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Episode 74
How to get your partner engaged in your Financial Autonomy goal
A significant reason many people don’t achieve Financial Autonomy is because they get pigeonholed into a certain life. They define themselves in certain ways, and often this flows from the role they’ve developed in their marriage or significant relationship. Some people worry about how their partner will react if they want to choose a fork … Continued
Episode 73
The pay yourself first strategy
Have trouble building up a nest egg? Struggling to build up enough cash to start investing? Hate the idea of a detailed budget? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then the Pay Yourself First strategy could be for you. The idea of Pay Yourself First is not new – Google tells me … Continued
Episode 72
Net Worth – how and why
Remember back in your school days where every few weeks you’d have a test, then at the end of the year there would be an exam. I have kids in high school now and I can tell you the framework hasn’t changed. So why all this measurement? It’s all about assessing progress. If you get … Continued
Episode 71
From fashion to true crime with Anna Priestland
Anna Priestland’s journey – starting in surfwear in Victoria, then working for a major fashion house in London, returning to Australia and starting her own label, and then transitioning to becoming a full time true crime researcher and writer is extraordinary. This is one episode you definitely wont want to miss. General Advice Warning
Episode 70
Financial Anxiety – is it holding you back?
I’ve spoken in past episodes about the potential for overwhelm to lead to procrastination. Procrastination is evil because it results in no progress. You’re stuck in the cement. But there’s another element to the no-progress problem, and that is financial anxiety or financial stress. Resources & Links Blog Article General Advice Warning
Episode 69
Money can’t buy happiness … or can it?
In his thought provoking book The Geometry of Wealth, author Brian Portnoy observes “Does money buy happiness? The answer to that question can be summarised as Yes, Not really, It depends”. Intuitively none of us like ambiguous answers like this, but here, it successfully illustrates the complexity inherent in the question. After all, what is … Continued
Episode 68
Financial Fundamentals – the 6 essential foundation stones for financial success
Today’s episode flows from a meeting I had last week with one of you guys, a member of the Financial Autonomy community. For reasons of privacy, of course I won’t use her real name, so let’s call her Jenny. It was a first time meeting, and in it Jenny observed that she felt she just … Continued
Episode 66
The reality of negative returns – knowledge is power
Investment markets don’t always go up. In fact they go down on a pretty regular basis. Is that a shock to you? I suspect not. Yet virtually none of the commentary on investing talks about negative returns – markets going down. But when I speak with clients, especially new clients, usually somewhere in their top … Continued
Episode 65
The challenges of investing for children
With the cost of housing continuing to climb, in addition to the rising cost of tertiary education, many parents and grandparents are worried about what the future holds for the young people in their lives. Last week Michael contacted me. He has a young daughter and was thinking of starting an investment for her, where … Continued
Episode 63
Crackle & Pop! – Why do investment markets have bubbles?
If you’ve ever seen a graph of any share market, you will know that whilst over the long term it tends to go up, the graph isn’t a straight line. Markets will go up, up, up over several years, only to fall back for a year or two, before re-starting their upward climb. Research on … Continued