An Analogue Man in a Digital World

1 Mans Musical & Business Journey from the 1960’s Till Now

I Am A Child Of the 1960’s

My 1st 45 That My Mum Bought Me

For The Kids that is a funny black small thing that has a hole in it & turns around

1969 - Saw Man land on the Moon live

Got a 1/2 Day Off School !!!

I Grew Up In The 1970’s

Long Hair Blue Jeans Bell Bottoms Mexican Jackets…..Analogue rules !!!

1973 - Bought My 1st LP with own cash

Turns Out It Is A Classic As Well

School Days

Record that Impacted on Me as Teenager

Long Hair Big Guitars & Swivelling Hips I Couldn't Believe What I Was Seeing On Countdown

1st Concert AC/DC & The Angels

apollo stadium - richmond 1977

I started full time employment on 8/12/1980

• Start of my working career

• The end of the days of innocence

Worked in Banking as a Search Clerk getting copies of land titles

Titles held in large old books like ledgers a bit like entering the Munsters Mansion

spent my first pay check

A massive $70 - this LP cost me $20 at the time

Working In The Early 1980’s

• Regulation Mullet Hairstyle &/Or New Romantic (Duran Duran)

• Ciak Shoes (white canvas shoes)

• Skinny Ties & Bright Colours (My Personal Fave - Marone)

Working In The Early 1980’s

• Type 2 finger style on a type writer with carbon paper

• Using analogue adding machines for calculations

• Process all transactions using a ledger machine

• Deliver cheques each day to Head Office for dispatch

• Used to smoke in my tellers box

• Banks open from 10.00 am to 3.00 pm

CMI Fairlight Computer - the move towards digital

• Music then moved forward with CMI in 1980

• Each machine was hand built with expensive components that cost $40,000

• Company Went Broke in Mid 1980’s

1983 - Appointed to the Account Information Data

System Team

• Or AIDS for short

• Went around the countryside converting manual branch accounts to computer based files

Bought a Sony Walkman

who didn’t have one of these

Bought a Compact Disc Player

Indestructible - or so we were told

Late 1980’s

Colours & Hairstyles still haven’t changed……. just yet

Late 1980’s

Growth & sales was all that mattered

$3 Bn Fallout - 1991 State Bank & SA BROKE

1993 - Moved Into Financial Planning

All “Plans” written out in long handsecretary would type some letters

1990’s

• Recession We “Had To Have”

• Bond Market Crash

• Russian/Latin American Crisis

• Long Term Capital Management (LTCM)

• Family/Kids/House/Mortgage

• Tech Boom

1999 - The Start Of Download

Napster Peaked in February 2001 & was closed down by July 2001 Broke by Mid 2002 *#$$%## Metallica !!!

Keith Richards – I Never Had A Problem With Drugs

ONLY PEOPLE !!!!

2020 Financial Planning

Started March 1st 2000

Tech Wreck Started March 10th 2000

Since 2000

• 9/11

• Iraq War

• Credit Boom

• Lehman Brothers

• GFC

• Rudd/Gillard/Rudd…

AHA MOMENT !!!

MORE THAN RICH, MORE THAN FAMOUS, MORE THAN EVER BEING HAPPY,

I WANTED TO BE GREAT

2007

IPOD Touch

I waited until the better tech was released

Today - IPhone 5S

LOVE IT

What I’ve Learned from Business

• People & Relationships matter

• Stay True To Yourself & Your Values

• Treat Others How You Would Like To Be Treated Yourself

• Determination & Persistence Pays Off

• Never Stop Asking How Can I Do Things Better

WHAT I’VE LEARNED ABOUT MUSIC

ROCK N’ ROLL AINT NOISE POLLUTION !!

Richie Parsons Rock N’ Roll Adviser

Richie Parsons left a well paid job to start a financial planning firm from scratch. He is active in Social Media & is passionate about people making smart choices with money. For more information contact Richierichie@2020fp.com.auwww.2020fp.com.autwitter.com/2020fpyoutube.com/2020fp