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Economic Hope?

2012 has been a turbulent year as it receded and surged on the waves of increasing insecurity,unemployment rates,infrastructure decay and heavy interest of government in taxes.However; 2013 will definitely be a big year for many. How can you position yourself for all the 'big' in the year? There is no sitting on the fence and hoping things will get better, you have got to start working at achieving your set targets. Don't just hope things will move your way; hope is not a reliable economic tool neither is it a strategy that always works! Take time to do a financial health check to determine where you have been, where you are currently and where you hope to be by end of 2013. You must give considerations to your particular requirements,timescales and different options you have. Brainstorm every possible method you can adopt to accomplish your stretch goals- those that are far out of reach that you are not sure you can achieve. In the first place, real economic goals must...

Spread Out! Think Big!

Welcome to 2013, a year full of promises.   It’s the first day of the year and may I ask “what can you see yourself achieving this year?”Write down your goals and pursue it vigorously. While doing this, be sure that your goals and plans are not mean ones. It’s likely to be very risky for you to think and plan small this year. What if your best plans have the capacity to come true? Prepare yourself to engage your gears for good speed. Charles Schulz said “Life is a ten-speed bike. Most of us have gears we never use”. Many new businesses are going to be born, new jobs are going to be created and many will move on to bigger and better jobs. For others, it will be a year to stabilize in career, study, health or ministry. Someone said “it is very dangerous to have small plans”. Big plans attract big people while small plans attract small people. Unfortunately small people always create big problems. I used to have a lawyer friend who stopped being a real estate agent for ...