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Jul 29, 20225 min read
Long-Term Investment vs Running a Marathon
Have you ever signed up to run a marathon? Have you ever thought about your long-term investment plans? These two topics might seem...
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Jan 17, 20224 min read
How to Plan For Your Retirement
Depending on your age, the State retirement age in Ireland is between 66 and 68, which is when you’ll receive the Irish State Pension if...
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Nov 23, 20214 min read
What is Financial Planning?
Thinking about your financial future and what you want it to look like requires planning. To regain and maintain control of your life or...
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Oct 21, 20214 min read
3 Reasons Why Financial Planning is Important
Would you take a road trip without checking out the route and destination first? Probably not. To get the best out of the trip, you would...
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Sep 14, 20213 min read
Creating Financial Independence
What do I mean when I say ‘financial independence’? It could mean having enough money to retire early, creating a savings fund, or being...
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Aug 16, 20213 min read
5 Steps to Financial Planning (DREAM)
A life without limits may seem like an unattainable goal if you don’t have a financial plan of action. Looking at your financial life as...
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Jul 19, 20213 min read
Live for Today, Plan for Your Financial Tomorrow
Taking steps to secure your future allows you to live in the moment and enjoy life with your family and friends. We’ve all experienced...
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Jun 15, 20213 min read
Why Put Your Trust in a Financial Advisor?
When dealing with financial management, trust must be built in the early stages of the client and financial advisor relationship. I get...
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May 13, 20213 min read
Planning for Short, Medium, and Long Term Financial Goals
Goal setting may feel better suited to a business brainstorming session or a motivational platform, but understanding your short, medium,...
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Apr 20, 20213 min read
What Age Would You Like to Retire?
Many business owners used the year of lockdowns to review exactly what they wanted to do moving forward. Some have closed their doors...
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Mar 12, 20213 min read
Building a Financial Dream Takes Patience
There is a glimmer of hope on the horizon as we begin to think about life beyond lockdown. All the plans you put on hold at the start of...
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Feb 11, 20213 min read
Are You Reluctant to Plan For The Future?
Have you started to think beyond the current global situation yet? Does it feel like there’s a glimmer of light at the end of this dark...
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Jan 21, 20213 min read
How I Became Ireland’s First Registered Life Planner (RLP®)
Financial Life Planning with Brazil Financial The entire ethos of Brazil Financial is to provide excellent solutions for your financial...
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Dec 16, 20203 min read
Creating a Financial Life Plan for an Unknown Tomorrow
If we’ve learned anything this year it’s that tomorrow is never guaranteed. Understanding and organising your finances is one sure way to...
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Nov 19, 20203 min read
What do you want your financial future to look like?
It may feel like you’ve put your life on hold at the moment. How can you financially plan for the future when the world is in such...
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Oct 13, 20203 min read
Why the life plan is core to financial planning
It is 6 months since the initial impact of Covid-19 hit Ireland like a thunder bolt. We have adapted to our new normal and all the...
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Sep 23, 20201 min read
Pensions, Investment, Protection and the role of Financial Planning
Our latest podcast is now live on our media channels. Looking at pensions, investments, protection and the role of financial planning,...
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Sep 10, 20203 min read
The Planning and Product Relationship
Thoughtful Financial Life Planning I talk a lot about my belief in the importance of Financial Life Planning. About having a process in...
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Aug 14, 20201 min read
From Poet to Life Planner with guest George Kinder
Rory was delighted to be joined on our latest podcast by George Kinder, founder of the Kinder Institute of Life Planning and...
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Aug 5, 20204 min read
Planning & Philosophy in long-term investing
I had a great conversation in my latest podcast in July with David Walls, Head of Investment Sales in Zurich Life. Today I’d like to...
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