For years I have tried to meditate, spend time on mindfulness and tried to relax and calm my busy entrepreneurial monkey mind. I’ve used apps, I’ve used guided videos and I’ve revised my Miracle Morning (one of the modules that we teach on Property Entrepreneur) but it’s never quite worked for me. I’ve either fallen …
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Being the best is the new being the biggest
Being the biggest is something that many of us strive towards, we want to be the biggest business, portfolio, offices team. The reality is there’s been a fundamental shift in recent years where being the best is actually better than being the biggest. For years I’ve strived to build some of the biggest property businesses …
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I am a man of service
I’ve always been a hard grafter with a very strong work ethic and when I reflect on last year of frugal hedonism and all the things that I’ve achieved, I realise that the things that give me most fulfillment are the things that I do for other people. This may be in the shape of …
Don’t bail the boat out with your own bucket
When we went into the first lockdown and everybody feared for their businesses, the first thing I said to our Property Entrepreneurs was don’t worry about what we’re heading into, this is a social and health consideration not a commercial or economic one. My suggestion to them was that there was no need to shift …
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GREAT IDEAS COME FROM SPACE, TIME AND TIME
This mantra is accredited to John Cleese on ‘Creativity In Management’ where he talks about the importance of having space, time and time to really facilitate creativity. It’s easy when we get busy to just turn up, get on the treadmill and run a million miles an hour trying to catch up. For entrepreneurs and …
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Happiness comes from fulfilment, not from finances
In 2019, I decided to level up everything that I did in my life which included a bigger house, a brand-new Mercedes, an R8 Supercar and sought enjoyment and satisfaction in life from the tangible things. At the end of the year, I had all the materialistic things that symbolise success but I had a …
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For the Easy Life, Pay Good People Good Money
There is a saying we use on Property Entrepreneur – “If you think hiring a professional is expensive, wait until you pay for an amateur.” Whether it’s trades, professional services, employees, or suppliers, opting for the cheapest tends to be a false economy. As we build our businesses, we realise that our team should be …
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Time Off is a Requirement, Not a Luxury
As a lifelong entrepreneur, established high performer and self-confessed workaholic, I’ve spent years begrudging early finishes, never taking lunch breaks, feeling like I should work when on holiday and slipping on to the laptop at weekends. Having been completely overworked and close to burnout, I adopted a stricter lifestyle. I took time off. Previously, I …
Hire Slow, Fire Fast
We’ve heard this before but it’s probably one of the last things that we actually execute in practice. When recruiting, we feel panicked and rush to find somebody. This ends in compromising and getting someone who may not quite fit but may remain in the business for some time. I learned it’s better to have …
Fast growth is highly disruptive
We’ve had several periods of growth at PPN UK and many of these have been aggressive. For five consecutive years, we were in the top 2% of fast growth companies in the UK but it is not a journey for the faint hearted. Businesses grow in a cyclical fashion – they need to step change, …
