Truth Bomb Tuesday: There’s two ways to find the edge of your comfort zone. There’s two ways you can push yourself to be your most awesome version possible. The way I think about it, it’s a bit like having a shower. Imagine you are trying to find the perfect temperature – not too hot not […]
T-Bomb: You have to tell yourself its not your fault
Truth Bomb Tuesday: How to free up energy in your mind We are not designed to make peace with our past. Exactly the opposite actually. We are designed to learn from it. It’s part of our basic programming. We make a mistake (we put a sharp thing in our mouth), and then we learn from […]
How to avoid this buying trap
This is how to fix housing, if you think the problem is prices are too low There’s a common property trap that my students never fall into. (Or if they do, they don’t tell me, because they know I’d get angry.) Underquoting was back in the news last week. This is one of those perennial […]
America is about to sneeze! – the economy in pictures
See the world through the eyes of an economist. Bringing Boys to the Political Party Polls currently have Saturday’s election going to Labor, but polls have been a bit fallable in recent years. I thought this chart from the Australian Election Study was interesting. It shows that the global trend for young men to tilt […]
T-Bomb: How to find the beauty in the world
Truth Bomb Tuesday: Sorrow has a meaning I’ve found that I’ve become a bit of a collector of quotes. It started as a way to break up presentations – just flick to a screen with an interesting quote on it, let it sink in, give myself a moment to have a drink and recover my […]
Don’t rush to escape money
Money can still be a force for good. The price tag is a short cut we use to understand value. “Ohh. Nice car. How much did it cost?” It’s a mental framework we carry around, and like any mindset, it can be a little sticky when we use it a lot. And it’s a common […]
Tariffs to give us a 50bps cut?! – the economy in pictures
See the world through the eyes of an economist. Tariffs and a new world order It’s all about the Trump Tariffs and the meltdown in markets they’ve caused this week. Final numbers are yet to be confirmed, but on current estimates, the US now has the highest effective tariff rate since 1904! The shock that […]
T-Bomb: Success is not in do-it-yourself
Truth Bomb Tuesday: I don’t want to be ‘resilient’ “I should be able to do it myself, shouldn’t I?” I feel like I hear this a lot. Especially as someone who coaches people into success through property investing, I hear it all the time. “Sure, Dymphna. You could coach me into property investing. But I […]
What’s driving the liquor boom? – the economy in pictures
See the world through the eyes of an economist. Property Market Still Tight Australia house prices edged up to new record highs in March, as the market remains chronically undersupplied. This is about the number of houses – reflected in the vacancy rate which fell in the month and remains around record lows… But it’s […]
Is the jobs market about to collapse?
The first cracks are starting to appear… The post-Covid economy has thrown up a few puzzles. The first was how the biggest barrage of rate hikes in history barely knocked the property market from its stride. I’ve talked about that before. But the second is how the biggest barrage of rate hikes in history has […]