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Homefinding for fun. And Money too!
If you are UK based you have probably seen Kirsty Allsopp and Phil Spencer on TV, helping people re-shape their lives. Whilst re-shaping someones life may not be the aim of a Homefinder it can often be the net result, as the home found can crystallise a combination of factors that deliver something "better" for the new home owner.
Re-shaping a life is what this post is about.
Many people go through life in a rut. Sadly.
Money and job commitments, "partner", family commitments and other ties, keep you somewhere, that, in your "heart of hearts" you may not want to be. Most typically in a job that may pay enough and where to follow your own dream can be perceived to be dangerous.
But that is because it's a dream, not a Goal.
As has been famously said "A goal is a dream with a timeline".
So, what an earth has that go to do with Homefinding? Well......
If you have read the sales letter at www.homefindingasabusiness.co.uk you will see it is full of "negative qualifiers" comments that suggest what sort of person Homefinding will not appeal to and then goes on to state what sort of person it will appeal to. I write about this today, in reflective mood, about the times I have had in my life when I have felt like a square peg in a round hole.
Becoming the wrong shape peg sometimes just "happens" due to a change in circumstances but, as Anthony Robbins so eloquently says, when likening life to a flowing river, it is often the choices we make "up stream" of where we are, much earlier in our journey, that determine where we end up. A much nicer way of saying if you don't plan properly you end up in s... creak without a paddle.
It was on my journey down that river (with a paddle - lucky me) that got me involved in Homefinding. One day a colleague, who knew I knew a lot about estate agency and property, asked me to help him out. She had a problem.
One of her "reliable"(!) contacts had pulled out of some work she was doing, finding homes for other people. Could I do it for her - "It would be really appreciated if I could" etc etc.
I hummed and haaad for a few days. Then thought - well I like people, I know about property (nearly all of which can be learnt), and she was a friend in need. What was a man to do? I also thought it would use all skills I have. I just hadn't applied them in this way before. So I said "Yes".
So, off I went and did it. From that I did more and more, then some corporate work, then some more work and so on. In fact, doing that first piece of work completely transformed my life.
Why, because I got paid for soing something I could really enjoy. What's more, many of the other people I have since trained, are also doing an enjoyable activity. Part time for a number who were job career returners (but having a change of heart about their direction), others as a full time job replacements. Don't do that unless you have some proper help in setting it up. Some were doing it as a gradual transition from one to the other, some for "pin money", others for specific goals such as raising finance for kids through University or other things.
So, if you too are in reflective mood, if you feel you are a square peg in a round hole, what dream do you have that you want to turn into reality?
Are you planning for it or just dreaming it?
Go, on turn that dream into a goal, do the things you really want to do but plan how to get there.
If you are UK based you have probably seen Kirsty Allsopp and Phil Spencer on TV, helping people re-shape their lives. Whilst re-shaping someones life may not be the aim of a Homefinder it can often be the net result, as the home found can crystallise a combination of factors that deliver something "better" for the new home owner.
Re-shaping a life is what this post is about.
Many people go through life in a rut. Sadly.
Money and job commitments, "partner", family commitments and other ties, keep you somewhere, that, in your "heart of hearts" you may not want to be. Most typically in a job that may pay enough and where to follow your own dream can be perceived to be dangerous.
But that is because it's a dream, not a Goal.
As has been famously said "A goal is a dream with a timeline".
So, what an earth has that go to do with Homefinding? Well......
If you have read the sales letter at www.homefindingasabusiness.co.uk you will see it is full of "negative qualifiers" comments that suggest what sort of person Homefinding will not appeal to and then goes on to state what sort of person it will appeal to. I write about this today, in reflective mood, about the times I have had in my life when I have felt like a square peg in a round hole.
Becoming the wrong shape peg sometimes just "happens" due to a change in circumstances but, as Anthony Robbins so eloquently says, when likening life to a flowing river, it is often the choices we make "up stream" of where we are, much earlier in our journey, that determine where we end up. A much nicer way of saying if you don't plan properly you end up in s... creak without a paddle.
It was on my journey down that river (with a paddle - lucky me) that got me involved in Homefinding. One day a colleague, who knew I knew a lot about estate agency and property, asked me to help him out. She had a problem.
One of her "reliable"(!) contacts had pulled out of some work she was doing, finding homes for other people. Could I do it for her - "It would be really appreciated if I could" etc etc.
I hummed and haaad for a few days. Then thought - well I like people, I know about property (nearly all of which can be learnt), and she was a friend in need. What was a man to do? I also thought it would use all skills I have. I just hadn't applied them in this way before. So I said "Yes".
So, off I went and did it. From that I did more and more, then some corporate work, then some more work and so on. In fact, doing that first piece of work completely transformed my life.
Why, because I got paid for soing something I could really enjoy. What's more, many of the other people I have since trained, are also doing an enjoyable activity. Part time for a number who were job career returners (but having a change of heart about their direction), others as a full time job replacements. Don't do that unless you have some proper help in setting it up. Some were doing it as a gradual transition from one to the other, some for "pin money", others for specific goals such as raising finance for kids through University or other things.
So, if you too are in reflective mood, if you feel you are a square peg in a round hole, what dream do you have that you want to turn into reality?
Are you planning for it or just dreaming it?
Go, on turn that dream into a goal, do the things you really want to do but plan how to get there.
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