2010: What’s ahead?
2009 was an extraordinary year. Australia, luckily, was one of the few developed nations to avoid a recession as a result of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Will 2010 be as taxing on our nerves?
No matter how bad it may have been here, the GFC was significantly more severe in the US, UK and Europe. Certainly, some of our international counterparts continue to suffer weakness in their economies and very high unemployment.
However, it looks like the worst is now behind us, with most economists predicting growth (albeit not strong growth) and falling unemployment during 2010.
For Australia in particular, the future looks …Read More
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It Takes Discipline
The sales team at M ESTATE AGENTS, finds this piece to be great motivation for the year ahead.
IT TAKES DISCIPLINE- BY JUSTIN LANGER
It takes discipline and courage to look a man in the eyes rather than at his feet.
It takes discipline and courage to train when it is wet and cold.
It takes discipline and courage to tell the truth rather than lie.
It takes discipline and courage to keep focused on your dreams.
It takes discipline and courage to master …Read More
Are You Wasting Money on Insurance?
It’s the middle of the night and you’re jolted awake by extreme pain in your chest. You feel like the life is being crushed out of you … you immediately realise you’re having a heart attack. Your partner frantically phones 000 and as you lay clutching your chest waiting for the ambulance to arrive, all you can think about is how your family will be supported if you die.
The pain intensifies.
Hopefully this will never happen to you, but what if it did? Take a moment to think about how your family’s living expenses would be met if your income stopped tomorrow.
The average Australian household spends up to one-third of its gross income on mortgage repayments. Most of us would rely …Read More
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Christmas Plum Pudding Recipe
Make sure that you have the right recipe when it comes to your Christmas Finance!
Ingredients
Good dash of savings or cash, combined with a sprinkling of credit card – not too much or you will ruin the flavour of the Christmas cheer!
Keep within your budget, remember it’s about the thought not the size or value of your gift.
If you feel you can’t stick to this recipe, give Mcorp Money a call and we’ll see what Santa can do for you to make your Christmas more enjoyable to ensure you are left with a great taste in your mouth and not the ugly sour taste of debt.
Now, if you have been good, try the following recipe and enjoy! …Read More
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The incentive to succeed
It’s not what you earn but what you do with it that matters.
Many of Australia’s wealthiest people started out with nothing more than a will to succeed. Despite humble beginnings they used their limited financial resources to great effect and built empires. Yet there are many people on high salaries that have little to show for it after a lifetime of work. …Read More
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How do you eat an Elephant?
4,000 runners took part in the Melbourne marathon last weekend and I was fortunate enough to be one of them. As it was my first marathon I was nervous about how I would hold up having to run 42.195km and after having made it to the finish line I can say I have nothing but respect for people who can complete the run. …Read More
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M Estate Agents Keep “Victorian Bushfire Victims Covered”
Our team members Chris and Maureen
It seems like such a long time ago now that the Bushfires that caused so much destruction & personal hardship in Victoria are hardly mentioned. I guess the horrible dust storm that took Sydney by surprise the other day & the fires up North brought back a few memories especially when we all collected items that we could do without from our homes and hired a bus and transported these goods down to the Bushfire Appeal Centre back in February this year with our team. …Read More
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5 Lost at Sea
You’ve got to see this real life documentary adventure about 5 young people that set off on a sailing trip of a lifetime; not everything goes according to plan, even when the skipper is Jesse Martin, who was the “youngest person in history to sail around the world solo when he was 18, back in 1999”, some of you might remember him sailing back home into Port Philip Bay.
Jesse was part of our mAdventure trip to Antarctica in Feb 2008 and has been a guest motivational speaker at a few of our seminars and put together a short film capturing the most awesome moments of our Antarctic “expedition” and shows his expertise when it comes to filming. You’ll love it, have a look -
Jesse has been pursuing adventures aboard sailing boats for as long as he can remember, & now he has captured on film, the reality of sailing in search of paradise and the confronting reality of the vicious seas as his real life drama unfolds, and he & his 4 best friends get lost at sea!
Come on and support Jesse & be part of this first screening of the Australian Premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival, Sunday August 2nd at 12.45pm at the Greater Union Cinemas, Russell St, Melbourne. Pre purchase your tickets from the link below, as tickets can only be purchased on the day at the Forum Theatre in Melbourne which is a fair walk from the Greater Union Cinemas. Click here to pre purchase ticket.
See you there!
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Introducing the Fred Hollows Foundation
Introducing the Fred Hollows Foundation
MESTATE AGENTS SALES Team is proud to announce that we will be supporting the “Fred Hollows Foundation”. The Fred Hollows Foundation helps developing countries to restore sight to people who are in need and to help them have a better life. The Fred Hollows Foundation has helped restore sight to over 1,000,000 people worldwide since its induction and it continues to grow.
MESTATE AGENTS SALES Team will be giving $200 for every property we sell to the “Fred Hollows Foundation” and we have also put the “Fred Hollows Foundation” logo on our letterheads and on our property boards.
With our donation we will be providing much needed funds to help the “Fred Hollows Foundation” grow and expand its awareness around the world to help give the gift of sight for the future.
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What can we learn from these sic dance moves?
Call it a lack of confidence due to thinking I’ll resemble something looking like Peter Garrett, but I just don’t feel I’ve got the ‘moves’ to pull out and impress those around me and avoid clearing the dance floor.
So I went in search of some sic moves to add to my dance kit and came across this clip, which gave me a bit more confidence:
Now don’t expect to see me out showing moves like the third dude in the black T-shirt who looks like he’s listening to the Divinyls song “I touch myself” or doing summersaults on the dance floor but I do feel a bit better about my chances if someone challenges me to a dance-off after seeing this clip.
What I also found interesting about this footage, aside from the dance moves, was how quickly the numbers grew to the point where people were jumping over each other to get involved. Seeing one person become three, then three become five, then five become ten is a simple example of the extraordinary power of compounding and it made me think …Read More
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