Episode 40: Emotional Intelligence and it’s impact on your life
Do you have emotional intelligence? Do you know what it is? Trudi was a little lost so, so for this season's finale, we got in the amazing Ush Dhanak, one of Australia’s leading experts on Emotional Intelligence and the CEO of Emotional Quotient (EQ) Academy to enlighten her.
Episode 39: What on Earth are Personal Insurances?
In this episode Sarah and Trudi have invited in guest, Financial Planner, Nick Zara of Consilium Wealth to talk about personal insurances. Not sure what that encompasses? Well listen in and you'll find out that we are talking about things like income protection, life insurance and trauma cover.
Episode 38: Educating your kids about money
We often talk about whether your financial literacy is a result of what you were taught as a kid and the impact of this and so today’s episode is on how to educate your kids about money. Financial literacy responsibility starts with parents and then becomes your own never ending journey.
Episode 37: How to maintain a work life balance
With the blurring of lines between life and work, exacerbated by working from home, today’s episode draws attention to the challenges of maintaining a work life balance, and what you can do about it.
Episode 36: What is a VA
A Virtual Assistant or more specifically a Virtual Specialist could be exactly what you need in your business. Yet often, as business owners we don’t know when we should be looking for an outsourced specialist, or where to find one.
Episode 35: When to get a Business Coach
Such a common question in business, is knowing simply when is the right time to get a Business Coach. Today’s episode discussed the when, the who and the why of Business Coaching.
Episode 34: When should women invest?
There is a large gender gap when it comes to financial literacy. One aspect of this is women investing to improve their own wealth. In this episode Trudi and Sarah are join by Natallia Smith of Tru Wealth Advice (link to her website) to discuss the very important topic of When should women invest?
Episode 33: Saving money, and more money… in business
With the current economic climate, and off the back of our most popular episode, today we are looking at ways to save money in your business to either reduce your costs or increase your cashflow.
Episode 32: Estate Planning
In this episode we are joined by the lovely solicitor Lucy Percy from Head and Heart Estate Planning. This episode is not just about what is an estate plan or what is a will and power of attorney. It's not even about why it is so important to have all three. Trudi and Sarah instead chat to Lucy about what it is that causes people to put off putting an estate plan in place – like not knowing who to list as a guardian for your children!
Episode 31: Business Lending and Tax!
Today’s episode is everything you need to know about Business Loans! Lending is already super overwhelming without adding the complexity of Business Loans!
Episode 30: What the hell did you just say? Financial Jargon and Industry Acronyms
Is your Advisor talking gobbledygook? Sometimes, we get lost in the world of financial jargon and industry acronyms that we use ALL THE TIME!! So much so that in this episode Trudi doesn't even realise that she is using them!
Episode 29: Investments and Tax!
There are so many options when it comes to investing your hard earned cash and often it's so exciting setting up a new investment that we don't thinking about the boring stuff like tax! Tax on the income we are going to earn as well as the tax implications for selling the investment. In this episode we walk you through all of tax things you need to consider for your investments.
Episode 28: Home Loans for the Self Employed
We are busting myths over here on today's episode of the Home Loans for the Self Employed! Of course you can get a home loan if you're self employed! This episode is EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW to get set up for finance for your dream home.
Episode 27: Investment Properties and Lending (the deductibility of finance)
Ever considered converting your current home to an investment property and buying the home of your dreams? This episode is for you! Sarah and Trudi explain to you in this episode the implications of decisions made when it comes to converting your own home into an investment property.
Episode 26: New Financial Year, new you!
It’s a new financial year in Australia! That makes it a great time of year to review your business and prepare for the new financial year. Sarah and Trudi, in this episode, discuss all the things you should be thinking about and preparing as we start a new financial year.
Episode 25: Business Acumen and the Business Acumen Gauge
This episode discusses the Business Acumen Gauge and the 11 categories that form part of that assessment. Business Acumen is well defined in the greater marketplace, leaving large gaps for interpretation and often a broader misunderstanding of the importance of Business Acumen in not only Leadership and Management positions, but in every role with an organisation.
Episode 24: What makes a great Accountant?
Ask most business owners and they will tell you their accountant is the best. But what is it that makes them the “best”? In this episode Sarah interviews Trudi on what she believes you should look for in finding the right accountant for you.
Episode 23: A Business Owner’s Mindset: Should you just stay employed or on contract?
Small businesses make up a large % of the businesses in Australia and most people either know someone who runs one or someone who is thinking about it. But how do you know whether being a business owner is right for you and can everyone do it? These are some of the things that Sarah and Trudi dig into in this episode.
Episode 22: Tax Planning (and preparing for your Tax return)
Sarah and Trudi both strongly believe that tax planning is an important process for businesses to undertake on a yearly basis.
In this episode, Trudi gives us a deep dive into tax planning – what it is, who should do it and what it actually involves.
Episode 21: Business Plans
Have you been told that you should have a business plan but never known where to start? In this episode Sarah & Trudi discuss what a business plan is and why you should have one.