just come into my life. He said not to worry, I’ d recognise them when they did, as they would have a sign on their heads. Indeed they did and still do!
Well quite a lot happened between 1980 and 2001 but it was in November when the big turning point of my journey happened. We were at lunch when my business mentor turned to me and said,‘ Look Andy all your ideas are great, they just lack money.’ Something switched in me and I just went,‘ Oh I’ d better go and make some money then.’ Now up until that point, I had virtually forgotten what my uncle Dave had said to me. It had come back to me in my late teens because I lost my way in my teenage years as most teenagers do. It showed up occasionally over the years and then it came back to me later that evening. I suddenly realised that I had not achieved the goal that my uncle had set me, which was to become a millionaire. I had forgotten to do it!
So I went away and figured out how to make money, did months of research and then announced what I was going to do to make my fortune in February 2002, when everyone except my wife laughed at me. I came home from telling everyone at our board meeting in which they had all told me I was wrong and if it was that easy that everyone would be doing it. Alison asked me what I was going to do now. I said,‘ I don’ t know, what do you think I should do?’ She said,‘ You’ re right, they’ re wrong, take everything we’ ve got and do it.’ My life turned again at that point and I got started. I didn’ t become a millionaire overnight, it took a little longer, but in approximately 7 months I was a multimillionaire.
The decision I made to just go and create money led me to discover exactly how to create riches in property. However, it actually taught me how to create success; property was merely the vehicle I chose to do it with. But property and making money were not really what I loved to do. Yes they were great fun and I had fun getting them off the ground, but when they were off the ground I got bored with them and wanted another challenge. As my business mentor Mike said, I should be sealed in a box marked open ONLY if you need to get a business off the ground! He says I’ m the best he has ever seen at that and praise from him counts. It wasn’ t until late last year that I finally figured out what I loved to do, and what I wouldn’ t ever get bored of doing …
So in 2002 I had learnt the skill of success, however, it wasn’ t for another three years that I would really see where there was a problem in the‘ success industry.’ It’ s a secret problem which the industry doesn’ t like to talk about. The problem being that most people can’ t create success, they can’ t find the right path to get on. I discovered after I was already rich that there were actually self-help books that taught people how to make money … That’ s right I had never read any of them; I created millions all by myself, this was through total ignorance and the education system beating me up with boring books. Up