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Financial Autonomy

Aug 29, 2018

Episode 60 – Mike Lewis - When to Jump

Today in the episode, we interview the author of When To Jump, Mike Lewis. The book is about career change or starting your own business.

In this interview we cover:

  • Mike’s jump to being a professional sportsman
  • His job and career before he became a sportsman
  • Events that...


Aug 22, 2018

Episode 59 – The Beauty of the Worst Case

Do you remember those Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbooks that were around everywhere about a decade ago? How to land a light aircraft if the pilot has a heart attack, or how to survive a bear attack. I don’t know if they extended to surviving a zombie apocalypse, but I...


Aug 15, 2018

When I started my career in investment markets almost 20 years ago all the investment options were what we’d now call Active. We didn’t call them that at the time, it was just the standard way that money was managed.

Passive investment had been around for some time, pushed primarily by John Boggle of Vanguard which...


Aug 8, 2018

Episode 57 – 4 Hour Work Week – still relevant today?

Originally published in 2007, The 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss, made some huge waves upon its release. It also laid foundations for its author that continue to this day. Indeed anyone who’s ever browsed the iTunes podcast charts will have come across Tim...


Aug 1, 2018

Episode 56 – Are you playing offence or defence?

Today in the episode, we talk to Tim Lavrey’s career change story from being a bank manager to a preschool teacher.

All sports have elements of offensive and defensive play. And whether you play Netball, soccer, cricket or basketball, your team must constantly strike...