Daily Intent

Santa Barbara, CA

Have you ever witnessed an upset?  Watched as the heavily favored team lackadaisically meandered through a game, while the “wunderdogs” played hard on every play, eventually winning enough points, having enough plays fall in their favor to win the game?

If you were a fan of the favorites, you walked away saddened, perplexed, and maybe even angry.  Your team was said to be the “expert” heading into this match.  They were the Goliath.  They had more experience.  They were bigger.  They were taller.  They were even said to be smarter than their opponent.  But something went terribly wrong.  There was a “failure of the expert”.

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Santa Barbara, CA
While saving the nation’s budget deficit in super hero personal savings plan fashion is noble and civic, as mentioned in last week’s MSR, it is secondary to the power of the affects on you, the individual.

Savings gives you the power to fly figuratively.  Savings awards you the power to see things differently, choose things differently, arrive places sooner, support your health, and fight through tough storms.  Savings offers you freedom.

Consider no savings as Kryptonite.  It is debilitating.  Without savings you are stagnate.  You are unable to make decisions based on a longer-term, most fulfilling future.  You are extremely vulnerable to change.

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Santa Barbara, CA
As I mentioned last week, I believe it our democratic duty to manage our own finances and well being.  This in turn will compound out into the governmental sphere, ultimately impacting our American budget deficit.   Before we set out on this fearless journey of saving our savings, we must reflect with others and draw up a path that will offer the best chance of success.  Last week, you, the reader, wrote in with philosophies, experiences, emotions, tools, and creative ways in which to save money.  Below is part one of two in our communal savings reflection.  May it inspire your creative thought and bolden your pocketbook.

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