I came from a family with a dad who was an entrepreneur and a mum who was a stay-at-home mum. We didn't have much money and when it did come in, it didn't last long. My family didn't have a strong financial education. I was a poor kid with nothing who then became a self-made millionaire before the age of 30 with the help of my wife Jen...

When my wife and I sold our business back in 2018, we engaged an expert to ensure we reduced as much tax as we could legally. We didn't go with an accountant but a hard-core tax law firm that charged the big bucks. And you know what, it was worth every cent. They literally saved us close to 7 figures in tax. That to me is an important ...

It has been my experience that money follows someone doing something they love. Another way to put is it doing something they are passionate about. I'm sure the same can be true doing something one doesn't love, but I'm sure the enjoyment factor is much less. The focus is more on the money (end result) than the building (the journey). ...

Financial planners are a great way to organize your life to meet your financial goals. Having a financial planner who has done it all before and has the wisdom and knowledge to help you navigate your unique journey can make a huge difference in your life. Tip #1: Ensure your financial planner has in fact done it all When you interview ...

I'm going to be upfront and say that managing your finances takes work and discipline. If you're not willing to put in the time to manage your finances, you might wake up one day and realise that you don't have enough to retire on. Inflation is a good reason to take control of your finances but honestly, finances should be managed no m...

Below are some areas I want to be very intentional in throughout 2023. With my faith... I want to grow in my relationship with God and spend time with him daily. I want to be closer to him in a year than I am now. With my wife... I want to prioritise date nights, have getaways without the kids and support her better in parenting and he...

Coming into 2023 marks 10 years of me not being a social media junkie like practically everyone in the world. I don’t have a personal Facebook account, Instagram account and never have I ever downloaded anything else that came after. I’m telling a slight white lie though... although not a regular user, I’ve had some interactions with s...

I learned recently what true forgiveness was. Forgiveness is totally about the person who is doing the forgiving. Holding onto un-forgiveness is like a rotten apple in a barrel of good apples. Forgiveness is more than you saying you forgive someone. It’s you making a decision to not hold whatever it was they did to you (knowingly or no...

Notice that everything seems worse when you’ve had a fight, feel low or sad about something? These are NOT moments to make big decisions. Write it down if that helps and then wait for the feelings to pass. Then relook at the doomsday feeling and you’ll generally find it actually wasn’t that bad, if at all. -Ben

We can be our own biggest critic. I know I am. I was wondering recently whether or not I am giving enough time and attention to my children. Some nights I’m so exhausted that the thought of spending an extra 5 minutes playing before bed is massive. Is it ok to feel that way sometimes? Yes! It’s ok to sometimes be a bit low or not motiv...

This is an incredibly hard question to answer but a good one to ponder on. When does one have enough? Money, possessions, acquaintances, experiences, and so on. The thought that comes to my mind is what does “more” cost? Time, relationships, money, joy, anxiety, and so on. Does the “thing” outweigh the cost? Those with a longer time pr...

Audiobooks and podcasts have been a lifesaver for me as someone who hasn't liked to read text so much in my life. I've managed to consume a lot more content audibly. Below is a list of my favorite books as of 2022. These are books that I felt impacted my thinking and life in some way. Religious • The Bible (NLT) • The Bondage Breaker •...

I’ve been listening to an awesome book called The Creature from Jekyll Island recently and it’s been fascinating learning about the Federal Reserve and related entities. One point I was reminded by the book was that when you take out a loan from the bank, they create the money out of thin air. That’s right, the money didn’t exist. When...

The world is full of information. We can learn and become experts at anything we set our minds to. You can have all the head knowledge that you can fit into your brain but it’s through experience where that knowledge is really solidified within us. That’s when it converts to what I call heart knowledge. What we experience and go throug...

You know the saying “actions speak louder than words”? You might know what to do (knowledge), but do you do (apply) it? -Ben

As a Christian, we are required to give. God gave so much to us, how could we not? I gave away something today to a complete stranger and boy did it make me feel good. I struck up a conversation with an older gentleman in line to receive a gift card. I asked him how it worked and he told me if someone spends over a certain amount at th...

Today I shared part of my testimony at my church which has encouraged me to write it down. Here goes... I was born into a Christian family. My parents were a part of the Anglican church before having children. My dad met a lady who was miraculously healed of cancer and she gave him a booklet with 7 steps to obtaining the gift of the Ho...

It's been a joy looking back at the last 20 years of my experience where I co-founded one business and founded a second on my own. Both were self-funded and both were sold. I never had the intention of selling, it just fell into my lap. Each attained different levels of success and brought with it a lot of wisdom, knowledge and talent ...

The more you do something, the more experience you have with it. You can do things badly for sure so it’s not perfect. Question…. What do you practice often vs what do you want to be good at? -Ben

At our recent all-in meeting with the Australian team at Tithe.ly, we had a constructive discussion about what it's like working for an international company. This got me thinking. The bottom line is, running a remote international synchronous (RIS) company is hard. The hard part revolves around the word "synchronous". I define an RIS ...

My church ran the Freedom in Christ course recently. I'd seen it before and as someone who'd been a Christian my whole life, never even stopped to consider it. My amazing wife suggested I attend it as I wasn't in the best place due to events that had occurred over the last 2 years. I agreed to do it without thinking much of it. After a...

I got into cryptocurrency in 2021 like many others. The excitement, the adrenaline rush and the hopes for riches out of nothing was all so alluring. Bitcoin to $100k! I definitely got caught up in the hype and to be honest it was a little bit of an escape from what I was dealing with. I went deep down the rabbit hole and consumed hundr...

“The world's concept of happiness is having what we want. However, never has there been a society where people have so many things yet are so unhappy. Happiness isn't about having what you want. It's about wanting what you have. As long as you're focusing on what you don't have, or what you can't do, you'll be unhappy. But when you beg...

I saw an ad for a local university/college on a bus stop that read something along the lines of "do what feels right now" when choosing a course to pursue. In a similar vein, I was also reading a health and wellness book (written by a millennial of course) and it was suggesting that if you're not enjoying your job or your partner right...

I've been participating in the Freedom in Christ course that was held at my church recently. Definitely a top 10 best decision in my life to do this course. Something Steve Goss mentioned in the last session around tough times really resonated with me. “If we don't come out of a tough season changed for the better, it would have been w...

At our recent company all-in, someone in their 3-minute lightning talk shared about an acronym called NEAT which really caught my attention. “Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis (NEAT) is the energy expended for everything we do that does not include sleeping, eating, or exercise; and ranges from simple things like standing and fidgeti...

You always have time to do the things you want to do. It always comes down to what you prioritize. What you prioritize, you do. Quick example. If you prioritize an extra 30 minutes of sleep over exercise, then you will sleep. If you prioritize waking up 30 minutes earlier and doing exercise, then you will exercise. Take responsibility ...

At the company I founded, before selling it in 2018, we had your typical employee handbook. It had a section on policies and rules. Rather than a big list of dos and don'ts, it simply said that we don’t have any policies for social media or using your phone and so on. Instead, the one rule we had was to use good judgement. I wanted to ...

Have you got a habit you want to get rid of? Do you want to exercise more? Eat healthier? Have more friends? Overcome low feelings or depression? Most of the time, a solution is not going to fall in your lap. Getting all the help and knowledge is almost useless if you do nothing with it. You have to do something. Take responsibility fo...

It can be easy to be triggered by something that makes you go down a negative path either in your mind or verbally to a friend, loved one or maybe some stranger on the train. Breath. Rethink. Calm your mind. Be present. Is it worth getting worked up about? -Ben