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The 23 year old window washer … making $165k a year
Today I want to talk to you about what I genuinely believe is the opportunity of a lifetime. No, it’s not becoming an AI expert. The cyborgs are getting exponentially smarter and will soon view us as golden retrievers (and leave us to sniff each other’s butts while they do the heavy analytical and computational work. Good boy!).
You Have 60 Seconds to Do This NOW
My good friend wants to invest $100,000 into a crypto-style investment strategy called GsPro. They say in 18 months you will 10 x your investment. What advice do you have for her as she feels she needs to take a risk to make some money.
In 81 Days I’m Walking Away from Millions
I’ve been married for 35 years, and I am scared. I’m only 81 days away from accessing my super balance, which is $30,000. I need to take that money and escape from my husband.
My secret side hustle as a hairdresser
“You’re not wearing that, are you?” sighed my wife, Liz.
We were heading out to a party and I was wearing my standard uniform: boots, jeans, and the next clean T-shirt that was in my cupboard that morning .
2024 Will Bring The Biggest Crash of Our Lifetime
A question for you if you wouldn’t mind commenting – is there any truth to economist Harry Dent’s latest dire warning of doom for shares and property in Australia?
You’re Nothing but a Bag of %$#^&, Barefoot
Many people who earn a lot are miners. We sacrifice our lives without family and friends to make higher wages while giving tax cuts to people who choose to earn less but won’t make a sacrifice to earn more.
AMEN, Barefoot!
I love your position on the tax cuts! I’m in the highest tax bracket, and you won’t catch me moaning about getting a bit less of a still giant tax cut when we are in a cost of living crisis that I am immune from due to my high income.
Could you ... would you?
Thank you so much for your amazing money concept for kids. I am a School Chaplain at a low socio-economic school in Tamworth, NSW.
Rethink the six-berth motorhome!
I’ve loved your advice and guidance over the years. You’ve gotten me from knowing nothing about money management, and having a crappy Westpac account charging $5 monthly account fees, all the way to having $30,000 in index-based ETFs.
Eat, pray, panic
Late last year we got back from our latest family adventure. We spent three-and-a-half months travelling through Europe in a motorhome. Just writing that last line makes it sound very … Instagram influencer … #bestlife!
Barefoot Christmas Books!
Here are the three books that will be in my Santa sack this year (apart from Barefoot Kids, of course):
A tough Christmas?
Last week I did an (unpaid!) gig for Australia’s largest mental health support organisation, Beyond Blue.
Unbeknown to me, an eager beaver from their comms team went ahead and entitled the presentation “Take the pressure down: A guide to navigating end-of-year stress with Beyond Blue and the Barefoot Investor.”
I’m so ashamed of my son
My 20-year-old son’s (ex) girlfriend signed up for a car finance loan so my son could buy a $21,000 car.
Tread Your Own Path
As you read this, I’m flying somewhere above your head.
We’re on a long-haul flight to Europe, which means that our four free-range farm kids are currently locked up in an aluminium tube for the next 22 hours.
This one is not for you
I’ve wanted to email you this for a while, but unfortunately this message is not only for you but for someone very important in my life: my nana.
Your bucket system failed us
The bucket system outlined in your book is now failing us. With interest rises and inflation, our cost of living has increased significantly, and now our mortgage takes up 55% of our daily expenses bucket.
Holy Moly!
Last week I challenged you to do ‘one thing’ towards what you’ve been putting off, and then email me and let me know what you did.
Strike me pink!
I Got Carjacked!
Am I up a brown creek with no paddle? Years ago an ex-partner left me financially screwed. Fast-forward to now and my husband and I have started our Barefoot life and are loving it (even though we are low income earners).