Where are you headed?
The rhythmic sound of the tracks meeting the train's forward momentum, sunk into a seat worn down by the weight of thousands of travelers, perhaps with your gaze directed out the window or at a screen in front of you. I have a question for you: Where are you really headed?
It starts with your self-image. What do you see yourself as capable of achieving?
Can you pause in the seat where you’re sitting right now and actually reflect on your own final destination? The first thing you need to invest in is not your money but your time. I want to emphasize early in this text that you have both to spare—both time and money.
What you do in the small things plays a bigger role than you might be aware of. Most failures occur, as you and I both know, because we don’t even start. But not continuing toward a well-defined goal is also a vulnerability when it comes to achieving new results.
Setting goals contributes to the outcome. No one achieves a result without establishing clear goals with achievable milestones. No one books a trip without knowing which destination awaits.
Short-term financial goals should be time-bound, usually ranging from a few days to a year. Long-term goals can be a bit more abstract. To achieve your goals, I believe you need to be clear about how you want to use your money. What is important to you in life that requires capital? How you earn money is, of course, number one, but after that, it’s equally important how you want to save and invest, as well as how you want to consume and give. We often forget that economics is just as much about giving as it is about receiving.
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My aim is not to be lengthy; instead, I hope you take some time to begin your journey with an awareness of where you are headed. The journey to your final destination starts now, and it’s about knowing which stops you’ll make along the way. You don’t have to do everything today. Your next stop might be to set clear milestones, followed by starting to invest more, and then reviewing your expenses—perhaps you can create the right conditions by not procrastinating?
So, take a few minutes and reflect: Where can your investments of time and money take you? This is the reason we want to inspire you through our magazine full of women investing and running businesses.