My oldest daughter Ella is currently on a study-abroad term in Compiègne, France. She is working on her French language skills in addition to furthering her engineering knowledge.
She has a goal to gain as much experience as possible as part of her post-secondary journey, which has led her to Vancouver, New York City and now France.
There were a lot of logistics to figure out in order to study in France. She had to plot out the various items she needed to prove that she would not be a burden on the state and then check and re-check the list to make sure she didn’t miss anything.
It’s not that much different than flying. As a case in point, here is an interesting tidbit (and a reason to thank the pilot… and the instruments):
If you fly off course just one degree, you will miss your target landing spot by over 17 meters for every kilometer you fly. The longer you fly, the more you will go off course.
If you flew from the west to east coast in Canada, you would be 85,000 meters off course! WOW!
One degree difference from Victoria to St. John’s would put you out in the Atlantic Ocean.
The farther the distance and the longer you travel, the farther away you will be from your intended target.
Lifestyle and retirement income planning is no different than flying. One single degree could mean the difference between a great lifestyle and having to use your seat as a floatation device.
Not a good plan.
Yet… many folks are unknowingly flying blind.
Worse, with a head-in-the-sand mentality, they are unwilling to plot their present course to see where it will land them.
Want to know where YOU will end up?
Have your present course plotted over time to see if you like the destination. If not, have a new course plotted.
Albert Einstein was once asked what man’s greatest invention was. He said compounding.
Bad choices can compound.
Find out today if you will get to the destination you want!
The sky is not the limit—it’s just the beginning.” —Chuck Yeager
