I think this is a huge issue that holds a lot of people back from working consistently towards their goals over a long period of time. Heck I think it stops a lot of people from even taking the first STEP and starting. What am I talking about?

• Confidence
• Doubt
• Self belief
• Some sort of guarantee of the outcome of all the work you’ll put in and all the sacrifices you make before you make them

A lot of people on social media and in forums etc, all seem to want to go after their goals or start a business but one common question that comes up time and time again is:

“What if I do all this work and invest so much of my time and it doesn’t pay off?”

It’s like people want a guarantee of success before they start. They are full of self doubt and constantly looking for ways to overcome it and get the confidence and motivation they think they need to start, continue and eventually succeed.… ... Continue Reading

As you move through life, especially times of struggle and hardship, certain things stick in your mind. One of those things for me is when I was working as a telephone based mortgage broker for MoneySupermarket.com.

The UK was in the grip of a financial crisis and housing market crash and just before it happened (and it happened fast), I’d bought a house at peak value and borrowed more than the value of the house to raise money to buy 2 investment properties.

Then I split up with the girl who I did this with, followed by the mortgage industry being crushed resulting in my income dropping to a third of what it was in conjunction with the housing market crashing and my house losing about £30k.

I was trapped and I was laid off from about 3 jobs and about to fall behind on my mortgage payments and there were NO mortgage jobs anywhere… but then MoneySupermarket advertised for mortgage broker position.… ... Continue Reading

You’re desperate for freedom. Perhaps you absolutely hate your day job and get a knot in your stomach just thinking about tomorrow or maybe you just long for riches and to never be broke again?

You also know that starting and growing a successful business is one of the main ways that people achieve these things. But what do you do? Where do you start?

Social media nowadays is awash with bullshit and people playing the ‘fake it until you make it’ game and you get people peddling tons of myths at you about what you need to do to start a successful business. People who often haven’t done a dam thing.

Well recently I’ve noticed a few huge myths that I want to clarify with the hope of making the daunting task of starting your business, seem a little less daunting.

Disclaimer: I’m not saying it will be easy because it won’t.… ... Continue Reading