Interview
Arnon
Barnes
“Success and financial freedom was my duty”
Starting his first business aged eleven,
Arnon Barnes reached financial
independence by the age of 28. Now
he is a seasoned trainer, coach and
mentor in the field of entrepreneurship
and success mindset. His ability to
build strong partnerships, motivate
and inspire people, and raise millions
of Euros for investments has enabled
him to be successful in other business
arenas such as retail, tourism, the
hospitality industry and real estate.
Always look for
ways to innovate,
improve, do it
faster, better,
with more
effectiveness
and efficiency.
Who are YOU?
A proud father, business owner, international
speaker and peak performance trainer who
was born in South Africa and is now living in
The Netherlands. My name is Arnon Barnes
and my passion is to speak and inspire people
about business and success. Over the last five
years, I’ve been blessed to have successfully
trained and mentored over 80,000 people in
many different areas of business from over
65 different countries around the world. In
addition, my personally designed business
programs have helped business leaders
increase their productivity, personal and
business incomes as much as 40% in just a
matter of weeks.
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Who inspired you to take this
route and why?
From a young age I knew there was more to
life than I was seeing. I started doing business
in school, selling toys to other kids, modelling
the first people who inspired me; my father
and uncles, the first business owners I knew.
Later in life I discovered the power of personal
development and started reading books by
Anthony Robbins, Napoleon Hill and Jim Rohn
for example. Each book I read gave me new
insights and inspiration to take more action
towards my goals and especially my dreams.
Then in 2011, I came across a gentleman
named T. Harv Eker and I joined him, together
with 2000 other people (!), to follow a three-
day program he was training in Amsterdam.
For the first time I felt like all the pieces of the
puzzle fell into place and I signed up for his
extended curriculum. Through this program
I learned how to become a professional
trainer and speaker. Today, I coach, teach
and train business owners and empower
them on subjects like entrepreneurship,
business development, growth strategies,
wealth creation, investing and achieving
financial freedom. And as a special bonus, I
also became one of only five designated Lead
Trainers around the globe to teach T. Harv
Eker’s exclusive three-day program.
What is the single best piece of
business advice which helped
shape who you are now and
Why?
Great question and a rather difficult one to
answer, as over the years I have been blessed
to receive lots of life-changing business advice.
If I had to choose one, it would probably be;
‘You can’t do a good deal with a bad person’.
The reason this advice has been so valuable
for me is; Just like most entrepreneurs, I have
experienced going into partnerships or deals
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