Keep The Change

It’s inevitable that you will go through tough, slow growth times in your life. You will feel like you’re on the right path but the self doubt creeps in. The wins aren’t coming, you can’t see the progress and people might even tell you that you don’t know what you’re doing.  Then you drink the brain rotting Kiwi Kola: You can’t get ahead here, You can’t buy a house here, There are no good job...

Over 80% of school leavers said that they wished they had learned more about money at school. Sorted in Schools are doing something about this by providing resources for both students and teachers. The goal is to improve financial capability. That means being good with money which is an essential life skill. It means being equipped with the knowledge, skills and confidence to make good financial d...

I have a sneaky suspicion that many of us have lost focus and got ourselves trapped mentally. When we do this, we focus on the wrong things and unfortunately this leads to the wrong outcomes. The world shows up how we see it so we better be deliberate about how we see it and what we focus on. Let's focus... Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be...

This is a re-release of an earlier podcast that other listeners have found very useful. With all this doom and gloom it’s a good reminder to consider the currencies you’re collecting. This is a good time to remember that it’s not always about house prices, economic growth, net worth & bank balances. Just because a recession may be the measurement of whether our economy is or isn’t growing does...

If we know what is going to happen and it doesn’t but then eventually it does, are we still right? We explore how many times we’ve thought things would happen but they’ve taken a lot longer to. So were we right or wrong? There is value in being both right and being early. Should we talk about crypto, Heartland bank and A2 Milk? Go on then! Another thought provoking podcast to get us thinking about...

Imagine this; you live in a world where ANY information you need exists. You have an assistant you can quickly message to get the answers. The assistant will tell you exactly what to say to help you get to the next step. Well, guess what? You do. ChatGPT entered the chat in November 2022. And before you go all ‘screw you Luke, AI will take all our jobs’ on me without even trying to use AI once in...

This is a re-release of an earlier podcast that other listeners have found very useful. There is a lot of chat these days about taxing the poor and calling people privileged, or talking down your success in fear of others having a go at you. Why do we feel so bad about doing well? We dig into this tricky topic. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just...

In this episode I am again joined by my business partner Phil Smith from nextAdvisory.nz who has advised countless potential business buyers (and sellers) of what they need to think about before doing so. I ask your questions so that you can upskill even more. How to find a business you could buy? What is the main thing to look for in financial analysis? How to present yourself to the bank? Why bu...

Inflation is still here, and it’s been here for some time. You know that, I know that. Sure, it’s coming down and that’s better than it going up. But last week I read a survey where 89% of respondents were worried about inflation. So what can we do for ourselves over time to hedge against inflation? I know, and i'll tell you in here... Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from...

This is a re-release of an earlier podcast that other listeners have found very useful. There has been a lot of chat around side hustles recently and in this podcast, we dive into whether it is worth the time investment and discover the big question of why, why would you have a side hustle? Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, becom...

You asked for it so here it is. Ever wondered about buying a business? Here’s some of the basic! A heads up, it’s a foreign language when you get started but if you’re serious you’ve got to learn the language. There’s heaps of information out there so go on the journey. This will get you started! I am joined by my business partner Phil Smith from nextAdvisory.nz in this episode and I pick his brai...

Not dollars this time. But podcast downloads. I am thrilled to share a massive milestone with you. The Keep The Change podcast has officially hit one million downloads! We did it! Those 1,000,000 downloads wouldn’t have been possible without each one of you loyal listeners. Let's have a look at how this happened and dive into a massive KTC announcement! Hey thanks for listening! Please take some f...

This is a re-release of an earlier podcast that other listeners have found very useful. Grant Cardone owns over $1 billion worth of property but he's telling us not to buy a home, what is he trying to teach us when explaining this? Is this a conspiracy or is there something to this? Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a prod...

A recording of the live Q&A with Instagram followers from 30th April 2024. 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 Keepthechange.co.nz to receive our weekly lesson on money and financial literacy. Stay close to us on social media and share this with someone that you t...

Some big news out of the Keep The Change camp! After 4 years and 500 episodes, we have a major sponsor in Generate KiwiSaver Scheme. I sit down with Linus Field who is one of Generate’s Auckland Advisers with over 5-Years of experience in the industry. We discuss the state of KiwiSaver in NZ, what he loves about it and find out more about his role at Generate. Everyday, Linus meets with people to...

Mikey comes rolling into the studio with a prediction that the bottom of the property market is near and that the next 12 months will be a great time to buy if that's what you want to do. In this podcast we look at some of the changes that impact that property market and how people can potentially use leverage again to buy a second property if they want to get into property investment. All things...

Everywhere you look you are being asked to spend a little extra. Skilled professionals who work in the field of shaking your pocket for that last dollar are designing ways to get you to willingly hand it over. We live in a consumer society. Today’s lesson is designed to get you thinking about where you can see the next upsell and pocket shake. Just have your eyes open to it. Hey thanks for listeni...

This is a re-release of an earlier podcast that other listeners have found very useful. Us humans love to complicate things and make them more complicated than they need to be. Like assigning value to money. How does it work and is money really the root of all evil? Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure y...

All this slow to no growth chat can have us looking inward and not thinking abundantly. Today we are going to have a bit of fun. Imagine for a second you wake up tomorrow and you are rich. OK, now what if I told you that you were born rich? When you were born you didn’t think about any of that stuff. But at some stage in your life, you decided that those were the things that would make you rich. L...

Welcome to the first in a series IF you want them! REEL DEEP where I take a recent REEL and go DEEP. This is for those who like long form content over short form content. I just realised my total passive income was $25k in the 2024FY. In this REEL and podcast we explore how I did that and what it takes to earn that dreamy terminology of ‘passive income’. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

Who quits their job at a bank, goes into business in a new industry with 2 others, hires 22 people, all within 6 years? Emily Shaw and Luma Analytics, that’s who. Data doesn’t lie and it’s all around us. Most of us don’t even know and can’t even see it. In this podcast Emily talks us through how her team use data to help companies all around the world do more, be smarter and move faster with data....

This is a re-release of an earlier podcast that other listeners have found very useful. Mikey takes us through the 7 society rules that he thinks we should throw in the bin. Tune in and unlearn what you may not believe. Let us know what you think. 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...

Professor Paul Spoonley has spent his life studying and researching the path NZ is on. Focussing on demography, migration, birth rates etc. he can shed some light on our expected social change and demography and how this impacts policy decisions at the political level. We ask some hard questions around how NZ will pay the bills for superannuation, rising infrastructure needs and basically gives ou...

Too many people ignore starting with the low-hanging fruit in front of them and instead try and skip to the million dollar outcome. The downside to this is that people don’t start something, or they get put off by the lack of progress toward their ideal outcome. We then miss all the lessons that taking action teaches us. One of my favourite lessons is that action leads to action. Hey thanks for li...

This is a re-release of an earlier podcast that other listeners have found very useful. Tune in to hear my thoughts about what to do when you're feeling stuck and how to find ideas. 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 Keepthechange.co.nz to receive our weekly lesson o...