DJ Britton

7 tips to teach kids about money

Until the ages of 7 or 8 children are literally being programmed by their environment, what they see, touch, hear and most importantly feel, shapes the 'rules' they create in their subconscious minds. These rules then dictate their values, beliefs and act... Read >

Are you scoring your goals?

Half way through the year is a great time to reflect and take stock of our goals and progress so far. Did you start the year full of hopes, dreams and expectations? How are these working out? It's time for a half time team talk. A great business maxim ... Read >

5 Great Ways to Encourge Children to Save

Most of our habits, both good and bad we learn in childhood. By encouraging your child to save money early in life you are preparing them for a lifetime of financial responsibility and prosperity. Einstein once referred to compound interest as one of t... Read >

How to Teach Younger Kids About Money

The benefits of teaching your children about money can be both immediate and longer term. In the short term, you are encouraging them to develop good saving habits, which may last a lifetime. They will also learn how to make informed purchases, and perhap... Read >

How to Teach Yours Kids About Money

Among the growing calls for better financial literacy programs for kids, it's important to consider the key elements in developing a prosperity consciousness as well as the mechanics of how to calculate interest or what constitutes good credit or bad. ... Read >

7 Resons Why You Need A Success Coach

Do you jump out of bed every morning thinking you can't wait to get the day started? For many of us, life is a merry go-round (though often not so merry) of solving problems. We lunge from one drama or mini crisis to the next. Our energy is zapped reac... Read >

Child Development - Are Bedtime Stories Giving More Than Sweet Dreams?

For generations, parents have known that bedtime stories help kids relax and fall asleep more easily. They can also help develop reading skills and in emotional child development but you may not be aware that they also act as a form of hypnosis. In which ... Read >

Why do affirmations work?

Have you ever driven home from work, only to arrive with no real recollection of how you got there? Scary when you think about it isn't it? Compare that to when we were learning to drive, it took all our powers of concentration to coordinate our hands and... Read >

How to create positive affirmations?

Many of us grow up with a limiting set of beliefs about ourselves or unfavourably comparing ourselves with others. As we grow up we began to put ourselves down for any slight failure, whether real or imagined. Our parents, teachers and other influential a... Read >

Financial Education - who should be teaching your kids?

The current financial crisis has sharpened the focus on the need for better financial education across all segments of the population. Just as information and guidance on healthy eating and exercise can prevent a lifetime of obesity, effective financial e... Read >

How to Set and Achieve your Goals

At first it may appear that the setting of goals is the easy part. Whether the goal is financial, weight related or training for a marathon, it can be defined by clearly deciding what you want to achieve and by expressing it in positive, precise terms. Go... Read >

A SMART-er approach to Goal Setting

The expression of a goal or objective in clear, concise terms enhances the potential to achieve it. In goal setting the acronym SMART is perhaps the most well used process for structuring goals. It represents Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic an... Read >

5 Reasons Why New Year's Resolutions don't Work

It is estimated that over 80% of us make New Year's resolutions of some kind. Yet how many of these last until the end of January, or even until the Christmas decorations are put away? Despite our best intentions many of our New Year's resolutions are ... Read >

7 Ways to Make your New Year's Resolutions Last

Every year around 80% of us make New Year's Resolutions. Whether you are seeking to lose weight, stop bad habits or earn more money, use these 7 tips to make sure your New Year's Resolutions last beyond the first week: 1. Be Specific - Rather than say ... Read >

5 Steps to Solving your Problems

Whether you call them challenges, opportunities or big hairy problems, the only people without them are in the graveyard. Someone once said don't wish for smaller problems, wish you were better. The fact that you have problems at all are signs of growth, ... Read >