotiation Tips To Get Anything You Want

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Understand Your Communication Skills – There are three things you need to understand. Second, know that everyone has their own way of communicating. And third, effective negotiators are those who can change their communication style to the needs of the listener. Top 5 Negotiation Tips. So, how are your negotiation skills?