{"id":1411,"date":"2021-08-19T14:03:48","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T13:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arkenstonewealth.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1411"},"modified":"2023-06-19T15:11:55","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T14:11:55","slug":"how-can-you-expect-to-succeed-without-a-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arkenstonewealth.co.uk\/blog\/how-can-you-expect-to-succeed-without-a-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"How Can you Expect to Succeed Without a Plan?"},"content":{"rendered":"

How Can you Expect to Succeed Without a Plan?<\/strong><\/p>\n

We\u2019ve all heard that famous Benjamin Franklin quote\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve all heard it, because it holds up. Having a plan isn\u2019t a guarantee of success, but failing to plan means that falling short is almost certain. Which is why it surprises me that I often come across people who are a little bit reluctant to map out a financial plan.<\/p>\n

Some seem to be quite content to plonk their money in an investment product or two, and then see what happens. After all, spontaneity and unpredictability makes life more exciting, right?<\/p>\n

And if they\u2019re wedded to a plan, maybe they think they won\u2019t have the flexibility they want, the room to manoeuvre. Maybe they\u2019ll need to compromise on what they\u2019re doing now to set themselves up for future success.<\/p>\n

Or maybe they\u2019re worried that they might fail to meet the goals they set in their plan. No-one likes to fail.<\/p>\n

All of these feelings are natural. They\u2019re all understandable. But in reality, they won\u2019t hold true.<\/p>\n

You wouldn\u2019t go shopping without a list<\/strong><\/p>\n

Take your weekly food shop as an example.<\/p>\n

If you head to the local supermarket (or order online) without a list, then your evening meals for the next week might<\/em> be excitingly spontaneous. But more likely, you\u2019ll be missing a few all-important ingredients. You won\u2019t go hungry, but you\u2019ll probably fall short of what you\u2019d imagined.<\/p>\n

Work out which meals you\u2019d like to cook in the next week and jot down the ingredients on a list, and ta dah – you have a plan.\u00a0 A plan that means a smoother shopping experience and far more satisfying dinner times.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the same with finances and planning for your future.<\/p>\n

Having some idea of what your game plan is – what life looks like when it\u2019s good and when it\u2019s bad – gives us objectives to work with when structuring your investments. It lets us know how hard your money needs to work (instead of that old \u201cas hard as possible please!<\/em>\u201d chestnut, which doesn\u2019t tell us much at all).<\/p>\n

Just take the time to work out what the goals are for your investments over the longer term, how they fit with your appetite for investment risk, tax position, etc. With the help of a financial plan and an adviser, selecting the right products (ISA, pensions, funds, etc) and investment strategy is as easy as picking ingredients off a supermarket shelf.<\/p>\n

Get the right ingredients together, and you get closer to the outcomes you planned for.<\/p>\n

A plan isn\u2019t a straightjacket<\/strong><\/p>\n

All sensible. All good. Because you really want to be sensible with your money. But what about that need for flexibility?<\/p>\n

Goals change, the world changes, and expectations change. Which means that plans need to change too.<\/p>\n

Just having a financial plan in place gives people a sense of control and peace, because they know their money will be working harder over time, and it\u2019ll generate a tax-efficient income when it needs to. And having been through the planning process, people know that the best way to deal with changing circumstances is with a plan.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s half the value of working with an advisory firm like Arkenstone; the ability to plan your path to financial security and ongoing advice when the plan needs adjusting.<\/p>\n

Someone to let you know if you\u2019re missing any ingredients.<\/p>\n

Then there\u2019s the other half of the value, which is having an expert on-hand to actually put that plan into action and then manage all the moving parts (things that people often struggle to do themselves).<\/p>\n

Because as we all know, failing to plan is the same as planning to fail.<\/p>\n

Get in touch with us today to discuss your plan and how we can help get you on the right track.<\/p>\n

Simon Ben-Nathan<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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