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

That headline sounds sensational and far fetched but I swear to you it’s true.

As an aspiring entrepreneur and just a generally ambitious son of a bitch aiming to fulfill my own potential, one thing I’ve struggled with for years is living in the present and appreciating everything I have and have achieved so far.

This one thing has definitely affected my happiness over the years because I’m forever looking forward at ‘the end result’. The problem is that the end result never really is the end result.

There is always learning, development and personal growth and as soon as an end result or goal is achieved, another one is set.

Now I’ve not actually reached my true end result that I set out to achieve as it stands, although I have achieved part of it, but I know that this won’t end. I’ll always be looking at the next goal.… ... Continue Reading

The time was 4:30am. I was barely awake, just stirring and coming around slowly in subconscious anticipation of my 4:50am alarm. Then all of a sudden…

CRACK BOOOOOOM!!!

The loudest fucking thunder you’ve ever heard scared the shit out of me. Storms in Sydney are like nothing I’ve ever seen or heard before. A million times louder and more fierce than what I was used to in the UK. Seriously.

I actually hate them. The thunder is so deafening that it shakes the buildings. Let you in on something funny here…

The last storm we had, it was actually nice and clear outside and I was watching the news eating my breakfast.

The news story was something sensational about Kim Jong Un potentially launching a nuclear attack today… then all of a sudden I shit you not, right after this was announced by the news anchor, the loudest thunder I’ve ever heard in all my life shook the building.… ... Continue Reading