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 […]

Todd Henry, author of ‘The Accidental Creative’ stated: “Mediocrity doesn’t just happen. It’s chosen over time through small choices made day by day.” My belief is that this applies even more to companies than it does to individuals. To read the rest of this newsletter please click here. Join over 6,000 property professionals, including leading […]

A very good friend of mine has just celebrated his 70th birthday. He’s incredibly successful in all dimensions (health, wife, family, friends, financial), which makes him one of those difficult people to buy a present for, so I googled “1954 achievements” and was reminded that this is when Roger Bannister broke the four minute mile […]

Margaret Thatcher is quoted as saying to a senior civil servant: “I know the what. Don’t tell me the what. Tell me the how.” It distills really well the key difference between leadership and management. To read the rest of this newsletter please click here. Join over 6,000 property professionals, including leading estate and letting […]

We call this blog four-i for a reason. Information, Insight, Ideas, Inspiration. My bet is that many of you right now, have an abundance of one, and not enough of the others. To read the rest of this newsletter please click here. Join over 6,000 property professionals, including leading estate and letting agents and receive […]

I can’t recall ever seeing an unhappy gold medallist at the Olympics. Not one. But that’s not true of those receiving silver – and the range of responses from those on the second position of the podium, from complete joy to borderline despair, seems much wider than those who achieved bronze. It got me thinking […]

Mary Quant is quoted as saying: “Rules are invented for lazy people who don’t want to think for themselves.” Whilst this might be true, I think there are several different types of people who can be identified by their approach to rules, and it’s worth understanding which ones you wish to work with. To read […]