The hottest market in the country right now is…. Hobart. In case you hadn’t heard, Hobart is booming. At a time when Sydney and Melbourne are slipping, prices in Hobart grew a thumping 20% in the past twelve months! In fact, median prices in Hobart are now set to become more expensive than they […]
Truth Bomb Tuesday: The fame delusion
Why everybody wants to be famous, and why it has to make us unhappy. Why do so many people want to be famous? As someone who is partially famous (yes I am! In certain circles…) I can tell you its not worth it. Fame is a con. Seriously, you should see some of the crap […]
This myth is making us alienated from each other!
We’re all buying into this story, even though it doesn’t match up to our personal experience. Do you know that quote, “The only normal people in life are the people you haven’t met yet.” I think it was Mae West or something. I love it. First, I think it’s true. We’re all pretty crazy. We’re […]
Nationwide dwelling prices are falling!
The RBA and APRA will be well pleased with how this ‘managed pause’ in the property market is playing out. With doom and gloom on every channel, especially around the coming course of the property market, the analysts at Macquarie are doing what they could – hand around the chamomile tea. They make a few […]
Truth Bomb Tuesday: The language of creativity
If you’re coming from this place, you could be making it difficult for yourself How do you stay hungry? Some people draw drive from negative experiences in their past. Think of the boy born into poverty who becomes a successful fund manager. Driven by a need to never be poor again, he excels at getting […]
Proof – Still world’s of opportunity
There are a lot more opportunities for property investors than there used to be. “If only I’d bought ten years ago!” How many times have you heard that? (Me, I’ve heard it a dozen times year for the past twenty years!) It’s also pointing to a particular investment style I don’t find particularly inspiring – […]
70% of the market is pumping
The mass media is posting some scary headline numbers (…again!), but scratch beneath the surface and it’s almost a good news story. The papers were running the headline last week about house prices falling for the first time in 6 years. The actual peak was some months back now, but for the first time in […]
Truth Bomb Tuesday: Pfft. Humanity has beaten bigger challenges than this.
A phrase to keep your mindset properly tuned. I used to have a builder I liked to work with. He’s moved away now. Last I heard he was heading north towards Darwin with the missus. Anyway, he had this expression that I used to love. “Humanity has beaten bigger challenges than this.” So if we […]
Truth Bomb Tuesday: Slow is the new fast
Maybe the best way to be productive is to slow right down We all living in a state of burnout. More or less. Humans are just busy creatures. I was watching a gardener at work the other day. She had a Jack Russel with her. The dog was running around, getting its nose into things, […]
Truth Bomb Tuesday: Robo-apocalypse?
Don’t want to live in a robotised world? Then stop calling it in. So China has unveiled a bank, the first in the world, to be fully staffed by robots. And that’s not a glamorous name for a computer algorithm. We’re talking actual robots. Look at the photo. The receptionist looks like Astro-boy. Robots greet […]