What’s happened to your salary recently? Has it gone up? The average Australian salary is $1,888.80 per week or $98,217.60 annually, according to the latest data provided by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. This represents an increase of 4.5% year-on-year and you won’t be surprised to find out mining remains the highest-paying sector with an average salary of $2,951.80…
My wife and I are setting up a customs screening station in our driveway. No, we’re not starting an international airport. And it’s not for solicitors, strangers or gift-bearing guests. It’s for us and our stuff. From now on, before anything new comes into the house, resident buyers will need to answer a series of…
If we manage to avoid a large catastrophe, we are living at the early beginnings of human history. The point of this text is not to predict how many people will ever live. What I learned from writing this post is that our future is potentially very, very big. If we keep each other safe – and…
How are you with your credit card payments? Well, according to new research from Finder, an alarming number of Australians are falling behind on their credit card repayments. In fact, based on Finder’s Credit Card Report 2024, 1 in 8 (13%) Australian credit card holders – equivalent to almost 1.8 million people – have missed…
Greetings! I want to be clear that I’m not trying to scare you. I have no idea what’s going to happen your investments, your job, the economy or the markets. But I do know that worrying about them doesn’t help. Let me repeat that. Worry is to feel or cause to feel anxious or troubled…
Overnight success is very rare. Success takes a long time. In my Rich Habits research, I learned there were three traits that were common among all successful people. Trait #1 Laser Focus Laser Focus is the ability to concentrate for long hours at a time. It is also the ability to quickly pivot and shift…
Is money an important factor for a lasting relationship? Well, according to Finder’s latest research, millions of Australians have been dumped by a romantic partner due to their financial situation. The survey of 1,096 respondents revealed that 1 in 6 Australians (16%) – equivalent to 3.2 million people – have been through a break-up due…
Today, I’d like you to engage in a quick exercise with me. Please get out a pen and paper, and answer the following questions: You have something you want to do, and you’re not doing it… yet. What is it? What’s the next smallest step you can take to make that thing happen? Why am…
In its most simplistic form, planning is the process of charting a course from where you are today to where you want to go. The first step is to become crystal clear about what I call your current reality, or where you stand now. I used to think that being very clear about your current…
Why are some people, be they property investors, business people or entrepreneurs, more successful than others? One of the key philosophies of my Mentorship Program is that successful people not only do different things from the average Australian, but they think very differently. So I was interested to find the following list of the habits…
