Friday 56
This post is part of
the meme Friday 56. In this meme, you turn to page 56 of whatever
you are reading and quote one sentence or paragraph that stands out. If you are reading on an E-reader, you go to
56% and do the same thing.
This week, I am
quoting from the book Finance
Master, which I am reading on my laptop via a free Kindle Reader.
The complete name of this book is Finance Master: How to Successfully Manage Money, Control a
Household Budget and Protect your Finances.
It is by Dave Pierce.
Pierce is in Wales,
which is part of the United Kingdom.
Some of the advice listed in the book is geared more towards those
living in the UK. However, most of the
information can be used anywhere in the world.
You may have some
Pension income to live off which can give you a foundation, and a safety net,
to pursue your dreams (more on Pensions later), but it can also give you......
time; time to start that business you've always wanted to start, time to take
your dreams of being an Actor seriously! You could potential be 'retired' for
the same number of years you have spent working.
All of us need to
plan for our retirement. We may not live
as long as we had hoped, but there are expenses that those we leave behind will
have to deal with.
I am still reading at
The 7 Habits of
Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey. This is a book that is supposedly a must read
for anyone who is trying to be successful.
I question that.
In this book, Covey
writes about coming home during his daughter’s third birthday party. When he arrived, he found his three year old
daughter clutching her presents yelling, “No” to her little party guests, who
all wanted to play with the presents they had brought her.
Covey uses this to
talk about how a person needs to actually possess something before they can
freely share it or give it. That may be right, but this is very much a
management failure on the part of Covey and whoever was involved with running
the party.
Covey was obviously
able to come home for his daughter’s birthday party, which was good. However, this party should have been planned
for after the time he was to arrive home.
Second, the order of events was poorly planned.
If you are giving a child’s birthday party,
you have game time first. In this, you
play party games where all can participate like Pin The Tail On The Pony (a
shout out to all you My Little Pony fans),
Button-Button, or Duck, Duck, Goose.
Then, you have the
cake and ice cream. Before the sugar
kicks in all the way, you have the child open the presents, give the kids a goody bag, and send them on their way.
There is no need for the child to face the sharing problem because the
toys should not be available until just before the guests leave.
Other posts in this
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What a great post, David...when my husband had his strokes and forced into retirement all the savings we had --had to be used to live on; house pmts, car pmts and so on...and ever so thankful on what we did have. Slowly, building that back up...have a beautiful day friend.
ReplyDeleteThank you for stopping by. I was forced into retirement back in 1996 because of my blindness. Earlier this year, I had three strokes. One never knows what the future will hold. We all need a financial plan.
DeleteHave a great weekend.
This sounds informative. As someone who is semi-retired, I should have likely read this a few years ago. I'm working my way through TBR mountain and landed on Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas this week. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteThe book is written more for people in the UK, but much of the information is universal.
DeleteIt has been helpful so far. Thanks for commenting. Have a good weekend.
Sounds great, if you need help managing your finances. Happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteSo far it is an average book. Thanks for commenting.
DeleteSounds like a good one. I just wish I had enough money to have to worry about it:)
ReplyDeleteMy Friday 56 from Scar Tissue
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DeleteWhat an awesome post! Great idea and thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteHere is my Friday 56
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DeleteI've been to a few seminars where they recommended the Covey book. Looks like it could be good but I haven't gotten around to reading it yet. This is a great post.
ReplyDeleteThere are some good things in Covey's book, but he spends a great deal of time saying the same things that Benjamin Franklin said in his autobiography. Honesty, integrity, time-management, and goal setting are all important. Thanks for commenting.
DeleteIf you need help with finances this could be very useful... :)
ReplyDeleteCheck out my Friday 56 (With Book Beginnings).
Sometimes we know what we need to do, it is a good thing though to have someone remind us. Just like the book, In Search of Excellence, we need "a blinding flash of the obvious" to remind us about what we should be doing.
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