I hugged the man that shook the hand of Muhammad Ali. I engaged in conversation the man who’s conversed with the likes of Dame Edna Everage, Billy Connolly and Madonna. I met the man who's met everyone and I introduced the man who's met everyone to my dad. His arm wrapped around my shoulders as we stood smiling at the camera - and didn't he love it!

Sitting in the front row looking up at Michael Parkinson as he spoke about his life and the people he’s had the privilege to meet, was a mag...

I was walking through my local park the other day. It has a number of areas for fitness training and most of them were being used by people receiving guidance from a personal trainer. The trainer was instructing them on how to do the exercise for maximum results and giving them encouragement to keep going.

When you first go to a personal trainer, they ask you all sorts of questions. How fit are you? What do you eat? How often do you currently exercise? What kinds of exercise do you do? What ...

While a broken arm or leg may not keep you off work, it is an inconvenience and it might put you out of pocket. What would a few thousand extra dollars do for you?

Many good quality Income Protection policies have a feature called ‘Specific Injury Benefit’ that will pay your monthly insured amount for a specific period of time regardless of whether you are totally disabled, need ongoing medical treatment or working. Plus, this benefit is usually payable during your waiting period.

For e...

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At the annual conference I attended recently in Hobart, I had the pleasure of seeing Peter Thornhill deliver a no-nonsense, emphatic and impassioned talk on his favourite topic – the boring world of the sharemarket. He says, “I prefer the safety and security of the sharemarket to risky assets like term deposits.” What the…?

He believes the share markets are guided by forces beyond reason. Their ups and downs can be linked to collective human behaviour, n...