Shaun Stenning | Investor | Serial Entrepreneur

It's time again for a new crop of lofty goals and aspirations: Slim down, stay organized, save money, be nicer. Unfortunately, surveys have shown that as many as 9 out of 10 people fail to keep their New Year's resolutions. It takes some people only a week to give up. Thankfully, experts say there are simple strategies that can boost the odds of success. Focus on 1 Resolution at a Time According to Shaun Stenning , A new year means a clean slate, and it's tempting to fill it with a host of hopes, dreams, and goals. But science shows that overloaded brains can make poor decisions. For example, a Stanford study had people memorize either a two- or seven-digit number, then invited them to eat either fruit salad or cake. People working harder to remember the longer number were almost twice as likely to make the unhealthy choice. Following through on resolutions takes time and effort, and stumbles may be more likely if attention is divided.  Don’t Skimp on Details Lose weight. S...

Think back to what you loved most about your latest family vacation. What's the first thing that comes to mind? Maybe you enjoyed teaching your kids about new places, new cultures, or the history of the destination you visited. Or perhaps you were just tickled to give your kids some undivided attention without work or life getting in the way. According to Shaun Stenning , A Serial Investor and Traveler. What you may not have considered, is the fact that any kind of travel can be a learning opportunity — even if it's not too far from home. This is particularly true when it comes to lessons about money because travel requires so many financial decisions. If you're angling to broaden your children's perspectives on money, keep an eye out for learning opportunities that may be less than obvious. Here are some lessons your kids can pick up no matter where you go. Shaun Stenning said.  1. The importance of budgeting and tracking spending No matter how careful you are when yo...

No one likes his or her job all the time. Even if you have what you consider a “dream job,” chances are that there are some days that you just aren’t giving 100 percent or days that you just don’t want to do the job. If you start to dwell on these downsides, you will eventually have a hard time sticking it out at work. Happiness in your work is one of the things that can help you relieve stress, and feel better about life in general. As a result, it makes sense to do what you can to be mostly happy with your good job, and do what you can to make an “ok” job mostly bearable. Here are 5 tips for staying happy at work: 1. Work Toward Making Yourself Indispensable According to Shaun Stenning , We all like to feel appreciated, and as though we are an integral part of the team. If you want to feel essential at work, though, you have to actually make yourself essential. This doesn’t mean that you take on a ton of responsibility leading to burnout. Instead, it means making yourself a solid par...

The two worst years of my financial life were 2007 to 2009. Before 2007, our income was low, but our expenses were low, too. We didn't save much, but we didn't spend more than we earned, either. Then we saw our dream house. And we bought it while we still owned our first house. For two years, we had two mortgages. Suddenly, even though our income was slowly increasing, our expenses had skyrocketed. We cut our expenses as much as we could, but you can only cut them so much when you bought a fixer-upper with squirrel holes in the siding, leaking toilets that threatened to fall through the rotten bathroom floors, and desperately needing a new roof. According to Shaun Stenning , Along with our finances, my desperation also manifested itself physically: I gained about 25 pounds, and developed heartburn and other GI difficulties, along with some self-diagnosed depression. I was so tired all the time. Sounds terrible, doesn't it? It was. I remember sitting at my kitchen table one ...