by agnes | Aug 16, 2013 | Blog, Finding Focus, Getting Down To Business, On A Personal Note...
I have worked in ElderCare for over 20 years. It has always been about the people and I have appreciated it for that reason. By ElderCare I mean the frail, the bed-bound, the demented, the dying. A common theme I hear from families when they start enquiring about...
by agnes | Aug 15, 2013 | Finding Focus, Getting Down To Business, On A Personal Note...
Last year I had reason to talk with my financial advisor outside our usual check-in. I wanted to cash in part of an RRSP (Registered Retirement Savings Plan) – it was doing nothing and I wanted to take a risk on something for my kids. She was not sure I was doing the...
by agnes | Aug 13, 2013 | Finding Focus, Getting Down To Business
I live on the west coast of Canada and the ocean is just a fact of life. While not a sailor myself, I know a number of people who just love being out on the water. In my previous city we had an annual international yacht race that avid sailors yearned to be a part of....
by agnes | Aug 9, 2013 | Blog, Finding Focus, Getting Down To Business
I think my message here can be applied pretty universally. How are you going to kickstart your plan to get started sooner than later? My training method made it easy to get started on my path to Retire as Planned. Has the work been easy? Heck no! but like any...
by agnes | Aug 8, 2013 | Finding Focus, On A Personal Note...
It was about 2006 that my RRSP bottom lines started going south. For several years my retirement dreams really took a beating, but now I am back on track to retire as I had planned! What’s your story? Are you ready to reclaim your retirement dreams? ...
by agnes | Aug 3, 2013 | Finding Focus
Yesterday I gave you a heads up about the maximum pension payout numbers the government gives you compared to what the average pension payments actually are. I feel quite strongly that we are going to have to be prepared to either live in poverty or find a way to...
by agnes | Aug 2, 2013 | Finding Focus
I have a question for you! You have a vague idea of how much it costs to keep you in your current lifestyle (presumably). How much income will you make after you retire? Here’s what the government tells you: O.A.S. (Old Age Security) is worth $ 546.07 /...
by agnes | Aug 1, 2013 | Finding Focus
In my last blog post, I mentioned my accountability partners and how I knew they would be on me daily to stay productive in my business. Your first reaction might be resistance to having to report in to others at your age, while you are creating a business that is all...
by agnes | Jul 30, 2013 | Finding Focus
2013 was my year to get my business to “flourishing” stage. My mantra has been “Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won’t, so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can’t.” And as...
by agnes | Dec 31, 2012 | Finding Focus
Editing from dictionary.com a resolution is “a formal expression of…intention made”, and of course we all have our own versions of what the infamous “New Year’s Resolution” means. I’ve made my fair share over the years, as have most...
