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. […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Ten years ago, I did two things that are milestones in my career. In 2014 we changed the name of the charity that I co-founded in 2008 from ‘Estate Agency Foundation’ to ‘Agents Giving’. That same year I wrote the first four-i. I haven’t kept a tally of how much money Agents Giving has helped […]