by: Mayumi King
So you bought the financial freedom books, but your bank account has yet to reap the rewards? Consider this:
Your financial success can be developed just like a muscle... and if you're not seeing results, you may be on the wrong "financial fitness" plan.
You were running on a treadmill to trim some ?financial fat.? The result? Your wallet got "skinny.? You weren?t building your financial muscles. Why not?
Much like a good muscle-strengthening or exercise program, you need expert training, inspiration, and a "financial workout" that's tailored to your specific goals.
Following are five of the Greatest Financial Challenges people typically face in their lifetime. Take the financial fitness challenge and see what muscles you need to start strengthening!
(Note: please consult a Financial Fitness Professional before attempting any of these exercises.)
Challenge 1. "I'm afraid to take financial risks."
Financial Fitness Solution: Develop your Courage muscle.
If you're sitting around waiting for the ?right? stock or real estate to invest in, you're dealing with the symptom, not the source. Consider that people who have acquired wealth are not smarter or luckier. They have developed the financial muscle called Courage. Here, Courage refers to acting in spite of your fear. The fear doesn?t get smaller, your confidence gets larger. As your confidence grows... so does your ability to make financial decisions that lead to increased wealth!
Challenge 2. "I just don't have enough money to do what I want, when I want."
Financial Fitness Solution: Develop your Desire and Belief muscles.
There are many factors that are at the source of not having enough. For starters, the financial muscles to develop are Desire and Belief. The mere presence of your Desire is evidence that you have the capacity for its fulfillment. If you have Belief that your Desire is possible, then there is no question of "if," but rather ?how? and ?when?. How can I achieve what I desire, and when can I start seeing positive results? The best-laid plans for success begin with the Belief that you can do it and the Desire to make it happen!
Challenge 3. "I'm constantly worried, stressed and frustrated about money."
Financial Fitness Solution: Develop your Attention muscle.
If I told you that you had a winning lottery ticket and the numbers would be called someday this year, would you be worried or excited? Most would say excited. The financial muscle to exercise here is Attention: where are you focusing yours?
Race car drivers are taught to always look in the direction they want to go. If you look at the wall, you will drive into the wall. Put your Attention on what you want? and you?ll get more of what you want. Stress, worry and frustration come from looking (now) at what you don?t want to happen (in the future), and believing that what you don?t want will actually happen. Get better control of your financial Attention muscles, and start driving your finances to a state of continuous growth.
Challenge 4. "I just can't get control over my finances and spending."
Financial Fitness Solution: Develop your Purpose muscle.
Going on a spending ?diet? as a measure of "control" over your finances is limiting rather than expansive behavior. The financial muscle to start developing here is best described as Purpose. Your Purpose, for example, might be a long-term plan for financial acumen. If you have a Purpose that's broader in scope than your day-to-day financial survival, then you won?t need ?discipline? or ?control? over your spending. Instead of thinking in terms of what you can't do, you'll begin to think opportunistically as to what you CAN do, as part of your Purpose. Thus, you'll choose to spend based on what is most aligned with this Purpose.
Challenge 5. "I just can't get my finances in order."
Financial Fitness Solution: Develop your Integrity and Responsibility muscles.
The most underdeveloped financial muscles associated with financial disorder is Integrity and Responsibility. Integrity & Responsibility requires that you be accountable to the promises you make to yourself and others. Borrowing and bill-paying are forms of promises you made. When you break those promises, you will find yourself in disorder or clutter. Develop the financial Integrity and Responsibility muscles to keep these promises and you will find order. From order comes structure, and from this comes a financial fitness plan for building long-term wealth, success and happiness!
You?ve got Step One in a Fitness Workout for your Financial Muscles? Now What?
This Financial Fitness Plan is only a place to start. If this were training for a marathon, you have just learned the warm-up routine for the 26.2 mile run. The real source of your financial challenges or success is your emotional relationship to money.
You just learned some truths about finances, and you may be wondering how to develop these financial muscles and what?s the next step in your personally-tailored financial workout. Contact financial fitness expert and ?trainer,? Mayumi King at http://clubfreedomprogram.com
Copyright 2005 Mayumi King. All rights reserved.
About The Author
Mayumi King, CPA and Certified Life Coach, invites you to set yourself free to live the life you create! To get started on your personal path to Financial Freedom, call now at 888-265-4892 or submit an interest form at http://clubfreedomprogram.com.
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Being The Best Golf Player You Can Be
Being The Best Golf Player You Can Be
by: Edwin Shackleford
Just like any other game, to be considered a good golf player goes beyond having an average score of below 80. While skill at playing the actual game is commendable, a holistic view is needed to achieve a well-rounded game.
To play good golf, you have to get down past the three areas of:
- fitness,
- practice,
- and etiquette.
Fitness
- Keeping one?s body and mind in shape is a key element to becoming a good, if not great, golfer. Looking after your body and making sure it?s in shape not only gets you to perform better on the course, it also ensures you that you can enjoy golf even well into your years.
- Achieve bodily fitness by eating right and exercising regularly. Maintain cardiovascular fitness and muscle tone that suits the game of golf. Some indicators of physical fitness are your blood pressure...
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The Best Golf Fitness Exercise to Improve the Power in Your Golf Swing
The Best Golf Fitness Exercise to Improve the Power in Your Golf Swing
by: Sean Cochran
The game of professional golf has transformed over the years. Many spectators, journalists, and pros themselves state that golf is now a game of power. Driving distance is integral to winning on Tour, club manufacturers gear much of their advertising around the ?power game?, and it is a wish of most every amateur.
Improved distance off the tee or with any club on the course requires increased clubhead speed. Clubhead speed is a product of power in your golf swing. Increasing the power in your golf swing will improve your clubhead speed. Equaling more distance on every shot you desire.
The question to ask is how do you increase the power in your golf swing? Three components exist directly affecting the power in your golf swing:
1) Efficiency of Your Golf Swing Mechanics
2) Power Generating Capacities of Your Body
3) Equipment
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How to Achieve Lifelong Fitness Success in Your Home or Office
How to Achieve Lifelong Fitness Success in Your Home or Office
by: Joey Atlas
Every week countless numbers of people rededicate themselves to starting a new diet and exercise program, only to find that they have fallen off their program by the end of the following week. This scenario plays out all too often especially for people who are attempting to keep their fitness program based at home or the office.
The problem here is not where the program is being attempted, but the fact that there actually is no program to follow. No matter what the endeavor, when one sets out to accomplish something without a well thought out plan or a ?roadmap?, the chances for success are slim to none. Health and fitness programs are a prime example of this.
Without a fitness plan, there is no guidance, accountability or direction. Therefore most actions are random and unfocused. This creates an element of uncertainty where one is guessing at what they should...
How to Achieve Lifelong Fitness Success in Your Home or Office
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Why Aren?t You Using Online Fitness Coaching?
Why Aren?t You Using Online Fitness Coaching?
by: Gary Matthews
If I were to tell you that you could burn away as much fat as possible by sitting at your computer twiddling your fingers and toes, would you believe me?
Well I sure hope you don't!
However, losing weight in the confines of your own home at your computer is not only possible, it's a reality.
What I mean is that you can use the advice that's given to you through online fitness coaching to pursue a more productive way of burning off undesired fat and reach your fitness goals.
Any program, no matter how difficult or time consuming takes EFFORT. Through online coaching, anyone can receive the advice and the motivation to put 100% effort into their fitness goals.
The end result whether its weight loss, toning, and muscle gain can be achieved with certainty.
It's all about saving time and money!
If you can imagine yourself with a personal...
Why Aren?t You Using Online Fitness Coaching?
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About Diabetes and Exercise
About Diabetes and Exercise
by: Arnel Ricafranca
There are two main types of diabetes, type I and type II. Type I diabetes is characterized by the pancreas making too little or no insulin. An individual with diabetes type I will have to inject insulin throughout the day in order to control glucose levels. Type II diabetes, also known as adult onset diabetes, is characterized by the pancreas not producing enough insulin to control glucose levels or the cells not responding to insulin. When a cell does not respond to insulin, it is known as insulin resistance. When a subject is diagnosed with type II diabetes, exercise and weight control are prescribed as measures to help with insulin resistance. If this does not control glucose levels, then medication is prescribed. The risk factors for type II diabetes include: inactivity, high cholesterol, obesity, and hypertension. Inactivity alone is a very strong risk factor that has been proven to lead to diabetes...
About Diabetes and Exercise
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How To Exercise: Choosing The Right Type Of Exercise For You
How To Exercise: Choosing The Right Type Of Exercise For You
by: Ray Kelly
So you have to start an exercise program. What are you going to do? How are you going to exercise?
Well the type of exercise you do largely depends on you. What do you like doing? What do you hate doing? Do you have to pay membership fees? Do you need a training partner? Do you need to buy equipment?
These are all questions you need to answer.
If you choose something that you don?t like doing, you?re not going to keep doing it for long. Think about it, if you don?t like jogging you?re hardly going to keep dragging yourself out of bed at 6am, especially when winter comes around! If you can?t find something you like, just choose the thing you hate the least. This is usually walking.
Walking is great because it suits all fitness levels. Anyone can start a walking program at any time, it?s just the intensity and duration that differs. Walking is also very...
How To Exercise: Choosing The Right Type Of Exercise For You
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Fitness Equipment Basics
Fitness Equipment Basics
by: John Mac
Fitness equipment can be split into 2 basic areas, first there is aerobic or cardio fitness equipment which is designed to give you a fitness workout to burn off calories & loose weight. Secondly there is strength/muscular fitness equipment which is designed to tone, or increase in size, your bodies muscles.
Most fitness equipment that you would expect to find in your local gym or fitness centre can now be purchased for home use depending upon the space you have available & the type of fitness equipment you require.
For aerobic fitness equipment you should consider a treadmill, an exercise bike or a rowing machine.
Treadmills are popular because you can walk, jog or run on them making them an ideal piece of fitness equipment for the beginner right through to professional athletes, being suitable for all levels of fitness. Make sure you choose one with a wide belt that is long enough for your...
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Healthy Choices For Your Life
Healthy Choices For Your Life
by: Kristine Peterson
How you live your life is truely a self choice. And there are so many choices to make. We are bombarded from every side about what we should do, what we should eat, that we should get a certain amount of exercise, that we should believe a certain way, that we should use this product or that product. The list of shoulds and should nots are end- less! Keep this is mind. The word should will bring on guilt quicker...
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