By Matt Hern on February 18, 2010
I am often asked by clients and seminar attendees how I changed careers and how I found my passion for financial education and planning. In this article I share some of my story and recommend two resources for identifying your passion.
Posted in Profitable Passions & Careers | Tagged book reviews, career advice, success formulas
By Matt Hern on December 11, 2009
My last article on Making Money Writing About Your Passion prompted this enquiry from regular reader, Nick:
“how can you generate an income stream from e-marketing and even sales of products of your expertise and knowledge”
You can make money from your expert ideas in your head – it’s called thought leadership. (I also recently wrote about [...]
Posted in Profitable Passions & Careers
By Matt Hern on December 7, 2009
Ever since I was in high school I have striven to discover how to pursue my passions and make money doing so. Technological and social advances in the last decade have made this possible for us all with very little investment of money. You just start out investing your time, which is fine because you [...]
Posted in Profitable Passions & Careers | Tagged personal brand
By Matt Hern on November 19, 2009
Today, KPMG partner Bernard Salt is a well known commentator in the media as a perceived expert on demographics, especially in relation to its impact on property.
In his article in The Australian today Bernard Salt shares some of his lessons from his media journey, which started twenty years ago at the age of 32. It [...]
Posted in Profitable Passions & Careers | Tagged career advice, personal brand
By Matt Hern on April 28, 2009
Are you worried about how you will cope if your job is made redundant? Is this occupying your mind for too much of the day, taking some of the joy out of life or even worse, causing you to lose sleep?
If you have the three elements shared in this video in place then you can [...]
Posted in Retrenchment | Tagged Global financial crisis, redundancy advice, video
By Matt Hern on April 25, 2009
Worried about how you will cope if you lose your job? Follow the DR ABC of Redundancy First Aid to reduce your immediate stress and be confident you will survive. The advice is also great to keep in mind just in case you are one of the first on the scene when someone close to [...]
Posted in Retrenchment | Tagged Global financial crisis, recession, redundancy advice
By Matt Hern on February 3, 2009
In a presentation last Thursday night, Australian Taxation Office (ATO) second commissioner Jennie Granger said that of the 2,200 employers selected and visited since July 2008, around 1,045 had not met their superannuation guarantee obligations. (Reported here.)
With many small businesses struggling with cash flow at the moment it can be very tempting for them to [...]
Posted in Earning | Tagged Global financial crisis, superannuation