Security
The Focus
- a concern to provide life stability for family which anticipates and manages life’s uncertainties and risks
- planning systematically for the future and making short-term sacrifices for longer-term goals
- a drive to put in place the practical measures which will attain
and protect financial independence
“Happiness has many roots, but none more important than security.”
E R Stettinius
Potential Hazards
- a concern to protect current position which may lack adventure and boldness in seizing those unexpected opportunities which might build a better future
- a preoccupation with financial success which may confuse “ends and means” and neglect wider life aims
- a drive for self reliance
and financial independence which is neglectful of others and their
needs
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist.”
Helen Keller
Risks if Neglected
- seeing life as about seizing the moment and impulsive and reckless in embarking on poorly conceived projects and ventures
- a haphazard outlook which lives for the short-term and neglecting those issues impacting on the stability of your future life style
- allowing events
to determine your goals, being caught up in immediate priorities
and becoming deflected from your long-term aims
“The future is purchased by the present.”
Samuel Johnson