Can we talk about ‘financial security’? You know, that elusive thing we are all trying to create, ALL the time. ‘I’ve got to get on the property ladder.’ 🏡 (or ‘I’ve got to buy MORE properties!’ 🤓) ‘Investing is where it’s at. You’ve got to start NOW.’ 💱 ‘A few more years in this role (that is killing my soul) and I reckon I’ll have enough security to relax a little.’ 😩 Bloody hell. It’s a life-long job, really, isn’t it? 🤪 An undefined yet all-compassing role we are all

‘What do you love most about being a woman?’ Asked someone a couple of weeks ago on International Women’s Day. I sent them a list! Divided into two categories though...those which are no surprise to me (have felt them all along, many women will have shared the same) and those which grew unexpectedly with age and experience 😯💫 like: 🚺🚹 Having the ability to be in a feminine or more masculine energy as I need (and when it’s appropriate). For me personally, my masculine ener

Do things get easier or harder, when you’re working on your mindset? 😂🧠 Those writing the books say it’s like the layers of an onion, you peel one away satisfyingly (through the tears 😅) only to reveal 32,942,000 more layers 😂 I think we spend A LOT of time searching for the things we need and want. We make all these plans and strategies to get it. When it doesn’t produce the results we want we: 💪 Work harder 💪 Try to work faster In short, we put more effort in. (Well,

‘Don’t be afraid to look foolish.’ #11 from the ’12 Rules for (a Stoic) Life’ from DailyStoic Yesss, I agree. But how?? 😅😂😂 ‘If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.’ Epictetus Wait, AND be CONTENT with it. That’s a tall order, Epictetus. Beginning to think Epictetus was the Simon Sinek of his day. Strong social media strategy. Between wine and grapes 🍷 Did Epictetus know about cancel culture though?! 😂 Did he know about mansplaining? (Was he

How do you win people over? 🤔 It’s a bit of a hairy question in property and investing 🤪 As too many of us know, it can sound like: 💸 Being sucked into a false deal 💸 Being fed some high-profile nonsense 💸 Kissing good-bye to hard-earned cash into poor investments… I’m asking because I recently had a conversation with brilliant coach Amy Rowlinson about my strengths - one of which is actually WOO. Not that ‘woo’ 🔮😂 although yes to that too 🧠😂 Winning others over (WOO

Someone let me down on my birthday 😔 Yes I was upset, annoyed, even hurt. But as it happens, not long after, I read this post (thanks Universe for the nudge 💫) from @dailystoic on Instagram which made me think - how am I choosing to handle this? It’s ’12 Rules for (a Stoic) Life’ 😅 and it was #4 which caught my eye: ‘Every event has two handles; one by which it can be carried, and one by which it can't. If your brother does you wrong, don't grab it by his wronging...Instea

I spent 5️⃣7️⃣ days in quarantine this year 😳 Yes, you read that right, 57! Out of 365! (That’s 16% of my year 🤓🧮) And I really want to tell you about people 'in charge' of the situation and how much I don't rate being criminalised whenever I... just come back to my homes 😡 But... I'm going to talk about what I learnt 📚 Because it seems despite highly questionable situations, we are always given the opportunity to learn something - at least about ourselves 🤪 Here are so

What happens if you 'go with the crowd' on Xmas day? 😂🤪💥🤛 🎅🏽🤯🎄 Well... Have you heard of the 'Abilene Paradox'? 🤔 My final 2021 article for Property Investor News is actually perfect to reflect what can happen on Xmas day, if people don't speak up! And of course, what happens in property investment... The Abilene Paradox describes a situation where ‘a group of people collectively decide on a course of action that is COUNTER to the preferences of many or all of the in

👉 You have to fight for your money 👈 #investors I wish it wasn’t the case. But when it comes to being taken for a ride by an evasive property developer, it’s not going to work for you to keep taking their excuses ⛔️💰 😡 They’ll continue moving the date 😡 You’ll be last on the list of priorities 😡 They’ll find the money for those people who cause the most noise 🗣 I’m talking about this because for so many lovely investors I know, the idea of ‘fighting’ anyone or having t

Last week someone told me I look like I always 'have it together.' Ummm... 😂☠️😳🥴 I was thinking “if only they knew!” 😂 On another meeting the same week, I was discussing feeling like I'm in the quagmire, the 'grey of life' and how draining that can be 😅😂 I think it's normal to always believe everyone else has their sh*t together, and we're the ones scrabbling around, trying to make sense of it all 🧠. I'm pretty sure I think it about other people too. I think it's human

When I worked on the trading floor, I KNEW certain things were 'unhealthy…’ 🥴 Redbull for breakfast 😶 3-4 hours sleep a night. On a quiet week… 🍟The food I ate regularly. If I could get to actually eating… What wasn’t so obvious were the many layers of mental stress, that you simply didn’t have time to process. In such an environment of stimulation and pressure, your brain does adapt. Oh it does! No sooner is one loss down than another is being fought against. But the mind