Achieving Your Goals Is More Important Than Investment Performance

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In the early stages of my financial planning process, I want to start understanding the individual(s) goals. Their goals are the most important topics we will discuss and if I could help them with those goals, nothing else would matter.

Some common goals that I hear are:

  • Getting out of debt
  • Buying a home
  • Wanting to start a family
  • Starting a business
  • Being able to retire
  • Taking care of the kids

What I do not hear:

 

  • Making 15% in my account
  • Outpacing the S&P 500
  • Beating a benchmark

The foundation of why we are planning is your goals, it is not to make x% in the market. While investment performance is important because it will help to accumulate the assets you need to reach your goals, it is not what should be measured. You should be measuring the progress you made towards your goals.

 

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