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Scotty from SMProperty.co.nz joins us to tell us about how he helps first home buyers get on the property ladder and he also takes us through his journey going from 0 to 10 properties and the ups and downs along the way.

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‘What are your thoughts’...My response is often not to provide my thoughts but to ask them the same question back. ‘Well, what are your thoughts?’. Because you must have some. And they are valuable. You are capable of making decisions. Before you ask others for their thoughts, think about these questions...

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Retirement is a hot topic and today we are diving deep into it! Jane Wrightson is The Retirement Commissioner and part of her role is reviewing and reporting to the Minister of Commerce every 3 years on the retirement income policies implemented by the government so we explore her thoughts on some of the current retirement and pension settings. 

We explore KiwiSaver and what could be done better. Jane also oversees the National Strategy for Financial Capability to improve the financial capability of New Zealanders of all ages so that sees her overseeing the likes of Sorted.g...

Well shit, we thought we were on our way home but no. We have had to cop another day in the massive country that is America due to an air conditioning unit in a plane. We find our way to Houston and make sure we don't waste the day. Tune in to find out what we have been up to.

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Its the last day of our time in America, and we sit down at the airport to wrap up our final thoughts from what has been an amazing chance to learn and grow. We can't wait to get back to New Zealand and see a number of you at our KTC event on Thursday night.

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You wouldn't bloody read about it, we have bumped into Hamish Taylor from @yachtiesof_nz who we have done a podcast with previously. We are in the camp of all of the staff who work on the super yachts here in Florida, America. Tune in to get an insight into how accessible this life style is to you and a New Zealander.

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Lately, we’ve been talking about prices going up and most people are probably just skimming past it thinking it doesn’t apply too much to them. I’ve put together a practical exercise you can do over the weekend. If you are brave enough, you need to look at EVERY cost in your life. This isn’t fun, but neither is not sleeping or worrying about money, so get this done.

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It is the conference's final day and the big climax is here as the big D, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson talks to us for nearly 2 hours. In this podcast we go through some of the lessons we have had from our time here and what we will be taking back to New Zealand. We also do a reflections podcast and wrap up some of the things we have forgotten about tomorrow, so see you then.

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On day 4 we rip into another day at the conference and learn about customer service and what will happen with AI in the coming years. We also have some thoughts about how religion and god are quite important to people here and how that gives people a lot of guidance. Plus the usual 48 tangents, we have definitely forgotten to cover some things, so we will do that on day 5.

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We are back after a very long first day at the conference. We are reporting in with our latest lesson from a very eye-opening conference. Enjoy!

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Well, after a pretty long first day, we have spent some time getting our bearing and preparing for this rather large conference. In this podcast, we will go through some of the lessons we have picked up or the things we have noticed while in this massive country. Enjoy!

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Today I sit down with a good man who has gone from corporate to financial advice. John has a Master's degree in Finance, so understood the power of compounding wealth over the long-term, and his KiwiSaver was sorted nice and early. But John wanted to do more to help out his community with this knowledge. He spent weekends driving north (4.5 hours) and talking with friends and family about KiwiSaver. This led to the start of Kauri Wealth and now he does it full time. Find out what inspired John to throw away the corporate path and chase a goal...

Keep The Change is on tour in America and as we are touring through the country we are going to speak to some people and find out how they do things and hopefully, these things can inspire you. Tune in to hear from this person who has gone from growing up homeless to understanding the importance of hustling and making money.

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It’s OK to want to make more money. There, someone gave you permission. We teach people that ‘money doesn’t buy happiness’. If we taught people how to be more in control of their income, there may just be a lot more happier people right now. I think a lot of people have been conditioned to be told that earning more is greedy, selfish, ‘you’re all about the money’, recently I was told I am supporting failing ‘capitalism and consumerism’. You have no doubt been told by someone that wanting more is bad. You evil bastard. But it’s ok. Why? Let...

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On Instagram we asked you what is getting in the way of your financial success. In this episode we take you through all of these things as well as different ways to look at some of these problems. This will be extremely helpful for many people.

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Henry and Jack are back in the studio to give you 10 business ideas that you can start and maybe go through to business sale just like they did. 

You don’t need to be Elon to get these ideas off the ground and there is something in here for everyone of you. We touch on the practicality of starting something from scratch and how execution will be the main thing to determine your success. 

Most people will ignore these ideas, never start and not take enough action. But not you! Get stuck in.

If you’ve got your mind on your money, then you probably know that August is Money Month. But I often hear that many people have no idea. So today, a bit of insight into what this month is all about. Money Month is a public awareness and engagement campaign coordinated by Te Ara Ahunga Ora Retirement Commission, in partnership with the financial capability community. To do my bit toward the national strategy of working together to help demystify money, I sat down in an online workshop with Sorted’s personal finance lead, Tom Hartmann and James Blair of Ligh...

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Mikey runs us through tackling problems the reverse way. Learn this brilliant way of thinking and see how you can implement it.

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Money Month is a public awareness and engagement campaign coordinated by Te Ara Ahunga Ora Retirement Commission, in partnership with the financial capability community. This year's Money Month builds on last year's theme "Pause. Get sorted." The focus is on actions that can help people grow their money and build resilience – two pillars that are key to improving people's financial wellbeing. On Tuesday night, myself, James and Tom went over the steps you need to grow your wealth and secure your financial future, including: 

I want more Kiwi to understand that their knowledge can be exported. You can package your knowledge and sell globally, earning different currency and opening up different markets. This is working smarter, not harder and we have A LOT of smart Kiwi here in NZ who don’t know this exists. 

I sat down with Luke Sneeden who has been a part of businesses doing this for nearly 10 years. Find out how they took baby sleep secrets to the world by starting with a PDF document and turned it into 500,000 happy customers. 

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Well, well, well what have we here? The first cut of the Official Cash Rate. On Wednesday, The Reserve Bank cut the official cash rate by 25 basis points to 5.25%. So what’s behind this cut all of a sudden? Let's try figure it out and work out what we need to be thinking about as rates fall further in the coming quarters.

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A number of people recently told me that they don't know how to get started with investing and it upsets me to see that in 2024 so many people still believe this when there are such amazing resources out there. In this podcast I'm going to buy a share and I'm also going to explain why is so important that you get started and give you two resources that you can go to to learn. You must make your first investment by the end of this podcast.

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Luke sits down with James from Lighthouse financial to understand how they go about financial planning for their clients and the exact process that they take people through as well as some tips and tricks all of us could learn from.

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0 to 100 real quick, literally. Learn from 2 lads who scaled a business from 0 to 100 staff and then sold it. It can be done. They take us through their top 5 lessons learnt from starting something from scratch (in an area they didn’t even know too much about) through to selling it to an overseas buyer. These lessons are simple and may surprise you as to how basic they sound. This podcast will get you warm for the part 2 where Henry and Jack provide you with 10 business ideas that anyone can have a crack at. You will love the energy of th...

Ahh, the age ole question! Asking someone who can’t predict the future to predict the future. If you are asking people ‘is now a good time to invest?’ you’re probably setting yourself up for something we like to call Not Taking Action. Firstly, what does that question even mean? What are you actually trying to ask? Secondly, how would anyone know that answer? NO ONE knows what is around the corner. Let's explore how dangerous this question is.

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Mikey Breaks down how you can actually change your mindset as he is sick of hearing people saying "you just need to change your mindset". Here is his methodology of exactly what you need to do in order to change now.

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It’s no wonder the banks make billions of dollars when they are a part of every transaction. That gives us a clue…maybe the secret to making more money is to get closer to the transaction?

In this podcast we will look at ‘Money flow’ and how you can get around people that move money around ensuring that it flows. Your job is to get some of it to flow to you by getting closer to people who are transacting, doing deals, solving problems, adding value and who have money.. We are about to teach you how...

Last week we explored the excitement that interest rates may come back down. Let's explore the things we should be thinking about when it comes to lowering interest rates, debt and mortgages? Then some potential action Items we can all think about if we have various forms of debt. Note: these are designed to get you THINKING only and are not financial advice.

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We talk with a Keep The Change reader about their forms of debt and how they got into them. We go through some practical ways we could get back in control of this and make some suggestions of how we could do this faster. Tune in as there will be thousands of people in a similar situation.

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So you want to quit your 9 to 5 huh? Well what are the steps to take to quit your 9 to 5? How do you do this? Well we are going to show you how to go about this because we’ve both done it and learned from the process.

This will become a pillar piece of content for people to get them moving on their self employment or business journey. Before taking the leap into the unknown, get yourself set up properly and make sure these steps are covered first. 

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The Reserve Bank of New Zealand look set to cut the Official Cash Rate and this has got people thinking about what it will mean for their mortgage. Mikey the mortgage messiah stops by to answer your prayers, sorry…questions. We talk break fees, re-fixes, going short, going long. It’s all happening in this podcast. Tune in to better educate yourself about what opportunities falling interest rates may mean for you.

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Well, we’ve finally got some good inflation news. Inflation was 3.3% annually for the June 2024 quarter. This is the lowest it has been since June 2021. But we aren’t quite there yet. Still slightly outside the 3% target band. However, there is at least some confidence that we are heading inside it. And for a lot of people that will mean sweet, sweet interest rate cuts. The elixir we are craving to turn the economic tap back on. I don’t think that slow rate cuts (should they be slow) will be everything people think they will be because, as you’ve...

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The man who broke the Internet with his savings methodology popped by to explain to us how he removed thousands of dollars of costs from his annual expenses by simply comparing the likes of his Internet, phone, power, insurance, etc and we dive into the psychology of money plus a lot more. Do not miss this one!

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I spent most of my 20’s p!ssing up and not preparing for my future years. It seems younger people are a bit more switched on these days (thank Gard!) so you’re probably not doing that. You will be better prepared than I was. Let’s look at what you need to be thinking about when it comes to milestones in your 30’s…Emergency funds? Buying a house? Investments? No consumer debt? Career plans? Relationships? Goals? Health and wellbeing plan? A will? There is a lot to think about. In this episode, I sit down with James Blair who is a F...

Alli Kennedy is on a mission to help everyday Kiwis be educated on investing. She has created a board game for people to play to learn more about investing and needs your help to create the first 10,000 orders. In this podcast we discuss how Alli (22 years old) is having a crack at changing the wealth of the nation via her board game and seeking pre-orders plus companies to be involved to turn this idea into a reality.

Sharenanigans, offering an introductory experience into the world of investing in shares, will be the next board game in...

Recently I received an awesome message. A 12yo lad is out in his neighbourhood doing something we often talk about. Making an offer to transact. He offers to help and add value to his neighbourhood by solving problems. Wouldn’t it be nice to go back to that sort of mindset where you don’t fear as much as you do now, and you don’t care what people think about you? Let's explore how he is doing this and what we can learn and apply to our lives.

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Wow! This could get interesting for you. An insight into some of the comments we often see on social media and whether all of them are true or conspiracies. We dig into the world economic forum and the great reset that we all keep hearing so much about.

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We all dream about the freedom of working for ourselves. Being your own boss. So when do we pull the trigger and do it? Are you entrepreneurial deep down? Hate your current role? Know your goals are bigger than your current career path? This will get you thinking about WHEN it might be time to have a crack at something else.

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My good mate Simon pops to Auckland for the All Blacks so I make him sit down for a podcast warm up to tell us about the state of infrastructure in NZ and how we could actually improve it. Simon hires nearly 50 staff and was thrown in the deep end to run the family business some years ago. You’ll learn about his journey, what he thinks of the economy and what economy/tax changes he thinks we will see in the coming years. Enjoy!

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Apparently so. That is according to some people who message me and leave me comments. I know and see how tricky it is out there, so I can see what these people are trying to say. Maybe I am too much of a realistic optimist, but I can see better financial times in the future. However, I do believe it will get worse before it gets better. (Again, realistic optimist). So should we accept our fate and give up? Let's explore!

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When I put together the 30 in 30 podcast series, one of the most mentioned podcasts was around investing in yourself. Investing in businesses and deals seems complicated. It is something that not all of us are familiar with, but I like to remind people to keep it simple. Start by investing in yourself.

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Lately I’ve been getting a lot of questions from younger people who are looking to get into investing. This is exciting to see, but no matter their age, they probably shouldn’t be asking a random stranger on the internet what to do with their money. So I sat down with James Blair who is a Financial Advisor and the Wealth Director from Lighthouse Financial to discuss what we should be thinking about. James helps every day Kiwi with their longer term investing plans and we discuss how some of these fundamentals are important whether we are investing $10k or...

The 30th of June meant that it was time to do my month-end process. Mapping out what money I have coming in during July vs what’s going to be going out. Then I go through and tally up all asset values + debt values. This process keeps my mind on my money, and I am more in check with where everything is at. However, this time, I had a feeling that my net worth would have gone backwards and by the time I had finished my month-end process, I could confirm that my net worth decreased in the month of...

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Do you know that if you sell a business you shouldn't get taxed on this? We explain why and how you can think about this in terms of your side hustle.

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Mikey comes out swinging with a warning to the government and future governments, as well as councils that they need to be careful with all of these tax and rate increases (including inflation) because people are feeling it and we could lose them to other countries OR they may change their behaviour. We explore how this happens and go through some examples. We even TRY and find the odd solution. This is a grunty one!

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I haven’t bought a L0tto ticket for some time. But I will admit, I had to be a part of that recent mega jackpot. I was hoping to win to figure out what it would be like to make $50milli in 2 mins. Then, how to handle it. It’s no secret that many people blitz through L0tto winnings and unexpected inheritances because they haven’t learned to be the person that knows how to handle that level of money. There is a good lesson for us here. What is it? And did L0tto just have thier...

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Why are people so obsessed with thinking they will have a better life when the system changes? Start by changing yourself instead.

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Listening is a skill and it’s becoming harder to do. We look at why that might be and how we can practise listening more than just hearing what we want to hear. It is easy to surround ourselves with what we want to hear but what if that isn’t helping us? We go through some examples where actually listening has been life changing. 

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The unemployment rate is currently 4.3% at the end of March 2024. It is projected to rise to over 5%. This means tens of thousands of Kiwi who could still lose their jobs. You don’t want this to be you and I don’t either. But chances are it will happen to someone we know in our wider circles. I have already seen it happen in mine and this week I noticed more KTC followers mentioning redundancy. But here are some more specific things you may want to think about.

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Dividends. Imputation credits. Withholding Tax. You name it, we break it down so that you can understand. A simple explanation of how dividends work and why you need to be aware it is income that will end up in your tax return.

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Looking to buy your first home and have absolutely no idea where to start? Got a deposit but it’s not quite enough? Do your parents have equity in their property that you could use? Looking to get your first investment property? Slice have made it easy to navigate what can be a complex area which sees property, KiwiSaver, real estate, law and finance overlap. Slice have education and tools available no matter what stage of the journey you’re at. Founder Amy Stevens joins us to discuss what they’ve built and the big problem Slice is built to sol...

Each quarter the IRD release information about how many people owe them money and how much. If you've been listening to KTC for some time you'll know what I often refer to this as the data worth looking at because no one writes or talks about this. But it shows us how businesses are going out there in the economy. One of the interesting statistics is that 551,000 people owe the IRD. The number of customers with debt increased from 436 thousand in March 2023 to 551 thousand in March 2024. So, how did that happen so quickly? I don't know for sure, but...

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In this podcast we teach you everything you didn't get taught in school about why business is the most favoured way when it comes to tax rules. We explain why employees get the worst deal and explore some of the other types of investment like property.

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The much anticipated tax changes have been announced. How exciting, for the first time in my career, everyone is talking tax. We are going to explore the new tax brackets, why they've been adjusted and when they might next be adjusted. This will give you a VERY solid understanding of tax brackets and rules in NZ.

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Is it ok to be proud of yourself? Luke thinks so and regularly tells himself that he is (shock). Is it normal? Who knows! Mikey kicks us off with a story of how a country he recently visited is very proud. What about NZ? We explore how we can be more proud of ourselves and what it even means. There is a challenge for you at the end too so tune in!

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This is Mikey's theory on why playing the long game will ensure you never lose in whatever area it is that you are trying to get ahead in. Tune in and get an understanding of how you can apply this to your life.

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I sit down with Generate’s Global Equities Portfolio Manager, Nathan Field. Nathan has over 25-years' experience in the financial industry and during the period 2013 to 2023 the global equities funds under his management beat the market index by more than 4% p.a. That’s not bad going and has a huge compounding effect. We explore what ‘Thematic investing’ is and how we can get in on the action. Nathan explains what trends he's keeping an eye on and how he figures these trends out early. There is some great investing insight in here and you’ll learn something that could help...

Whether people like it or not, we all need each other. Perhaps we need each other more now than ever. For many of us, it is the first time we are going through a really challenging economic cycle of high interest rates, persistent inflation and recessionary tests. We are all dealing with what we have going on in our lives and can lose sight of what others are dealing with. I was talking to a teacher recently who reminded me of this. Let me tell you a story about how kids can afford to go on rugby trips, when...

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30 lessons in 30 days from my life so far. Join me to find out what I learnt from some of my best and worst life choices. See how things that have happened for me have shaped the way I think today. Enjoy and go well.

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It’s inevitable that you will go through tough, slow growth times in your life. You will feel like you’re on the right path but the self doubt creeps in. The wins aren’t coming, you can’t see the progress and people might even tell you that you don’t know what you’re doing. 

Then you drink the brain rotting Kiwi Kola: You can’t get ahead here, You can’t buy a house here, There are no good jobs here. 

It’s all down hill from here and you give up.

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Over 80% of school leavers said that they wished they had learned more about money at school. Sorted in Schools are doing something about this by providing resources for both students and teachers. The goal is to improve financial capability. That means being good with money which is an essential life skill. It means being equipped with the knowledge, skills and confidence to make good financial decisions at each life stage, and attain goals with choices. I am joined by Claire Bailey from Sorted In Schools who is a learning specialist and I ask her how the programme is progressing...

I have a sneaky suspicion that many of us have lost focus and got ourselves trapped mentally. When we do this, we focus on the wrong things and unfortunately this leads to the wrong outcomes. The world shows up how we see it so we better be deliberate about how we see it and what we focus on. Let's focus...

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With all this doom and gloom it’s a good reminder to consider the currencies you’re collecting. This is a good time to remember that it’s not always about house prices, economic growth, net worth & bank balances. Just because a recession may be the measurement of whether our economy is or isn’t growing doesn’t mean you can’t.

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If we know what is going to happen and it doesn’t but then eventually it does, are we still right? We explore how many times we’ve thought things would happen but they’ve taken a lot longer to. So were we right or wrong? There is value in being both right and being early. Should we talk about crypto, Heartland bank and A2 Milk? Go on then! Another thought provoking podcast to get us thinking about the information we see online and whether being wrong can also be ok when directionally correct.

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Imagine this; you live in a world where ANY information you need exists. You have an assistant you can quickly message to get the answers. The assistant will tell you exactly what to say to help you get to the next step. Well, guess what? You do. ChatGPT entered the chat in November 2022. And before you go all ‘screw you Luke, AI will take all our jobs’ on me without even trying to use AI once in your life to understand it better, keep an open, curious mind and tune in because we are going to explore using it to s...

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There is a lot of chat these days about taxing the poor and calling people privileged, or talking down your success in fear of others having a go at you. Why do we feel so bad about doing well? We dig into this tricky topic.

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In this episode I am again joined by my business partner Phil Smith from nextAdvisory.nz who has advised countless potential business buyers (and sellers) of what they need to think about before doing so. I ask your questions so that you can upskill even more. How to find a business you could buy? What is the main thing to look for in financial analysis? How to present yourself to the bank? Why buy a business instead of building from scratch?

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Inflation is still here, and it’s been here for some time. You know that, I know that. Sure, it’s coming down and that’s better than it going up. But last week I read a survey where 89% of respondents were worried about inflation. So what can we do for ourselves over time to hedge against inflation? I know, and i'll tell you in here...

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There has been a lot of chat around side hustles recently and in this podcast, we dive into whether it is worth the time investment and discover the big question of why, why would you have a side hustle?

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You asked for it so here it is. Ever wondered about buying a business? Here’s some of the basic! A heads up, it’s a foreign language when you get started but if you’re serious you’ve got to learn the language. There’s heaps of information out there so go on the journey. This will get you started! I am joined by my business partner Phil Smith from nextAdvisory.nz in this episode and I pick his brains because he’s advised countless potential business buyers (and sellers) of what they need to think about. Get stuck in.

Not dollars this time. But podcast downloads. I am thrilled to share a massive milestone with you. The Keep The Change podcast has officially hit one million downloads! We did it! Those 1,000,000 downloads wouldn’t have been possible without each one of you loyal listeners. Let's have a look at how this happened and dive into a massive KTC announcement!

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Grant Cardone owns over $1 billion worth of property but he's telling us not to buy a home, what is he trying to teach us when explaining this? Is this a conspiracy or is there something to this?

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A recording of the live Q&A with Instagram followers from 30th April 2024.

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Some big news out of the Keep The Change camp! After 4 years and 500 episodes, we have a major sponsor in Generate KiwiSaver Scheme. I sit down with Linus Field who is one of Generate’s Auckland Advisers with over 5-Years of experience in the industry. We discuss the state of KiwiSaver in NZ, what he loves about it and find out more about his role at Generate. Everyday, Linus meets with people to discuss KiwiSaver so we talk about what themes he sees in these meetings and what we could all be thinking about to ensure we are maximising ou...

Mikey comes rolling into the studio with a prediction that the bottom of the property market is near and that the next 12 months will be a great time to buy if that's what you want to do. In this podcast we look at some of the changes that impact that property market and how people can potentially use leverage again to buy a second property if they want to get into property investment. All things property in this podcast. Can't wait!

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Everywhere you look you are being asked to spend a little extra. Skilled professionals who work in the field of shaking your pocket for that last dollar are designing ways to get you to willingly hand it over. We live in a consumer society. Today’s lesson is designed to get you thinking about where you can see the next upsell and pocket shake. Just have your eyes open to it.

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Us humans love to complicate things and make them more complicated than they need to be. Like assigning value to money. How does it work and is money really the root of all evil?

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All this slow to no growth chat can have us looking inward and not thinking abundantly. Today we are going to have a bit of fun. Imagine for a second you wake up tomorrow and you are rich. OK, now what if I told you that you were born rich? When you were born you didn’t think about any of that stuff. But at some stage in your life, you decided that those were the things that would make you rich. Let's explore!

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Who quits their job at a bank, goes into business in a new industry with 2 others, hires 22 people, all within 6 years? Emily Shaw and Luma Analytics, that’s who. Data doesn’t lie and it’s all around us. Most of us don’t even know and can’t even see it. In this podcast Emily talks us through how her team use data to help companies all around the world do more, be smarter and move faster with data. Emily takes us through her life of going against the grain and the journey of being apart of one of the fas...

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Mikey takes us through the 7 society rules that he thinks we should throw in the bin. Tune in and unlearn what you may not believe. Let us know what you think.

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Too many people ignore starting with the low-hanging fruit in front of them and instead try and skip to the million dollar outcome. The downside to this is that people don’t start something, or they get put off by the lack of progress toward their ideal outcome. We then miss all the lessons that taking action teaches us. One of my favourite lessons is that action leads to action.

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Tune in to hear my thoughts about what to do when you're feeling stuck and how to find ideas.

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Wo wo wo what is this podcast about? Luke starts with a story of a helicopter owner and guesses how he got it. Then, what can we learn from the growth in fake boobs? How can we apply this to ourselves & other industries?. Let's explore.

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We are talking tax! How my headphones became taxable? Why are landlords claiming interest again? There are a lot of high level tax lessons in here so strap yourself in for some tangents and highly educational content.

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Simon Phillips from The Magnitude Group stops by to give us insights into scaling up a million dollar ecom business. He also gives us insight into his journey along the way and chats about the training course he created for anyone to be able to improve their e-commerce and digital marketing knowledge.

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The three stages that everyone will go through. You can use this to help figure out where you're at and we will be expanding on this by providing more content over time.

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It's getting very tricky to pay back debt at the moment. Higher interest rates, higher cost of living and higher taxes. Say what? Yes, a lot of our living costs are soaked up by the lower tax brackets and then our incomes above $48,000 are taxed at 30%+. This means you have to make even more to then pay the tax and then clear the debt. Let's explore how the tax brackets not moving since 2010 has set things up to be very tricky when it comes to repaying debt!

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In this episode we sit down with @HealthyKelsii (social name) to learn about her healthy but unconventional life. We are always trying to find kiwis that are living life a different way and Kelsi certainly does that. Kelsi started food blogging in 2020 and didn’t stop. Today she has hundreds of thousands of followers and people from all over the world who lean on her for healthy recipes. So how does she make money and what’s it like having over 340,000 followers? Let’s find out!

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Last week we looked at the brutal reality of the economy slowing down. This week we had GDP data announced at -0.1%. Recession confirmed. But we don’t need to go down that path again. Old news. Let’s turn to a more positive. There are many options compared to the last major economic downturn. Remember the one that we labeled as the GFC back in 2006 to 2009? Well, life looks very different these days. There’s a beautiful thing called the internet.

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At nextAdvisory we are on the hunt for a senior accountant or even a good quality intermediate accountant with review experience and we need your help to find this person. We want the right person for this role so in this podcast we explain who this might b. We would love it if you could pass this on to somebody you know who might be appropriate for this role. We will reward you if we have success in finding the right person. Thanks!

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Let's explore how we can make more money in 2022.

How can we get back in control of our income when costs are creeping up on us?

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Bitcoin. It’s at all time highs and it’s all the rage AGAIN! Mikey and Luke invite Darcy Ungaro from Ungaro & Co which Is a Registered Financial Service Provider to discuss this internet coin, thing?! Darcy also hosts ‘The Everyday Investor’ podcast.

This conversation turns into a 2 hour conversation around bitcoin and what the hell it’s all about. We go down many roads: is money broken? Is it an inflation hedge? Are people ‘short’ the NZ dollar? Do home owners understand this but not buy it? Did Luke lose 0.4 of one in Vegas?

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On the 21st of March 2024 we get to find out whether we have been in a receesion since the 1st of July 2023. I think we are and I will explain why. I could be wrong but I doubt it. Unfortunately, the March quarter feels even trickier. But data is what counts, not what I feel so who knows maybe i've got it all wrong. Regardless, it's tricky out there economically and we can still zoom out to get ourselves ready for the next summer as we embrace this economic winter.

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Luke sits down with Izzy Whitley from Aotearoa Labour Hire to discuss his six years in business and his goal to turn over $100 million a year. Tune into this inspiring hour of his lessons.

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We are at week 200 of Money Mail. Where did those weeks go. We take a look at the on word that has helped me produce 200 of these lessons for everyday kiwis and how you can use it to your advantage because many people simply can't do it. So what is that one word? Let's find out!

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Listen in to find out about important books around financial literacy that could help you further educate yourself. These books have really helped my life i hope you get a lot out of them too.

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Franchising is another vehicle or pathway for all of us to consider because we don’t learn about these things growing up. Have you ever wondered about owning a franchise? How does it work? Who’s it for? Who’s it not for? How can you get the most out of it? What do we need to look out for? In this episode we sit down with Reon Paterson from SmithAndSons.co.nz who oversees 27 Smith And Sons franchise owners across New Zealand. He’s the master franchisee so knows a bit about franchising. We pick his brains and see what we...

Following your interests can open many doors. It can build many doors too. In this episode we sit down with Reon Paterson from SmithAndSons.co.nz who is on a mission to turn builders into business owners and make sure Smith And Sons is a household name in New Zealand. He started on the tools himself and has spent 3 decades in the industry. Today he oversees 27 Smith And Sons franchise owners and plays a big role in ensuring they have what they need to be successful. 

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Recently, I sat down with a 15yo who had sold over $50,000 of goods on the internet. Self-taught, all the whilst managing the usual school life and demands of a social life. I recorded the conversation so that you could listen to it and learn from it too. It will either inspire you or it'll have you ignoring how simple the advice is. You'll learn something though so find it and tune in. Here are my key takeaways from the interview.

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Hamish Taylor from Yachties Of NZ sits down to tell us about a different way to live abroad. Hear some tales from his travels as well as HOW to get into the industry.

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It’s hard out there and it’s going to get harder. If interest rates stay higher for longer, there will be even more people seeking assistance from their bank. Last year we saw record KiwiSaver hardship requests and this year it’s probably going to be the banks turn. I ask Mikey how things have changed for his team at GuardianSmith.co.nz and if their phone is ringing with people with mortgages asking for help. You won’t want to miss this episode! 

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$100,000, the magical figure. Where did it come from? Perhaps I had heard the late Charlie Munger (one of the worlds great investors) who once said your first $100K is the toughest to earn — but most crucial for building wealth. “The first $100,000 is a b*tch, but you gotta do it. I don’t care what you have to do — if it means walking everywhere and not eating anything that wasn’t purchased with a coupon, find a way to get your hands on $100,000. After that, you can ease off the gas a little bit.” The above makes more sense to me now th...

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In this episode we are busting some tax myths! If you have ever turned down work because you're scared of secondary tax then this one is for you. Spoiler - there is no such thing as double tax.

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There has been a lot of chat recently about Debt To Income ratios changing and people have been freaking out. I sit down with Mikey from GuardianSmith.co.nz to ask what the hell these are. Does it really mean it’ll be harder to buy a house? How can we prepare if we are going to buy? As always, Mikey has all the answers and we share them with you.

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If you’re an employee, by the time you get paid there is a high chance you will have already spent a chunk of your pay. The govt take from us, then the bank, then the big corporates and then we have whats left over to play with. So why do they do this and how can we use these tactics toward achieving our goals?

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Mikey and Luke try to unpack for you the theory that you just need to start and figure it out as you go. You have what you need to start, you become the person you need to be to achieve what it is you want to achieve. Just start!!!

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Join us for an exciting episode with Olivia McGann (Head of Operations - NZ) from Xero as we discuss one of the softwares that changed my life as an accountant and a business owner.

2024 is a leap year so we get an extra day! Xero is empowering sole traders to take control of their financial affairs by calling the 29th of February - Sole Trader Thursday,  as the day  for completing their financial admin. To help Sole Traders confidently approach navigating their finances Xero has developed some helpful guides, tips and tricks to help individuals kno...

Ever made more than your goal but not felt the satisfaction? Mikey takes us through his 3 subcategories of goals exercise and then works backwards on how to obtain them. We look at whether money is a good goal or whether there is way more to it than setting random figures as goals.

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Luke sits down with Izzy Whitley from Aotearoa Labour Hireto to discuss his six years in business and his goal to turn over $100 million a year. Tune into this inspiring hour of his lessons.

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