Blue Wolf Reviews

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  • She Can Prosper: Unlocking financial independence and empowering women to thrive

    She Can Prosper: Unlocking financial independence and empowering women to thrive

    For more than 30 years Diane Watson a has worked in the Financial Industry, building a stellar reputation as a Financial Advisor to many clients of which a number are women, who have made the decision for a wide and varied range of reasons, to seek guidance and advice to ensure they manage their finances well, allowing them to prosper, to build a solid foundation for the retirement years ahead.

    Something she has always felt she needed to accomplish was to put this knowledge into book form to reach out further to women who need help; young women just starting out in life, women who have faced financial hardship and women, while successful in their career path want to ensure they are financially sound and independent.

    In She Can Prosper, Diane shares her story and that of a number of other women who have faced a raft of financial challenges only to have, with good support and sound advice, found their way forward to prosperity.

    The subjects discussed cover every aspect of managing finances to build a solid future, beginning with the definition of What Is Prosperity, which can mean vastly different things, but is the true foundation of how you really want to spend your older years, in comfort or on struggle street.

    Setting age ranges, she sets goals, asks questions and prepares the way to discover ‘The Four Steps to Building Prosperity’, then looks at the very relevant Protecting Your Property from life’s many unexpected upheavals such as divorce, illness and death.

    Relationships and money come in many coloured hues and Diane has taken the time to go through this area with considerable care. In Your Money and Your Relationships, she has added sound advice from a range of experts in their field which is vitally important in today’s world.

    Business Finances are dealt with in their own section in a thorough manner which looks at establishing your own business, scams, insurances and tax issues that must be clearly understood.

    One of the more fascinating sections is Creating a Prosperous Mindset which looks at the psychology of your background, childhood influences and how to reset your thinking to allow you to prosper; to develop a positive mindset to future financial planning.

    Section 7, You Can Prosper looks at why you should consider working with a financial planner, where to find one and how to make sure they are well trained professionals. This comes with a Top 10 Checklist which then leads onto Final Words which is filled with encouragement to help you embrace your journey into a sound financial future.  In her words, ‘…your financial well-being in not just a goal to attain, but a path to liberation and self-discovery.’

    The Resources Guide is an absolute treasure trove of information to be read, viewed and listened to for those who want to develop a sound understanding around the world of finances.

    I highly recommend She Can Prosper as a book that should be given to every young woman commencing their working life, whether it be on a career pathway or otherwise, to any woman struggling to financially survive or any woman who wants to ensure they have a secure financial future.

  • Financially Fit Women

    Financially Fit Women

    Financially Fit Women from Amanda Thompson is an impressive work, not just for the amount of information it contains on wealth generation and management but for the immense thought, detail and style of presentation that has gone into generating a book that will rapidly become every woman’s best friend already in business or considering commencing their own business, but is finding the pathway far trickier financially than ever imagined.

    With a background in wealth management and an Award winning Financial Advisor, single mother of two daughters and owner of Endurance Financial she has set out on a mission to empower, support and train women to follow their dreams and succeed.

    Introducing herself she sets out her personal life goals and how she became an inspiring force within the world of Finance. This expands to begins a very clear and concise course, if you like, in understanding the financial side of business and how to negotiate as well as accept that money is nothing to be afraid of but must be understood and embraced if the business is to succeed in the first instance and grow in the second.

    Throughout the chapters she lists at various stages her Top Five Financially Fit Tips, also listed at the end of the book, to illustrate the importance of what is being discussed. Goals, wages, spending, the unexpected, long term investment, retirement, selling, estate planning and much more are all clearly set out, which not only helps understand their importance but helps establish a series of future goals to work towards.

    Step by careful step, with an affirmation at the end of each chapter, along with Reflections and Lessons and a five-point series of worksheets, every aspect of creating Financial Fitness is detailed, analysed and carefully explained in language that is comfortable and easy to understand, which makes Financially Fit Women ideal for women from all walks of life.

    An excellent Glossary of Financial Terminology has been included at the conclusion of the book, so should you find yourself lost in a sea of unfamiliar terminology, help is quickly at available. There are also links to the various Course available that can be taken to further understand managing finances.

  • The Property Wealth Blueprint: How to build a robust portfolio to generate passive income and live the life you desire

    The Property Wealth Blueprint: How to build a robust portfolio to generate passive income and live the life you desire

    Investing is a subject that is often fraught with difficulties, a good amount of fear of the unknown and at the bottom the list of emotions, a desire to be able to become debt free, have a good work life balance and the ability to give back; to simply enjoy life.

    Rasti Vaibhav learned at an early age the power of understanding finance, with the death of his father leaving the young teenager as the sole male with the task of supporting his family through the dark days.

    Entrepreneurship seemed to be a natural calling as he saved up his pocket money, purchased a collector series of comic books, renting them out to friends from a stall in his parent’s backyard at a very young age. Realising that a good education was important he also understood that being competitive was a necessity to be able to succeed in a chosen field, which for him was Finance.

    Over his years as an Equities Analyst and Portfolio manager for the Big 4 Banks in Australia it became apparent that property was the foundation to sound investment. The Property Wealth Blueprint is the result of his years of doing what he loves best, helping people grow their wealth.

    Not an overly long book Vaibhav sets out the rules, or strategies that he has found work well to create a property wealth blueprint, which if followed will reap benefits, allowing anyone who wants to put the time and effort into developing their property portfolio to be able to make a comfortable lifestyle choice.

    Chapter one sets out exactly what it is you are reading about as it asks the very pertinent question ‘Start with your why,’ which immediately makes you think about why you wish to learn more about investing and what you wish to achieve.

    Many times throughout the book Vaibhav says that property investment must be taken seriously. Like any other business, a sound plan needs to be developed and an understanding of how the property market works, the highs and lows, when to buy and sell and when to use leverage, a most important aspect of expanding your property portfolio needs to be learned and understood. Effectively property investment needs to be treated like any other undertaking, researched, managed and respected.

    His emphasis on developing a team of advisers and specialists to guide you in your investing is also important, as they can help you through difficult patches, even though at first glance they seem to be a waste of money that could be used to gain another property.  Relating to this is the most informative chapter, Habits of Ineffective Property Investors; those who only last one or two properties and fail to grasp opportunities, sadly many.

    By the last page you will be well informed about property investment and on the road to building a sound asset base which will, over time and attention grow into achieving lifetime goals.

    The Property Wealth Blueprint really is a must read for anyone who is contemplating or already in the process of building a property portfolio.

  • The Freedom Formula Live More, Work Less and Leave a Legacy with Property

    The Freedom Formula Live More, Work Less and Leave a Legacy with Property

    ‘Money is not everything but it ranks right up there with oxygen’ is a quote from Zig Zeigler and underwrites two of the basic tenants of life, which Bushy Martin has expounded upon, with his tried and true formula for generation of wealth to achieve what is often seen as only a dream for many; that of a secure, healthy, work life balance.

    Over the past twenty years Bushy Martin and wife Sonya have developed a program that will allow you, the time poor, stressed to the max professional, to reap the rewards of careful investing, good growth strategies and be able to enjoy ‘living the dream’ for real.

    Written in three parts The Freedom Formula begins with Get Invested, the abbreviated version of The Freedom Formula Parts II and III. Get Invested asks all the hard questions, sets the challenges and makes you think ‘is this for you’ and ‘am I brave enough to pick up the gauntlet’, feel the fear of the unknown, follow a proven strategy and succeed, and if not, you are asked to pass on the books to someone who will value and accept the advice contained within.

    It is also as previously said, the shortcut for those who have dabbled a little with investment, but need to clear a pathway through to bigger and better strategies. The main book The Freedom Formula Part II and III contains the entire strategy for those seriously thinking about or ready to look further than the annual salary and a maybe a pension when they retire.

    The Freedom Formula is unashamedly aimed at the professional who can see that what is going on in their life is anything but good, is searching for a better way forward, but feels that there is not enough time in the week to do anything about thinking further than the next meeting, project or family crisis. Bushy Martin offers that once the initial work is undertaken, and by working with a team of talented property professionals, and the formula for success is established, a far better lifestyle is there for the taking.

    Based on his own and his family’s experiences, and a reality check when he found himself, homeless, broke, divorced and depressed, his unique approach to property investment for the long haul will ensure that your future is what you want to make of it, and that the life balance required can be achieved.

    Set out in clear, easy to follow and understand sections, the strategy can be applied to many aspects of life, as it is based on the fundamental questions, ‘what do I want out of life’ and ‘how much am I prepared to do to achieve my goals/dreams/ passions?’

    At no stage does Bushy Martin advocate the get rich quick philosophy, rather the staider, if you like, well thought through approach to long term investment and therefor long-term gain; one that will hold fast well into old age and beyond, which many may see as a hare and tortoise scenario, but as the fable does tell, the slow, steady approach won out at the end of the race.

    By the end of the books you will have a far better understanding of investing for the long haul, property strategies and market cycles, how, when and why to invest, who to seek out when developing your ‘team’ and importantly, much more about you and your visions and goals.

    If you are truly desirous of changing your lifestyle to one that will see the generation of wealth, offer a richer, in all contexts, and far more relaxed lifestyle, give you a sense of freedom and security The Freedom Formula is one that should be explored, considered, activated and enjoyed.