What are its main financial objectives?
If your goals are difficult to specify or seem to be derived, it is not alone.
The research suggests that, even when they are considered important objectives, people tend to respond with what is most important, which may not always reflect their true long -term objectives.
It can be useful to implement prepared processes that help us to be less strange for ourselves and better understand our deepest motivations, instead of setting first -class memories.
We have used our research to inform a three -step process that can help investors more strategically identify their financial objectives. This process forces investors to reduce speed and consider the issue comprehensively.
In practice, it provides the space and structure from which people benefit, since they think deeply what they want to do in the long term with their resources gained with so much effort. This is how the steps are.
First, take out a notes and write your three main investment objectives.
Think about this as a rain of ideas, which can be useful for things to be. But remember that it is only the first step, and anything written here should be considered “written in pencil.”
Then configure the notes and check a ESTABLISHED LIST OF COMMON INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES. Consider each alternative and mark the objectives in the list that are important to you. As you advance, clog the objectives that do not resonate with you.
There is nothing magical on this master list. The benefit is that it gives people a different perspective about what could be motivated and, in addition, the opportunity to evaluate the options, instead of having to generate ideas and evaluate them at the same time. Doing two things at the same time is difficult (think about driving and reading a text message simultaneously).
Now, taking into account both your initial list of notes and the remarkable list of common objectives, think of your three main investment objectives. Write them on a new sheet of paper. Has your list of main objectives changed since step 1? If so, how?
A simple but effective approach: build a master list
If your goals changed, you are not alone. In our research, we find 70% of people He changed at least one of his three main goals after going through this simple three -step process.
After considering the master verification list, some people who initially thought about their goals in broad and lazy terms began to formulate ideas that were more specific and vivid. The master list also helped many respondents to change the initial objectives that focused only on financial results (which tend to be impersonal and potentially demotivator ) rethink your objectives in terms of your Emotional and personal values. This process helped them better understand their why (not just their what).
The next time he faces the great and terrifying financial planning question: “What are its general financial objectives, 30 years and long term?” manageable steps. You can help you make sure you find your true goals, and not just things that are the most important. This helps investors to be less oblivious to themselves and identify their why they advance where they want to go.
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Samantha Lamas is a behavioral knowledge researcher in Morningstar. Ryan Murphy is the global chief of behavior ideas in Morningstar.
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