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Paying Off Your Mortgage Sooner: Have a Vision

Some of us are better at discipline than others, just as some of us are more prudent consumers than others and are more aware of how we can be swayed by external factors. There's no doubt though that it's not easy to be disciplined with the amount of advertising we are exposed to, and it would be naive to assume that advertising has no effect. Today's marketers are doing their job well. They've had decades of practice and it is effective. This means your vision needs to be strong and clear, because if you don't have a clear vision, and the resolve which stems from it, you are at the mercy of the barrage of products ...

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Great Income, No Assets: Avoiding the Curse of the GINA Generation

If you are aged between 25 and 45, earn a good income, but are still renting and have no assets of any real value, you could well be a GINA, as in Good Income, No Assets. So you're not saving for o...

Growing Wealth by Gearing

Understanding the different forms of debt, and how effective gearing can be when managed properly is an important first step towards wealth creation. In Hamlet, one of his most famous plays, Willia...

The Commonsensical Super Investor

Most Australians are already expert investors, they just don't realise it. With a bit of extra guidance, nearly everyone has the potential to experience investment success.Many people believe...

Money and Happiness: Far From a Simple Equation

Money can't buy happiness, but it can avoid a lot of unhappiness. Keeping a sense of proportion is what's important in assuring long-term happiness.Money isn't everything. Everyone knows that...

Life lessons from the founder of Apple

Do what you love, love what you do, is the message from technology and design guru Steve Jobs. What can you learn from someone who dropped out of studying for a college degree after only six months...

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Growing Wealth by Gearing

Understanding the different forms of debt, and how effective gearing can be when managed properly is an important first step towards wealth creation. In Hamlet, one of his most famous plays, Willia...

Great Income, No Assets: Avoiding the Curse of the GINA Generation

If you are aged between 25 and 45, earn a good income, but are still renting and have no assets of any real value, you could well be a GINA, as in Good Income, No Assets. So you're not saving for o...

Considerations for Setting Goals

By Morris KaplanThe first place to start on the road to freedom is to think about what you want and actually express it. Dreams of financial independence and financial freedom...

Money and Happiness: Far From a Simple Equation

Money can't buy happiness, but it can avoid a lot of unhappiness. Keeping a sense of proportion is what's important in assuring long-term happiness.Money isn't everything. Everyone knows that...

What's Your Financial Quotient (FQ)?

Think for a moment about IQ. Most of us associate the concept of IQ, the intelligence quotient, as a measure of intelligence in terms of a capacity to solve problems. So too with the ...

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