There are certain phrases in life that carry significant meaning even if the words contained within them are very simple. 'That costs an arm and a leg!'.'Well, it's back to square one'. 'Hey it's a piece of cake'!
All are phrases that I have used about property over the last few years no doubt. Particularly the first two. In fact I don't think I have ever used the last one except by way of referral to a literal piece of cake. Usually at the point when I had said the first two phrases rather too often for my liking. Which of course led to a cake eating incident to cheer myself up.
However, I now have another deeply meaningful and suggestive phrase to add to my repertoire, and it's one that I am hoping to employ rather more frequently than I have in the past! The phrase was not difficult to learn, and in face it emerged from a FANTASTIC three day
Property Mastermind Accelerator course I attended last week in Birmingham with Simon Zutshi.
The course was totally inspirational, motivational and conversational. I learned SO much new stuff about property investing that I'd only barely touched on before and now I'm fired up to start doing some much more lucrative and possibly less stressful (please God) deals in the future. I was introduced to a brilliant group of other like-minded people, who equally want to develop property to enable them to meet their goals. We laughed together, cried together and ate together, and when you've done that for three days with a group of people you've never met before, it is amazing how deep connections are formed. There were some there who had no property investment experience, and others who had already done quite a lot with property in various ways. But we were all there to learn, and our enthusiasm meant that we maintained the energy and learning for the three solid (and fairly intensive) days.
A really striking element of the three days was the level of discussion and support that we all gleaned from each other. Just talking with so many different people about their experiences and what they thought about what they'd done was so helpful and allowed me to put some of my doubts and weariness into perspective. Some had regrets - well we learned that there's no point having regrets, they just hold you back. Some had fear (False Expectations Appearing Real), and we learned that they were just that! Some had doubts about their ability to do anything, and again, these were addressed and dealt with.
We were given some incredible tools to use to employ in our investing strategies and these were covered in as much depth as was needed to allow everyone to understand them fully before we moved on. There were some great examples of deals that people had done and the sheer ability of those in the room was staggering!
We did also eat rather too much cake, and thanks to Gregg from Cadbury's (aka Willy Wonka) far too much chocolate too. In fact when Simon first started writing on the flipchart as he turned his back on the audience, I was half expecting to see the word 'choclit' appear under the heading 'Cravings'. But then I remembered we were on a property course.
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| You will definitely get used to eating dust if you are a property developer |
I was amazed at the amount of information we received; the huge file of handouts and further information, the additional guest presentations and also the incredibly valuable contacts. But I think in the end it will be the simple yet hugely powerful five word phrase that we learnt, that might just turn out to be the most important aspect of the course. It was a phrase that Simon Zutshi himself embodies in his work and passion to teach others about property, and one which you can probably never use too often:
'How can I help you?'
Because ultimately, property is not just about bricks and mortar, it's about people.
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