That’s the way I look at our marriage. Yes, we’re parents, uncles and aunties, friends and bosses, but at our core we’re just two big kids doing our best to create a life for our kids that makes us proud.

Success isn’t found in the eyes of others: buying things you don’t need, with money you don’t have, to impress people you won’t know in 20 years’ time.

Sixty-two per cent of Australians believe they cannot afford to buy everything they really need. When we consider that Australia is one of the world’s richest countries and that Australians today have incomes three times higher than in 1950, it is remarkable that so many people feel their incomes are inadequate.

At any stage of the game – regardless of your educational level, upbringing or age – you can decide to leapfrog the pettiness of people to achieve your goals. When you make a commitment and have the courage to stick with it through thick and thin, you’ll double your income – and more.

Baumeister says that people who succeed don’t have more willpower than you: they just develop better daily routines and habits, which after a while become automatic and require less thought – less conscious energy.