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    What the Helens?
    Helen Chorley
    • Apr 12
    • 1 min

    What the Helens?

    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?’
    Helen Chorley
    • Mar 22
    • 1 min

    ‘What do you love most about being a woman?’

    ‘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?
    Helen Chorley
    • Mar 15
    • 1 min

    Do things get easier or harder, when you’re working on your mindset?

    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...
    Helen Chorley
    • Feb 16
    • 1 min

    Don't be afraid to look foolish...

    ‘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
    STRENGTHS... Winning Others Over
    Helen Chorley
    • Jan 26
    • 1 min

    STRENGTHS... Winning Others Over

    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
    The right handle..
    Helen Chorley
    • Jan 19
    • 1 min

    The right handle..

    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
    What I've learnt in 57 days of quarantine in 2021
    Helen Chorley
    • Dec 21, 2021
    • 1 min

    What I've learnt in 57 days of quarantine in 2021

    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
    Have you heard of the 'Abilene Paradox'?
    Helen Chorley
    • Dec 20, 2021
    • 1 min

    Have you heard of the 'Abilene Paradox'?

    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
    Helen Chorley
    • Dec 16, 2021
    • 2 min

    You have to fight for your money

    👉 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
    Having our shit together
    Helen Chorley
    • Nov 10, 2021
    • 1 min

    Having our shit together

    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
    Mental Health Awareness Week
    Helen Chorley
    • May 11, 2021
    • 1 min

    Mental Health Awareness Week

    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
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