The Dreaded Direct Question

( Take a glass of water within reach for reading this article . )

Your personal financial planning is the topic of discussion here today , but not quite . First I would like to draw your attention to . The issue of bragging

The other day I was carrying on about how good our site was doing on the various search engines . If you typed in financial planning Victoria , Victoria , or financial planner , or CFP Christ our site ranked well on major search engines . But I was not bragging about a dummy . Unfortunately not . Because this person, who shall remain nameless , asked me a very simple question :

' Does it work ? "

" Huh ? " I thought , feeling like I was suddenly part of a butterfly collection.

' Does it work? You get new customers this way? "

The room started the spider.

" Can I have some wa - wa ' woozily I asked if I crumbled to the floor ? .

Sometimes we get so caught up in the process of doing things , such as optimizing websites for search engines , the sight of what standard of measurement we use to determine how we do it we lose. In my case I was using how well our website ranked for different search terms , rather than whether we were actually getting any business on the web . Duh !

This often happens when the financial planning peoples concerned. It is very easy to get stuck in the process of saving money , or money management , but the view of whether or not what you are doing is actually working to help achieve lose your goals. So, if you think about your financial goals , and then think about how you are doing , the same question applies ...

' Does it work ? "

There are three possible answers to this question and they are: " Can what I wa - wa " " Yes " , "I do not know", and

He realized that what you are doing is not working , is not pleasant . Nor is it pleasant to the dizzying pleasure of progress you thought you lot realize , is no more. You may be a little ridiculous to yourself for a bit, but if you are like me , that's nothing new .

So, for example , if your primary financial benchmark retirement, it looks like you'll be able to retire when you want, with the kind of income you will be required?

" Hey ! Okay? Wake up . Here . Drink this . "

Rick Hoogendoorn is a ? ? Associate ? and misguided webmaster with Cheri Crause & Associates Inc. Cheri Crause is a certified financial planner in Victoria , BC .