It's Never About Money

This week we sat down with Divorce Coach and Financial Transitionist, Aynsley Jurson. Aynsley draws on her experience as a former Financial Adviser, her specialist training and skills as a Certified Financial Transitionist®, a CDC Certified Divorce Coach® and a CDC Certified Separation & Recovery Coach®. She believes in merging expertise with empathy to create a healthy, empowering divorce experie...

Mike Boyd is the co-owner and CEO of the Vroom group, founder of Prosura Insurance, investor at Mudbrick Capital, an active YPO member and host of the Business of Family Podcast. Mike is a forward thinking entrepreneur with incredible insights and knowledge of multi-generational wealth and family business. This episode traverses a spectrum of topics including family constitutions, stewardship and...

Patrick O'Connor is a former Financial Planner, a human rights activist, a self-described severe mental illness survivor and Founder of The Killing Zone. He is the author of The Prescribed Deaths report, which exposes how pharmaceutical companies have illegally excluded deadly side effects from Australian prescription medication warnings, for over 20 years. We talk about how we pulled the plug on...

This is part 2 of our discussion with Dr Wendy Scaife. Wendy is an Associate Professor and Director at the Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies at QUT. She has been involved in the nonprofit and philanthropy sector for more than three decades. She has dedicated her life to philanthropy and has researched the many ways that people give, especially in a planned versus spontaneous...

Dr Wendy Scaife is an Associate Professor and Director at the Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT). She has been involved in the non-profit and philanthropy sector for more than three decades and has dedicated her life to philanthropy through researching the many ways that people give, especially in a planned versus spontaneous w...

This week we sat down with Nathan Fradley to discuss environmental, social and governance considerations for business owners and investors. As well as being a Financial Advisor with Tribeca Financial , Nathan is also Director of Ethos ESG - a values-based investment tool that helps you understand investments and how their ethics align with your own. In this episode we talk about ethical vs impact...

This week we sat down with Dale Scally . Dale has been a finance professional for 23 years and a business owner and director for 11 years. As a Financial Advisor, Dale specialised in wealth management, investment portfolio construction, and strategic financial planning. Dale recently transitioned out of financial advising and evolved his career into business coaching with the objective to assist t...

This week we sat down with Dale Scally . Dale has been a financial professional for 23 years and a business owner and director for 11 years. As a financial advisor, Dale specialised in wealth management, investment portfolio construction, and strategic financial planning. Dale recently transitioned out of financial advising and evolved his career into business coaching with the objective to assist...

This week we sat down with Albert Pisconeri. Albert is a Director of Pisconeri Fine Foods and Wines, a third generation family owned business operating in continental foods, wines and kitchenware, servicing supermarkets, cafés, and restaurants. In 2000, Pisconeri Fine Foods and Wines became a part of Countrywide Food Service Distributors and Albert was appointed to the board in 2020. In this episo...

This week we sat down with Rob Di Martino, director and partner of Del Re National Food Group, alongside his cousins Mark, Rick and Danny. Del Re National is a broad range foodservice distributor that works all across metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria. In this episode, we discuss Rob's family business and his succession planning. We cover how he's facilitating a smooth succession, what...

James Kostarakis is Managing Director of Fastrac Foodservice, a second-generation family owned and operated food wholesaler to the hospitality sector. James, at just 38, is planning his transition out of the business he has worked in for 20 years. We explored this approach, discussing the parallels between James' transition into taking over Fastract from his father, and now his planning of his own...

This is Part 2 of our discussion with Dr Steve Garth . Steve is the Principal of Principia Investment Consultants and is a member of our Stephan Independent Advisory Investment Committee. I invested Steve onto It's Never About Money because he brings a unique perspective to his role in consulting on investments and investment philosophy. He has a rare combination of technical, research, and commun...

This week we sat down with Dr Steve Garth . Steve is the Principal of Principia Investment Consultants and is a member of our Stephan Independent Advisory Investment Committee . Steve has a rare combination of technical, research, and communication skills that have taken him to the top levels of academia, finance, and business. This gives him a unique perspective when undertaking his role in consu...

Peter Muling from Ethical Leaders is all about flipping feedback on its head, and that with the right approach to feedback, every interaction can be positive. In this episode, we discussed the 'Blue Triangle', how to prepare a culture of feedback and his new book, The Power of Triangles. This episode is perfect for anyone who works in a team as there are some great practical takeaways throughout....

It's interesting how an adverse situation can set you on a new path in life. And sometimes, upon reflection, it seems that the new path was the right one for you all along. This is what happened to my guest, David Harrison, CEO of The Essential Group. Originally trained as an airline pilot, then a salesman at Fuji Xerox, then a family business owner and now a business mentor, his journey and refle...

Tim Washington is former corporate lawyer, ex-textile manufacturer, family man and now the future of Australia's clean vehicle industry. Tim's career has taken many turns, but the most important of all was his switch from chasing money to chasing his passions. In episode 16 of It's Never About Money we talk about the transition from the corporate world to small family business, egos and respect, r...

Matej Varhalik is the CEO and Founder of SpeedFit; a company that he built from scratch, in a foreign country and in a second language. The now Perth-based entrepreneur and father of two, has been steadily growing his group of fitness studios across Australia since he immigrated from Slovakia in 2013. On his journey, Matej has taken some calculated risks (he famously turned down a million dollar o...

Gary Hoag, AKA The Generosity Monk, is the President & CEO of Global Trust Partners. He is a public speaker, author and academic who has dedicated his life to encouraging Christian generosity. In this episode, we unpack Gary's meaning of generosity and what that means for him spiritually and practically. This episode takes a different tone than the usual It's Never About Money episode in that it b...

After 25 years in a family business, Martin Tobin knows a thing of two about the advantages, challenges and issues of mixing business with family. From blurred relationships, sibling rivalry and succession planning, Martin upacks how to make a family business truly work. Martin is the Director of Kin in the Game, a family business advisory service, and Victorian Chairman of Family Business Austral...

In Episode 12, Joe sits down with Emily and Marc of DLC Nutrition to discuss how they balance their personal and professional relationships, global ambitions, how losing half a million dollars was the best thing that's ever happened to them and the amazing cultural benefits of being open and authentic with your team. Emily and Marc have worked hard to redefine their relationship with money and ove...

Aaron Smith is the founder and innovator behind KX Pilates, Australia's largest pilates franchise, which features over 75 studios across the country and international expansion plans on the horizon. But for Aaron, running a successful franchise empire was never about the money. Even at the start. Aaron first experienced reformer pilates while working as a personal trainer in London. He fell in lov...

Join us on a discovery of what it takes to be happy, backed by the science! In this episode I am joined by Associate Professor of marketing & behavioural decision-making Hal Hershfield from UCLA who amongst many topics discusses the importance of placing value on our future self & deep dives into his research on whether time or money has a greater impact on experiential happiness. Send Your Future...

Christine Khor is a powerhouse of an entrepreneur. She's got an invigorating energy, with a down-to-earth confidence that rubs off on you. Christine's goal has always been to build capability, and the love for what you do. It's about helping people build the career they want, and helping organisations build the capability and the teams that they need. But, midway through her career, Christine came...

Join me for a very deep exploration into the business & personal life of founder of CAMP Australia, Anthony Phillips. We discuss all things personal development, how Anthony's late mother was a strong influence in the Phillips family's culture of giving & the most challenging AFL player Anthony ever faced. Power of Now – Eckhart Tolle The Phillips Foundation - Phillips Foundation (thephillipsfound...

Imagine if you put your visions down on paper & surrendered your plans to achieve them. Imagine if during the very height of lockdown you were able to completely transform your life for the good. This is what happened to our guest Sarah Hawley. During lockdown Sarah met Joe Hawley, got married, is now expecting a baby boy Luca and managed to receive giant leap forward in her tech startup 'Growmote...