But if the change outside your business becomes greater than the change inside it, you are already on borrowed time. The world changes. Technology changes. Markets change. Customer behaviour evolves. That does not mean we change everything. The real skill in business is knowing what to change, when to change, and what never should. I stumbled across this short clip from nearly 15 years ago. Different world. Same principles. Human connection still matters. Brand still matters. People still buy based on how you make them feel. What changes is the how. Not the why. Worth a watch (imo).

The Property Training Event with Debbie and Jeff Bookings Close at 5pm tomorrow. Link below with ALL details If you are thinking about coming Do not overthink it. We will close it off tomorrow afternoon. This session will cover → Commercial property → Residential property → AST → SA → HMO → The good → The bad → The ugly → Fundraising → Real world questions, answered properly If property is something you have considered Or want as part of your wider portfolio This is the room to be in. Book now Or miss out. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/property-investing-masterclass-the-no-hype-strategy-day-tickets-1979602139288?aff=oddtdtcreator

When did you last have a proper laugh? Not a polite smile. Not a quick giggle. A laugh you could not stop. A laugh you had to breathe through. A laugh that shook your whole body. Life gets serious. And sometimes life earns the right to be serious. It throws things at us we did not ask for. Did not want. Did not see coming. But here is what we forget. Life is still a beautiful thing. Family is a beautiful thing. Friends are a good thing. And everything is better with a laugh. Not just emotionally. Biologically. When you laugh, your body releases endorphins. Natural pain relief. Natural mood lifters. It boosts serotonin. The chemical linked to emotional balance, sleep, and long term mental health. Something most adults are chronically short of. It increases dopamine. The motivation and focus chemical. The one that helps us feel energised rather than drained. At the same time, laughter lowers cortisol. The stress hormone that drives burnout, anxiety, brain fog, and poor sleep. Your nervous system gets a message. You are safe right now. And when we laugh with other people, oxytocin is released. The bonding chemical. The trust builder. Which is why our best relationships Are with people we laugh with. Our best clients Are the ones we can laugh with. Our best business days Nearly always include a moment of laughter. Laughter is not a luxury. It is not something you earn once life is sorted. It is part of how the body resets itself. If you have not laughed for a while Really laughed Do something simple. → Watch something that once had you in stitches → Look at a photo that brings back a memory → Spend time with the one person who always makes you laugh Never stop laughing. It makes life lighter. It makes people closer. And it makes everything better.

Some days you hear the birds singing. Other days, it’s just the alarm ringing. Some days the sun hits your face just right. Other days, you wake up already in a fight. Some days the phone won’t stop with good news. Other days, silence feels like it’s judging you. Some days the numbers work. Some days they don’t. Some days you feel on top of the world. Some days you wonder how you got here at all. Most people see opposites. Good days and bad days. Winning and losing. Success and failure. I don’t. I see choices. The choice to stay present or spiral. The choice to respond or react. The choice to learn or to harden. The choice to lead yourself when no one else is watching. As Mahatma Gandhi once said, “They can never take away our self respect if we do not give it to them.” The world will always bring contrast. Business will always test you. Life will always apply pressure. But your mindset is not something that happens to you. It is something you practise. The work is not removing the bad days. The work is choosing who you are on them. That is where real growth lives. (PS - the pic is a commission i got painted by the artists Zinsky because of how inspiring Gandhi life and achievements are - if ever you need to understand the power of resilience, mindset and silence is - read about his life)

The modern Western education system was never designed to develop thinkers. It was designed to produce obedience. Around 200 years ago, the UK and much of the West adopted the Prussian education model (this isn't propaganda or politics - its fact- research it). A military and industrial system built to train: → Soldiers → Factory workers → Civil servants And it worked. Just not for wisdom. The structure hasn’t really changed in 200years. Same age groups. Same classrooms. Same curriculum. Same pace. Sit still. Listen. Repeat. Do not question. We’ve upgraded the buildings. Added laptops and smartboards. But the operating system is the same one built for discipline, control, and conformity. Ancient Greek learning looked very different. Small groups. Mentors, not instructors. Questions, not answers. You learned through dialogue. Through reflection. Through walking and thinking. Knowledge wasn’t memorised. It was examined. Character mattered. Judgement mattered. Self mastery mattered. One system trains people to comply. The other trains people to discern. And here’s the uncomfortable truth. Most adults do not struggle because they lack intelligence. They struggle because they were never taught how to think. They were taught how to follow. That’s why so many people leave school: → Educated but directionless → Qualified but unsure → Successful on paper but struggling in life or business This is also why real mentoring looks nothing like school. Business mentoring, done properly, looks far closer to the Greek model than the Prussian one. Conversation. Challenge. Reflection. Experience. Not instruction. Not indoctrination. The question isn’t whether education failed you. The question is whether you are still living by a system that was never designed for who you were meant to become.