**This Classic Edition has been updated for 2022 and beyond**
THE ALL-TIME #1 AUSTRALIAN BESTSELLER
This is the only money guide you’ll ever need.
That’s a bold claim, given there are thousands of finance books on the shelves.
Yet there’s a reason this book is in one in every 20 Australian homes.
You’ll find out how to create an entire financial plan that is so simple you can sketch it on the back of a serviette … and you’ll be able to manage your money in 10 minutes a week.
The Barefoot Steps stand the test of time. In this classic edition, you’ll get the skinny on:
- Saving up a six-figure house deposit in 20 months
- Doubling your income using the ‘Trapeze Strategy’
- Saving $77641 on your mortgage and wiping out almost 7 years of payments
- Handing your kids (or grandkids) a $140000 cheque on their 21st birthday
- Why you don’t need $1 million to retire …with the ‘Donald Bradman Retirement Strategy’
Sound too good to be true? It’s not.
This book is full of stories from everyday Aussies - single people, young families, empty nesters, retirees - who have applied the Barefoot Steps, freed themselves from crippling debt and achieved amazing, life-changing results.
And you’re next.
Table of Contents
Read this first xi
Prelude: Living Barefoot xiii
The alpaca attitude xvii
Part 1: Plant
Step 1: Schedule a Monthly Barefoot Date Night 4
Money talk is better with garlic bread and wine 7
Barefoot banking 13
The world’s cheapest super funds 23
Your insurance sorted in one beer 37
How to live like a multimillionaire right now 47
Step 2: Set Up Your Buckets 58
The Serviette Strategy 61
Step 3: Domino Your Debts 76
Removing the brainwashing 79
Domino your debts (except your HECS-HELP and your home) 91
Part 2: Grow
How to double your income 109
Step 4: Buy Your Home 120
How to buy your home in 20 months 123
Step 5: Increase Your Super to 15 Per Cent 140
Your Golden Ticket - becoming an investor 143
The automatic millionaire - how to put your investing on autopilot 159
Should I buy an investment property? 171
How to be a hero - investing for your kids (or grandkids) 179
Step 6: Boost Your Mojo to Three Months 190
The power of Mojo - never worry about money again 193
Part 3: Harvest
Step 7: Get the Banker off Your Back 202
The curious case of the postcode povvos 205
How to save $77 641 and wipe almost seven years off your mortgage 209
Step 8: Nail Your Retirement Number 218
The Donald Bradman Retirement Strategy - why you don’t need $1 million to retire 221
Finding your financial advisor on Tinder 235
It’s not about you - a gift for your family 243
Step 9: Leave a Legacy 246
Building your legacy - a very special Barefoot Date Night 249
Freedom starts today - you don’t have to wait 257
We’ll meet again 261
I’ve got this 263
A final word 264
Where to get more info 265
Index 269
