A Happy Money Marriage
A happy money marriage is a key ingredient to a happy marriage. We all want a live happily ever after with the person of our dreams. The intention is to spend the rest of our lives together. [...]
Three Critical Rules of Money Management
Happy New Year! We hope that you have had a fantastic time over Christmas and are enjoying a least a few days off. It’s January, a time for reflection about last year and looking ahead [...]
Run your personal finances like a business
Run your personal finances like a business. It sounds a bit odd, I know. But guess what? It works! But just one point to note: you want to model your personal finances on a well [...]
My Money Plan is Working!
Great, your money plan is working, so what could possibly go wrong? We’d like to think nothing. But just like a fitness or weight loss goal, we can hit a plateau. And then we just [...]
5 Bad Money Habits and how to break them
We all have habits. Some are good, like exercising regularly, and some are not so good, like the biscuit or chocolate bar late in the afternoon to "keep us going." The thing with habits is [...]
Tidy up your Money and Declutter your Finances
Tidying up your money is a bit like the spring cleaning Mum would do a couple of times a year. She was like a mini whirlwind with the duster and the vacuum cleaner. Anything that [...]
Managing your money: You can learn how!
Managing your money is a learned skill. It just isn’t taught very well. We start learning about money from our immediate family. If your parents weren’t very good at managing money, you probably didn’t pick [...]
7 Steps to Financial Fulfillment
Financial fulfillment means different things to different people. But, whatever it means to you, a really good starting point is to apply the principles from George S Clason’s book The Richest Man in Babylon. The [...]
Do you know your numbers?
What do I mean when I say you need to know your numbers? Let me explain. You pull out your favourite pair of jeans that you haven’t worn for a while, and you can’t quite [...]
Goal Setting – where do you start?
Goal setting, are you tired of hearing about it? At this time of year there is a mountain of resources on how to set and achieve your goals for the year. Over the years I [...]