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Keep The Change

Keep The Change - improving Kiwis financial literacy. Ever wanted to learn more about money, the economy, finances and how to have a better financial life? Now you can. This is one of New Zealand's leading financial learning podcasts. I (Luke) wanted to share insights from my life, my role as a Chartered Accountant with successful and failing clients as well as a look at all of the dumb sh!t I have done along the way too. There is also a read of the weekly 'Money Mail' lesson. Please take action :) You can subscribe to the weekly Money Mail lessons that come out at 9am every Friday.
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Episodes

Thrift Wins Save Thousands w The Viral Kiwi Dad Logan Donnelly

The man who broke the Internet with his savings methodology popped by to explain to us how he removed thousands of dollars of costs from his annual expenses by simply comparing the likes of his Internet, phone, power, insurance, etc and we dive into the psychology of money plus a lot more. Do not miss this one! Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Keepthechange.co.nz...

Feb 20, 20231 hr 15 min

Want To Come Work For Mikey?

Mikey is on the hunt for new mortgage advisors and would love to have a chat with you if you are interested. Before you do, listen to this podcast and see if you would be a good fit for Guardiansmith.co.nz Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Keepthechange.co.nz to receive our weekly lesson on money and financial literacy. Stay close to us on social media and share t...

Feb 19, 202329 min

Money Mail 145 - Work Hard, Get Ahead?

When I grew up I grasped the concept of working hard. It made sense to me and I applied this to every job I got. But then I learnt we need to 'work smart'. What the hell did this mean? I had to study this and now I get it. In this episode I will explain why 'adding value' is the more guaranteed way to get ahead and back it up with a law + by one of the richest people in the world. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a prod...

Feb 18, 202336 min

Money Mail 144 - Save more than you pay in tax

We are taught to save 10% of everything we earn but will this keep us thinking too small? In this Money Mail we will explore different ways to increase the percentage of the amount we save and how we’ve become to accept paying the government more than we save. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Keepthechange.co.nz to receive our weekly lesson on money and financial...

Feb 15, 202327 min

The Data Doesn't Lie, Things Are Getting Worse w Mikey Smith

We dig into the latest report from Centrix to have a look at the data and see what it tells us in terms of people not being able to pay for the loans like buy now pay later and their credit cards. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Keepthechange.co.nz to receive our weekly lesson on money and financial literacy. Stay close to us on social media and share this with ...

Feb 15, 202340 min

Habits Of Rich People w Mikey Smith

You asked for it so here it is. Your submitted habits of rich people after the last podcast about poor people. Enjoy and don't get triggered. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Keepthechange.co.nz to receive our weekly lesson on money and financial literacy. Stay close to us on social media and share this with someone that you think this content will help. Together...

Feb 12, 202341 min

HOW to ACTUALLY Change Your Mindset w Mikey Smith

Mikey Breaks down how you can actually change your mindset as he is sick of hearing people saying "you just need to change your mindset". Here is his methodology of exactly what you need to do in order to change now. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Keepthechange.co.nz to receive our weekly lesson on money and financial literacy. Stay close to us on social media ...

Feb 08, 202349 min

Your 2023 Toolkit - How To Prosper This Year

It is no surprise that 2023 sounds like it could be a challenging year. This podcast will help you get ready and prosper during what could be a tricky year for a lot of people but not for you. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Keepthechange.co.nz to receive our weekly lesson on money and financial literacy. Stay close to us on social media and share this with some...

Feb 05, 202347 min

Money Mail 143 - NZ's Biggest Property Manager?

Last week, I sat down with a Kiwi looking to completely transform an industry. One of my favourite parts of my role is getting to speak to Kiwis who want to do something BIG. Luke Nicholls is one of the young fellas behind Keyhook, which is built to help landlords better manage their rental property. It literally does everything a property manager does but for a fraction of the price & via technology. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be ...

Feb 04, 202321 min

How To Be A Rich Boy / 'Is Being Wealthy A Matter Of Mindset Pt.2' w Mikey Smith

Mikey and Luke sit down to review an article that opposes the earlier article we discussed about how being wealthy could just be a matter of mindset. You want to tune in for this one. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Keepthechange.co.nz to receive our weekly lesson on money and financial literacy. Stay close to us on social media and share this with someone that ...

Feb 01, 202342 min

Financial Impacts Of The Flood w Mikey Smith

Mikey and Luke sit down to have a look at what the flood could mean financially for the economy and Mikey also tells us exactly why he increase his insurance preparing for this exact event and he's surprised other people didn't too. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Keepthechange.co.nz to receive our weekly lesson on money and financial literacy. Stay close to us ...

Jan 29, 202332 min

Becoming The Globe’s Biggest Property Manager - w Luke from Keyhook

Imagine completely disrupting the countries property management market? That’s what Luke and his team from Keyhook are doing. Check out this Kiwi tech story that is only just getting started but has plans to end up international. This one is very inspiring. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Keepthechange.co.nz to receive our weekly lesson on money and financial li...

Jan 29, 202358 min

Money Mail 142 - Kiwis lose over $180billion in 2022

If you’ve been worried about your house price, shares or KiwiSaver, you’re not the only one. In the first nine months of 2022, household net worth dropped by $179.4 billion (7.4)%. When Statistics NZ release the December 2022 data you could be pretty sure it would have dropped again. Perhaps kiwis will have lost $225billion plus in 2022? Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money M...

Jan 29, 202319 min

The Great Inflate (Jan23 Update) w Mikey Smith

Mikey is back in the studio to talk about recent inflation data. What it means, what we are seeing, and what you need to be thinking about including whether people are borrowing and everything in between. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Keepthechange.co.nz to receive our weekly lesson on money and financial literacy. Stay close to us on social media and share th...

Jan 27, 20231 hr 3 min

Your Financial Stories Told (INSPIRING) w Mikey Smith

Recently we asked you to share your financial story and we sit down to read through 10 of these as part of a series of learning from other keep the change list is to find out more about the financial journey and be inspired by it. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Keepthechange.co.nz to receive our weekly lesson on money and financial literacy. Stay close to us on...

Jan 25, 202340 min

Money Mail 141 - Reaction to y.day shocking news + (making more webinars)

Shock! Food is confirmed as dear. 2022 was the biggest annual food increase in 32 years according to Statistics NZ. But you knew that. So this week we take a look at 3 hours of 'more money' content that you can learn from, when you're ready! Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Keepthechange.co.nz to receive our weekly lesson on money and financial literacy. Stay clo...

Jan 25, 202326 min

Habits Of Poor People w Mikey Smith

Mikey and Luke sit down to discuss the habits of poor people. Yes we know that this could be controversial but a lot of you send us what you think the habits of poor people are so we read all of these out in touch on some of the best and worst ones Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Keepthechange.co.nz to receive our weekly lesson on money and financial literacy. S...

Jan 22, 202349 min

We Lose The Leader Of A Lifetime w Mikey Smith

Mikey is massively upset about the news that the Prime Minister has resigned and wanted to get straight into the studio and discuss his thoughts about the situation and what we can learn. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Keepthechange.co.nz to receive our weekly lesson on money and financial literacy. Stay close to us on social media and share this with someone t...

Jan 20, 202346 min

2 Books You MUST Read in 2023 w Mikey Smith

Luke takes us through two books that he thinks improve your life in 2023 and one of these he can guarantee you would have never heard of. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Keepthechange.co.nz to receive our weekly lesson on money and financial literacy. Stay close to us on social media and share this with someone that you think this content will help. Together we ...

Jan 18, 202321 min

Does Your Mindset Explain Your Financial Situation? w Mikey Smith

We dig into an article that asked the question is being wealthy just a matter of mindset? We go through what the article explains and challenge some of the thoughts in there and try and take some lessons from it also. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Keepthechange.co.nz to receive our weekly lesson on money and financial literacy. Stay close to us on social media...

Jan 15, 202336 min

Money Mail 140 - The Unemployment Rate Is Your Friend

Unemployment is at a record low. In New Zealand, unemployment is currently at 3.3% and historically sits between 4.5 to 5.5%. That means that businesses are crying out for workers. The talent pool is reduced as most people are flat out in their role. You can use this to your advantage. Tune in to find out how. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Keepthechange.co.nz ...

Jan 15, 202331 min

Luke's Themes / Be Mindful's for 2023 w Mikey Smith

Luke did some thinking on the plane on his way back from his trip and has some things already that he is going to be mindful of the 2023. See what you believe and see what might help you as well. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 10, 202338 min

Mikey's $100k A Year Mowing Business Instructions

Mikey takes us through how he would build out half a $1 million mowing business in a few year's time and take you through the step-by-step things you need to think about and how you could make $100,000 a year doing this business. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Keepthechange.co.nz to receive our weekly lesson on money and financial literacy. Stay close to us on ...

Jan 08, 202331 min

Money Mail 139 - 1 habit away from your best year

At this time of the year, many of us will be thinking about our habits and how they’ve popped up in our lives. For most of us, we can’t even see our habits or know why we’ve built them. Perhaps this year, think about who you want to become. Then you need to build your habits around that. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Keepthechange.co.nz to receive our weekly l...

Jan 08, 202330 min

It's Not The Time To Go All In w Mikey Smith

It can be very tough when you bust your ass and save a bit of money and you still feel like you're not getting your head or getting closer to your goals but please don't gamble it all in some stupid all in investment. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Keepthechange.co.nz to receive our weekly lesson on money and financial literacy. Stay close to us on social media...

Jan 06, 202336 min

Starting A Business FAQs w Mikey Smith

We sit down to answer multiple questions about starting a business. You need to be thinking about, why, what your goal is and what type. We explore all of this and more. Don’t start a business for the sake of it, start one with intent! Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Keepthechange.co.nz to receive our weekly lesson on money and financial literacy. Stay close to ...

Jan 04, 202341 min

The Worst Time For First Home Buyers (incl positive solution) w Mikey Smith

Data suggests that houses haven’t been this unaffordable for first home buyers since 2004. What can we do about that and how can we use reverse compounding to crush debt? Mikey tells us that people are still borrowing! Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Keepthechange.co.nz to receive our weekly lesson on money and financial literacy. Stay close to us on social medi...

Jan 01, 202341 min

Happy NY Mixtape - Lessons from the break w Mikey Smith

It's the 1st of January and we're already back in the studio recording a podcast with lessons from our break and the fact that economy still seems to be humming. Let's rip into 2023! Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Keepthechange.co.nz to receive our weekly lesson on money and financial literacy. Stay close to us on social media and share this with someone that y...

Jan 01, 202357 min

Money Mail 138 - I didn’t hit all my 2022 goals :(

When I look back at 2023 and some of the goals I set, I know that I didn’t hit them ALL. Have you noticed the same thing? But I know that I am moving in the right direction and I believe that is the main thing. Progress over perfection. This means I don’t give up. Here are a few things that have helped me inch closer to achieving my goals. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money...

Jan 01, 202327 min

It's Ok To Promote Yourself w Mikey Smith

Society seems to think that people who promote and advertise themselves are cocky, arrogant, love themselves, full of themselves, but the reality is that if you don't promote yourself or your story no one else will. Here's why you need to get comfortable doing exactly that. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Keepthechange.co.nz to receive our weekly lesson on money...

Dec 28, 202223 min
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