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- Kids and Money - Should allowance be given or earned? - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2013 from Daniel BrittonIt’s an age old parenting question, but one which still causes a huge amount of debate: should you give your child pocket money for doing chores? The best answer I can give you is, ‘sometimes’. One obvious reason for linking the two is to encourage a work ethic. Giving pocket money for ...
Views: 1787(2 votes) - 7 Essential Money Skills for Kids (and Parents!) - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2011 from Daniel BrittonWhilst the debate about financial education in schools continues, parents need not wait to teach their kids about money. Here are 7 things that every teen should know about money. Manage your money - Show your money who’s boss by putting a money management system in place. Divide your income ...
Views: 2294(1 vote) - Schools should be teaching kids about money - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2011 from Daniel BrittonThe continuing financial and economic problems in many parts of the world, record levels of personal debt and many individuals experiencing the misery of financial hardship have highlighted the need for better financial education across all parts of the population. By providing financial ...
Views: 1409 - Teaching Your Kids About Money - Setting the Financial Thermostat - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2010 from Daniel BrittonA key concept in teaching your children about money is the awareness that as an adult your past programming determines every thought that forms in your mind. With this knowledge we can give our children positive messages and a healthy financial conditioning. As a child our conditioning, ...
Views: 1608(4 votes) - How to help your children learn about money - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2010 from Daniel BrittonThe story of Pinocchio may be more profound than we initially thought… A perfect creation gradually gets influenced and tarnished by its surroundings before thankfully finding its way back to its true nature. Up until the ages of 7 or 8 children are literally being programmed by their ...
Views: 2471(6 votes) - Success - Taking the 3D view - by Submitted on May 26, 2010 from Daniel BrittonHowever you define your particular view of success, taking a 3D view will provide better clarity and help you reach your goals with more speed. Success can mean different things to different people and each one is right. Whether you are seeking to improve your finances, your health, ...
Views: 1685(3 votes) - How Bedtime Stories Can be a Major Influence in Child Development - by Submitted on Mar 07, 2010 from Daniel BrittonFor hundreds, if not thousands of years, parents have known that reading bedtime stories can help kids relax and fall asleep more easily. They also help develop reading skills and in emotional child development, but you may not be aware that they also act as a form of hypnosis. In which case ...
Views: 4300(2 votes) - Why Affirmations Work - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2010 from Daniel BrittonHave you ever driven a familiar route, only to arrive with no real recollection of how you got there? Scary when you think about it isn’t it? Yet when we were learning to drive, it took all our powers of concentration to coordinate our hands and feet, not to mention negotiate a busy junction. ...
Views: 1925(15 votes) - How to set positive affirmations - an easy 8 step approach - by Submitted on Jan 31, 2010 from Daniel BrittonLike many things we don’t fully understand, it would be easy to dismiss the power of affirmations, but enough respected and highly successful people use them that, they deserve investigation. Regrettably, many of us grow up with a set of beliefs about ourselves that are less than empowering. ...
Views: 2835(8 votes) - Financial Education - Who should be teaching your children? - by Submitted on Jan 22, 2010 from Daniel BrittonThe current financial crisis has sharpened the focus on the need for better financial education across all segments of the population. Just as information and guidance on healthy eating and exercise can prevent a lifetime of obesity, effective financial education, when started at an early age, ...
Views: 2244(2 votes) - Are SMART Goals still Smart? - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2010 from Daniel BrittonMost experts agree that the expression of a goal or objective in clear, concise terms enhances the potential to achieve it. In goal setting the acronym SMART is perhaps the most well used process for structuring goals. It represents Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Time related. ...
Views: 1574 - 7 Ways to Make your New Years Resolutions Last - by Submitted on Jan 01, 2010 from Daniel BrittonEvery year around 80% of us make New Year’s Resolutions. Whether you are seeking to lose weight, stop bad habits or earn more money, use these 7 tips to make sure your New Year’s Resolutions last beyond the first week: 1. Be Specific – Rather than say “I want to lose weight”, decide upon the ...
Views: 1371(2 votes) - 5 Reasons Why New Year's Resolutions Don't Work - by Submitted on Dec 31, 2009 from Daniel BrittonIt is estimated that over 80% of us make New Year’s resolutions of some kind. Yet how many of these last until the end of January, or even until the Christmas decorations are put away? Despite our best intentions many of our New Year’s resolutions are doomed to fail from the outset. Here are ...
Views: 1561(2 votes) - 5 Steps to Power Through your Problems - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2009 from Daniel BrittonWhether you call them challenges, opportunities or big hairy problems, the only people without them are in the graveyard. Someone once said don’t wish for smaller problems, wish you were better. The fact that you have problems at all are signs of growth, progress and movement. Once we set a goal ...
Views: 1752(2 votes) - Why isn't Financial Education Taught in Schools? - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2009 from Daniel BrittonIf ever there was a time for better financial education then surely it is now? When you look at the state of many of the economies around the world it’s a mystery why financial education is not compulsory schools. It is easy to blame banks, big business or governments for the current climate but ...
Views: 5627(1 vote) - What are you teaching your children about money? - by Submitted on Nov 28, 2009 from Daniel BrittonMost people inherit their beliefs and values from their parents. So along with Mum’s eyes and occasionally Dad’s nose, we are likely to become conditioned by their set of rules around money, which in turn came from their previous generation. This may work very well if your surname is Rothschild ...
Views: 1269(5 votes) - The magic of setting goals - by Submitted on Sep 05, 2009 from Daniel BrittonOK, let's be honest, Goal setting is not a new phenomena . Business and motivational experts such as Jim Rohn, Zig Ziglar or Brian Tracy have been extolling their virtues for many years. Napoleon Hill in the classic Think and Grow Rich writes: “Whatever the mind of man can conceive and ...
Views: 1696(5 votes) - Deciding to allow your abundance - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2009 from Daniel BrittonHave you decided to allow your abundance? First becoming clear about money is essential, as it will allow you to then focus on sharing our talents and achieving your life's mission. Clearing limiting beliefs and negative associations about money will remove the blocks to allow abundance to pour ...
Views: 1450 - Cracking The Abundance Code - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2009 from Daniel BrittonCracking The Abundance Code Since its release in 2006, an estimated 300 million worldwide have been introduced to the Law of Attraction by "The Secret". How many of these millions are at present attracting abundance into their lives? What in that case does it take to create the lifestyle, ...
Views: 1392 - 6 easy ways to teach children about money - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2009 from Daniel BrittonTeaching children from an early age how to save and budget in a fun and educational way, can lay the foundations for sound money management later in life. Most would agree, that the earlier children are introduced to a foreign language, the quicker they are able to pick it up. The same can be ...
Views: 1626(9 votes) - 7 steps to Prosperity Thinking - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2009 from Daniel BrittonHow do you measure true achievement? Is it about more than money? Cash in the bank is a handy gauge, yet to be abundantly supplied means we can benefit from loving relationships, a beautiful home, travel, and contribute via the realization of our purpose or life's work. The process we use to ...
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