Build the foundation. Then break free.
I'm dyslexic, I was written off at sixteen, and I still made director twice. But I spent twenty years in corporate making myself smaller to fit, until my skin broke before I did. I tried to break free without a foundation, and it didn't last. So I built one. Now I help people with a passion build theirs.
- IBM
- Microsoft
- BT
- Vodafone
- MCI WorldCom
- Travelport
- Accenture
- Cable & Wireless
Strong roots. Then you grow.
- 01
Foundation
Property bought well, structured well and held for the long run. The ground everything else stands on.
- 02
Growth
More than one stream of income, so no single failure can ever put you back in the chair you left.
- 03
Purpose
The reason for all of it. Mine is people with learning disabilities. Yours is yours. The foundation makes room for it.
I was never made to be a cookie cutter. Neither were you.
For twenty years I was whatever I thought success needed me to be, and my body paid for it with psoriasis, eczema, dermatitis and one burnout after another. It took a breakdown, and more than one failed attempt at escaping, before I finally understood. I didn't need to fit their system. I needed to build my own, and build it on something solid.
And if the dyslexic kid they wrote off can do it, so can you.
The whole story- 20+Years in corporate technology, director level twice
- 22Buildings owned across 10 projects
- 13Held today, across the UK, Australia and Portugal
- 6Income streams I'm building toward
Built for the people the system wasn't built for.
Every stream I build makes room for the one that matters most: retreat venues for people with learning disabilities. The money is the foundation. The people are the point.
One real deal. Every other Thursday.
Real numbers. What went right, what went wrong, and what I'd do differently. Get the first issue.