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The best countries to retire abroad How many Aussies are retiring overseas and where do they most commonly go? Some estimates suggesting...

As a financial planner for the last 20 years, planning is now well and truly part of my DNA. And between you and me, once you know the...

Why would anyone consider financial planning as a profession? Even before you begin the rallying cry of others intent on undermining...

Creating and managing a financial plan requires both a measure of skill and art. The following are the areas we look at when creating,...

Today exercising feels good the traffic to work and home is minimal, I do all my activities efficiently, proactively and the results of...

If you are willing to own it, you can change it! I know what I have to do, I also know that there’s no getting around it, however...

Creating our Ideal Life is a lot like embarking on our very own Grand Designs Adventure. Time, Money, Laws, Planning, Relationships and...

I love to travel (champagne lifestyle). At the same time I want be sure I’m getting both value for my money and time (beer budget)....

Our first encounter was at was at a training event. In truth a non-event would have been a better description. Our second encounter was...

Money is a really powerful thing – it has the power to help us destroy, or to massively improve the world, depending on how we handle it....

Both from personal and profession experience, I’ve learnt and seen on a daily basis, and at its core, what we spend our money on, is a...

Rules, expectations, opinions, comparisons, structure, attitude blah, blah, blah… Oh! How my head aches just thinking and reading these...

Well friends, as the curtain draws to a close on 2022, let’s take a pause looks back over the past year, and benchmark our progress...

Well friends, 2020 is now dry cement. Yeah!!!!!!! However before we embark on our plans for 2021 I’d like to share the ups and downs,...

As a financial planner for the last 20 years, planning is now well and truly part of my DNA. And between you and me, once you know the...

Well friends, 2019 is now dry cement. However before we embark on our plans for 2020 I’d like to share the ups and downs, successes and...

Cairns Well friends, the curtain has now drawn to a close on 2023, let’s take a pause looks back over the past year, and benchmark our...

Well friends, 2017 is now dry cement. However before we embark on our plans for 2018 I’d like to share the ups and downs, successes and...

Well friends, 2021 is now dry cement. Yeah!!!!!!! However, before we embark on our plans for 2022, I’d like to share the ups and downs,...

Well friends, 2016 is now dry cement. However before we embark on our plans for 2017 I’d like to share the ups and downs, successes and...