Reading Time: 2 Minutes Attention! Today’s post is about bringing awareness to an issue you might not have thought about – and that is the plight of thousands of Aussies stuck overseas, and wanting to come home. A big thank you to The Aussie Minimalist Doc for highlighting this issue. Although COVID-19 numbers are starting to settle down here in Australia, overseas the numbers tell a different story. The 2nd wave is well and truly upon the UK and Eurozone, and are escalating dramatically in India, the Middle East and the US amongst others. As you can imagine, there are thousands of Australian citizens in those areas who want to,…
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How To Set Goals – The 10x Method
Reading Time: 2 Minutes What’s up everyone! Hope you’re having a relaxing Sunday. I went over to our friend’s house last night for a get together, and had a roaring time. During a moment of sobriety, we got on to the topic of goals, and more importantly how to set goals. Having goals as we all know, is vitally important to our lives because it provides a sense of direction and purpose. So I’d thought I’d share with you all what I shared with my friends, and that is my method of setting and creating goals – my very own “10x method”. Essentially you work backwards from where you want…
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The Frugal Samurai Interview Series – Kate Campbell from How To Money
Reading Time: 3 Minutes Hey all, It’s gonna be another profile interview today… this week we have Miss Kate Campbell from How To Money. Kate runs her own podcast (awesome!) helping young Australians learn about money… and she’s only 22 years old! Gosh, they start young don’t they? Good on ya Kate! We need more people bringing money awareness to Aussies, young and old – can only be a good thing! Kate from How To Money Let’s do it! Hey Kate! How old are you? 22 (and just getting started)! What area of the country do you live in? Melbourne, Victoria Editor’s note: hope things are going well over there.…
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Excerpt from The Complete Aussie FIRE e-book (Fuel for the FIRE – Leverage)
Reading Time: 7 Minutes What’s up everyone! Today, I thought I would share a chapter I wrote in the Complete Aussie FIRE e-book guide recently with 20 of the best and brightest in the Australian FIRE community! Reminder that you can grab your free copy (courtesy of Pearler), right here! Excerpt: Chapter 19: Fuel for the FIRE – Leverage Introduction Ah, debt and leverage. Those two words resonate with us all in different ways. Some people embrace and welcome them with open arms. Others cannot run away fast enough. When applied correctly, leverage is the strategic tool that expands our resources beyond our capital limitations to produce greater results than…
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COUPLE’S GUIDE TO MERGING FINANCES (Youtube Video)
Reading Time: 1 Minute Today’s video is on one of the most under-rated topics in personal finance, and that is on how to manage your finances together as a couple. Sure it’s easy when you live and spend for yourself, but when you find “the one”, you want to make sure your finances are as strong as your relationship! Transcript: OK, so up until now, your financial decisions affected only you. You had no one to answer to and everything revolved around you. Then you decided to get married… and you find out that your spouse’s attitude to money is completely different to yours. What do you do now? Well…
