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pension funds (retirement fund). As a person who worked all this time, of course we wanted in one moment we can enjoy his

retirement quietly, both moral and materially. Retire here does not mean stopping work in total, but whatever we want, is it still working full time, working part-time or not working at all, we already have sufficient funds to finance our lives and our lifestyle, without depending on the income from our work.
In doing this, the planning of pension fund investments or savings element is dominant. Protection needs to be taken into account here is health insurance. Because there is no point if we are retired but sickly, so spending the pension funds that have been collected over the years. That is important in planning for pension funds, we need to know exactly what life style desired at the time of retirement and how much funds that need to be collected to finance life style.

As for the financial products that can be used as a tool in the planning of pension funds, pension funds, among others, financial institutions, annuities, unit linked, mutual funds, bonds, property, stocks and the like. Please also note, the term of the investment and risk profile investors in planning this pension fund. Because it will greatly affect the selection of financial products to be purchased as a tool or solution in achieving the purpose of provision of pension funds.

Legacy here can have two purposes. The first, as the distribution of wealth or assets belonging to any desired although the heir is still alive, or bequeath to his heirs after his death. Second, if we don’t have any assets or wealth, or even have debts, a bank or other party  don’t get the debt bequeathed to our heirs. That is why planning inheritance (estate planning) is indispensable for both of these purposes, either to redistribute wealth or assets, or waive legacy debt for our grandchildren.

Indeed, as a people, we are generally reluctant or even taboo when talking about legacy while still alive. However, many facts showed, in the absence of a good legacy planning, heirs in one family can be noisy and finally the purpose the heirs to redistribute wealth in the form of assets accumulated lifetime not reached. More distressing, if the family left burdened in debt that has not been paid off. Solutions in planning this legacy is calculated the magnitude of wealth and the debt owned and wrote down what to do over wealth or debt in a will. Making a will is able to use the services of a lawyer or notary who is trusted.

After knowing what are the foundations of our financial pyramid, now it’s time we discuss the stones on the accumulation of wealth. However, we need to be patient because this explanation will be given the next day. Looking forward to your next article. Regards Financial Freedom.

children’s Education Fund. This is a very important financial goals for families who already have children. As a parent, of course we want the best education for your child. Need careful planning to prepare Education Fund. Cause if not planned, the education we will most likely not reached as we expect.

Children’s Education Fund planning consists of two main activities, namely, save or invest and protection. After calculate how large funds needed for the cost of education, then saving or investment is a way to achieve it.
However, it should be taken into account also the risk that may occur,  when we as parents are saving or investing for the purpose. This is where the role of protection (insurance, health insurance, or disability insurance) is urgently needed. So that in the event of risks such as sickness, disability and even death, which resulted in a child’s Education Fund planning we are distracted, protection can take over this responsibility. Through the protection, planning can keep running as we expect.
Financial products that can be used as tools or tool in planning education fund, among other things, education savings accounts, unit linked insurance scholarship, mutual funds plus insurance and the like. That is important, the financial products has the elements of savings or investments and protection.

property (and gold) is a level of risk investment instruments are higher than mutual funds, but have the potential rate of return which is very interesting. The deal, the investor who invested in these instruments must have long-term investment goals. Therefore, the property (and gold) from side liquidity is not so high compared to investment instruments under it. However, the property (and gold) is a good investment to tackle inflation, especially in the long run. To invest in the property (and gold) required considerable knowledge because if the wrong location to choose Properties or misread economic circumstances when buying gold, then the money invested can diminish significantly.

After the property, at the level of the next stock instruments. Stocks, as it is known, has a high level of liquidity but fluctuation is also very high. This is what causes the level of risk is also quite high, but potentially generate return which is also very high. To make investments in this stock as necessary instruments for capital market knowledge deep and flexible.
The latter is the instrument of investment that is speculation. Instrument that is speculation this could take the form of investment in foreign exchange or commodities exchange. It could also take the form of investment in antiques or collectibles. Clear, called speculation because the level of fluctuation can be very high, for example the Forex. Currently, unilateral rupiah against the dollar could Rp 9,000/US $, but tomorrow it could just be a Usd 10,000/US $. There is also an investment in the form of goods who expect profit or gain very high at the time of sale, for example antiques or objects of art.

Three steps to become more productive

Want to become more productive in their work on any of our activities? Follow these three steps, provided by three experts in their respective fields!

1. make sure the clear objective
Expert in the field of self development and entrepreneur, Paul j. Meyer, argued that clarity that is absolutely essential in order to achieve our goals. “If we don’t make progress as we want, that means because our purpose is less clear.

2. Appreciate ourselves
“If you don’t respect yourself, means you don’t value your time,” said m. Scott Peck, psychiatrist and author of best-seller The Road Less Traveled. “If you don’t value your time, you had no right to use your time well.”

3. Identify what is important and not important
Lin Yutang, writer of The Importance of Living, argues that there is a certain art about to finish a job and let some of the work is not done. “The wisdom of life was contained in cleaning things that don’t matter.” Good luck.

Reasons For Keeping The Bad Habit

Banish bad habits is not easy. Someone might know that the bad habits that endanger him. But always just do it and do it again. “It’s not because they don’t know the risks. But because accustomed to think of what is reasonably current and time nearest to the front instead of into the future a much longer, “said Cindy Jardine from the University of Alberta. During this time felt fine and the next day after tomorrow will still be fine, no strong encouragement to throw it away.

According to Cindy, there are several reasons why someone fixed the bad habits, namely memorabilia because the nature of the default, the need for  accepted the social environment, the inability to truly understand the risks, hard to rationalize bad habits, and genetic factors (tends to be addictive).
Gambling
The desire to gamble there seemed to be in the genes of human beings and is embedded in the brain. This is why the Act of harm this feels so normal. “Gamblers often interpret that the condition is ‘ almost ‘ Woe ‘ (because of the defeat after defeat of hers for a gamble) as a special event that encourages them to continue to gamble,” said Luke Clark of the University of Cambridge who did research on this trend. From research it was discovered that the human brain responds to conditions of “almost all” seems a victory had occurred, Eric was his biggest opportunity engineering is failing. The response of the brain too quickly pushing a person imagines that victory to continue gambling.
Other research suggests that someone new will leaving a place of gambling if it no longer will be at stake. Therefore, even though rationally he promised himself that would just money of her, once arrived at the gambling, restrictions that could Casablanca. He will be compelled to stay and gamble again as long as it still has money at stake. Do not be surprised, many gamblers who just got home when she’s been living since her clothes already participate backwater at stake. Therefore avoid visiting gambling places would be better.

Building Character Entrepreneur Success

Successful Entrepreneur Builds character 182×200 Character an entrepreneur Entrepreneur success certainly not easy. Not everyone can successfully run his business and became a successful businessman. It takes hard work, determination and a strong character to be able to realize it. About mental like what is needed to attempt a principal can achieve success?

Here are some mandatory character owned a principal efforts, so that the business can successfully run and grab the top of his success.

Thirst for achievement

A successful entrepreneur has always had a clear vision and mission and trying to make it as an achievement that should be realized. With that in mind, then you will always be motivated to create new achievements in order to reach the pinnacle of success that has that.

Character self-sufficient

As an entrepreneur, you have full responsibility for the progress of the business is run. No matter what happens in the business all depend on yourself. Because that’s what it takes to be a standalone character everything that happens on your business gets done well.

Have self-discipline

Discipline becomes a key success of an entrepreneur in developing  To get used to the discipline, then indirectly business that you run can walk in accordance with predetermined targets and gain the trust of the consumers.

Harness time as opportunities

The term “time is money” is a right for the businessmen. Because every time it passed utilized to create new opportunities in order to develop his business. So it doesn’t hurt when you try to set the time as well as possible to achieve the targets you’ve dreamed of.

Able to motivate yourself to success  200×150 building character Entrepreneur Success

As an entrepreneur, Your role as boss for yourself as well as for enterprises that are running. If relate gratitude a ship, then it’s you who is in control of the ships. So as much as possible try to keep hold of your self motivation, keep the spirit and run such business as best as possible.

Creative and innovative

A successful entrepreneur has always had fresh ideas for creating innovation and new creations for the development of its business. The high level of creativity you have become one of the main capital for your business, so it does not compete with other businesses on the market.

The leader-spirit

Character leaders must belong to a businessman to steer business toward stardom. Sometimes, as an entrepreneur, You are required to be able to take decisions wisely without detriment to any party. Therefore, be a good leader for yourself, your employees, and for the development of your business.

Dare to take the risk

Sometimes an entrepreneur looks at a risk as opportunity. Instinct is encouraging the perpetrators attempt to being a “fighter” who dare to take the risk to get a bigger profit. So, basically in every issue there is always a gap that could be exploited as a business opportunity.

Continue to learn and add insight

For prospective entrepreneurs are successful, the learning process does not stop at formal education only. Every hour is studied, both learning from books, learning from the experts directly, as well as learning from experience at  in real life. The more often you learn, the more extensive is the insight that you can use as venture capital.

Unyielding

Failure may already be part of the journey of the successful entrepreneur in Indonesia. But the failure they experienced not despondent and thus make it stop running her business. Unyielding souls have embedded within them, so there are always new ways to rise up from the failure they experienced. The character is compulsory you have in order for the success that you have dreamed it could manifest compliance target has been determined.

Although the building is not as easy as characters of successful entrepreneur turned over the Palm, but expected with such information the reader could be motivated to start preparing themselves to become a successful businessman candidate empowered high competitiveness.

5 reasons failed to Become Entrepreneur

illustrations of the successful entrepreneur 250×183 5 reasons failed to Be Entrepreneurial wrong assumption of the public about the entrepreneur raises many fears and doubts within them to start a business. Assuming these assumptions also lose the motivation of people to become an entrepreneur, so most people bury his dream to become a successful entrepreneur and prefer the safe position to work.

Although the young entrepreneur now began popping up, but there are still many people who always assume that opening was difficult. There are even others assume that successful entrepreneurs are usually also comes from a family of entrepreneurs, aka the skill hereditary.

Did you know, that stuff like that which became the biggest obstacle for yourself to start a business. In order not to get caught up with the wrong assumption that could hinder your success, let’s look at 5 reasons failed to become entrepreneur who frequently make you afraid. Here’s a few wrong assumptions, which hampers society you become a young entrepreneur:

1. the Entrepreneur is the expertise of generations.

Many people think that being an entrepreneur is usually due to heredity. Because they see many successful entrepreneurs, was the son or brother of an entrepreneur as well. When in fact everybody can become an entrepreneur. In fact these entrepreneurs can succeed, because they have become accustomed to learning business since childhood. Not because he has lineage. Although you are not a family of entrepreneurial, you can also become a successful entrepreneur. If you have the determination and strong business motivations.

2. become entrepreneur requires a big capital.

Venture capital is important, but keep in mind is that not all businesses require large capital. Many businesses can be started with a small capital, as an online business, or home-based business by becoming a reseller of the products. Both of these business opportunity can be started with venture capital is relatively small, could even arguably business without capital. In addition, capital money is also not a major entrepreneur can guarantee success. There are still other capital required to become an entrepreneur, as we discussed in the article “what are the needs of capital to start a business?” a few weeks ago.

3. Entrepreneurship can be a success, as it gets a good chance.

young entrepreneur 250×135 5 reasons Failed To Entrepreneurial someone to open businesses, often inhibited because they always thinking that a business can be successful because of the excellent opportunities. So they just kept waiting until a good chance it comes over to them. Whereas business opportunity that’s searched, not just wait. Good chance it actually comes from yourself, because you can create a business opportunity from a hobby or skill alone that you have.

4. the Entrepreneur is a great talent, and could not be studied.

The entrepreneurial spirit that exists, not because of the sheer talent. Expertise in running a business can be obtained in various ways, for example, follow the business training, business seminars, or reading books and magazine businesses are now many circulating in the market. As long as there is strong determination, skill and guidelines for running a business you may a hold of the learning process. Not only because of the talent from within one’s self, because any talented people will not succeed in the absence of training and learning.

5. Entrepreneur has high business risk.

The business risk is quite high, also becoming the spectra scary for most people. Many people start a business, reasoned afraid because the risk is quite high. Know, that everything that there is risk. Not just the young entrepreneur who has a high risk. Become a also have a high risk, for example, is exposed to the risk of layoffs. So eliminate any fears you have in yourself, and try to make a new opportunity of any risk that it may be possible to happen. So your steps didn’t stop for granted, and must dare to evolve to become a successful entrepreneur in order to eliminate the risk of are you afraid of.

From the above discussion, you can know that all these assumptions turned out to be incorrect. And the most important is, the source of barriers to become entrepreneur appears because of your fear. Therefore, the opponent of your fears and start being an entrepreneur, to prove that all of the obstacles that can be overcome. Good luck and success.

How To Cope With The Risks Of Business?

business risk 216×200 how to cope with Business Risks?Many people have argued, that one of the characteristics of the entrepreneur that dare take the risk. The risk out of the comfort zone that is gained during this, and enter into a new zone filled with uncertainty. But the need is underlined, a successful entrepreneur is not the person who dares to take the risk. But they also should be able to manage all risks into a lucrative new opportunities.

To start a business is not as easy as it turned over the palms. It takes courage and mature business strategy, before eventually coming into the zone has not been definitely multiply purpose. All business opportunities does have risks, although the level of risk that is owned. There is a great attempt at risk there are unisex which risk only small, but that does not mean that risks could not be resolved and minimized. How to cope with the risks of business? Here are the steps that you need to pay attention, to reduce the risk.

• Before starting a business, you should do some research about possible obstacles arise in the travel business. That way you can prepare a strategy as early as possible, in order to anticipate possible barriers exist. For example, the risk of a possible business competition.
• illustration of business risk 250×141 how to cope with Business Risks?Choose a business opportunity according to your skills and interests you have, do not let You start a business just because the trend is there. me-too To start a business in accordance with the skill and interest, at least you have a lack of knowledge and expertise to reduce and overcome any risks that arise in the middle of your trip. Avoid business opportunity that you do not master, this is done so that you don’t have trouble in overcoming all the risks.
• Find information about the key to success of your business. It can help you to determine what steps could make your business flourish, and any steps that do not need to be done to reduce the appearance of unwanted risks.
  Adjust the big venture capital you have with business risk you take. Do not force myself to take a business opportunity that is at risk, if the venture capital you have also been limited.
• Business success can be built with any supported steadiness of creativity. With determination in achieving success and creativity to develop business with new ideas. Then all the risk that appears can you pick well.
  Looking for information about business prospects before taking a risk. Nowadays many business opportunities that suddenly booming, but its business prospects could not last long. In just a matter of months, the business was receding along with each passing trend of the market. We recommend that you avoid this type of business opportunity like that, because the risk is considerable.
• Find out how big the level of community needs will your product. The greater the level of consumer needs will be a product, then it will decrease the risk of the business. At least the risk in the market of the product.

From the information above, can be drawn the conclusion that all risk of the business can be overcome by sharp, persistence and creativity. Therefore, enhance Your skills and knowledge in running a business. In order for all the risks that arise in the middle of the trip, not to harm your business. All this information from us, hopefully this information can motivate you to fear no more with the risk of running a business. Successful greeting.

The Key To Success To Become Entrepreneurs Character

being a successful entrepreneur 200×127 key success become entrepreneurs an entrepreneur just turned out to be not enough to reach a success. Although the number of entrepreneurs in Indonesia are now pretty much, but everything is yet to be said to be successful entrepreneurs who really has character. Not rarely businessmen should experience a failure, because they don’t yet have the competitiveness and the characters are strong enough to face a variety of challenges.

It is not easy to be an entrepreneur minded individuals strong and empowered the high competitiveness. It takes a positive mindset and the right environment to be able to create aspiring entrepreneurs succeed. To know the key to success to be entrepreneurs character, the following contributing factor to note for the beginners as well as businessmen in order to achieve success in his business.

Positive Mindset (Mindset)

Positive thinking for its success is the primary key we need to be to be able to become a successful businessman character. For the mindset or mindset that we have very determine every action we are going to do. If we have a positive mindset then indirectly the mind we will direct every step in a positive direction, and so does the opposite. If we tend to be negative-minded and always pessimistic with everything that could be done, if we will just fail before reaching the peak of success.
keys to success 200×140 Success Key Character become entrepreneurs

A positive mindset can also provide motivation and strength on ourselves in order not to give up the obstacles, threats, challenges and distractions that often shows up in the middle of our journey towards success. Because in essence for grabbing an success required the struggle is not easy, until finally we arrive at the peak of its success has been determined. To be able to achieve it there are some mindset we need to grow a garden in creating successful characters, namely the mindset to always disciplined, open your mind to keep learning and learning, mindset to always be creative and innovative in creating opportunities, open and appreciating differences, as well as the mindset that is able to establish our self motivation in order to rise from every adversity.

The right environment (Environment)

An undeniable that 80% of human character woke up from the environment around him. Starting from the family environment, schools, residences, to environmental work, indirectly will form a habit or culture in a person according to the environment in which he is located. For example, we are in an environment that is always practice, diligent work and spirit of complete responsibility, and tend to be optimistic to see every opportunity, of course we will get carried away the environment and atmosphere of which originally had to be a positive habit that has inherent inside us.

This is the process of successful characters began to form. Due to the success that we want to be fully in the hands of us, and is supported by the environment that exist around us. For it is important for us to choose the environment that is absolutely right. Because of the environment that will be created a proper new habit which would produce many benefits.

Use a positive mindset and select the right to environmental success that we dreamed of can be achieved with strong characters we have. Start small, start from easy, and start from now on.