The Get Rich Project

The Barefoot Investor, by Scott Pape, is my one “must have” money/finance book. Much of the early content of the Get Rich Project was inspired1 by chapters in this book.

From the back (emphasis is mine):

At 26, Scott is a successful stockbroker and media commentator. He runs his own weekly finance radio show, chooses to drive […]

I just watched an interesting segment on the news. Stores in the UK are stocking less over this Christmas period so they have less to shift. This comes despite expectations of higher sales this year. The stores are also going to be putting less into their January sales than previous years.

The reason given was consumers are […]

Money comes and money goes, but broken hearts can last forever. By sitting down and talking openly about your finances you may avert a potential disaster down the track. When all is said and done money isn’t as important as our relationships
– The Barefoot Investor (Scott Pape)

Money has long been a high contributor to strife […]

Lets say you, like I did, you wanted a new laptop. At the time, you didn’t have the £1500 to buy it outright, but you had a regular job and have no real outgoings to speak of. You could easily afford to put away £150 or so aside each month. Armed with this knowledge, you […]

I remember hearing long ago there was two types of debt: so-called “Good Debt”, and its counterpart “Bad Debt”. At the time no one took the liberty to explain the differences and it all got lost behind the drink-fuelled excesses of my student days.

Now I’m a (semi) responsible adult, paying for all the past debauchery, […]