UNTOUCHABLE ASSETS - spoiler alert - we ain't talking investment portfolios...

Pearson RE Group
Sep 20, 2017
2 min read

If you're reading this, I know that regardless of your age or social status, you (like most of us) spend countless hours toiling over work, finances, the next opportunity, and how to grow and protect all you've worked so hard for - all in the name of family, financial responsibility, social pressures, living a successful life. We each have our own definition for doing so.

So after all of this effort, why are more and more people (from Millenials to Boomers) seemingly discontent with their station in life? After all, isn't it about the journey, and not the destination? ...I hate cliches...

I came across this great article from CNBC titled "How To Reinvent Yourself During a Mid-Career Crisis". While the article's author, Dean Niewolny, CEO of The Halftime Institute opines from the perspective of his own "mid-career crisis", I think this article is relevant no matter which life-inning we find ourselves in. The real substance centers on getting beyond our basic needs and living with renewed purpose - "what it takes to cap success with significance" and focusing on "what we do for others".

Some notable excerpts from the article:

"If you're at a crossroads in your life and feeling "smoldering discontent," these three questions can help push you forward in the right direction. 1. What is all your gaining costing you? My gaining in the world of finance was costing me my family and my health. My wife and kids lived below my work-priorities line... I still meet business "successes" who wake up one day retired, divorced, estranged from their kids, living in Architectural Digest spreads with no one else there to help make it a home. All gaining comes with a price...

2. What in your life is precious, and what are you doing to protect it? This points to your spouse, children, health, and soul. Too many hard-driving business warriors fail to proactively protect their real treasures until a crisis, when it may be too late. On the positive side, a guy I know gives a day a week to his wife, doing whatever she chooses — tennis, movie, you name it. Family-wide, that one weekly activity protects many of his assets.

3. If your life were to turn out perfectly, what would it look like two years from now? Note that this metrics question is not, "What would you be doing?" but "What would your life look like?" In my case, my spouse would be flourishing in whatever she feels called to. I'd know my purpose and be in it. My children would have high self-esteem and a positive impact on society...

...As for the solutions: Reach right now for your calendar and your resolve. If your marriage is limping, clear time for it and protect that time like your top client. Your children, your health, your soul? Cross off less important calendar items, double up on others, and make what's priceless untouchable. You've just ID'd your biggest assets. Their protection has to be your priority..."

Click here to read the full article on CNBC.com

May we all live a more enriched and purpose filled life!