I have a friend who works at Novo Nordisk, a pharmaceutical company, which you may not have heard of, but undoubtedly, you've heard of what they make — Ozempic®.
It's the apparent wonder drug sweeping the globe, helping millions of people lose weight when they previously thought it impossible. Now, I'm no clinician, and I'm sure there's a lot of fine print at the bottom of the TV ads or the website, but the conventional thought is that Ozempic is a very effective way to lose weight. It's changing people's lives radically.
As a financial planner who works in advice and human behavior, I began thinking, is there any comparable sort of thing that can radically change people's financial lives and financial behavior?
And it dawned on me there is. There is something that can be done to significantly improve the progress you're making toward saving for the future. There's something you can do that can help get rid of that pesky debt. It's not a pill to take or an injection to receive, but there is a step you can make that's easy, free, and always effective: the automatic transfer.
Yes, the boring old automatic transfer — the same thing that happens with your paycheck every month by direct deposit, your pension, or your Social Security. The automatic transfer puts money in your account without your interaction at all, automatically, at the same time every month. You don't have to think about it. It just happens.
This is how 401(k) accounts grow so effectively because you don't have to do something every paycheck or every month to get money in there. It just happens automatically.
You can do the same thing at your bank or with your investment firm. You can set up an automatic transfer to:
There are all kinds of effective things you can do with automatic transfers. In fact, my partners and I often laugh at ourselves when we realize that one of the core traits and practical skills we give clients is the ability to set up automatic transfers to make the progress they want toward their goals with no side effects.
So, if you haven't yet set up an automatic transfer to accrue money for travel and vacations or to build money every month for holidays at the end of the year, you might be missing out.
Give the automatic transfer a try. It's easy, free, and consistently effective. Call me in the morning, and let's see the difference it makes for you and your family.
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Shane Tenny is the managing partner of Spaugh Dameron Tenny. Along with hosting the Prosperous Doc® podcast, Shane has a true passion for behavioral finance, helping clients and audiences understand how to develop successful strategies based on their unique temperaments. An accomplished and highly engaging speaker, Shane is regularly interviewed for television and podcasts, is actively involved in the Financial Planning Association®, and contributes to industry advisory boards.
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