What would happen if you lose your job, have an accident and receive no income for 6 months? How would you (and your family) survive financially? Do you have your insurances in order?

Where will you be in next five years? Maybe retired and on a pension? Or perhaps you have superannuation you hope will be enough to live on? Unfortunately too many people are under false illusions about how superannuation will be answer for a secure retirement.

Hope is not enough. You have to be pro-active and seek out professional advice to help you. But be careful who you take advice from and what is motivation behind them “selling” you their ideas?

Educating yourself on how to make most of your hard-earned money so you can create wealth should be a high priority. After all, if you’re not interested in securing your financial future, who is?

The Final Word If you take control of your personal affairs you will have peace of mind and know that you are making things happen.

I once heard someone say: Some people make things happen, others watch things happen and still others wonder what happened.

Stop procrastinating and just do it!

Have a great week! Lorraine Pirihi

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In contrast, a few guys where my brother worked went around office recruiting players for their new softball team and they joined a league. They signed up anybody who said they would play. They didn’t get a coach and never practiced. During games, they asked people where they wanted to play, not what their abilities were. As a result, outfielders couldn’t catch fly balls, infielders couldn’t catch ground balls, and they lost almost every game.

My message is simple. Pro sports teams take time to analyze demands of each position. They use best tools they have available to compare players to demands of those jobs. They have tools in place to monitor a player’s progress. They realize sooner rather than later if a person lacks raw ability to perform at a specific position. They also realize when that same person has raw ability to succeed at a different position. They have programs in place to train, coach, develop, and promote upcoming players before they need them.

Why don’t more companies learn to do same thing? There are plenty of good skill, attitude, and personality assessment tools that an employer can use to build models of jobs and measure individuals against those jobs. Generally speaking, mistakes in hiring could be brought to a halt. Poor performers could be promoted or moved laterally into different positions that played to their strengths. Training efforts could actually pay off and benefit company and its employees, particularly when tailored to individuals’ deficiencies and company’s needs.

Copyright 2001, Mason Duchatschek