Do you really want to be a cog in the machine? Have you ever wondered about your place in society? Your part in the system you live within? Have you ever wanted to do or be something different, something wild or “outside the square”, and it seems like just a crazy unachievable notion? Have you […]
Lifestyle planning
Financial Management – What you don’t know
Financial management is often considered to be just budgeting and saving. Many people struggle with these basics, let alone getting into the area of investing. Many throw up their hands and subscribe (unintentionally) to the “ignorance is bliss” philosophy. Is ignorance bliss? I was blown away by this video I saw on the weekend. Take […]
Financial Planning – Your Money or Your Life
Financial planning is a nonsensical term really. What we really need to do is plan our life. Then the money goals become very obvious. I was chatting with a mortgage broker yesterday who asks new clients what their financial goals are, (like financial planners do as the first part of the financial planning process) and […]
How to Save Money Fast
Does money slip through your fingers easily? If so, you are having the same experience as the vast majority of people who complete my pre-coaching questionnaire. Why does this slippy thing keep happening, even though we know it and it bothers us? I believe the part of the reason is dead simple. In our western […]
Money Management 101: How to Stop Running out of Money
Do you keep running out of money before your next payday? Is money management a mystery to you? That’s what happening to a lot of my 20 year old uni student daughter’s friends. And I think it’s happening to quite a few of us a fair bit older and supposedly wiser ones too isn’t it?! […]