Table of Contents

Read this first xi

Prelude: Living Barefoot xiii

The alpaca attitude xvii

Part 1: Plant

Step 1: Schedule a Monthly Barefoot Date Night 4

Money talk is better with garlic bread and wine 7

Barefoot banking 13

The world’s cheapest super funds 23

Your insurance sorted in one beer 37

How to live like a multimillionaire right now 47

Step 2: Set Up Your Buckets 58

The Serviette Strategy 61

Step 3: Domino Your Debts 76

Removing the brainwashing 79

Domino your debts (except your HECS-HELP and your home) 91

Part 2: Grow

How to double your income 109

Step 4: Buy Your Home 120

How to buy your home in 20 months 123

Step 5: Increase Your Super to 15 Per Cent 140

Your Golden Ticket — becoming an investor 143

The automatic millionaire — how to put your investing on autopilot 159

Should I buy an investment property? 171

How to be a hero — investing for your kids (or grandkids) 179

Step 6: Boost Your Mojo to Three Months 190

The power of Mojo — never worry about money again 193

Part 3: Harvest

Step 7: Get the Banker off Your Back 202

The curious case of the postcode povvos 205

How to save $77 641 and wipe almost seven years off your mortgage 209

Step 8: Nail Your Retirement Number 218

The Donald Bradman Retirement Strategy — why you don’t need $1 million to retire 221

Finding your financial advisor on Tinder 235

It’s not about you — a gift for your family 243

Step 9: Leave a Legacy 246

Building your legacy — a very special Barefoot Date Night 249

Freedom starts today — you don’t have to wait 257

We’ll meet again 261

I’ve got this 263

A final word 264

Where to get more info 265

Index 269

About the Author

SCOTT PAPE is the Barefoot Investor. Since 2002, he has reached millions of Australians through his email newsletter, national weekend newspaper columns and appearances on TV and radio. In 2014 Scott and his family lost everything in a bushfire…but what they did next—that’s the real story.