Comments on: Are You Motivated Enough To Be Financially Free?

By: Financially Free Musician

Financially Free Musician — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 09:11:08 +0000

I agree. Reading is not taking action. Everyone knows that “expert on everything” person who sits on the sidelines drowning in fear. Taking imperfect action will always outdo inaction EVERY time.

From what I’ve noticed successful people are just people who create systems, record data and keep tweaking the system until it works. They never give up and that’s key!

Thanks for writing! Cheers…
Chantelle

By: drypelert

drypelert — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:27:04 +0000

Seldom I write comments but resource really cool

By: MoneyNing

MoneyNing — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:44:49 +0000

Asset Manager: I agree. Having a goal definitely helps drive the motivation level up.

By: Asset Manager

Asset Manager — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:46:45 +0000

An excellent question that not only applies to being frugal but also investing wisely. We generally ask clients “Why do you invest?” most people cannot answer this becuase they don’t have a goal. Asking these questions of oneself invariably makes saving and investing more clear.

By: MoneyNing

MoneyNing — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 04:53:19 +0000

Stephen: Yeah it’s very easy to try something and not give it enough time to work since people are usually not very trusting to advice from someone else (which is very understandable!)

By: Stephen H

Stephen H — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 13:58:32 +0000

I think what happens a lot to people is.. they read a finance book or a book on handling finances, and they don’t follow through with everything in that one particular book. Before they finish all the tips/techniques, and see if it actually works, they move on to the next book and they start combining all the tips and techniques. I think that’s very similar to dieting. Moving from one book to another.

By: MoneyNing

MoneyNing — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:40:09 +0000

Thank you for your kind comments!

Someone told me that when we want to do something, we will make it happen. This is so true!

By: Barbara Stanny

Barbara Stanny — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:30:02 +0000

This is a great entry…one of the best I’ve come across.

You’re right, without motivation, we’re stuck in a rut.

What I found in my research, lack of motivation comes from fear and resistance.

Sometimes, just talking about what scares you can lift the resistance and lead to action.

Barbara Stanny, author “Overcoming Underearning”
http://www.barbarastanny.com