The Lion and the Mouse | Series 8.12

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Welcome to the Enjoy More 30s Family Finance

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podcast. The only podcast dedicated to making life more

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enjoyable for young families by hitting on the financial topics

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that tend to weigh on us, stress us out, and distract our focus

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from simply enjoying life.

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Hello, welcome once again to the Enjoy More 30s

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Family Finance podcast. We are working through The Financial

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Parables of Your Life. Some are parables, some are fables, some

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are stories, but they're all things that you're probably

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somewhat familiar with. And so each week, I'm sharing one of

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them with you, because stories are just really powerful ways to

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remember information, whether it be financial stuff or anything

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else. So as always, before I begin, please share and like,

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please leave reviews. I'd love to reach and help as many young

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families out there as I possibly can.

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So today, please join me for our story, The Lion and the Mouse. A

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lion lay asleep in the forest, his great head resting on his

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paws. A timid little mouse came upon him unexpectedly, and in

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her fright and haste to get away, ran across the lion's

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nose. Roused from his nap, the lion laid his huge paw angrily

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on the tiny creature to kill her. "Spare me!" begged the poor

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mouse. "Please let me go and someday I will surely repay

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you." The lion was much amused, but let the mouse go. What

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abilities could a mouse have that a lion would need? Some

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days later, while stalking his prey in the forest, the lion was

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caught in the toils of a hunter's net. He tried in every

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way he knew how, but was unable to free himself. He pondered

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what he should do next. Just then the mouse came by. "While

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you are capable of many things that I am not, this is a task

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where I can be of help." She gnawed it until it parted and

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soon the lion was free. The lion was quite grateful. And with

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their newfound friendship, the mouse was not only able to

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assist the lion from getting out of any net, but also avoiding

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them in the first place.

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We are all well suited for very different things, we all have

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what some might call our unique abilities. We also all have

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things that we are not well suited for, or even enjoy doing.

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I know I am certainly having lots of items in that category.

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It doesn't even have to mean you're necessarily incompetent

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at something, it may just mean that you aren't as competent as

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somebody else might be. So I'm a financial advisor. I deal with

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money. You might assume that I'm good with anything that has to

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do with money. But there could very well be somebody else that

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does something like filing my taxes, that they can do it

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better than I can. So I don't do my own taxes. I have my

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accountant that does that because that's their specialty.

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That's all they do. They file taxes for hundreds of people

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every single year. How can I possibly be better at filing my

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taxes than that person? So when we talk about financial

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planning, if designing your own financial plan is something that

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is a unique ability of yours, that's fantastic. Hopefully,

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some of what I'm sharing can enhance that ability for you,

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make it as good as it can possibly be. If it is not, I

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would encourage you not to try to figure it out yourself or ask

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your accountant or worse even just ignore it altogether. Find

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someone who specializes in financial planning, somebody

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that does hundreds of them every year, and let them help you get

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out of or preferably avoid any nets that may be in your way.

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So thanks for tuning in today and join us for next week's

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recap now of our Financial Parables of Your Life series. I

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hope you enjoyed today's story. I hope you enjoyed all of them.

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Please remember to review and share. If you need any help as I

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always say don't hesitate in reaching out. I probably have

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helped someone just like you. Until next week. Thanks for

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joining me today and I look forward to connecting with you

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The conversations on this show are

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again soon.

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Joe's opinions and provided for general information purposes

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only. They do not constitute accounting, legal, tax, or other

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professional advice for your specific situation. You should

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always seek appropriate advice from a financial advisor,

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accountant, lawyer, or other professional before acting upon

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any content or information found here first. Joe is affiliated

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with New Horizons Wealth Management LLC, a branch office

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of TFS Securities, Inc., and TFS Advisory Services an SEC

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Registered Investment Advisor, Member FINRA/SIPC.