Exercising Delayed Gratification
In my family, I come from a long line of traders. My dad, my brother, others in my extended family, like to buy and sell things. Preferably to turn a profit. This includes almost anything, but mostly cars, boats, etc. I instinctively want to do the same thing. It’s in the blood-line.
A year or two ago, my dad bought a bright red Chevrelet Silverado that I’ve admired since he got it. Well, now he has another vehicle, and this one’s for sale. I really like this pick-up truck. I can afford to buy it, but it would set me back on reaching my other goals.
Ok……..I admit it……..I have pictured myself driving it!
The truth is, my other goals are more important than some vehicle. I think this is a perfect example of keeping your eye on the prize when you have your goals set. Financially speaking, there always are, and there always will be “opportunities” to get you off track. The bottom line is, I never really considered it, because the decision was made at the time I set my financial goals. I’m not upgrading my vehicle, until I reach a certain point. I still like the truck, though. 
Do you have a hard time staying on track?
At some point, we’ve all had to deal with a real “nut-job”. That is unless, of course, we’re the “nut-job”. Hopefully that’s not the case. People who seem to be impossible to deal with can frustrate you in a way that death seems like the easiest and most sensible solution. Of course, that’s not the case………but it’s the way our mind can over-exaggerate a situation if we’re frustrated enough. The best thing to do is to learn how to deal with these people before they get you on your wits end.
While making my way through the local McDonald’s drive-thru the other day, something in the background caught my attention. This drive-thru is one of those where the first window is where the financial transaction occurs, and the second window is where the customer is rewarded with the food they’ve paid for. In the first window, I noticed two signs on the wall which served to remind employees of the goals. The first sign read:
When I started blogging, I noticed that a couple of posts seemed to bring 90% of the traffic from search engines. I realized that these posts were apparently the ones that actually helped someone and provided answers to their questions. Since that time, I’ve also realized if I could create more posts that accomplished the same thing, my blog would quickly gain more momentum. I never realized there was a term for these posts.
Would you be interested in taking part in a discussion? Almost all blogs give you the opportunity to leave a comment after each post. As a matter of fact, the practice is encouraged. If you are a blogger, one of the best ways to get comments is apparently to give comments on other blogs. It’s easy to be a “lurker”, but taking part in the discussion encourages the one who wrote the post as well as provides you with an excellent link back to your site. Personally, I’ve tried to take part more lately on the blogs that I regularly read, and one of the results has been more traffic to my site. Anyone with a website or blog wants that. This post was prompted by Chris Garrett’s post titled 