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As social animals in our globally connected world, our very survival will revolve around the strength of our cultures. Does your family, your workplace and your community all operate in what Simon Sinek calls a circle of safety based on open honesty and trust? If not, how can you help create a circle of safety culture?  This is where our guest Michelle Holland comes in.   Michelle is a self professed culture warrior and a recognised thought leader in the organisational culture space.  She’s an international best-selling author, speaker, executive coach, consultant and entrepreneur, and the Founder and Creative Director of SynergyIQ.  Her most recent book, Culture Inc., applies her decades of experience and research in culture, leadership and employee engagement to empower you to create workplace cultures that deliver the results you desire, with your ideal employees and customers lining up at the door – it’s a great read. And Michelle's SynergyIQ team are amazing consulting and change professionals who specia

In times of crisis, Mums are more important than ever. And Katrina McCarter is the undisputed mother of all Mums. Katrina is a successful author, an award-winning international speaker and founder of Marketing to Mums – she’s a real go-getter trailblazer and expert strategist in the field of selling to mums – our most powerful consumer.  For 15 years, she’s worked with companies who focus on helping mums, including Bonds and Booktopia.  She’s also the founder of award winning online shopping website, Bubbler.com.au, which boasts a community of more than 150,000 mums. As a mum of three Katrina now owns the only marketing and research consultancy in Australia that specifically works with companies who market to mums. Katrina’s proven system is outlined in her best selling book Marketing to Mums: How to Sell More to Australia’s Most Powerful Consumer. Her first book went to #1 on Booktopia’s Business Bestseller list outselling the likes of global literary giants Simon Sinek and Tim Ferris.   She is really passi

As we continue our series on surviving in uncertain times, the best person I know to help you reset your outlook and approach is today’s very special guest Conor Neill. Conor is a sought-after international keynote speaker on leadership. He teaches Leadership Communications at IESE Business School, one of the world’s leading executive education schools, and is the President of Vistage in Spain, one of the world’s leading CEO organisations. The Vistage mission is to improve the effectiveness and enhance the lives of intrapreneurs and entrepreneurs. He also holds the rare honour of being Permanent Faculty on Entrepreneurs’ Organisation’s Global Leadership Academy. He has founded six companies, raising capital, hiring teams and generating more than 10 million euros in sales. For six years, his company Taxijet revolutionised private jet transport. He has also successfully invested in startups.  Conor has worked with companies such as Accenture, IBM, Microsoft and many others delivering seminars on leadership

Continuing our mini-series on surviving in uncertain times, we ask the question: How do you make good decisions – decisions on demand – in times of radical uncertainty and rapid change? The best person to help us all do this is Craigh Wilson, who inspired us all on episode 78 (have another listen if you want to find out more about his amazing story and talents).  Craigh is Australia’s world leading intuitive and a bestselling author of Intuitive (a must read in these times), as well as a healer, mentor and global speaker. As a result of his unique intuitive talents, Craigh has worked with incredible individuals and helped amazing business owners, entrepreneurs and Fortune 500 companies around the world, to help them tap into their intuition so they can make clear, fast and accurate decisions on-demand. I can personally vouch for the positive impacts he is having on my decision making skills and outcomes. So in today’s very informative and enlightening discussion, you’ll hear Craigh’s wisdom on the very positi

Today we continue to help you survive and thrive in uncertain times, giving you informed independent information to reduce the unknowns and your fears by answering all of your key questions, including: - What is the reality of the responses to COVID19 on our current situation? - How are things likely to roll out in the short, medium and long term as far as impacts on the economy, business, property, equities markets and our lifestyles is concerned? - What will it mean for: - Investors - Home Owners - Renters - Buyers - Sellers - What should you do?  - What shouldn’t you do?  - Where are the opportunities? How can you take advantage of them? - And ultimately, how are you going to survive long enough to thrive? And the best way to understand exactly what is going on is to turn to the best available reliable trusted and independent source who walks his own talk. He’s arguably the best and most qualified person in Australia to do this, and a previous Get Invested guest, Pete Wargent.  If you want to hear his full

Personal accountability. It is one of the critical skills and disciplines that is going to be required to help see you through the challenges of COVID-19 and the market impact, and then take you to success. And there is no better person to show you how to adopt the mission critical skill of accountability than today’s guest, Darren Finkelstein. Darren is known as The Accountability Guy. Darren has managed to repeatedly survive and thrive through a whole series of major unexpected challenges throughout his long career, which he shares with us in detail in our chat today. And the underpinning quality that has enabled him to do this, is his consistent accountability to himself and others. Darren is known as the guy that can make a real difference in your business and your personal life.  He’s an accountability coach, business advisor and presenter through his business tickthoseboxes.com.au. He’s been well-credentialed throughout his own journey, which is filled with high achievement and great success side by sid

In uncertain times it is important to remain calm, separate facts from fear and fiction, make clear committed choices and take action – not wait for something to happen. And today’s guest is a great example of exactly this thinking and approach during times of threat. Rob Newman has stared death squarely in the eye in life threatening situations and near death experiences on a number of occasions and lived to tell the tale and go on to survive and thrive.  Today you will find out exactly what happened, how he did it and the lessons he learned that you can apply to help you tackle challenging times and make good committed choices - not knee jerk decisions.  Like me, Rob is a boy from the bush who has made it in the big smoke. His early passions took him around the world in motorsport including being part of the Australian Formula 1 team, competing at Bathurst and being part of a winning team that took out the Australian Grand Prix. After hanging up his race helmet, Rob has turned his passion to property and fo

Danielle Lewis is Australia’s influencer of the Influencers. With over 15 years in sales and marketing experience she’s made a name for herself on the global stage through the success of her multiple companies, speaking career and relatable social media presence.  Danielle is the Co-Founder and CEO of Scrunch, a global, multi-channel influencer platform and agency. Scrunch launched in late 2014, and since then has raised $3 Million in capital, built a world-class team and launched a SaaS platform in Australia and the US, setting up headquarters in Brisbane, Australia.  The Scrunch platform serves both sides of the Influencer market, enabling brands and agencies to discover the right Influencers through proprietary audience insights and seeks to educate and empower influencers to build a life they love through their business of influence.  It is fair to say that Danielle and the Scrunch team are obsessed with understanding influence. They have built an index of over 400 million consumers and trillions of datap

Maybe you have been thinking about investing in property for years but there has always been something or some reason why you have never quite stepped through the sliding door and onto property train. This has been exactly the case with today’s guest Sam Buckby, who explains why he has almost invested in property over 20 times over the last decade or so. Sam’s a great bloke, an author, podcaster, speaker, consultant, electrical expert and guru at using intelligent design to create a more simple life. Sam is the owner and founder of Buckby Electrical, the creative mind behind Smarter Buildings and host of his hot new podcast Spaces. He has over 20 years experience in electrical contracting, functional design and the built environment. Sam also manages a highly successful contracting business that has shown growth every year since inception and has even appeared on the hit house renovation TV show, The Block. Through his whole working life, he’s seen the evolution of technology become part of our everyday lives

In over 100 episodes, the Get Invested podcast has featured some incredible guests with insights that, without overstating it, will change your life.  But as this show grows, some of the early gold can get missed - especially for newer subscribers. So this week we're rebroadcasting one of our most powerful episodes, an interview with Tim Dwyer. Tim is the global director of Shirlaws Group and the founder of Growth Metrics Australia. He’s a business coach, strategist and advisor who has mastered the art of helping small and medium-sized enterprises.   In this fascinating conversation, we followed Tim’s journey in business over the course of his decorated career. We dove deep into business philosophy, frameworks for investing and scaling a business, and approaches to money that lead to wealth and freedom. We also touched on how Tim approaches property investment and how he allocates his financial resources. There's this, and so much more. So whether this is a new interview to you, or you heard this one when it

What’s your relationship with money? Is money your friend or your foe? How much do you focus on spending versus saving? On your income versus your investments? On your work versus your wealth? How proactive are you in managing your money? My old man Bushy Senior always used to say that it isn’t what you earn its what you spend that counts. So how sticky are you with money? How quickly does it slip through your fingers? How difficult do you find it to save money and set it aside when you are inundated with one cost after another with expenses always increasing? What if there was a way to automate your money management that creates a saving system by remote control without you having to do anything or worry about it once it’s set up? Would this make your life easier and reduce your stress and worry about the future? Would you be interested in learning more? If so, you are in luck as today we’re re-releasing my interview with Josh Blakeley on his popular Master Your Money Show where I outline the kick ASS Money

Just about everyone in Australia is an ‘expert’ on property. It doesn’t matter whether you’re at the pub, a BBQ on the weekend, the hairdressers or at work, someone is always happy to share their opinion. The funniest thing about all of this is that those with the strongest opinions and who talk loudest about property investments often don’t own any (or not for long).  As a wise person once said, ‘talk is cheap because it’s the only thing broke people can afford’.  The legitimacy litmus test on investment for me has always been about what you have actually done, not how much you talk about it. Unless your family and friends are active investors, don’t ask them. Even Jesus’ early friends didn’t believe he was the Messiah.  You need to seek out other like-minded, successful investors who have done what you are looking to do and learn from them. And if there is one person in the country that best fits the bill for independent objective and quality advice that you can trust it is Kevin Turner. Kevin is a regular

We’re going to do something a bit different and share an interview I did with Paul Averill on his ManBits podcast. The ManBits podcast is a straight up chat about men's health. But it isn't just bits for guys. It's bits for everyone! Listeners enjoy chats with proven performers across self, health and wealth, where they openly share their journeys of resilience, personal growth and fulfilment.  ManBits has had the rare privilege of being featured on the podcast service for inflight listening on major airlines. The ultimate goal of ManBits is to reduce suicide among men globally. And Paul finishes each episode with actionable tips and tactics to make positive change in your life and help you to learn how to positively impact the lives of those around you.  Paul and his wife Pascale operate on the motto - love the life you have and live the life you want, which is right up my alley. So If you enjoy today’s chat, Check out other episodes of the ManBits podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or go to www.themanbits.c

I want to open your eyes to the importance of managing risk and uncertainty when you’re a property investor. Specialised landlord insurance is one of the best ways to do that, and there is no better person to talk you through this than our guest Sharon Fox-Slater. Sharon has worked in the industry for more than 30 years and is well equipped and passionate about delivering insurance solutions and outstanding service that better protects your investments and income. Sharon joined EBM back in 1993 and was part of the core team that helped launch one of Australia’s first specialised landlord insurance policies into the market. Since then, she has worked tirelessly to transform EBM RentCover from a small start-up into a national operation of more than 100 employees who work hard to educate property professionals and protect more than 150,000 property owners. We can say from personal experience that at the heart of Sharon’s business is a team of amazing specialists who operate with integrity and honesty – values yo

Angie and Shane Saunders are world leaders in the scientific art of transformative breathing techniques and will teach you how to use them to start enjoying success in all areas of your life. Angie and Shane are co-owners of the life-changing business Breathe Me, authors of award-winning book, Three Lessons on How to Lower Stress Naturally and co-hosts of The Breathing Edge Podcast. You can check them out on http://breatheme.com/ You see, after spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on life and business education all with the aim of creating a life worth living, along with studying with leading breath experts such as Wim Hof, Dr. Belisa Vranich and Dan Brulé, they’ve adopted and refined daily breathing techniques to allow them to master their own personal energy. They credit daily breathing techniques for helping them build up a health and wellness business that yielded a six-figure income within the first year. From there they moved onto residential real estate investing, commercial real estate projects,

What does freedom mean to you? How much freedom do you have and enjoy? Freedom, fulfilment and happiness seem to be what we are all chasing – but what does freedom really mean? Freedom for me is having the choice to do what I like, when I like, where I like with who I like. It is about choice. On one hand, we have never had so much freedom of choice. But at the same time, our level of perceived happiness seems to be decreasing and there has never been a higher growth in the incidence of anxiety and depression. So today I want to explore this conundrum in some detail, drawing on Barry Schwartz’s excellent observations and insights from his book ‘The Paradox of Choice – Why More is Less’, and share some strategies on how you can fully enjoy your freedoms without suffering some of the apparent side effects. Get Invested is the podcast dedicated to time poor professionals who want to work less and live more. Join Bushy Martin, one of Australia’s top 10 property specialists, as he and his influential guests share

We continue our mini-series on property investment learnings and insights.  Did you know that over 555,000 of residential properties are bought in Australia each year and between 25- 35% of these being investment properties? Now I know first hand how good property investment can be to help you enjoy a great lifestyle, yet sadly only 5% or 1 in 20 investors achieve sustainable success. And unfortunately property investing is the second most common reason that Australians lose money. Why is this? Many private property investors and home buyers want to invest in property and ‘live the dream’, but are often not informed enough about the risks that come with it due to: - The sheer volume of investment information providing conflicting advice - Interested parties such as real estate agents and developers providing biased advice - Reliance on existing property reports that only focus on current or past market values, data or conditions So one of the key secrets for success in property is to access current, high qual

As we start a new year and a new decade, it is a great time to reflect on the past, learn from it and plan what we’ll do to optimise our opportunities in the future.   So that’s exactly what we’re going to do in this two-part special on the Get Invested podcast.  In part one, we focus on what has happened in property nationally over the last couple of years and what lessons we gleaned from it.  In the next episode we will focus on the future – what’s in store in the year ahead from the macro to the micro level, what impact will this have on property in Australia and where should you invest if you’re looking for sustainable success.  And to help shed some light on this there’s no-one better qualified or better positioned than special guest Doron Peleg.   For those of you who have been listening to Get Invested for some time, you will remember Doron from episode 24 where he opened our eyes to successful property investment principles and the benefits of his unique forward projecting research from his company Ri

Now this time of the year is a great time for reflection and a chance to recharge your batteries, so I’m going to challenge you to make the time to read and listen to podcasts as a way of filling your tank with inspiration and motivation. Just trade some time that you spend watching or listening to the news or scrolling through social media and replace it with some good book or podcast listening time – you will be amazed at how you start thinking and seeing things differently. As a constant reader I have a library of books, both in hard copy and on my kindle reader that goes everywhere with me. Because to me, to stop learning is to die on the inside. I’ve always got at least three to four books on the go at the same time, so I read to suit my mood. I generally start the day with self-development books and podcasts when I’m at the gym. I listen to something inspirational and motivational when I am in the shower, and I finish the day with fiction books so I can relax into sleep. And yes, I love to read in the u

If you’re researching property, there’s more information available than we can handle. How do we make sense of it all? We tackle this challenge with Nerida Conisbee, Chief Economist with the REA Group who is changing the way the world views property — REA is the parent company of realestate.com.au, realcommercial.com.au and a host of other digital property businesses globally. Nerida is recognised as one of Australia’s leading property experts. She provides regular market commentary to a wide range of Australian media outlets across digital, print, television and radio. She has more than 20 years of property research experience throughout Asia Pacific and has held senior positions within commercial agencies and major consulting firms over this time. Her expertise covers residential and commercial property from both an investor and occupier’s perspective. Nerida also holds a Bachelor of Commerce with Honours and a Masters of Commerce, majoring in Econometrics. With nearly seven million searches a day and over