The Wealth Faculty

Sam Saggers on Wealth, Poverty & Real Estate

On today’s episode I have the good fortune of interviewing my dear friend and business partner for the past 18 years, Sam Saggers. Without doubt one of our country’s brightest minds when it comes to real estate investing, Sam’s backstory and eventual “rags to riches” ascendence is truly inspiring.  After today’s episode, do yourself a favour - if you haven’t already - and listen to Sam’s podcast the Urban Property Investor. It’s the podcast the experts listen to - and savvy investors.    Today we discuss -  3:45 - Sam has tied the knot! 5:50 - Living the Rich Dad Poor Dad life 8:00 - My mum and dad got around in this shitty car ... 9:00 - Sam spent time in “The Bachelor” palace growing up 11:00 - Applying to attend Riverview - the feeling of “instant failure” 17:30 - Financial lessons from parents 22:15 - Money and Happiness 31:00 - Side Hustles 36:30 - The story of success so far 41:00 - Being a guest lecturer at Sydney University 43:30 - The Future of Real Estate 49:00 - Sam’s Purpose in LIfe 54:00 - Sam’s True Meaning of Wealth   If you’ve loved this episode, I would love it if you gave it a 5-star RATING in the Apple Podcasts app :) If you’re feeling really generous, a review is always appreciated! If you’re yet to subscribe, you can do so on your favourite platform - Spotify https://pre.fyi/twf-spotify [https://pre.fyi/twf-spotify] Apple https://pre.fyi/twf-apple [https://pre.fyi/twf-apple] Google https://pre.fyi/twf-google [https://pre.fyi/twf-google] Youtube https://pre.fyi/twf-youtube [https://pre.fyi/twf-youtube] Take care,  Jason

Dr Jodie Lowinger on Mastering Anxiety

Dr Jodie Lowinger is the CEO and Founder of the Sydney Anxiety Clinic. Jodie is a Clinical Psychologist and has worked in organisational, hospital and community settings for more than 20 years. She holds a Doctor of Clinical Psychology and a Master of Science (University of Sydney) and was awarded the University Medal for Psychology (UNSW). Jodie combines a compassionate and engaging personal style with a pragmatic, solutions-oriented approach. Jodie developed her skills in anxiety treatment at the Anxiety Disorders Clinic at St Vincent’s Hospital, the Boston Children’s Hospital, Sutherland Hospital, The Child Behaviour Research Clinic in Randwick and other community settings.  Jodie is also a Management Consultant and highly experienced Performance and Mindset Coach. Alongside her work at the Sydney Anxiety Clinic, she is the CEO and Founder of Mind Strength Consulting where she coaches CEOs and Executives and speaks in organisations and schools on topics including: cyber safety and managing digital distraction; building mind strength and resilience; emotional intelligence; establishing a growth mindset; assertiveness and influence; and building effective relationships. She is passionately committed to working with the media and speaking at global events to raise anxiety awareness and help individuals with the skills and strategies to conquer anxiety. The Mind Strength Method - https://www.mindstrength.com.au/  [https://www.mindstrength.com.au/]   15:50 - What is anxiety?  21:10 - Anxiety is not weak 24:13 - Normal stress vs abnormal stress  30:00 - The four steps of The Mind Strength Method  42:00 - Practical things you can do right now to “self medicate” in a health way 44:03 - Small is better than not at all 56:55 - Dealing with burnout   If you’ve loved this episode, I would love it if you gave it a 5-star RATING in the Apple Podcasts app :) If you’re feeling really generous, a review is always appreciated! If you’re yet to subscribe, you can do so on your favourite platform - Spotify https://pre.fyi/twf-spotify [https://pre.fyi/twf-spotify] Apple https://pre.fyi/twf-apple [https://pre.fyi/twf-apple] Google https://pre.fyi/twf-google [https://pre.fyi/twf-google] Youtube https://pre.fyi/twf-youtube [https://pre.fyi/twf-youtube]   Take care,  Jason

Cyndi O'Meara on Manifesting, Health & Wealth

Cyndi O’Meara is a nutritionist, best selling author, documentary maker and founder of food company Changing Habits and education platform The Nutrition Academy.  Cyndi graduated with a Bachelor of Science majoring in Nutrition from Deakin University back in 1984 - with her almost 40 years in the industry making her the DOYEN of Nutrition in Australia.  Her groundbreaking book Changing Habits Changing Lives has been the seed of thousands of transformations for individuals and families alike right around the world, and her message now gets shared via her books, foods, online education programs with The Nutrition Academy and her groundbreaking documentary, What’s With Wheat.  Cyndi has grown Changing Habits from a book to a major player in nutrition and education today. She puts a lot of the success down to her decision to play a bigger game and follow a manifestation process. We discuss all of this and more on an engrossing episode of The Wealth Faculty.  Find out more about Changing Habits at https://changinghabits.com.au/ Find out more about The Nutrition Academy at https://thenutrition.academy/ [https://thenutrition.academy/]   12:25 - Never give up on your dreams 28:12 - Cyndi on Manifestation 35:44 - Cyndi on Synchronicity 55:29 - Meditation is not enough   If you’ve loved this episode, I would love it if you gave it a 5-star RATING in the Apple Podcasts app :) If you’re feeling really generous, a review is always appreciated! If you’re yet to subscribe, you can do so on your favourite platform - Spotify https://pre.fyi/twf-spotify Apple https://pre.fyi/twf-apple Google https://pre.fyi/twf-google Youtube https://pre.fyi/twf-youtube Take care,  Jason

Pam Brook on Family, Career & Brookfarm

Pam Brook is co-founder of Brookfarm, a family business based in Byron Bay, New South Wales. Together with her husband, Martin Brook, she has transformed a rundown, weed-infested dairy farm into a spectacularly beautiful patch of land that follows regenerative farming practices and produces premium nationally recognized macadamia products. She is a great believer in a nutritionally balanced diet and a healthy, sustainable food chain. In a previous career, she worked as a dentist.  Today - Pam is the author of the new book We Can All Eat That - a book all about raising healthy adventurous eaters and helping to prevent food allergies.    We discuss many topics during this chat - particularly -  6:38 - Brookfarm - A Great Australian Business Story 12:49 - What is special about Byron Bay? 20:10 - Attitude v skill 28:55 - From Gin to Hand Sanitiser in 10 days 47:58 - Food and COVID 56:30 - Pam Brook’s True Meaning of Wealth   If you’ve loved this episode, I would love it if you gave it a 5-star RATING in the Apple Podcasts app :) If you’re feeling really generous, a review is always appreciated! If you’re yet to subscribe, you can do so on your favourite platform - Spotify https://pre.fyi/twf-spotify [https://pre.fyi/twf-spotify] Apple https://pre.fyi/twf-apple [https://pre.fyi/twf-apple] Google https://pre.fyi/twf-google [https://pre.fyi/twf-google] Youtube https://pre.fyi/twf-youtube [https://pre.fyi/twf-youtube] Take care,  Jason

The Golden Nuggets of Wealth

It’s been a bumper few months on The Wealth Faculty and we haven’t come up for her to process all the wisdom shared with my guests over the last few months.  Today is the day we do that! I bring on the show’s producer, Marcus Pearce, to discuss some of the big themes that have come up across a number of episodes. If you’ve listened to a lot of The Wealth Faculty, this episode will be a good “golden nugget” chat. If you’re new, you’ll get an idea of what comes up each week on the podcast.  I hope you enjoy!   On this episode -  5:18 - Playing Favourites 12:35 - Getting vs Giving 18:33 - Financial Triggers 21:45 - What did you take away from the john wood ep? 24:55 - Saint COVID 28:58 - Books have been a real game changer in my life 45:18 - A reason, a season or a lifetime 48:08 - Make success easy    If you’ve loved this episode, I would love it if you gave it a 5-star RATING in the Apple Podcasts app :) If you’re feeling really generous, a review is always appreciated!   If you’re yet to subscribe, you can do so on your favourite platform - Spotify https://pre.fyi/twf-spotify [https://pre.fyi/twf-spotify]   Apple https://pre.fyi/twf-apple [https://pre.fyi/twf-apple]   Google https://pre.fyi/twf-google [https://pre.fyi/twf-google]   Youtube https://pre.fyi/twf-youtube [https://pre.fyi/twf-youtube]   Take care,  Jason