{"id":467,"date":"2010-12-09T10:33:06","date_gmt":"2010-12-09T15:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myfinancialfocus.net\/mainsite\/?p=467"},"modified":"2025-08-24T06:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T10:39:08","slug":"there-is-more-to-life-than-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myfinancialfocus.net\/mainsite\/index.php\/there-is-more-to-life-than-this\/","title":{"rendered":"There Is More To Life Than This"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Again this week I have been part of situations with my clients that seem bleak to say the least. \u00a0Over and over people have allowed themselves to get into bad financial situations and then begin to blame others. \u00a0Whether their current or former employer, the bank or mortgage company, the business climate, friends, family, and even spouses that have done them wrong. \u00a0The reality is we must all recognize some personal responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>Several years ago a man sat in my office and pounded on my desk saying that he was &#8220;mad at God for this financial mess&#8221; he and his family were currently in. \u00a0After he vented, I politely reminded him that God does not carry, let alone use, a Visa, MasterCard or Amex. \u00a0He smiled as he began to recognize the personal responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>There is so much more to the financial rat race you are in. \u00a0However we are in, in deep! \u00a0It is time to get out of the mess that is taking you down.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to get well, you have to get serious. \u00a0One of my clients shared this we me in the last week. \u00a0He has found that in his life and in the lives of those around him that he is trying to help. \u00a0If you were sick and went to the doctor, would you take the doctor&#8217;s prescribed remedy and lay it on the nightstand? \u00a0While I hope you would not, many do just that.<\/p>\n<p>A new year is just around the corner. \u00a0If you want to get well, you have to get serious. \u00a0Are you ready to get serious in the new year?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Again this week I have been part of situations with my clients that seem bleak to say the least. \u00a0Over and over people have allowed themselves to get into bad financial situations and then begin to blame others. \u00a0Whether their current or former employer, the bank or mortgage company, the business climate, friends, family, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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