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play As a parent, one of the greatest priorities in our life is ensuring our children and grandchildren are happy and successful. We teach them to be good kids – kind, compassionate, intelligent and resourceful.We remind them that if they work hard, success will follow. And for the most part, we are right.I believe one
At some point, many of us will need to get involved with moving a loved one into Aged Care – a milestone that can be extremely stressful for everyone, and to make matters worse, fraught with financial complexity.Aged Care can be expensive – bloody expensive, and complex – bloody complex.For farming and grazing families, unfortunately
It’s that time of year again, the festive season is over and we’re back to reality. In fact, many of you are probably awaiting that dreaded phone call or email from the bank manager requesting an annual bank review – Now the holidays are well and truly a distant memory!For most people, this is a
Buying a new farm is one of life’s most exciting milestones – falling in love with your ideal place, visiting for the first time once it’s yours, dreaming up plans to clean it up and make it shine. Or, maybe it is just seeing your children or grandchildren laughing and running around the place that
Congratulations. You are in the process of selling, or have recently sold the farm. My experience suggests that, whilst emotions are mixed, you are looking forward to relaxing now the farm is sold, and cheering that you’ll never have to stress over a BOM forecast again. Yep, not worrying about the weather is a win, but
I love Christmas and I have ever since I was a kid growing up. It was that one time of the year when all the extended family came back to the farm. Lots of cousins who grew up in town running around in the dust and dirt and swimming in the pool and lots of laughing
I totally understand that when you are in the midst of a full-blown drought, just focusing on surviving day to day, is all most people can realistically handle.The stark reality is that the long-term success of your (agri)business is heavily reliant on making sure that you financially survive the drought, and to do that you
I was watching cartoons on the weekend with my daughter Sophie and I was thinking about all my favourite cartoons when I was a kid. One of my all-time favourites being Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner.For those of you who know me, I am an incredibly tenacious bloke and I think that’s why
Most farmers have either never heard of Financial Freedom, or think that it just doesn’t relate to them. If I asked my Dad, who by the way is a farmer, what Financial Freedom is, I reckon the conversation would go a little like this: Me: “Dad, do you know what Financial Freedom is?” Dad: “What the
I know it is a slight exaggeration but I have heard almost a million times in some form or another,“Ben, you’re in the know, can you tell me the secret to getting a million bucks?”“I sure can”, I tell them and they look at me with eager anticipation. I then lean in and whisper….. “Save & invest