Koochie's Guide to Keeping it Real

by David Kock

Genres: Nonfiction

Paperback

Published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[David Maywald · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a surprisingly revealing read, including glimpses into his relationship with wife Lib and their four grown children (three daughters and one son). Published in 2006, so some of the technical details are out-of-date (such as super and tax/welfare). However, much of the principles and philosophy remains relevant.

Kochie integrates financial planning and management into every aspect of the lifecycle for typical people. There is quite a lot of material relevant to marriage and raising a family. Thankfully we are spared the “Dad jokes” for the most part.

With David Koch recently announcing his retirement from Sunrise, this is a look back on his early years in the role as well as his fascinating life prior to television…

Worth flicking through, or a cruisy summer read (especially for younger people).

[Bec · Rating 4 out of 5]

The best part of this book is David's explaination of the explaination of Australian taxes in Chapter 9 (pg. 216 - 217). The other two chapters was on investment and retirement. Probably the best money book I've read so far (although it was slow for me at start).