Comments on: More Chances to Get a Copy of “Goal Digger” http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/10/more-chances-to-get-a-copy-of-goal-digger/ Our Journey to a Debt-Free Life Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:35:00 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Rob in Madrid http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/10/more-chances-to-get-a-copy-of-goal-digger/comment-page-1/#comment-178660 Rob in Madrid Sat, 20 Oct 2007 08:54:56 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/10/more-chances-to-get-a-copy-of-goal-digger/#comment-178660 Please don't take this personal but I really dislike books like that because they equate success with money and set you up for failure. I used to read all those books and it really frustrated me because no matter how hard I tried the 'formulas' never worked. It's very very frustrating when no matter how hard you try it doesn't work. It was only once I sat down really looked at what my values were that I could serious think about what my goals are. They are very simple family and friends. The long and the short of is I wanted my Wife out of the corporate world. To do that we need to get our cost of living below X dollars (or euros per month) and she can quit. That is a goal that is achievable. Even poor people given enough time and assuming they have some financial smarts can build a substantial nest egg. Sorry but not everyone can be a "Mr. Hedge Fund, who made his big time money when his Internet company went IPO" sorry thinking that way only sets yourself for failure. Living below your means and/or increasing your income abit is the only guaranteed way to be successful long term. Unfortunately they don't make movies out of people like that. Please don’t take this personal but I really dislike books like that because they equate success with money and set you up for failure. I used to read all those books and it really frustrated me because no matter how hard I tried the ‘formulas’ never worked. It’s very very frustrating when no matter how hard you try it doesn’t work. It was only once I sat down really looked at what my values were that I could serious think about what my goals are. They are very simple family and friends. The long and the short of is I wanted my Wife out of the corporate world. To do that we need to get our cost of living below X dollars (or euros per month) and she can quit. That is a goal that is achievable.

Even poor people given enough time and assuming they have some financial smarts can build a substantial nest egg. Sorry but not everyone can be a “Mr. Hedge Fund, who made his big time money when his Internet company went IPO” sorry thinking that way only sets yourself for failure.

Living below your means and/or increasing your income abit is the only guaranteed way to be successful long term. Unfortunately they don’t make movies out of people like that.

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