Diane Neill Jensen

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My work at home idea seemed as far away as a tiny, twinkling star in the sky thirty-five years ago, and that was a long time to wait just to be able to kick back in my recliner and work away at my laptop computer at home.

So long, in fact, that financial retirement planning, not just financial life planning, is looming up closer than I’d prefer.

It takes more than one step to get you to your goal, but it all starts with one little step. Oh, and you don’t always get to your financial retirement planning goals in a straight line.

The State of Alaska, in the United States, where I live, gave my privy to some goal planning training. Included were aptitude tests of all kinds, and the suggestion of the book “Up the Down Parachute”.

This was back in the ‘70’s, but don’t worry, there’s a new version of the book. It’s been updated to reflect you kids who are younger than baby boomers. I recently went online and had a copy sent to my daughter.

I highly recommend this book. The book was one of my first little steps on my journey to my personal development and philosophy.

Anyway, I set goals in all areas of my life, including professional, personal, marital, spiritual and health, although not necessarily in that order.

And refined and defined as my goals were, my life at times headed in different directions.

My goal of becoming a graphic artist gave way to my journalism and editing jobs.

Marital plans had a way of going awry. Maybe because my basic people skills were so undeveloped.

After thirty-five years though, I can honestly say that a lot of my original goals were met, and then some.

The jobs of graphic artist, writer, editor, and some unexpected ones like waitress (pretty good money by the way, at a nice dinner house) all came my way in their own times.

There are still lots of goals left to work toward though. None of my “day jobs” helped at all with my financial retirement planning, except for maybe a couple hundred dollars a month in Social Security from the U.S. Government, a program that’s almost as broke as the U.S. is in debt.

Along came the internet and the possibility of multiple streams of income, and one company in particular that is showing me that I can get ahead in this life.

You can get ahead in this life and I can help.

If you want to learn more about where my training is coming from, leave your name and email address in the box on this page.

I hope to hear from you soon.

Personal development is what prepares you to become successful.

If you never learned how to read or write or do simple math in your earlier years, would you be successful in high school or college?

Unfortunately, many people still do not have the privilege of going to school for those basic skills in those areas. Abraham Lincoln had to teach himself much of this basic education and he got elected President of the United States of America.

How did he do it? He did the little things over and over. He taught himself, he listened, observed, read and learned much on his own.

Personal development can be learned on your own. There are books and articles to read, people to listen to whom you can learn from.

Develop your own philosophy is what Jeff Olson says in his book “The Slight Edge”.

Your philosophy develops as you concentrate on your own personal development in all the areas that life contains: professional, personal, marital, spiritual and health.

Go on your own and find ways to educate yourself in all these areas. Seek out books to read and find mentors to model yourself after.

As a young, single mother of one son back in the 1970’s, no one told me to take on a full time course load at the local college.

And it was only the beginning of my personal development. It wasn’t easy. From time to time I went out to the clubs with friends, and once, a young man sat down and surprised me with his remark.

“Why are you out here with all these party people? You’re smart, going to college, and you’re hanging out with people who don’t have any goals at all,” he said.

He was right. But, I didn’t have an inkling of how to develop the other areas of my life. I was shy, and alcohol helped me face people. It took many, many years for the other areas of my life to develop.

There were a lot of ups and downs. Businesses failed and jobs quit. Another marriage, failed, and another child to raise as a single mom.

But learning from those failures helped prepare me for the next challenges. Now there’s a successful marriage, with the eighth anniversary finding us both still happy and loving each other much more than we did to start with ten years ago.

Ten years of newspaper publishing, and working on it again, along with two other businesses. New and improved ways of working, working at home, working relaxed and steady, always looking for ways to improve.

Actually, it is a lifelong process. We don’t just stop moving and improving our lives. We find ways to become better each day. Each day there are more opportunities.

Take each day’s opportunity to develop your philosophy by learning more, and then getting out and doing more with what you’ve learned, each and every day.

Keep going on the steady upward climb, knowing that there are little dips in the road that you will recover from if you keep doing the little things that move you forward and upward.

You can get ahead in this life and I can help.

If you want to learn more about where my training is coming from, leave your name and email address in the box on this page.

I hope to hear from you soon.

The process of doing all the little things needs to be celebrated, and often, says Jeff Olson in his book “The Slight Edge”.

We’ve been going over these little things for the past few weeks. If you have not read the previous articles, they are available on Diane Neill Jensen’s website in the “Achievement” section.

All those little things, if you’ve been successful at doing a few of them, are leading you in the up direction of a curve that, in time, will make the big difference in your lives.

So think about your little accomplishments each and every day, and take pride in what you’ve done. Celebrate yourself!

If you paid a compliment on a job well done to a co-worker, friend, or anyone, celebrate it. Feel good about that little thing that you’ve done.

If you got your car payment or house payment in on time this month, celebrate it. Feel good about it.

Find something to celebrate in all areas of your life, financial, professional, personal, marital, spiritual and health wise. Celebrate each one.

You can get ahead in this life and I can help.

If you want to learn more about where my training is coming from, leave your name and email address in the box on this page.

I hope to hear from you soon.

Make your work at home idea successful enough to help with your financial life planning and financial retirement planning goals.

Reflect on what you do each day to ensure that you are not just spinning gravel with your energy tires. Go somewhere by making your energy count.

If you want to be successful in your life, take heed of this advice. Whether you have a “day job” outside your home and/or a part time job to support your full time job, make sure that what you are doing is getting you ahead in this life.

Each day, take stock of what you’ve done. Did you do the right things?

There are several areas in all of our lives that we need to pay attention to on a regular basis. Some of them are, financial, professional, personal, marital, spiritual and health.

What did you do to improve your situation in any of these areas today?

Were you frugal with your money? Did you treat all the important people, and all those you saw today, with respect? Did you do some exercise and eat healthy foods?

To become successful in life, reflect on these items, and slowly, just by consciously thinking about them, you will start to see some changes in your life.

My life has been changing since starting this book, without my even realizing it until reaching this chapter.

I was amazed to realize that my dental health, according to my dental hygienist has improved greatly since our last session, and without my even thinking I was even doing anything different. Now that I think about it, I started flossing (hope you’re not squeamish, but this is a big deal!).

One of my worst habits is procrastination about writing these articles, waiting until nearly deadline to write, and my goal this week is to write an article each day, instead of five on Friday!

Pick up a copy of Jeff’s book, start reading, and see how your life starts improving.

You CAN get ahead in this life. I can show you how.

If you want to learn more, just enter your first name and email address on this page, and you will receive information on how I’m getting ahead.

Habits are a powerful force in your life that can send you in a downward path or allow you to take the upward route.

It can make the difference in whether your making money ideas turn into one of the best home businesses, or just fizzle, leaving you out in the cold with your financial retirement planning goals.

The first step in changing a bad habit is becoming aware of it.

Do you think or talk pessimistically about your life or the world around you? How’s that working for you? Do you think you’ll be successful in business by continuing on this way?

Bad habits are pretty hard to kick, but easier if you replace the bad habit with a good one.

Next time you hear yourself saying that you are going to be eating cat food when you’re old because social security isn’t enough to live on, think in the opposite way.

End your statement with, “but if I start saving a few dollars every day from now on, I’ll be dining on fresh seafood near a beach when I retire”.

End all your statements or thoughts in an upbeat manner, and soon, the pessimism should start fading away.

You CAN get ahead in this life. I can show you how.

If you want to learn more, just enter your first name and email address on this page, and you will receive information on how I’m getting ahead.