Control Your Goals

What's your financial goal for the new year?

Is it something tangible, like getting out of debt, saving enough for that new car or changing the investments in your 40l(k) plan? Or is it just a big "number" -- making a million, getting a huge bonus or winning the lottery? Maybe your goal is to get a family member to do a better job managing money.

Well, here's the first rule of goal-setting: Set no goal you can't control. ...