I have been trying to get my 12 year old daughter at least a little bit interested in the idea of trading and doing some of the things that my wife and I do, such as share trading, options and real-estate. It wasn't working but recently I got her attention. Now she is pulling out spreadsheets and working out how to make a profit. But how?

Now our lounge room is no ordinary lounge room.

When I grew up and I fought with my brothers, my mum and dad would say "Don't fight". They would intervene to stop the arguments but they didn't teach me ways to stop an argument. So when my children started fighting and yelling and screaming at each other, I decided to teach them a range of techniques to stop the fighting.

These techniques work equally well with adults as with children but I am going to focus just on teaching children these techniques.

What is the benefit of a health and fitness plan? When you are healthy and fit, you have better mental alertness, you respond quicker, you relax more under pressure, and you are able to wind down out of stressful situations by getting exercise.

Some people when they relate exercise to the idea of going to a gym or going to a sport and working out so hard after the training that it actually hurts.

Cholesterol and fat: A lot of people relate cholesterol and fat as if they were the same thing. Is cholesterol made of fat, is cholesterol a type of fat, and is cholesterol found in fat?

Cholesterol is found in fat but cholesterol is not fat. Cholesterol in your blood stream is like the plaque on your teeth, it actually builds up. Cholesterol has a purpose in your body.

I met a guy on the weekend at a party. He was a pastor at a local church and had been retrenched. He had gone into part time work and was looking for a full time job. It reminded me of when I was out of work for 18 months in the last I.T. recession. So I told him about how I applied for 300 jobs in a 10 week period.

When I was unemployed, I treated my job interviews as my job.

Have you ever had an argument with your partner about money? Has he or she spent more than they should? Have you over-spent and tried to cover it up to avoid a fight? I have developed a system to stop the arguments over money. I have been married for nearly 14 years and we never ever fight about money.

I will provide some simple steps for you to take to stop the arguments over money permanently but before I get to that I will make a disclaimer.

Once you have decided on your big goal, it's time to start putting resources in place that you need. Firstly, complete a Concept Card (1), fill in the details of your coach, key advisors and key resources but right now I am only going to talk about selecting a coach.

You will probably have to pay for coaching one way or another and the reason to have a coach is to avoid the pitfalls along the way and to not start off by developing bad habits.

If you are stressed in almost any situation, chances are you need to relax more. Before we go there, let me talk about relaxing under pressure in sport and then we can talk about business and family situations.

I was down at the Martial Arts center the other day and I was training, doing a new drill that I haven't done before. As I was practicing the routine, one of the Black Belts came up to me and said 'relax' and I'm thinking "I am relaxed".

Do you have a burning desire to achieve in a sport, hobby, talent or business venture but you never seem to have the time or money to achieve it?

Today I am going to talk about the importance of budgeting in relation to goal setting. For years and years I have set goals but I never used to fully fund the goals.

Before I had a home loan it was pretty easy actually, I would make a list with my family of all the things we wanted the following month.

You might think that some people are just naturally successful and others are not. Perhaps that is true but I have discovered that achieving success is a skill. It cuts across most areas of human activity including health and fitness, gambling and investments.

I already have a black-belt in karate but I am now training in a mixed-martial arts style and my instructor wants me to attempt my black-belt grading in this style in about 2 months from now.