The Retirement Engineer with Jim Kruzan - Your Path to a Bigger, Bolder Retirement

Making Financial Resolutions Stick (Ep. 34)
Starting the year with financial resolutions is common, but making them stick is the real challenge.
How can you ensure your goals turn into lasting habits?
In this episode, Jim Kruzan, CFP®, CRPC®, explores strategies to set realistic financial resolutions and sustain them. He provides actionable insights on how to turn resolutions into habits, prioritize effectively, and build accountability systems for long-term success.
Jim discusses:
- Setting SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-Bound) financial goals for lasting success
- How reflection on past achievements and failures can shape better goals
- The importance of accountability partners and incremental progress in achieving resolutions
- Strategies to manage competing priorities and select high-impact financial goals
- Practical examples like saving for retirement, reducing debt, and establishing emergency funds
- And more!
Resources:
- Download here our free financial resolutions PDF!
- Financial Resolutions for 2025: A Guide to Long-Term Confidence
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