Compounding Is Everywhere

I recently watched this show on Netflix about the blue zones – areas of the world where people live to 100+ or more regularly. One that was of

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How I Would Make $10k In 10 Days

Yesterday I asked on my Instagram how you would make $10k in 10 days if locked in a room with an iPhone: View this post on Instagram A

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Stop Complicating It – Get Rich With The 1% Rule

The 1% rule will change your life. If you take 1,000 steps today, a 1% improvement will require you to take 1,010 steps tomorrow. That extra 10 steps

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What Is A Family Trust? Guide For Kiwis

Let’s imagine you own a successful business – a car dealership, perhaps. One day, you see on the news that the owner of a car dealership is being

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Your Kids Will Be Worth $100 Million If You Do This One Thing

Do you know how much the US stock market has returned over the last 100 years? 10.4% per year. That is an astonishing return for an index. Most

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This Is Why People Are Broke (But You’re Going To Be Rich)

In the 1920’s, there lived a man named Edward Bernays. Edward was the nephew of psychologist Sigmund Freud, and became a marketing genius, before corporate marketing was really

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Save More Or Earn More? Which One’s Better?

What’s the best way to increase your financial situation? There are two camps. One camp says you should be frugal and save more, while the other camp says

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Why You Haven’t Mastered Money (And How You Can)

Why do most people die broke? It’s an interesting phenomenon. If we live out our life expectancy, most of us have 84 years to amass a comfortable fortune.

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The #1 Thing That Determines How Rich You Become

While personal finance advice can take you in many directions, generally the underlying theme is the same. Acquire some kind of assets so that you can build up

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What Does Your “Financially Free” Life Look Like (And Are You Already There?)

I recently had a call with a new coaching client. When asked this question, her answer was: Full-time vanlife around New Zealand & Australia. Visiting friends and whanau

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How To Get Paid For Stocks You Don’t Even Own!

Imagine this: You see a stock you like. It’s trading for $50 a share. You want to buy it for $45 per share. So you simply tell your

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How To Retire Early (And Rich) In New Zealand

How does one retire early in New Zealand? On this site you will read a lot of advice about savings, FIRE, reducing the costs of your car and

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Why Cars Are One Of The Worst Purchases You Can Make

Many years ago, I saw a 60 Minutes interview floating around the internet with Jeff Bezos. Interviewer: “Amazon just reached a valuation of $30 billion. That means you’re

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5% Term Deposits! Should I Invest?

Right now at most banks across New Zealand, you can lock in term deposits for 5 years at over 5% p.a. Are these a good investment? First of

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Good Debt Versus Bad Debt: What’s The Difference?

You might have heard these terms thrown around.But how do you know if debt is good or bad?The distinction is actually very simple.If you go into debt for

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$10 Can Build An Empire

Try to think of your wealth as an empire. To build an empire, you require bricks. Think of every $10 note as a brick. You can either spend

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The US Government Is In 31 Trillion Of Debt – Here’s How It Affects You

A couple weeks back the US government raised their debt ceiling (the amount of debt they’re allowed to have) again. Had they not raised the debt ceiling, the

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Why The Rich Will ALWAYS Stay Rich (And How You Can Too)

Getting rich is not complicated. It’s actually the simplest formula in the world. It comes back to that old phrase – follow the money. Because what does it

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Sharesies Review: An Honest Look At New Zealand’s Popular New Share Broker

the important stuffStocks available: US, Aus, NZBrokerage fees: 1.9%Foreign exchange fees: 0.5%Minimum order: $1Sharesies is a NZ share broking service. They offer shares in the US, Australia and

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What Is The Starbucks Experiment?

In the personal finance space, especially among the frugal living and FIRE advocates, the subject of coffee comes up a lot.Seriously - all the time.This is because there

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