Flight Mode

Emilie is a mental health therapist by trade, and blogs about personal finance and her journey out of student debt.

She is currently documenting her and her husband's journey towards a high student debt on an entry level salary.

Emilie is not proud of her debt but she is proud of her education. She has got big goals of paying off her debt and building wealth - a situation that many of us can relate to.

Jen Ruiz is a qualified lawyer & adventurer.

Until recently, she's worked full-time as a lawyer and at the same time travels the world. In fact, last year she took 12 trips in 12 months!

Too many people think they should put off traveling till they retire. Jen is here to tell you that if you're bold enough to chase your adventures, you will find a global community that will never let you feel alone.

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Sites for flight deals:

www.secretflying.com

www.iwantthatflight.com.au

I catch up with my boy Ace to debate whether or not money buys happiness. Leave me a comment and let me know your thoughts...

Damu Winston is in the process of writing his first book - The Blockchain Time Capsule.

We jam about the fundamentals of blockchain at the highest level.

What's driving the hype.

What's going to make it sustainable.

And what the future looks like with blockchain and AI.

Tune in!

I'm joined by Jalpan Dave from Singapore to discuss some passive income strategies for first time investors. Jalpan is a mechanical engineer by day and personal finance investor and blogger by night. His investment journey began when he was 13 years old when he came across the book, "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" by Robert Kiyosaki. Jalpan is currently working on his first book on passive income engineering.

Show Notes:

How the economic machine works by Ray Dalio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHe0bXAIuk0

Some brokerage firms in Australia - https://www.onlinebrokersaustralia.com.au/stock-broker/

Brokerage firms in the USA - https://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/investing/best-online-brokers-for-stock-trading/

Link to Jalpan's Udemy course in case you'd like a 45 min quick start guide to investing - https://www.udemy.com/how-to-start-investing/

Please note, all strategies discussed in this episode are opinions only. Follow these at your own risk or consult your financial professional.

Upon meeting Erik today and keeping up with him on social media, I would never pick him as a guy who has ever struggled with shyness or introversion.

Erik Myers grew up as a shy kid who loved sports in Hillsboro, Oregon. He was voted "most quiet" in high school. Not long after, that shyness developed into social anxiety combined with low self-esteem.

In 2011, he stumbled upon a personal development book and 6 months later had an "ah-ha" moment that would forever change his life.

Today, Erik runs a successful online fitness business with his wife and cannot stop talking about the things he's passionate about!

Fair to say he has well and truly defeated shyness. If you don't believe me, check out his main Instagram page - @erik.myers.

Listen in to hear his story!

I'm quite the opposite of an All Blacks fan, but I was feeling super inspired after reading, Legacy: by James Kerr. The book is about what the All Blacks can teach us about leadership and teamwork. In their last 100 games, the All Blacks have had a win rate of 75%... The highest by any team in any sport.

On this episode, I'm going on a rant about my reflections on leadership and how we can be good leaders in our 20's.

From my experience in work groups, university teams, sports teams, and not-for-profit projects, these are some traits I've observed from the young leaders I've been fortunate to work with:

1. Be on time and come prepared

2. Set an agenda

3. Take responsibility: Own up to your mistakes, statements and false assumptions. Commit yourself to team tasks

4. Avoid pettiness

5. Include all, exclude none

6. Build on team ideas before proposing your own: Become a strong leader, by first being a good follower.

Listen in...

On this episode, I sit down with my fiancé, Vanessa Desai.

Vanessa is a qualified neuroscientist (probably the only one I know under age 60 :). When she's not dropping knowledge bombs she's continually updating her knowledge on this taboo'd topic and confronting it on her blog (vanessadesai.com).

We talk about the science behind anxiety, recognising your triggers and some coping strategies.

We're all inevitably going to face anxiety and fear at some point in our lives. Listen in to this episode to learn how to deal with these situations effectively and maintain a positive attitude :)

Much love <3

This past week at the Australian Edutech Conference, Shirley Alexander from University of Technology Sydney gave a captivating talk on how to prepare work-ready graduates in 2018.

She highlighted a current problem which I found heartbreaking to accept.

That is, Australia is currently facing its all time highest unemployment rates for recent graduates. Ie. Students graduating from university today are likely to be out of a job in their first 6 to 12 months from graduation. More than ever before. Of course, this would be the most de-moralising experience for a student who’s invested years of his or her life acquiring a degree, only to find out they’re not walking into a job in their field like they expected to or that they were told they would by family, peers or previous high school teachers.

Shirley puts this down to two things:

A lack of interpersonal and communication skills

A lack of care in creating applications specific to a particular role

It's no secret that company cultures have changed massively in the last 10, 20, 30 years. As a result, so has the required approach for the 20-something year old in landing his or her dream job (or any job).

I sit down with Uber's Engagement Officer, Dive Shae to talk about his approach to landing a job at an innovative, and forward looking company like Uber. We also look at ways to grow within your organisation and how to add massive value to any organisation, from both inside and outside.

On a side-note, we look at Uber's biggest competition - private car ownership, and explore this question (23:00 to 28:00):

Is it really worth spending $10k on your own car (upfront) plus continued maintenance, when you can take Uber to anywhere you want in your city for between $6 and $80?