Keep The Change

Well, after a pretty long first day, we have spent some time getting our bearing and preparing for this rather large conference. In this podcast, we will go through some of the lessons we have picked up or the things we have noticed while in this massive country. Enjoy! Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make su...

Today I sit down with a good man who has gone from corporate to financial advice. John has a Master's degree in Finance, so understood the power of compounding wealth over the long-term, and his KiwiSaver was sorted nice and early. But John wanted to do more to help out his community with this knowledge. He spent weekends driving north (4.5 hours) and talking with friends and family about KiwiSave...

Keep The Change is on tour in America and as we are touring through the country we are going to speak to some people and find out how they do things and hopefully, these things can inspire you. Tune in to hear from this person who has gone from growing up homeless to understanding the importance of hustling and making money. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this conte...

It’s OK to want to make more money. There, someone gave you permission. We teach people that ‘money doesn’t buy happiness’. If we taught people how to be more in control of their income, there may just be a lot more happier people right now. I think a lot of people have been conditioned to be told that earning more is greedy, selfish, ‘you’re all about the money’, recently I was told I am supporti...

This is a re-release of an earlier podcast that other listeners have found very useful. On Instagram we asked you what is getting in the way of your financial success. In this episode we take you through all of these things as well as different ways to look at some of these problems. This will be extremely helpful for many people. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this...

Henry and Jack are back in the studio to give you 10 business ideas that you can start and maybe go through to business sale just like they did.  You don’t need to be Elon to get these ideas off the ground and there is something in here for everyone of you. We touch on the practicality of starting something from scratch and how execution will be the main thing to determine your success. ...

If you’ve got your mind on your money, then you probably know that August is Money Month. But I often hear that many people have no idea. So today, a bit of insight into what this month is all about. Money Month is a public awareness and engagement campaign coordinated by Te Ara Ahunga Ora Retirement Commission, in partnership with the financial capability community. To do my bit toward the nation...

This is a re-release of an earlier podcast that other listeners have found very useful. Mikey runs us through tackling problems the reverse way. Learn this brilliant way of thinking and see how you can implement it. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Keethechange.co....

I don't often ask for much but I would love your help to get this content in front of even more people. So, within this is an ask for you to help me do that, and some suggestions of how you could do it. It would be a lot to me. Thanks, Luke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Money Month is a public awareness and engagement campaign coordinated by Te Ara Ahunga Ora Retirement Commission, in partnership with the financial capability community. This year's Money Month builds on last year's theme "Pause. Get sorted." The focus is on actions that can help people grow their money and build resilience – two pillars that are key to improving people's financial wellbeing....

I want more Kiwi to understand that their knowledge can be exported. You can package your knowledge and sell globally, earning different currency and opening up different markets. This is working smarter, not harder and we have A LOT of smart Kiwi here in NZ who don’t know this exists.  I sat down with Luke Sneeden who has been a part of businesses doing this for nearly 10 years. Find out how...

Well, well, well what have we here? The first cut of the Official Cash Rate. On Wednesday, The Reserve Bank cut the official cash rate by 25 basis points to 5.25%. So what’s behind this cut all of a sudden? Let's try figure it out and work out what we need to be thinking about as rates fall further in the coming quarters. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content,...

A number of people recently told me that they don't know how to get started with investing and it upsets me to see that in 2024 so many people still believe this when there are such amazing resources out there. In this podcast I'm going to buy a share and I'm also going to explain why is so important that you get started and give you two resources that you can go to to learn. You must make your fi...

This is a re-release of an earlier podcast that other listeners have found very useful. Luke sits down with James from Lighthouse financial to understand how they go about financial planning for their clients and the exact process that they take people through as well as some tips and tricks all of us could learn from. if you want to explore doing some financial planning with your team follow this...

0 to 100 real quick, literally. Learn from 2 lads who scaled a business from 0 to 100 staff and then sold it. It can be done. They take us through their top 5 lessons learnt from starting something from scratch (in an area they didn’t even know too much about) through to selling it to an overseas buyer. These lessons are simple and may surprise you as to how basic they sound. This podcast will get...

Ahh, the age ole question! Asking someone who can’t predict the future to predict the future. If you are asking people ‘is now a good time to invest?’ you’re probably setting yourself up for something we like to call Not Taking Action. Firstly, what does that question even mean? What are you actually trying to ask? Secondly, how would anyone know that answer? NO ONE knows what is around the corner...

This is a re-release of an earlier podcast that other listeners have found very useful. Mikey Breaks down how you can actually change your mindset as he is sick of hearing people saying "you just need to change your mindset". Here is his methodology of exactly what you need to do in order to change now. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a co...

It’s no wonder the banks make billions of dollars when they are a part of every transaction. That gives us a clue…maybe the secret to making more money is to get closer to the transaction? In this podcast we will look at ‘Money flow’ and how you can get around people that move money around ensuring that it flows. Your job is to get some of it to flow to you by getting closer to people who are tran...

Last week we explored the excitement that interest rates may come back down. Let's explore the things we should be thinking about when it comes to lowering interest rates, debt and mortgages? Then some potential action Items we can all think about if we have various forms of debt. Note: these are designed to get you THINKING only and are not financial advice. Hey thanks for listening! Please take...

This is a re-release of an earlier podcast that other listeners have found very useful. We talk with a Keep The Change reader about their forms of debt and how they got into them. We go through some practical ways we could get back in control of this and make some suggestions of how we could do this faster. Tune in as there will be thousands of people in a similar situation. Hey thanks for listeni...

So you want to quit your 9 to 5 huh? Well what are the steps to take to quit your 9 to 5? How do you do this? Well we are going to show you how to go about this because we’ve both done it and learned from the process. This will become a pillar piece of content for people to get them moving on their self employment or business journey. Before taking the leap into the unknown, get yourself set up pr...

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand look set to cut the Official Cash Rate and this has got people thinking about what it will mean for their mortgage. Mikey the mortgage messiah stops by to answer your prayers, sorry…questions. We talk break fees, re-fixes, going short, going long. It’s all happening in this podcast. Tune in to better educate yourself about what opportunities falling interest rates m...

Well, we’ve finally got some good inflation news. Inflation was 3.3% annually for the June 2024 quarter. This is the lowest it has been since June 2021. But we aren’t quite there yet. Still slightly outside the 3% target band. However, there is at least some confidence that we are heading inside it. And for a lot of people that will mean sweet, sweet interest rate cuts. The elixir we are craving t...

This is a re-release of an earlier podcast that other listeners have found very useful. The man who broke the Internet with his savings methodology popped by to explain to us how he removed thousands of dollars of costs from his annual expenses by simply comparing the likes of his Internet, phone, power, insurance, etc and we dive into the psychology of money plus a lot more. Do not miss this one!...

I spent most of my 20’s p!ssing up and not preparing for my future years. It seems younger people are a bit more switched on these days (thank Gard!) so you’re probably not doing that. You will be better prepared than I was. Let’s look at what you need to be thinking about when it comes to milestones in your 30’s…Emergency funds? Buying a house? Investments? No consumer debt? Career plans? Relatio...