The price is right.

fouri 556 PriceisRight Article

There’s a supermarket in Notting Hill that collaborates with a nearby restaurant to create “Tuna Fight Club” and charges £195 per ticket for a meal and a single drink. A brand new Porsche 911 Turbo S will cost you at least £150,000. Alternatively, you can get a refitted 40 year old 911 for between £1.5-2million […]

“I know you”.

fouri 555 IKnowYou Article

  David Thomas, former Halifax firefighter who went on to become the Guinness World Record holder for memory, a guest on Oprah, and a competitive bodybuilder, has now got “Mr Beast” in his sights (he’s the most successful YouTuber), and whilst others will say: “Impossible, you can’t top the Beast”, if anyone can, it’s DT. […]

Reflect and Renew.

fouri 554 ReflectRenew Article

Speaking at EA Masters last week, former special forces veteran, Jason “Foxy” Fox, shared his personal story of being medically discharged from the SBS as he was suffering with PTSD, and how this led to a downward spiral that caused him to contemplate taking his own life. Alex Jones from BBC’s The One Show asked […]

We shall not cease from exploration.

fouri 553 exploration Article

Tomorrow, 5th November 2024, we’re hosting EA Masters at London Evolution. Over the last 22 years of producing the estate agency event of the year, all but one thing has changed. EA Masters now includes roadshows as well as the main event tomorrow, and over 1,400 will attend. We have more sponsors than ever before, […]

Short v long term

fouri 552 ShortVLong Article

Most companies have budgets, targets, and goals. These are often set in October and November for the next year ahead. But is this the best way of doing it? To read the rest of this newsletter please click here. https://propertyacademy.co.uk/four-i-newsletter-issue-549Join over 6,000 property professionals, including leading estate and letting agents and receive information, insight, ideas […]

Birthdays.

fouri 551 Birthdays Article

It was my birthday last week, and I went away to Malta for the weekend with friends who were also celebrating. Although you can sort of expect it, it’s still somehow a lovely surprise to receive messages on “your day” and I was very touched. Significantly it wasn’t just family and friends though. To read […]

Special lessons.

fouri 550 SpecialLessons Article

In our 22 years of producing leadership conferences and business events, we have delivered a vast amount of four-i* on the big stage. *Information, Insight, Ideas & Inspiration. We’ve learned from many incredibly successful business leaders such as Rob Collins of Waitrose, Tamara Lohan of Mr & Mrs Smith, Mike Clare of Dreams, James Caan […]

Transparent tailoring.

fouri 549 TransparentTailoring Article

My 35 year old dinner suit is being retired. It’s seen a lot, and served me very well. It was the first suit I bought where the price exceeded my monthly income, make that the only suit, but on a cost per wear basis it was a bargain. I did buy another, lightweight alternative, just […]

Gett & Take.

fouri 548 Gett&Take Article

Like many of us, I increasingly use apps for all sorts of things, and if I want to take a black cab in London I used to go to Gett. However, Tony (my driver this morning) told me a few things about the app that will cause me to change my behaviour – because it […]

The wrong dream.

fouri 547 TheWrongDream Article

For all of my life, I’ve read, listened to, and watched various experts, politicians, and futurists make the case for automation on the basis that life will become easier, better, and with much more time for “leisure activities.” Over six decades I’ve been fortunate to enjoy the development of television (it existed before I was […]