487. Goal Setting

I will keep on coming back to this subject. It is absolutely essential that you master the art of setting goals, targets etc. Mark Twain said "Plan for the future because that's where you'll spend the rest of your life. Set your goals then act as if it were impossible for you to fail. It is only in the active pursuit of your goals that you will truly grow.

Having a goal is the equivalent of having a target and a motive. These are the things that keep you moving so that you don't stop and fall over.

486. Starting Over

You can make a fresh start with your last breath. It is never too late. Learn to set your best intentions on who you want to be and what you want to achieve and you'll be on top of the world. The Universe has no choice but to bring you the physical manifestation of those things on which you focus your thoughts.

485. What it means to be Rich

To have the ability to live your life on your own terms, according to your potentials, NOT your limitations is what it is to be rich.

484. Einstein on Interest

According to Albert Einstein, Compound Interest is the 8th Wonder of the World. Here is the formula :
A = P(1 + r/q)nq

The nq outside the brackets above does not mean "multiplied by nq" but "to the power of nq".

P is the principal (the money you start with, your first deposit)

r is the annual rate of interest as a decimal (5% means r = 0.05)

n is the number of years you leave it on deposit.

q is the number of times per year that the interest is to be calculated.



Sweet's modern business arithmetic: A treatise on modern and practical methods of arithmetical calculations for the use of business and commercial colleges, ... in other educational institutions

484. Financial Freedom

Work every day towards your financial freedom. Each day take a new step along the path that you have planned out to create financial freedom for yourself, even if it's a negative one like cutting up that high end credit card. Rather than putting yourself to work for money, put your money to work for you. Working for money is a necessary evil sometimes but you should always aim for making an investment at least once a month. "Profits are better than wages." -Jim Rohn

483. Deserving, Negotiation and Work

Generally speaking, you do not get what you deserve in life; you get what you negotiate. The Law of Sewing and Reaping will tell you that you get what you sew. It does not tell you that you get what you deserve.You should only spend time working with people who deserve your efforts, people who go at least half way to meet you in your efforts.

482. Benjamin Franklin On Education

"If you think Education is expensive, try Ignorance. - Benjamin Franklin.
Whenever you are offered a course of any kind, jump at the opportunity.