Ikigai Blog

Articles, insights, and practical life-centred advice to help you align your wealth with your life.

From Brisbane, supporting Australians Australia-wide.

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Understanding Your Money Story

Your money story controls a major part of your financial future. Those experiences you absorbed as a child shaped your opinion of and ability to manage money in several different ways.

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Mind Your Mindset

Our thoughts about money come from our subconscious beliefs which we have developed over many years, starting way back when we were children. We all grew up with different financial backgrounds and family environments which developed our beliefs around money.

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How Ethical is Ethical?

You may think that by excluding businesses like the above from your investments will hurt your investment returns, however on average, ethical funds have actually performed very well over the years, often outperforming their rivals.