07/10/2026
Today is World Financial Planning Day! Here's the one idea I'd want you to take from it.
Financial planning isn't one decision. It's a sequence.
Most of us jump to the exciting steps first. Investing. Growing something. The top of the ladder. But the top only holds if the bottom does.
That's why we build every plan around the same eight steps, in this order.
01 Begin with the end in mind
02 Live within your means
03 Drought protection
04 Transfer of risk
05 Grow your income
06 Grow your savings
07 Opportunity fund
08 Passive income
The day was started by the Financial Planning Standards Board in 2017, and it runs alongside IOSCO's World Investor Week. This is its tenth year. The point has never changed. Have a plan, and know what order it goes in.
Happy World Financial Planning Day! Save this and check which step you're really on.