Our vision of success changes through time. That can be a good thing. Regardless of the semantics we use, the success we envision when we are young can be very different from our vision of success when we are older.
What is Success?
Likely it has evolved beyond those original visions of success for your life.
It has likely been tempered by the life experiences you have had since then, the good experiences and the ‘learning’ experiences.
The Role Of Money In Success
Saving and planning for the future may not have been part of your original vision of success.
Success and dreams and goals are all very closely linked: They aren’t easily achieved without focus, discipline, and energy.
Stages of Success
And when we get there, Success 1.0 tends to evolve into something deeper, more thoughtful. The next stage is our Success 2.0.
Success 2.0 tends to become more legacy focused and incorporates elements of ourselves we have discovered along the way.
The role of a financial plan in achieving Success 2.0 is by setting a strategy in how to get there.
This underscores the importance a financial roadmap in articulating where we are going and how we will get there.
It’s likely you can move to Success 2.0 without a financial plan, but why would you want to?
While our semantics of success change through time, when we reach the success we envision for ourselves, the destination is the
Next Step
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