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TPC Gold | Turia Pitt’s Approach to Money & Learning

Today’s bonus snippet is from an episode with guest Turia Pitt!

Turia is known for being one of Australia’s most admired and widely recognised motivational speakers. She is also a multiple best-selling book author, with titles including Happy, The Good Selfie, Unmasked and Everything to Live For. Her achievements don’t stop there however! Turia has also shared the stage with Tony Robbins, competed in the Ironman World Championships, and sailed around French Polynesia.

In this TPC Gold soundbite, Turia shares some of her favourite mindset tips and morning routines. She also discusses her approach to money and continuous learning – highlighting the power of taking small, manageable steps instead of giant leaps. 

Tune in for a fun and inspiring chat on personal growth and positive routines. Learn how focusing on these can help you navigate life’s challenges more effectively!

To find out more, including how Turia doesn’t let the accident define her: Episode 224 | Turia Pitt – From Burned Alive to Investing in Grit, Triumph and Property 

Get Inspired & Take Small Actionable Steps Today

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501 | Noel Whittaker: Super, Shares & Why He Sold Most of His Properties!

🎉 To kick off our new financial year, we are thrilled to welcome a bucket list guest to the show! 🌟 

This is a guest who truly needs no introduction… 

Noel Whittaker – international bestselling author, finance and investment expert, radio broadcaster, columnist, and public speaker.  

He reaches over 3 million readers each week through his columns in pivotal Australian newspapers and is one of the country’s most successful authors, with 20+ bestselling books achieving total worldwide sales of more than two million copies. 

In fact, in 2011 this guest was made a Member of the Order of Australia for service to the community in raising awareness of personal finance. (And that’s just the tip of the iceberg for his achievements!)  

In today’s episode, Noel covers it all:  
🏠 His investment journey from buying his first property for £35,000 to losing half his assets
🌟 Mentorship from THE Doug Malouf and discovering his life’s purpose
📚 The story behind writing Australia’s first and best-selling personal finance book, “Making Money Simple” (which inspired a 16-year-old Ben to pursue his path!)
💡 How his struggle to find a publisher turned into a financial triumph
🌱 Noel’s intriguing investing riddle: “When does a lily fully bloom?”
💰 The importance of making superannuation savings automatic
📈 The evolution of superannuation – from Keating’s reforms to today’s productivity challenges

Get ready for a wealth of investing wisdom, sharp insights, and humorous tales from one of Australia’s greatest (and arguably original) finance writers. Tune in now, folks! 😊  

 

Free Stuff Mentioned

  • The first time Ben met Noel Whittaker below 😉  

Ben Kingsley & Noel Whittaker

 

Timestamps

  • 0:00 – Noel Whittaker: Super, Shares & Why He Sold Most of His Properties!   
  • 2:17 – Mindset Minute: Is it a dream, plan or reality?  
  • 3:24 – Welcome Noel Whittaker! 
  • 6:46 – Money Story: Pig farms and a £35,000 property?! 
  • 9:55 – “I always had a burning drive to get the business.”  
  • 12:20 – How those 2 goals transformed his life  
  • 13:25 – Starting the first display village   
  • 15:01 – From Doug Malouf mentoring to finding his purpose in life 😮  
  • 18:06 – Making Money Made Simple: When the search for a publisher turns into a profitable opportunity… 
  • 21:31 – Building the first-ever high rise on Sunshine Coast  
  • 25:11 – The power of compound: 15% return on his first property?!  
  • 27:07 – Noel’s Investing Riddle: How long does it take a lily to reach full bloom?  
  • 27:54 – How he lost half his assets and the #1 lesson he learned from it  
  • 31:07 – The £100 earning 😉  
  • 32:37 – Noel’s property portfolio and the comparison to shares 
  • 35:38 – Australia & Super: Then vs. now, tax-free rollovers and productivity  
  • 41:50 – Why June 2026 is the big date 
  • 42:49 – What Noel would change about our Super  
  • 44:20 – Hypothetical Q: “You have $1,000: to spend on an index or leverage the investment property?”  
  • 47:17 – Noel’s latest book “Wills, Death & Taxes”: 50% of Aussies die without a will 
  • 51:39 – Case studies on the nuances of wills  
  • 54:14 – What would Noel change on his financial journey if he could?  
  • 57:04 – The death tax on Super  

And… 

  • 59:33 – Wow, what an inspirational guest!  
  • 1:04:56 – Lifehack: Tuned into brain.fm  

500 | Dr. Michael Gervais: Why FOPO Holds Us Back & What to Do About it!

When we started this podcast nearly a decade ago, we never imagined we’d reach this milestone… 

🎉 🎉 🎉 Well folks, here we are celebrating our 500TH EPISODE!!  🎉🎉🎉 

A massive thank you to our incredible, go-getter community, we’re so proud and grateful to have built, and be part of, such an amazing group of people.  

To mark this huge milestone, we’ve invited a leader in his field – someone who helps others achieve their best. 

Please welcome one of the world’s best high-performance psychologist…

Dr. Michael Gervais! 🎤✨ 

Michael is a bestselling author, host of the popular “Finding Mastery” podcast and co-creator of the “Finding Your Best” self-improvement course. (phew!)  

With over 20 years of experience working with elite athletes, military personnel, and top executives, he’s sharing his wisdom on the Art of Self-Mastery and why being present is “the keyhole to the good life.”   

From his 3 criteria to consider BEFORE investing your time, to practical mental defence tools like the Screens technique, Michael teaches us how to apply these concepts to life, money, finance, and lifestyle by design. 

It’s a milestone episode with a guest who has absolutely blown our hair back. Give it a listen now, folks! 🔥 

 

P.S. Win Michael’s Finding Mastery course (usually sold at US$499) for free! For your chance to win, on any social platform and post related to Episode 500, simply:  

⭐️ Follow @findingmastery and @thepropertycouch 

⭐️ Tag a friend 

⭐️ Let us know the best takeaway you got from this episode! (It can be on any social post related to Episode 500)    

Entries close on July 11th. We’ll contact two lucky winners shortly after, so watch your DMs!  

 

Free Stuff Mentioned

Timestamps

  • 0:00 – Dr Michael Gervais: Why FOPO Holds Us Back & What to Do About it! 
  • 1:17 – It’s our 500th episode! 🎉 
  • 4:13 – Mindset Minute: “The sooner you fundamentally change your relationship with other people’s opinions, the sooner you become…”  
  • 4:45 – Welcome Dr. Michael Gervais! 
  • 6:07 – How will this episode make a meaningful difference to your life?  
  • 8:55 – Michael’s Money Story: From sticks to sacrifices 
  • 12:11 – The conversation that changed his life 
  • 14:37 – His pivot point and saving his way to the nest egg
  • 18:10 – “Cash is king”   
  • 20:48 – Role Reversal: What was the driving force for Ben & Bryce to invest in property?  
  • 24:37 – CEOs, Skydiving Records and Olympic Games: How Michael ended up choosing jobs beyond the money  
  • 32:20 – The 3 Criteria for Making Decisions  
  • 33:21 – Above The Line vs. Below The Line work 
  • 34:52 – The definition of self-mastery & the ONLY 3 things you can train 
  • 37:57 – The Foundation of Your Philosophy: What is FOPO?  
  • 41:39 – Why is FOPO hard-coded into our brains? 
  • 44:01 – The impact of “social envy” platforms  
  • 45:31 – Is it possible to solve this primal fear?  
  • 51:28 – If you want to achieve the “good life”, you MUST work on this…  
  • 56:16 – When is Michael most vulnerable to FOPO?  
  • 57:10 – When he met David Goggins  
  • 59:11 – What Michael’s learned from speaking to the world’s best 
  • 1:01:21 – The Spotlight Effect  
  • 1:02:08 – The Screens: Use this tool to help you filter people’s opinion 

And…

  • 1:06:55 – Thank you, Michael! What an amazing episode 😊 
  • 1:09:09 – Win Michael’s Finding Mastery course for free! Here’s how.  
  • 1:10:24 – Lifehack: The screen test in action  
  • 1:14:42 – Reflections & Thank Yous!  

 

TPC Gold | The #1 Money Rule for Life

Today’s bonus snippet is from our previous episode on The Three Money Rules for Life.

In this TPC Gold soundbite, Bryce & Ben cover the #1 rule you should be following if you want to be successful at managing and growing your money!

Tune in to find out what this rule is (if you’re listening to the podcast, chances are that you might already be following it), and which of the three types of “money people” you are…

Listen to the full episode here: Episode 303 | The Three Money Rules for Life

 

Free Stuff 

Guests/Episodes Mentioned

  • James Clear – Author of Atomic Habits
    • Ep 261: How to Hack Your Habits to Make You a Better Money Manager
  • Scott Keck – Property valuation expert!
    • Ep 302: Back to the Future: Lessons from 50 Years at the Top of His Game

 

TPC Gold | Why Positive Thinking Doesn’t Work!

Today’s bonus snippet is from our conversation with Chris Helder – a certified practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), renowned public speaker, and author of Useful Belief, Re-Ignition, Cut the Noise, and The Ultimate Book of Influence. 

In this TPC Gold soundbite, Chris discusses the #1 obstacle that holds people back from achieving success!  

Tune in for invaluable perspectives on mindset and behavioural patterns that will help you balance and excel in multiple roles – whether in your family, relationships, career and everything else in between. 

Listen to the full episode here: Episode 113 | Why Positive Thinking Doesn’t Work! 

 

Free Stuff 

 

Similar Episodes

  • Chris Helder
    • Ep 158: Cut The Noise: How to Master Your Mindset 
  • Turia Pitt 
    • Ep 224: From Burned Alive to Investing in Grit, Triumph and Property 
  • James Clear – Author of Atomic Habits 
    • Ep 261: How to Hack Your Habits to Make You a Better Money Manager 

 

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