“Banks will lend you money if you can prove you don’t need it.”

Mark Twain (1835-1910)

“A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain.”

Mark Twain (1835-1910)

“Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.”

George Smith Patton, 1885-1945

“A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.”

Herm Albright

Something rather special happened this week – I finally got to meet, in person, non other than Gill Fielding.

Gill is a self-made multi-millionaire, who I have admired and followed since I first embarked on my journey in business and property investing some years ago.  You may remember her from her appearance on Channel 4′s “Secret Millionaire”.

This week Gill kindly agreed to be the keynote speaker at the North East Property Forum event, which I organise and host each month.

Needless to say, we had a good full house to hear Gill talking about her strategies for creating wealth, and she certainly didn’t disappoint!

For a full 2 hours she talked about her journey, the key attributes and attitudes of the sucessful and wealthy and generally shared her wisdom with us all.

She was even graciously gave away a free copy of her book to everyone who attended, and signed it with a personal message to anyone who asked her – and most did

Gill is a great lady – I’m inspired.  Upwards and onwards!!

“Success seems largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.”

William Feather

I awoke this morning to the sad news that Steve Jobs had passed away.  This is just my small tribute to a man who I feel inspired so many, not just with his vision but with his attitude.

“Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition, they somehow already know what you truly want to become”

“You can’t leave footprints in the sands of time if you’re sitting on your butt. And who wants to leave butt prints in the sands of time?”

Bob Moawad

“I was restless. I was doing okay, but I was restless. One day it dawned on me that I had been looking at life through the wrong end of the telescope. It was up to me to turn it around—to make it bigger, better, more satisfying.”

Arnold Swarzenegger

“I just kept on doing what everyone starts out doing. The real question is, why did other people stop.”

Wililam Stafford