Vocab Flashcards
Needs
Things we must have to survive
Financial Planning
The process of setting spending priorities, defining goals, and developing a plan to achieve them, and then putting the plan into action
Wants
Things that make life more interesting and fun, but that people can live without
Values
The beliefs, qualities, or standards that you consider important or desirable
Goal
Something a person wants or needs to do
Short Term Goals
Achieved within the next 3 months
Intermediate term goals
Goal set for 3 months to a year
Long Term Goals
Goal that will take more than a year to achieve
Delayed Gratification
The willingness to give up something you want now in order to get something better in future
Cash flow
Movement of the money you receive and the money you spend
Opportunity cost
The value of what is given up and when you choose one option over another
Satellite decisions
Smaller decisions that can result from a major decision