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Buyers return
Almost unbelievably (at least from a few months ago) Australia now has only two ICU cases remaining of COVID-19.
Even both the most populous states of Victoria and New South Wales recorded zero new confirmed cases today for the first time in months.
And all of a sudden, the property...
Restrictions easing
Happily Australia’s Sunshine Coast has long since been declared COVID-19 free.
And although many restrictions do remain in place, we’re gradually getting back towards some kind of normal.
It’s clear to see that people are itching to get out and socialise again: a drive-in movi...
10,000 hours to mastery
The 10,000-hour rule holds that you need to dedicate 10,000 hours of deliberate practice to become world-class in any given field.
For example, I was recently watching a documentary on the great Aussie golfer Greg Norman, who didn’t even begin playing golf seriously until h...
Your minimum viable product (MVP)
Are you interested in becoming an entrepreneur, running your own business, or finding new ways to generate income outside of your paid employment?
If so, then the concept of a minimum viable product (MVP) is worth taking some time out to consider and understand.
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Learning the rules
As a young graduate I went to work in London’s West End at Marylebone for a mid-tier accounting & business advisory firm, where instead of listed clients we largely acted for family businesses and high net-worth individuals.
It was eye-popping to first discover and then observe ...
New rules of money
The Coronavirus shutdown this year has changed the rules of money in a number of ways.
Here are 3 key ways in which the rules of money have changed.
1 – ZIRP is here to stay
The Reserve Bank in Australia has signaled that interest rates will be stuck at the effective lower bou...
What is systematic investing?
Success in investing over time is more about process than outcome.
A good process will not mean all your investments are winners, of course.
After all, every investment involves a mixture of skill and luck.
You can control your skill or your process, but you can’t c...
4 factors of production
How can you thrive in the modern Australian economy?
Here’s how…
You need to recognise that there are 4 factors of production, and these are:
(i) Land – nothing productive can flourish without land, and therefore well-located real estate will always be richly valued.
You...
