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Financial Autonomy

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Plenty of podcasts focus on building wealth – and that"s great, as far as it goes. But focusing just on wealth misses the point. I believe what most of us actually want is to have choice. Choice in how much time we give to income-producing activities. Choice about what those income-producing activities are. Choice about where we live. Choice about when we retire. Choice about the ways we use our money to produce happiness. In the Financial Autonomy podcast, I explore the different ways you can

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Money can’t buy happiness ... or can it? - Episode 69

Financial Autonomy ·

2018/11/28

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 happiness? There are plenty of sayings we get brain-washed with, that actually don’t stand up to

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Financial Fundamentals – the 6 essential foundation...

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2018/11/21

Episode 68 – Financial Fundamentals – the 6 essential foundation stones for financial success SUBSCRIBE TO OUR WEEKLY EMAIL “GAINING CHOICE” TO KEEP UP WITH ALL THINGS FINANCIAL AUTONOMY 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 didn’t have the financial

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Trent Taylor and the 3 33 333 plan - work 3 days per...

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2018/11/14

Episode 67 – Trent Taylor and the 3 33 333 plan - work 3 days per week, 33 weeks per year, and earn $333k In this episode, we learn from Trent’s interesting story from being a pilot to building his business to gain choice and improve his family life. In this interview we cover: His journey and transition from being a commercial pilot to changing his lifestyle by acquiring a franchise and then building his own business to give importance to being the father he wanted to be. Tips from Trent on how to

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The reality of negative returns - knowledge is power...

Financial Autonomy ·

2018/11/07

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 3 issues is not wanting to lose money – hardly surprising! So in today’s post, let’s bust open this taboo subject and talk

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The challenges of investing for children - Episode 65

Financial Autonomy ·

2018/10/31

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 he’d perhaps tip in $25 per week, so that when she was a young adult, there’d be a pool of money to get her off and running. He’d

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Money & happiness - Brian Portnoy - The Geometry of...

Financial Autonomy ·

2018/10/24

Episode 64 – Money & happiness - Brian Portnoy - The Geometry of Wealth I am joined by author Brian Portnoy in this episode as we talk about his book on money and happiness called The Geometry of Wealth. In this interview we cover: What is “The Geometry of Wealth” about and what led and triggered him to write it. An elaboration of “Adaptive Simplicity”. The 4 C’s of the happiness element and how to practically apply it in our life. An explanation of the biggest definition of the book and the 3

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08:22

Crackle & Pop! - Why do investment markets have...

Financial Autonomy ·

2018/10/17

Episode 63 – 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 United States investors shows that whilst over 20 years to the end of 2017, the S&P500 share market index returned 7.2%, the average investor experienced a return of

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08:13

Putting the puzzle together – 4 essential elements to...

Financial Autonomy ·

2018/10/10

Episode 62 – Putting the puzzle together – 4 essential elements to achieving your big life goals Here at Financial Autonomy, our focus is typically on the money side of how you achieve your goals and gain the choice in life that you deserve. But of course, achieving big goals requires more than just a financial solution. And so in today’s post we’re going to take a step back and consider things a bit more holistically. Start with Why Executing a plan to achieve a particular goal rarely goes off

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Have your 20's set you up for financial failure? -...

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2018/10/03

Episode 61 – Have your 20's set you up for financial failure? Habits. Human brains love them! Any time we can go on auto-pilot, we jump at it. Author Samuel Johnson observed, “The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken”. I also like a quote from Agatha Christie on the subject “Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them”. In your financial life, many of your significant habits are formed in your 20’s. And often you don’t realise it until

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27:31

Could a trust structure turbo charge your wealth...

Financial Autonomy ·

2018/09/26

I interview tax specialist Shaun Farrugia to explore the use of trusts in maximising your wealth.

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19:45

Procrastination - 9 tips to combat this number 1...

Financial Autonomy ·

2018/09/19

Often associated with a sense of overwhelm, we look at how you can push through a procrastination barrier.

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Subtle Disruptor Adam Murray - taking control of his...

Financial Autonomy ·

2018/09/12

In this interview with Adam Murray of the hugely popular Subtle Disruptors podcast, hear how a personal crisis lead him to reinvent his life and in the process, gain choice and control.

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Early Retirement - the multi phase approach for...

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2018/09/05

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Mike Lewis - When to Jump - Episode 60

Financial Autonomy ·

2018/08/29

Episode 60 – Mike Lewis - When to Jump Today in the episode, we interview the author of When To Jump, Mike Lewis. The book is about career change or starting your own business. In this interview we cover: Mike’s jump to being a professional sportsman His job and career before he became a sportsman Events that unfolded and didn’t go to plan when he left his career Framework: Jump Curves - 4 phases of taking a jump What made him decide to keep going Mike’s 2nd jump of writing the book When to Jump

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The Beauty of the Worst Case - Episode 59

Financial Autonomy ·

2018/08/22

Episode 59 – The Beauty of the Worst Case Do you remember those Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbooks that were around everywhere about a decade ago? How to land a light aircraft if the pilot has a heart attack, or how to survive a bear attack. I don’t know if they extended to surviving a zombie apocalypse, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they did. They were good fun reads and made a great Christmas present. In today’s episode we’re going to explore how planning for the worst case can be liberating

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Investment basics - Active vs Passive investment –...

Financial Autonomy ·

2018/08/15

When I started my career in investment markets almost 20 years ago all the investment options were what we’d now call Active. We didn’t call them that at the time, it was just the standard way that money was managed. Passive investment had been around for some time, pushed primarily by John Boggle of Vanguard which first launched a passive index fund in 1975. But it took quite a while for enough data to come in, for investors to begin to appreciate why some hard questions needed to be asked about

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4 Hour Work Week – still relevant today? - Episode 57

Financial Autonomy ·

2018/08/08

Episode 57 – 4 Hour Work Week – still relevant today? Originally published in 2007, The 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss, made some huge waves upon its release. It also laid foundations for its author that continue to this day. Indeed anyone who’s ever browsed the iTunes podcast charts will have come across Tim Ferriss, whose self-named show is regularly towards the top. As regular readers and listeners know, the reason Financial Autonomy exists is to explore how we can all gain choice in our lives

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Are you playing offence or defence? - Episode 56

Financial Autonomy ·

2018/08/01

Episode 56 – Are you playing offence or defence? Today in the episode, we talk to Tim Lavrey’s career change story from being a bank manager to a preschool teacher. All sports have elements of offensive and defensive play. And whether you play Netball, soccer, cricket or basketball, your team must constantly strike a balance between the two. In pursuing your Financial Autonomy goal, you too must find a balance that will see your goals achieved in an acceptable time frame, whilst also enabling you to

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Tim's big jump - from bank manager to primary school...

Financial Autonomy ·

2018/07/25

Episode 50 – Tim's big jump - from bank manager to primary school teacher Today in the episode, we talk to Tim Lavrey’s career change story from being a bank manager to a preschool teacher In this interview we cover: Tim’s love for football The story of Tim’s career change and how he made his move and decision to leave the bank and teach His redundancy and how it contributed to his career change Going through self-doubt during the process Their 6-month period of planning for his career shift,

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08:51

Pay off the mortgage or invest? - Episode 54

Financial Autonomy ·

2018/07/18

Episode 54 – Pay off the mortgage or invest? A shout out here to Christine Calnan who emailed me about this dilemma – whether it is best to put your savings towards extra mortgage repayments, or should you instead be investing? This is one that does come up a lot when I’m working with clients, and it’s certainly not a question with a simple one size fits all answer. So let’s take a look at the factors you should consider to find the answer that’s right for you. Christine observed that whilst the

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