How Tradies Can Build Real Financial Freedom

Mind, Money and Medicine · Aug 15, 2026 · 22m

What happens when you spend decades earning good money but never learn how to make that money work for you?In this episode of Mind, Money & Medicine, I’m joined by David Kennington, a former tradesman who spent more than 30 years working as a Fitter and Machinist in Western Australia’s mining industry before having his own financial wake-up call.After experiencing a painful super fund loss in 2001 and a major financial reckoning in 2019, David decided it was time to understand money for himself. Within a year, he had purchased two investment properties and built a financial strategy designed…