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My journey to financial freedom. Starting the journey with more debt and outgoing then income I want to show that it is possible with the right mindset and guidance that it is possible to turn your financial situation around and live a more inspired life.

Craig Prickett


    • Nov 20, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    Are You Stuck In A Rut?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2022 17:57


    What to do when you're stuck in a rut and can't get out. Here are the top 3 things you need to begin doing. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fivestarthoughts/message

    Question Everything!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2022 23:18


    In today's ep we discuss why you should question everything and believe nothing! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fivestarthoughts/message

    Your fear of public speaking isn't real!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2022 18:47


    We are back to Mythbusting today! Tune in right now to bust your fear of public speaking. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fivestarthoughts/message

    Don't Worry About What You Can't Control, Just Do This

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2022 19:29


    Did you know it's easier to earn more than save more right now? We'd go as far as to say as the system is back to from and here's why! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fivestarthoughts/message

    Are You Where You Want To Be?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2022 21:04


    LISTEN, RATE & LEAVE A REVIEW! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fivestarthoughts/message

    Remain in the Present and Enjoy the Moment

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2022 23:29


    Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery and today is a gift. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fivestarthoughts/message

    Have You Ever Been This Close?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2022 20:05


    If it's worth your time and you're inspired whilst doing it, never give up as you could be three feet from gold and not know it! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fivestarthoughts/message

    Do You Have One Of These? If Not, You Need One!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2022 15:24


    Welcome back to episode 07 of the Five Star Thoughts podcast! Check out this nugget of gold that we have to share with you today that is going to make a positive impact in your life. Check out this nice pad that we have sourced for you HERE to begin your thought journaling today! Listen - Create - Share See you next week! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fivestarthoughts/message

    What Habits Set You Up For A Motivated Day?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2022 23:11


    Craig and Lucas talk you through what habits they believe set you up for your most inspired and motivated day. If you're struggling with planning and mapping your day for success, then check out this great app that we have for you this week at FST called Todoist HERE. We'll catch you next week, right here at the FST podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fivestarthoughts/message

    Rest and Recuperate to Stop These Things Happening

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2022 18:20


    Welcome to episode 5 of the FST podcast. In this episode, we talk to you about why you must rest and recuperate to stop these things from happening to your body, mind and soul. Check it out now and let us know what you think. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fivestarthoughts/message

    How to Overcome Any of Your Fears Today

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2022 23:56


    In this episode, Lucas and Craig walk you through how to break down and dissolve any fear you may be facing at this moment in time. Follow their practical framework overcome your fears today and become the next level you! Click here to view "Breathe"

    What Does Success Look Like To You?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2022 23:21


    In this episode, we talk about what success could look like for you if you were to choose the non-mainstream cookie cut out of what the masses believe it 'should' look like. Your life is full of options you didn't know you even had until today! Enjoy!

    What Does Success Look Like To You?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2022 23:45


    In this episode, we talk about what success could look like for you if you were to choose the non-mainstream cookie cut out of what the masses believe it 'should' look like. Your life is full of options you didn't know you even had until today! Enjoy!

    Let Us Introduce You To Five Star Thoughts

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2022 34:59


    In this episode we are  introducing you to who we are and what the new revamped podcast will be all about You can download your Plan You Life Workbook at www.fivestarthoughts.com To work out your debt to income ratio simply do the following sum Monthly Debts ÷ Monthly Income x 100 = DTI Ratio. 100% = Enslaved Get in touch and let us know how your DTI looks are you working for the banks or are you part of the new rich club and debt-free?

    How did Akil go from working 3 jobs to becoming a consistently profitable trader

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2021 43:39


    On todays episode i speak with Akil Stokes who is a Professional trader, entrepreneur, and globally respected trading coach. In this interview, we talk about his struggles with trading early on and lots more

    60 - Quality of life over a salary

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2021 10:10


    In this episode, I speak about the importance of making sure your quality of life is there and not sacrificing your quality of life for a salary. Also, I give my opinion on a Dan Pena speech where he claims to have no time for friends...

    59 - Electrical engineer to fully financially free by age 30

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2021 50:06


    In this episode I speak with Jason Graystone who After having his first son at the age of 22, Jason didn't want him to go through a childhood like he had where he didn't have a father figure and money always an issue, having to sit in darkness because his parents were unable to afford to pay the electric bills and continually having debt collectors knocking on the door. Though it would take 20 years of saving 15-20% of income and invested into passive funds, Jason managed to gain financial freedom by the age of 30 by using his engineering brain and designing a system in which to speed up the entire process.. I'll be asking some valuable questions about his journey and will be sharing some golden nuggets....One not to be missed!! You can find Jason on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/j_graystone/ To Listen to The Always Free Podcast click here I

    58 - How do you come back from 16 million in the red - Gavin Gallagher

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2021 58:45


     In this episode, I speak with a commercial property expert Gavin. Gavin tells his humbling story of from nothing, to achieving what he perceived to be FULL financial freedom, owning 65 million in assets to losing everything and being 16 million in debt and how having so much success early on in his property career went to his head.  You can listen to Gavins podcast here  https://open.spotify.com/show/7wKeJ5tgh8NlbxmyveeKua?si=o4uRHNnVS12JlTn4BTsTxw&utm_source=copy-link&dl_branch=1

    57 - Insight into property investing With Ryan Luke And Immanuel Ezekiel

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2021 31:00


    In this episode Just a quick update on cutting more expenses, we also have Ryan Luke and Immanuel Ezekiel on with us sharing some insights into property investing and debunking the myth that you need to have a stack of cash to get into the property game.

    56 - How did the certified money coach become a millionaire?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2021 58:18


    In today's episode, I interview the certified money coach Fanny Snaith and quiz her on how she became a millionaire

    55 - All Things Money With Emilie From Millennialsaves

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2021 48:48


    In this episode, I speak with Emilie from Millennial saves who shares how her journey started and how she grew her Instagram following to over 10k If you got value from this episode share to your story and tag @c_prickett94 and @millennialsaves on Instagram

    54 - Don't let debt be the end of you

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2021 21:19


    In this episode, I speak about few different topics but one topic, in particular, I think it's crucial to cover is mental health when it comes to finances and debt because the statistics of people attempting suicide because of finances is staggering. I Also cover accelerated savings which is an extremely powerful way of increasing your savings and it's a way of forcing you to cut your expenses...By putting pressure on your expenses forces you to either cut them or increase your income. Also this week I've updated the mean growth calculator and fill your in on my approach to the market...bearing in mind the market is currently trading 14% above the mean growth of the market. (The market always reverts back to the mean) If you're really struggling check out: https://www.stepchange.org/

    53 - The 5c's to financial freedom

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2021 17:22


    In this episdoe I talk about the 5 C's to financial freedom. Also later on in the episode I discuss about passive investing , and very briefly cut on asset allocation do not build an upside-down pyramid

    52 - How is your Debt to income ratio

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2021 16:30


    In this episode, I just want to go over the debt to income ratio again because l feel it's such an important thing to know, also I talk about the fulfilment curve and how much is enough, when do you know if you have enough... If you had a year off work, all paid for, how would you spend your time?

    51 - Procrastinating and the art of delegation

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2021 10:01


    If you find your self procrastinating ask yourself why...maybe the thing you feel you should be doing just isn't high enough up on your values...is this should something you can delegate so you're able to concentrate on more meaningful and inspiring work. #Procrastination #values #getshitdone #work #motivation #why #findyourwhy 

    50 - How long will it take to double your investments..

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2021 15:08


    In this episode, I go over several different topics, investing, trading, car finance finally gone and those who say they can not afford books there's no excuses The rule of 72 72/8=9 years at 8% annual return to double your investment.

    49 - Everything comes down to mindset

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2021 38:53


    In this episode I speak with Lucas about mindset, we all have tough weeks but it's about how we overcome them and handle that situation.

    48- Create don't consume, document your journey

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 16:50


    Where do you see yourself in 5 years from now, wouldn't it be cool to have something to look back on.  Stop worrying about what other people may think or say about your content and get it out there, you have so much value to give even if you don't know it yet... What have you overcome in the past that you could help others overcome? What frustrations do you have, how could you solve them? I'm sure many others are having to same issues to... head over to prickettsavvy and post into the forum. What are you struggling with right now, either in personal life or business?   you know what they say right, "Ask better questions, get better answers"

    47 - The 4-AM Club

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2021 17:59


    Do you struggle to 'find the time' to do the things you want to do, or is it purely an excuse to not do the things you think you should be doing.. If you are continuously saying I should be doing this or I should do that then the thing you're saying you should be doing isn't high enough up on your values...in this episode, I'm going to introduce you to the 4 am club, the idea of this club is to get the things done you need to get done first thing in the morning when you are most energised, you'll be surprised at what can be achieved in that first hour or 2 without any distractions. This power hour or in my case 2 is going to have a huge impact on your personal development. if you why is strong enough and powerful enough you easily be able to get up out of bed in the mornings and work on the things you want to work on, ideally something that will move you closer and closer to your long term goal.. if you are interested in joining our 4-AM club send a message to either Lucas @ practical life coaching or C_prickett94 on Instagram

    46 - Sold out

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2021 16:03


    After launching the toddler activity books we had to stop the sales as they went mad, we sent a free book to an Instagram account that has a very engaging following. On top of that I secured a new job with a 50% increase in pay, obviously not the path i want to be going down but for now an increase in wage means more more to play with every month..

    45- Are you playing a victim?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2021 13:13


    How quick are you to blame everyone else for the situations you find yourself in rather than owning that situation and looking for ways to learn from it...Instagram c_prickett94

    44- Are we heading for a market crash?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2021 11:43


    With all the opportunities in the markets and watching them over the next few months what will you be doing selling or buying?? I'm predicting a big drop in the market within twelve months...the recent drop and recovery was to quick. Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when ithers ate fearful... With everyone's talking about the stock market cashing out and selling I shall be looking at buying more and more, best thing about a drop-in stock market is you get more bang for your single..

    43 - Ultimate motivation (David Goggins speech)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2021 12:00


    This episode inwant to play you an inspiring David Goggins speech.

    42 - I'm not crazy I'm just not you (david goggins quote)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2021 14:20


    After doing a run at 3:30am Wednesday Morning to allow me the time to get the other things I wanted to do I had to get up a bit ealier than usual people may call you crazy or mad but what it really boils down to is im not them. If you have goals, aspirations and a vision of where you want to be and your why is bigger then yourself you will find the time to spend on improving yourself

    41-Saving for retirement - incomplete strategy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2021 11:48


    In this episode, I put some numbers into the compound interest calculator, and why saving for retirement is an incomplete strategy

    40 - Morning chat 9 to 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2021 33:29


    Lucas and I did a live broadcast on Facebook, here is out Sunday morning chat on the 9 to 5 

    39 - if people are talking about the stocks, its already to late

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2021 12:14


      Www.quittheratrun.com

    38 - How to Remember names

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2021 20:49


    In this episode I will go over an extremely effective way for remembering names - something a lot of people seem to struggle with  TIP = Turn into picture                                                     M - motivation  O - observation  m - mechanics       ¬  BESUAVE ¬ BELIEVE - believe you can do it  EXERCISE - practice the technique ( practice makes progress) SAY THE NAME - repeat the name back to them...(nice to meet you ....) USE THE NAME (don't abuse the name) ask about the name ( how to spell is, what does their name mean etc...) Visualize - Turn into picture  End - End the conversation using the name 

    37 - What does your morning routine look like?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2021 16:16


    How does your morning routine look? Do you find yourself just laying in bed until the very last minute when you have around 10 minutes to get up, dressed and out the door... Do you give yourself time for breakfast to fuel your brain. Try for a week and see how differently you feel about starting the day in a positive light...especially the no phone for 1 hour in the morning.   So in this episode i go over how my morning routine looks and what I've picked up from the last 2 books i've read  Limtless by Jim Kwik:   https://amzn.to/2LNylEf   Think like a monk by Jay Shetty: https://amzn.to/38GXRDR

    36 - The Pomodoro Technique

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2021 16:53


    After starting to read Jim Kwiks book Limitless i would highly recommend implementing this technique to your reading to increase retention https://amzn.to/35hcpb also i cover what i think will happen in the stock market in next month or so

    35 - 26 mile challenge for mental health awareness

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2021 6:57


    So the idea of this challenge is to raise money for mental health awareness and to get people moving. 26 miles accumulated though out January, very achievable I think anyone can do it... https://www.facebook.com/donate/148882033324162/?fundraiser_source=external_url

    34 - Other peoples opinions

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2020 5:34


    Just been listening to a David goggins speech and it's so true, so many of us worry to much on other people's opinions and this ultimately hold us back .https://www.instagram.com/tv/CJduHWkH68q/?igshid=sbw50lpbyj8l

    33 - Increase your productivity, spend less time consuming

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2020 16:54


    So how much time do you spend consuming on social media, especially Facebook... I was spending around 3 hours just scrolling and consuming content on Facebook, now I've un-followed all the accounts that bring nothing to my life other then negativity and am only following people who inspire me and motivate me my time as dropped massively, it's also pushed me into creating more.. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/unfollow-everyone-on-face/pijkodjelolnmbehifeokihlodnajela?hl=en Consume less and create more, time to give back value to others rather then just taking

    32 - Fail to plan, plan to fail

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2020 14:56


    You've probably heard the saying before piss pour planing leads to piss poor performance... It's so true, if you go through life just living day to day you are letting life just happen, without having any plans it's very hard to move forward and progress... Generally when you plan something it happens, may be just a bbq a party or a holiday... But you've planned it and it happened..take control of 2021, set some goals and get some plans in place.

    31 - Good debt vs bad debt

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2020 19:33


    30 - New mic, record on the go..

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2020 14:57


    Brought a new mic, cheap and cheerful..also check out the new site www.prickettsavvy.com got few blogs on there and will be looking at doing 1 a week

    29 - VT (voluntary terminate)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2020 17:33


    So time is getting near when we can finally VT one of the cars, this is going to be a huge step in the right direction to minimizing our overall debt. In this episode i will also briefly go over my brainstorming for a program i'm in the process of putting together

    28 - Hire someone with better skills then yourself

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2020 20:41


    So as you know I've been putting together this debt management tool spent a lot of time on it but could not link up the cells with the correct formulas, so went onto upwork and hire an excel specialist,

    27 - More to it than what meets the eye

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2020 15:48


    So this week I've been concentrating on creating a debt management tool definitely more to it then I originally first thought but will push on and hopefully be able to create a workable tool

    26 - Debt management tool

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2020 12:02


    So this week is a quick update in what I've been up to this week, working on my website, reading and putting together a comprehensive debt management tool www.wedonotc0nsent.com if you would be interested in the debt management tool email me at craigp4294@hotmail.com with the subject debt management tool

    25 - Automate as much as possible

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2020 22:04


    so this episode i talk about the current book i am listening to on audible, the automatic millionaire. The idea is to automate as much as possible to take emotion and thinking out of the equation, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGe90AHAmmg&t=12638s https://amzn.to/3p10Qgz https://amzn.to/3l2NKNq

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