Business & Investing

EP 132

Reviewing 2023 - What Worked & What Didn’t

Are you curious about the intricacies of business strategy and growth over the past year? This week, Grant and I dive into a comprehensive review of 2023.

EP 131

Should You Buy a Business?

Ready for some business and investing insights? Grant and I delve into the world of buying businesses!

EP 130

Are $57 Lasagnas Ruining Your Business?

Grant and I cover the challenges of rising living costs and the contrasting approaches of cutting expenses vs. creating more value. Gain valuable insights into navigating the evolving business landscape and discover stra

EP 129

Upgrading Your Identity

Struggling to let go of routines when handing over tasks? Grant and I highlight the vital role of strategic planning for business owners adopting new identities, urging intentional definition of success metrics.

EP 128

How to Get Rich... Review

Grant and I explore the insights from Dennis Felix's book, "How to Get Rich," with a focus on financial arbitrage, borrowing money, and creating spreads in business. Uncover unique strategies for raising capital, valuabl

EP 127

It's A Trap! ... A Money Trap

Grant and I discuss money traps in business and investing. Exploring the impact of chasing short-term gains on decision-making and emphasizing the need for an emergency fund to make wiser choices for your business.

EP 126

Its Easy To Spot Businesses That Wont Exist In 5 Years... They Are Missing This

How do you secure long-term business success? Reviewing a client's ad account emphasized the necessity of a robust edge and moat in your business strategy.

EP 125

Creating a Better Business Plan

How can you get better at building wealth, whether in your business or personal life? Grant and I discuss the importance of quarterly planning in business and stress the need to stay flexible for success.

EP 124

Who Can You Really Trust to Ensure Your Financial Success?

Are you outsourcing wealth responsibility and opting for a defensive approach instead of pursuing financial success? Find out how to reassess your strategy for alignment with your objectives.

EP 123

We Are Back!

In a changing world, we all want stability. Our focus has shifted to focus on media and advertising.

EP 122

How Playing the Short-Term Business Game Costs You More in the Long-Term

Are you making decisions based on their outcome at the end of each month… Rather than each year?

EP 121

Is Your Business Keeping You in a Prison?

Whether it’s tomorrow, next month, or five years away… Your business will, at some point, require a change of business model.

EP 120

Q&A: Escape the Day-to-Day Business Grind

If you have set unreasonable workloads, aren’t willing to spend on project or task management tools, and don’t know what success looks like within each role... Then, I’d argue that the decisions you’ve already made are c

EP 119

Stages of Wealth: The Journey to Financial Independence (Part 2)

The path to financial independence is difficult but is definitely achievable. Eventually, you’ll reach a point where you can choose to work on projects that excite you with people you want to be around.

EP 118

Stages of Wealth: The Journey to Financial Independence (Part 1)

Well, there are levels to business and to wealth. One of those first levels is realising that buffers are NOT optional…

EP 117

Preparing for Tax Season and EOFY (2023 Edition)

I’m sorry to remind you of it again, but… Tax season is quickly approaching.

EP 116

How Would You Scale a Building Company?

My father was a carpenter. Inspired by him, I took up the tool and spent 7 years as a plumber before I ventured into business. So, believe me, I can totally see how tough it is to navigate this industry.

EP 115

Dealing with Challenging Circumstances with Goose McGrath

In this week’s podcast episode, we’re joined by Goose McGrath… He’ll be sharing his past experiences coming from difficult circumstances as well as how he’s now overcome them to being the owner of a million-dollar buyer’

EP 114

Hard Skills That Will Pay You Forever (Part 2)

In this week’s podcast episode, Grant and I are back for part two! We’re breaking down the hardest skills to learn that will have the most impact! We’ll be discussing:

EP 113

Hard Skills That Will Pay You Forever (Part 1)

In this week’s podcast episode, Grant and I will be talking about the hardest skills that will continue to reward you forever! We’ll be discussing:

EP 112

Investing Q&A: Investing with Friends? Thoughts on AirBnB Properties?

In this week’s Q&A podcast episode, Grant and I will be breaking down our full thoughts on short-term rental strategies and whether we’d consider adding one to the portfolio anytime soon! We're also sharing our perceptio

EP 111

Back Yourself or Fail: Is It Really That Simple?

Are you really backing yourself 100%? Going all in on the hard decisions you need to make or are you dipping your toe into multiple ponds at the same time? In this week’s podcast episode, Grant and I are discussing:

EP 110

Is Your Business a Cigar Butt?

In this week’s podcast episode, Grant and I are breaking down how we would play the situation if our business meets its defined end date.

EP 109

How Would You Scale a Web Design Agency?

How would you scale a web design agency in today's market? Especially with competitors like Shopify, Wix and SquareSpace offering incredibly low barriers to entry at more affordable price points?

EP 108

Franchising: Is It the Right Business Model for You?

In this week’s podcast episode, Grant and I are breaking down everything you need to know about being a franchise owner as well as franchising your own business. We’ll be discussing:

EP 107

Is dropshipping dead? If not, how would you approach it?

Is dropshipping dead? Well… you could argue it should be! 😂

EP 106

Your Money Mindset Is F’ing up Your Wealth (Part 2)

It's the second part of our money mindset podcast! Here, you'll discover how we finally got to improve our money mindset, which ultimately set our business up for success.

EP 105

Your Money Mindset Is F’ing up Your Wealth (Part 1)

In this week’s podcast episode, Grant and I are discussing our relationship with money How it has affected our business, and how we changed our perspective so that we could make better decisions and continue to grow our

EP 104

Recovering After a Bad Financial Hit

When was the last time that you took a significant financial hit? In this week’s podcast episode, Grant and I are discussing on our financial hits and:

EP 103

Businesses That Won’t Exist Five Years From Now

In this week’s podcast episode, Grant and I are discussing business volatility and several business models that won’t be here in the next five years… So that you can identify and then adapt to the changing business lands

EP 102

Different End Games in Business and Investing

In this week’s podcast episode, Grant and I are discussing everything to do with your business and investing endgame, including the multiple factors you need to consider before deciding on an exit strategy. P.S. Leave a

EP 101

Conquer the Unknown: Take the Darn Steering Wheel

The government is contemplating making changes to super. In this week’s podcast episode, Grant and I are discussing exactly this!

EP 100

Escape the Everyday to Re-energise Your Business (Part 2)

So, how do you plan your escape from the everyday to re-energise your business? This is exactly what Grant and I discuss in this part 2 episode.

EP 099

Escape The Everyday To Re-energise Your Business (Part 1)

There’s truly something special about taking time away to re-energise your business. It motivates you and helps you look at obstacles with a new perspective. In this week’s podcast episode, Grant and I discuss exactly th

EP 098

Secure Your Family's Financial Future with Ray Regmi

Our resident financial planner is back to talk about succession planning. Consider this episode as succession planning 101, a helpful guide on how to start thinking about succession planning. NOTE: This episode is a gene

EP 097

Recent Breakthroughs That Levelled Us Up

Join us in this episode as Grant and I look back on the recent breakthroughs that levelled us and our business up.

EP 096

Most impactful business lessons from the start of our journey

Grant and I discuss the most impactful business lessons we've learned in this week's podcast episode - from how we left being self-employed and started developing our business owners’ mindset. We're sharing our stories h

EP 095

Buying Back Your Time vs Being More Efficient

In this episode, Grant and I talk a little more about buying back your time as a business owner versus being more efficient. P.S. Leave a comment below... What is your time management strategy?

EP 094

Starting With a Clean Slate

In this week's podcast episode, Grant and I break down our best business and investing decisions. We’ll discuss the lessons we wish we had known earlier and revisit the moments that changed our lives forever.

EP 093

Is Your Network Holding You Back? And What to Do About It

A great network is an investment you want to make for the long term. It compounds at a far greater level than any other asset.

EP 092

This Is What I Would Do Differently if I Had My Time Again

In this week’s episode, Grant and I discuss “What we would do differently if we were starting our businesses today.” PS: What would you do differently if you could have your time again? Leave a comment below.

EP 091

Your Wealth or Your Health with James Cant

This week's podcast is an important one as James Cant joins me from JCF coaching. He has a special skill set when it comes to health and peak performance.

EP 090

Die with Zero: A Book Review

On this week’s episode, Grant and I do a review of “Die with Zero by Bill Perkins”. This isn’t your normal book review, as we put a business owner spin on it.

EP 089

Building a Life You Don’t Want to Retire From

In this week's podcast episode, we go deeper into the concept of: “Building a life you don't want to retire from.”

EP 088

A Lesson in Due Diligence and Where We Have Lost a Lot of Money

After buying the house with some illegal renovations, it was time to update my due diligence process. The stupid tax bill was only getting bigger as the years went on…

EP 087

How to Level Up in 2023

In this week's episode of the podcast, Grant and I cover how to level up YOU in 2023. Sharing some of the powerful strategies and tactics we use to level up our game.

EP 086

Opportunities We See For 2023

Well, 2023 is upon us. And with a new year comes new opportunities.

EP 085

Answering Your Questions

In this episode of the podcast, Grant and I do a community Q&A. A big thank you to those who submitted questions for this round.

EP 084

Best Investments of 2022

2022 was a challenging and volatile year when it came to investing. Something I have learnt is that times of uncertainty are often the best times to buy good assets cheap.

EP 083

Business - Biggest Lessons of 2022 (Part 2)

When you find a group of people who also want to grow and improve, it becomes infectious. And, if you want ordinary results, do what ordinary people do.

EP 082

Business - Biggest Lessons of 2022 (Part 1)

It’s that time of year again… The time when:

EP 081

Investing - Biggest Lessons of 2022

Something not often spoken about when it comes to investing is the “sleep at night factor.” We often get caught up in the juicy returns.

EP 080

Dealing with Family Over the Holidays with Toni Versic

In this week's episode of the podcast, we have a repeat guest and fan favourite Toni Versic. Toni has come on for a specific reason.

EP 079

Business - Favourite Resources of 2022

In this week’s podcast, Grant and I share our best business resources of 2022. Think of these resources like the Mexican spice mix in the bright blue jar.

EP 078

Investing: Favourite Resources of 2022

In this episode of the podcast, Grant and I give out the awards for best investing resources for 2022. Some of the resources in this episode might be the very thing that changes the trajectory of your life (like the Cash

EP 077

Business: Year in Review Episodes

This week on the podcast, Grant and I are releasing our “Business” year in review. As you might have guessed by this intro, I had a great year!

EP 076

Investing: Year in Review Episodes

On this week's podcast, Grant and I review the investing year that has been 2022. We take you through our review process and how we think about the year that has been.

EP 075

Mortgage Broker Q&A with Aaron Whybrow

On this week's podcast, I have brought on Aaron Whybrow to do a mortgage broker QNA. Being able to understand and access lending plays such a critical role in how the economy works.

EP 074

Creating a Property Portfolio Growth Plan with Goose McGrath

In this week's episode of the podcast, I’m joined by Goose McGrath, Our Property Specialist from Dashdot.

EP 073

Our Dream Panel of Advisors

In this week's episode of the podcast, Grant and I build our dream panel of Mentors / Advisors. We go into

EP 072

Building a Business to Sell Versus Building for Cashflow with James Schramko

This week's podcast is a little bit different. As it’s an episode in which I was a guest on the James Schramko podcast.

EP 071

How I Bought My Happiness

On this week’s podcast, Grant and I discuss happiness. More specifically, we share the strategies and tactics we use to live happier lives.

EP 070

Is Superannuation A Terrible Idea For Business Owners? With Ray Regmi

This week on the podcast, we have Ray, our resident financial advisor, on to talk about superannuation. I wanted to bring Ray on the show to break down how super works and its many advantages and disadvantages.

EP 069

What the Budget Means for Business Owners and Investors

Ahh, the budget. What a boring and dry topic.

EP 068

Doing Things That Compound

This week on the podcast, Grant and I talk about doing things that compound and why it's more important than leverage alone. Leverage will only take you so far.

EP 067

Why a Recession Is the Best Time to Build a Business

So what are the power moves in a recession? The answer is in this episode.

EP 066

It's All In Your Head With Ash Playsted

This week on the podcast I have brought on Ash Playsted. A master of human behaviour and psychology when it comes to investing.

EP 065

Personal Profit Killers

Last week I released a podcast on business profit killers. This week, I want to talk about how YOU and YOUR life can destroy your business's profits.

EP 064

Profit Killers

In this week's episode of the podcast, Grant and I go over the many profit killers that businesses can have. More importantly, we share how to avoid and fix them.

EP 063

Getting Serious About The Purpose of Your Business

Into this week's podcast topic. What is the real purpose of your business?

EP 062

Wealth Q & A

This week on the podcast, Grant and I are covering more Q&A from the community. Including the question

EP 061

Business Q&A

This week on the podcast, Grant and I are doing some Q&A. Covering questions from the community (Yes, you.)

EP 060

The Easiest Way to Lose Half of Your Wealth… Neglecting Your Home Life - With Toni Versic

This week on the podcast, I have brought on Toni Versic. Toni specialises in helping business owners with their relationships.

EP 059

The Unexpected Impacts of Being Financially Independent

This week on the podcast, Grant and I discuss this topic in more depth. “The unexpected impacts of being financially independent”

EP 058

How Detailed Do My Financial Reports Need to Be? - with Matt Williams

This week on the podcast, we have Matt Williams, our resident bookkeeper. We do a deep dive on setting up your reports to match your goals and how to get dialed in with your bookkeeper to get the reports you need.

EP 057

This is Where Most Business Owners Get It Wrong

When I was three years into business, I thought all business problems could be solved with marketing and sales. I was so certain the more I focused on these activities, the better my business would do.

EP 056

The Danger of Following the Crowd - With Goose McGrath - Part 2 of 2

This week on the podcast I have Goose McGrath on for part 2 of our podcast: “The Danger of Following the Crowd”

EP 055

The Danger of Following the Crowd - With Goose McGrath - Part 1 of 2

In this week's episode of the podcast, I have brought on a good friend of the show, Goose McGrath. This episode will absolutely challenge what the masses are thinking and doing.

EP 054

Coffee Chat: Making Better Investment Decisions (What We Are Doing)

This week on the podcast, Grant and I discuss our next investment moves and how we approach making better investment decisions. I share my process of gathering information and taking responsibility for my actions.

EP 053

What Would Happen if You Couldn't Work Anymore? With Ray Regmi

Building wealth is not just about building it, it’s also making sure that you keep it. As many of you know, this topic is close to my heart as my father (a fellow business owner) had a workplace accident.

EP 052

Coffee Chat: Business & Investing Updates

I have been getting a few questions about what I'm personally doing atm. Am I still investing?

EP 051

How Interest Rate Rises Affect Your Borrowing Capacity With Aaron Whybrow

I had a call with my Buyers agent a few weeks ago. He made a passing comment that probably wasn't significant to him.

EP 050

Becoming a Full Stack Business Owner - The Jarrad Mahon Story

This week on Business and Investing, I have a special guest… Jarrad Mahon.

EP 049

Good Financial Management (Part 2)

If you heard the last episode of the podcast, you would know I am not a fan of the profit-first system. I think Mike and his books are awesome, but the profit-first system has some significant flaws for me.

EP 048

Good Financial Management (Part 1)

In this week's episode of the podcast, Grant and I do a deep dive into what good financial management looks like. We also share some of our own processes and thinking.

EP 047

How Poor Money Psychology Destroys Your Chances of Ever Being Wealthy

This week's episode of the podcast is on money psychology. More specifically, I wanted to share some of the tools that helped me.

EP 046

Our Biggest Financial Regrets (Part 2)

No need to dance around it. On the back of 2 silly decisions, I lost more than $100,000

EP 045

Our Biggest Financial Regrets (Part 1)

A quality I like about myself is that I'm an action taker. I’d rather take action and make mistakes than do nothing.

EP 044

Bookkeeping for Compliance VS Bookkeeping to Drive Results

In my first year of business, I would judge the success or failure by what was in my bank account. Account go up = Good.

EP 043

4 Businesses I Would Start Today

My very first business was an eBay store. I loved the simplicity of it.

EP 042

This Makes No Sense...

I'm going to level with you. It’s been an incredibly confusing week.

EP 041

What Does a Financial Planner Actually Do? - With Ray Regmi

I might need to apologise to all the financial planners out there. For many years I have thought of them as the dregs of society.

EP 040

We Bought Property in WA... A Very Different Experience

I do have a story for you this week. I nearly didn’t share this…

EP 039

Are You in the Right Place to Succeed?

Alright, I'm starting to settle into the new house. I am writing this after a night out having dinner with some incredibly talented business owners.

EP 038

How Big is Your Emergency Fund? And Do You Know How to Use It?

I'm back on the show notes after moving house. ( Big thank you to Grant for picking up the slack! )

EP 037

Is Your Partner an Asset or Liability?

It’s Grant stepping in for Charley this week. (Charley is moving house.)

EP 036

How the Mortgage Broker Invests His Money With Aaron Whybrow

How the people who work inside an industry behave is often very different from those who don’t. As Aaron is a mortgage broker, he knows the rules of lending better than the average bear.

EP 035

How Do I Earn More?

In 2018 I attended an options trading workshop. The premise of the workshop was to learn how to generate a consistent income from options trading.

EP 034

Is the Property Market Crashing? With Goose McGrath

It appears Gooses's views and opinions on the last podcast ruffled some feathers. I actually can’t remember the last time I had so many people reach out to disagree or tell me why we are wrong. 😕

EP 033

Your Network Is Holding You Back...

In business, and wealth-building you are going to experience challenges and discomfort. There are times when business will be incredibly hard.

EP 032

Will Interest Rates Continue to Rise? With Goose McGrath

This week I had our property expert Goose McGrath on the podcast. I like getting his perspective on things as he has a unique positioning.

EP 031

Investment Breakdown - Grant Sells a Business

For the past few months, I have been feeling like I'm in a rut when it comes to my health. I am… - continually getting sick

EP 030

REAL Interest Rates and Their REAL Impact

I almost got the deal of the century this week. The opportunity to buy a property from a panic seller at nearly a 20% discount!

EP 029

Building Wealth When the Economy Sucks

Earlier this week I got a phone call from a friend and fellow business owner in panic. “It's all going to shit.

EP 028

How to Innovate Your Business in a Downturn

I have felt a bit negative about the topics I have been covering these last few weeks. Rising interest rates, soaring power costs, rising staff costs… etc.

EP 027

The MOST Important Skills for Wealth Building

This week I have been sick AF. I almost cancelled this week's podcast and didn’t record this episode.

EP 026

Another Rate Rise to Australian Business Owners

It doesn't seem to matter what way you look, the cost of living and operating a business is going up substantially. If you are feeling the pinch, just know that you are certainly not alone.

EP 025

Why Do Most Business Owners Fail at Wealth Creation?

I just got back from a trip to Western Australia (Margaret River). What a beautiful part of the country and a great chance for me to get a new perspective on things.

EP 024

Preparing for EOFY + Are Your Working From Home Days Over?

As the cold front has hit us and we have all reached out to turn on the heater, it has meant demand for energy has soared at a time of global shortages. This, along with other global factors will continue to put pressure

EP 023

Did Business Owners Just Get Screwed? Election Results Special

The Labor government has won. It appears they are about to shake things up by bringing in a heap of new policies and changing some older ones.

EP 022

Understanding the Business Model of Property Investing with Goose McGrath

Have you ever wished you could go back in time with the knowledge you have today? I know I have…

EP 021

Housing affordability... Australian dream over?

Ahh, election weekend in Australia. I’m still trying to decide if Labor won or The Liberals lost.

EP 020

5 Practical Ways to Increase Your Borrowing Power with Aaron Whybrow

When people meet me in real life, they are often surprised by how tall I am. As a kid, I was one of the ones who shot up quickly.

EP 019

Impact of Interest Rates and Global Markets on Australia Business Owners

What a week! Things are certainly heating up in Australia with the lead up to the federal election.

EP 018

Buying My Dream Car… Is This My Worst Money Decision Ever?

I did it. I bought my dream car.

EP 017

The Lies About Inflation and How It Impacts Your Life

Can you believe it… Once upon a time doctors used to think smoking was good for you?

EP 016

Why We Were Forced to Change Our Name

I am shutting down Asset Blocks (not kidding). What a stressful and intense few weeks it has been…

EP 015

Looking Rich VS Being Rich

Trigger warning! The thing that holds back most people from being wealthy is not how much money they make.

EP 014

Dissecting Our Best Investments (Part 2)

Here we are for another round of “dissecting our best investments”! This is your chance to take a look behind the scenes of real investments that we have made.

EP 013

As a Business Owner, Is Property Investment Right for You? with Goose McGrath

I don't know about you but… I am one of these people who spends a ton of time comparing and evaluating options.

EP 012

Building Your Wealth Creation Team

A large amount of the success or failure you have in business will be based on the talent you recruit to work in your business. The difference in results between hiring 1 quality A player VS a B player is astronomical.

EP 011

Tracking Your Wealth

Take a second to imagine running your business without tracking anything… No sales numbers, no marketing numbers, no financial reports, no time sheets, no stock levels.

EP 010

Dissecting Our Best Investments (Part 1)

Many years ago, I attended a mastermind event. I was only a couple of years into my business journey and relatively green.

EP 009

Buying Your House Might Be The Worst Decision You Make

In theory, buying your house seems like a no-brainer. But in reality, it may just be the worst financial mistake anyone can make, especially for us business owners.

EP 008

Why Having a Good Business is Always Step 1 for Wealth Creation

Creating wealth is just like building a house. You need to start with a solid foundation. Without a solid foundation, you’ll be severely limited with your options moving forward…

EP 007

How Borrowing Money is Different for Australian Business Owners with Aaron Whybrow

I’ll never forget the first time I applied for a loan as a business owner. The broker practically laughed at me.

EP 006

Core Wealth Creation Concepts Only Top Investors Know

Most business owners fail at wealth creation because of the ‘iceberg illusion’. Let’s dive into this idea…

EP 004

Creating Wealth Goals as a Business Owner — What's Enough?

Creating wealth goals should be treated as the north star of your journey. Let me explain…

EP 003

The Wealth Opportunity: Business Owners' Unfair Advantage

There’s a great movie you might have heard of, called ‘The Matrix’ Where everyone is plugged into the world that has been put in front of their eyes.

EP 002

5 Costly Wealth Creation Mistakes Most Australian Business Owners Make

As Keith Cunningham says: life and business is not about making more of the right choices but making fewer of the wrong ones. This powerful phrase also applies to wealth creation.

EP 001

The Missing Piece to Wealth Creation for Australian Business Owners

Most Australian business owners see their business as the only wealth creation strategy they need in order to unlock their desired freedom. Well, it’s time for this to change.