By Steve Brunkhorst http://AchieveEzine.com

I spoke recently with owner of a large clothing store who had poured years of effort into his business. He had achieved his dream and built a successful career. However, his hectic pace was becoming difficult to maintain.

New interests were tugging at his heartstrings. He felt himself entering another phase of life. He wanted a change but didn't want to give up his successful lifestyle.

What would you do if you felt yourself heading for a major change? How could you play a big enough game to follow your heart and continue to succeed? Here are some ideas and questions to consider.

Welcome New Desires and Changes

You will feel new desires as your needs and values change over time. Welcome these desires as doorways to a compelling future. Your new interests are there for a reason. They keep you on purpose and allow you to live in harmony with your changing values.

What do you really want most right now? Write down what will be thrilling about your future. See and feel your goals as if you had already obtained them. Let your desire for new accomplishments build and burn passionately within your heart. Welcome new desires with open arms.

Ask Yourself Meaningful Questions

Ask questions that will intrigue you and lead to self-discovery. For example, what, more than anything, determines quality of your life? What are most important things your past has taught you? What would bring you permanent success and satisfaction?

These revealing questions will bring insights and focus your mind to take action. A life-long curiosity about yourself will move you toward fulfillment of your desires.

Update Your Knowledge

Curiosity also leads to learning. Read a variety of books by authors you have not read before. Become a student of ground-breaking ideas as well as accepted theories. What do you need to know that would allow you to pursue a promising new interest?

Continuous learning is necessary for continuous success -- especially in today's rapidly changing world. Keep seeking new wisdom, and apply that wisdom daily.

Keep Great Company

By John Stockwell

If this is first time you've sat down and looked at your future you may be saying "This stuff sounds good but where do I start?". "I don't have enough money to invest" or "I simply can't afford it".

Well it's time to WAKE UP AUSTRALIA. If you really think this way, you may as well go and stick your head in sand and use your bum as a parking space for a bicycle. Or you could even try lying down near your front door and let other people use you as a door mat!

This may sound a bit harsh and it's supposed to. Quite frankly I'm sick and tired of all these "poor bastard" stories you hear in press and on TV. You know ones. Some poor bastard gets ripped off by some scum bag promoting an easy fix for some problem or other.

When are these people going to learn that if it sounds too good to be true then maybe it is.

Here's a big revelation for you. YOU GENERALLY GET WHAT YOU ASK FOR. So no matter what you do allways get a second opinion or ask someone who has "been there done that". Then and only then will you be able to make an informed decision.

Don't spend your time or money with people who skirt around your questions. Ask them what you want to know and be sure you are happy with answers that you get BEFORE you shell out your hard earned cash.

Hang on a minute. I think I've gone off track. This article is supposed to be about where to start investing even if you're as poor as a church mouse.

Well here's answer: INVEST IN YOURSELF FIRST.

You need to first change youre attitude. Stand in front of mirror naked and what do you see? A naked man or woman right. And what's only difference between you and any other naked man or woman?

Let me tell you. It's space between your ears. That is most valuable piece of real estate you will ever own.

Ultimately you choose youre own life. You can choose to do same thing as you've allways done or you can choose to try something different. It's totally up to you. But let me tell you one thing. If you keep doing same thing same way, you will allways get same result.

Anybody who has achieved anything in their lives (which should be everybody) will be able to pin point exact moment that they made their decission to change.

It doesn't have to be about making money either. It could be time you decided to learn a new language, sport, hobby etc.anything you have got a sense of acheivment from.

For me moment came when I was at a friends wedding in Dubbo. I met a bloke called Bob. He had his own business installing computer systems.

He was just like any other person you meet. Down to earth, sense of humour etc. We were talking about work and I asked him how he got into his line of work. He said he had no skills before hand but he saw computers as a growth industry. So he enrolled in night school and learned about them.

It took a couple of years but he finally got to where he wanted to be.