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PROLOGUE:

As I browsed through a community newsletter a small notice caught my eye. Someone by the name of Phil Strong was running a financial seminar, spread over four weeks. I was interested. I had recently finished university, got married, and started my first full-time job. I loved learning about money and the brief description of the seminar sounded interesting.

Heading along to the first-ever Wisemoney seminar there were just ten people in the room including Phil, the presenter. We sat around a large table and with whiteboard scribbling, large hand-drawn posters, and a few worksheets, Phil shared with us the foundational principles of financial success.

The principles were life-changing. Even though I considered myself to be excellent with money, and we had paid cash for our recent gorgeous wedding, it revolutionised our planning and our focus. We applied all we could, yet I knew there was more good content than I could remember. A year later I attended a second Wisemoney seminar and was once again immensely inspired. I wish I had remembered more the first time. We could have achieved so much more!

From witnessing the smallness of the first-ever seminar I have seen the influence and demand for Phil’s message increase exponentially. It started with a local community organisation asking Phil to run the seminar on a regular basis throughout the year. Demand started to increase, so I joined Phil to systemise and package the seminar to take it bigger. And bigger it grew. We started to receive phone calls from other cities asking: ‘Please bring your seminar to us!’ Businesses came on board sponsoring the events, paying for all the costs and re-booking us immediately after the seminar to come back to their city.

Most importantly, lives were being changed. I have seen hundreds, no, thousands of people – singles, couples, and families – be inspired by Phil’s teaching and then go on to make huge transformation in their lives.

People like Nicki, who sent an email saying: “Going to a Wisemoney seminar was the best financial decision that my partner and I have ever made.” Or Waituhi, who raves: “Applying your teaching has given me total control of my money and I LOVE THAT!”

I have watched Phil’s influence grow as requests have come in for seminars, articles, radio interviews, TV appearances and now, due to constant demands, the principles he teaches are set forth in this book.

I expect this will be a book you’ll want to read more than once. If you’re anything like I was learning these principles for the first time, you’ll absorb and apply all you can and then still find valuable gems a second and third time through. It has been a pleasure working with Phil to write this book, but the real pleasure will come in hearing your story of financial success. That’s when we will know we have really succeeded.

Josh Moore