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Don’t wait until your reputation is tarnished...

So, I was working out at the gym yesterday and I caught a story on the news.

It was about one of Australia’s leading private universities, Notre Dame, and how they had leaked peoples tax file numbers as a result of a cyber-attack.

Did you see it?

No matter what people say that bad press doesn’t matter, I would say that it does.

Just ask Optus, Medibank Private, HWL Ebsworth and many others who have suffered something similar.

It’s not just the bad press, it’s the time you could be otherwise using to do productive things, it’s the stress and anxiety of dealing with the media.

It’s also the financial penalties of paying ransoms, government fines, “brand” damage and the list goes on.

The government can declare it illegal to “sell” the information, but that doesn’t help if the people buying and selling that information are in countries without extradition treaties with Australia.

Regrettably, it also doesn’t stop the person who buys that information from using to steal someone’s identity and run up credit fraud in that person’s name.

It certainly doesn’t give you your time, your money or your pride back either and these things are priceless.

Now before you dismiss this, because your “too busy” or “too small” to be a target.

I’d urge you to imagine you were the one facing the press, explaining why you’d let someone’s identity be stolen and how you would feel.

Now I want you to imagine how you would feel, explaining to a long-term client, someone you’ve known for years, you might even consider them a friend, why you had let it happen.

Unfortunately, you’ll realise, doing nothing is a lose-lose scenario, and you will lose.

Naturally, and it goes without saying, you want to do everything possible to discover what you can do to avoid this happening to you.

Now, if you’re ready to discover that, then I encourage you to purchase a copy of my book by clicking here https://protectyourlegacybook.com/order

It will cost you less than a take away coffee bought every week for a month. It’s the cheapest advice anyone can get from me and it will help you, if you apply it.

Dedicated to helping you protect your income, family’s livelihood and reputation.

Cheers
Aaron

P.S. You may think I’m “too aggressive”, or an “ambulance chaser”. However, a mentor of mine a long time ago told me if you truly believe what you do can help people, then you have a fiduciary duty to do everything you can to convince them it’s in their best interest to engage you.

Do you share a similar story?

Some of you who get and read my print newsletter, maybe aware that my grandmother had pancreatic cancer. Unfortunately, she lost her battle with this around the middle of January.

Has someone close to you, fallen victim to and lost their battle to the dreaded C?

Now I’ve been lucky, I believe, to have my grandparents on both sides of the family still alive for most of my life. For a while I also had great grandparents when I was a kid.

Luckily, I still have grandparents alive today.

My mum battled Breast Cancer, touch wood, she has won that battle.

My Aunt also beaten cancer as well.

I tell you this as May is Cancer Awareness Month typically with Biggest Morning Tea events held around Australia.

Even if you can’t attend an event, look to make a donation, above $2 is a tax deduction, which you can do so by clicking here https://donate.cancerwa.asn.au/tax-appeal.

I’ve been donating what I can, because at some point, we all know someone who has been diagnosed with it. I hope for yours and your family’s sake, you never do.

I’m not one for leaving things to hope though, I’m a firm believer in Prior Preparation or the 5P rule.

Check the P.S. below for another way you can steps to avoid a major disaster.

Dedicated to helping you protect your income, family’s livelihood, your reputation and your firm/business.

Cheers
Aaron Fisher

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We’ll then be able to talk about your goals and how we can help you towards achieving them.