MENTAL FITNESS

Mental Fitness for First Responders featuring articles by The Serial Decision Maker

Facebook

Latest Tweets

Feed Them Social: TikTok Feed not loaded, please add your Access Token from the Gear Icon Tab.

Quick Tip!

New Parent?

New Budget!

Create a household budget, build an emergency plan, add your child to your health insurance plan, and update your tax forms to claim child tax breaks are among the list of to-do items featured in Forbes’ “11 Financial Moves Every New Parent Should Make.”

Mental Fitness, Serial Decisions

| 8:56 pm

Are You a Credible Source?

I am sure that you have read an article or listened to a reporter outline a story that included a reference to the source or sources responsible for the information being reported.

Serial Decisions

| 3:06 pm

Stop. Break it down.

If you are experiencing any of the feelings or frustration associated with being overwhelmed; it is because you are either looking too far ahead or thinking about too much at once.

Mental Fitness, Serial Decisions

| 3:10 pm

Goals and Incentives

Knowing how to establish your goals is the most essential aspect of developing any useful and relevant plan and there are several key ingredients of successful goal setting.

A New Use for an Old Cliché, Mental Fitness

| 3:35 pm

A New Use for an Old Cliché: You Can’t Have your Cake and Eat It Too

You will be in situations that involve an all or nothing, this or that option, but most of the time you will avoid unnecessary limitations in your decision making

Mental Fitness, Notable Quotables

| 12:50 pm

Notable Quotables: “Better Off Dead”

Lane Myer (played by John Cusack): Gee, I’m real sorry your mom blew up, Ricky, guess she won’t be able to eat any spicy food for awhile.

Mental Fitness, Serial Decisions

| 4:50 pm

5% Paranoia

Either way, I am using it for positive purposes and as an additional tool in my decision-making process. Do you think that a bit of paranoia has a positive place in your life?

A New Use for an Old Cliché, Mental Fitness

| 9:26 am

A New Use for an Old Cliché: Fish or Cut Bait

When you hear that it is time to fish or cut bait, it is time to make a decision. Of this, I am certain. What I am not certain of is exactly what is being decided. I think the choice is whether to act or take more time before you act.

A New Use for an Old Cliché

| 2:21 pm

A New Use for an Old Cliché: Don’t Toot Your Own Horn

Taken in that context, this is good advice. If all you do is talk about yourself and your accomplishments, you will eventually have to get used to the sound of your own voice because no one else will want to spend time with you.

GO!

Engage in Financial Fitness for First Responders with the Credit Union’s series of free educational seminars tailored exclusively for families in Law Enforcement.

GO!