Goal Setting Archives - MoneyMiniBlog

7 Common Goal Setting Obstacles and How to Maneuver Around Them

by Contributor | Nov 5, 2018

Living life without setting goals is pointless.

24 Financial Accomplishments to Add to Your Bucket List

by Kalen Bruce | Jul 24, 2018

This could be the blueprint for any financial future

Suck at Setting Goals? You’re Making it Too Complicated!

by Kalen Bruce | Jun 21, 2018

Stop making goal setting so complex!

My Commitment to You in 2018

by Kalen Bruce | Jan 1, 2018

Welcome to 2018!

The Most Common (And Most Broken) New Year’s Resolutions [Infographic]

by Kalen Bruce | Dec 25, 2017

I just wanted to post a quick reminder to let you know you don’t have to wait until 2018 to get started on your goals.

You’ve Got Your Goals and Your Habits, But What About “Habit Goals”?

by Kalen Bruce | Jun 29, 2017

Should you focus on habits or goals? What do you think?

5 Daily Routines of Highly Productive People

by Contributor | Jun 1, 2017

Everyone wants to be successful, but there are few people who manage to accomplish this.

The Profit of Discipline: 5 Tips for Not Going Broke

by Contributor | May 31, 2017

There is a comfort in certainty, and unfortunately we don’t live in a very certain world.

How to Keep Your Financial Resolution in Shape with Behavioral Economics

by Contributor | May 17, 2017

I have never been too much of a spender but keeping my outgoing financial assets in line for an entire year, as I had planned to do, proved to be a challenge until I resorted to behavioral economics.

4 Simple Things You Can Do to Achieve Your Financial Goals In 2017

by Contributor | May 5, 2017

2017 is nearly half gone. For those who made big financial goals at the beginning of the year, it’s a great time to take a look at them.

5 Thoughts That are Secretly Destroying Your Goal Progress

by Kalen Bruce | Jul 21, 2016

Our life isn’t as logical as we like to think.

You may plan your goals perfectly, but when the time comes for action, it doesn’t work out.

That happens to all of us, because our emotions affect our decisions. We don’t think about that when we set goals.

A 2014 study shows how our emotions affect our logical decisions. So how do you deal with that? You have to make these decisions and set your goals when you’re in a logical state, and then push through when you’re thinking emotionally. Easier said than done.

Don’t worry, I’ve summed up five of the most common emotional thoughts that will destroy your goal progress. Once you acknowledge that these thoughts exist, you can fight them off.