Sharing the lifelong journey of investing in all it's forms

If you haven’t sat down and done a five year plan I totally recommend doing it. From a investing point of view it can change your view of investing.
When you keep it vague, any investment that rears it head could be the right one, the one you can’t miss out on. There is hot [...]

This applies even if you’re a buy and hold invest or (in fact especially if you’re a buy and hold investor). There is someone priceless about making a decision about the investment before your even buy in. Some investments have a very clear time period, for example bridging finance the legal contract will say you [...]

Allowing yourself to be and expert.
I was recently asked if I knew anyone web skills, I said I could do it. And today, I thought I was going in for a interview in the morning to see if I could possible do what they wanted but as I entered the room. the lady I was [...]

Last night in a pub and a friend’s farewell, when his younger brother showed up his parked himself on the edge, quiet with a corona in hand.
I had heard about his gung-ho fitness regime ad introduce myself to him and we chatted about UFC, mixed marital arts and unrealistic fear of sharks, which we both [...]

A friend got me to do a great exercise today to write down what I currently earn and what I want to earn a hour:
Current $40 Want $416
How can you make it the easiest possible way for people to give you money/trust you? (which I have never thought about before). How can you help people [...]

It’s time to make goal and reflect on the past year. And as I sat down and started reflecting on what I did well, and what I did not do well?
I though hey wait a minute I don’t wait 2010 to be anything like 2009 (of course I don’t want there to be a [...]

I know it’s not high Art but I love the film Flying High (that’s what it’s called in Australia in the US it was called Airplane), and I have been reminded of it this year in particular the scenes where Ted Striker is retelling the sad boring stories of his life, and whoever is sitting [...]

Hello All,
I am excited to begin the investing inspiration audio interview series. I love listening to inspiring people being interviewed and my aim is to share the love.
And first up someone well up to the challenge is a presentation extraordinaire Kate Mountain.
For those in dire need of direction with a presentation coming [...]

Pure Investing Info
1. Real estate Investing: or REI as they call themselves. Is a ever growing collection of authors offering advice on all aspects of real Estate the last one I really enjoy and almost wrote out word for word was “where to get the money for you deals.”
2. This weeks in startups:Even though [...]

Successful Change Management requires a balance between push and pull.


Push is people themselves disliking the situation they are currently in,
 and wanting to get away from it.


Pull is people themselves seeing an end goal, which they are separated
 from by obstacles. The goal needs to be a good enough incentive to
 endure the obstacles.
Identify what [...]