#013 Leveraged Lifestyle with a group of inspiring entrepreneurs
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Welcome to the Leveraged Lifestyle Podcast. In today’s episode, your host Catherine Turner is recording live! from Progressive Property Network event in Knightsbridge. She is joined on stage by an inspiring group of entrepreneurs, each of who share their views on a leveraged lifestyle, outsourcing and systemisation and a little bit about their own journey towards financial freedom.
\\nCatherine asks entrepreneurs Stephen, Alex and Ahmed for their perspective on leverage and what it means to them, how they use it and how it has helped to change their lives both in business and at home. This is then followed up by a round of quick-fire questions before the panel of experts answers the audience\'s burning questions around property, leverage and outsourcing.
\\nDiscover the insider knowledge to mastering leverage and the mindset and skill set needed in order to grow your business and outsource everything so you too, can live a leveraged lifestyle.
\\nKEY TAKEAWAYS
\\nCatherine: Can you share a top piece of advice with the audience?
\\nAlex: Focus not on what you’re doing, but who you’re being. You need to grow you in order to grow your business.
\\nStephen: Really hone in on your vision and visualise what it is you want to achieve.
\\nAhmed: Don’t over value just one person\'s opinion, if you’re looking to do something speak to multiple people before taking action.
\\nCatherine: What’s the worst advice you’ve received?
\\nStephen: Stay comfortable, stay small, stay in your job.
\\nAhmed: You need the experience to start a business, most people are scared of risk but it’s not going to kill you.
\\nAlex: Start with single-lets, you can skip levels as long as you love what you do.
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Catherine: Have you got a favourite online tool or system that you use?
\\nAhmed: Citymapper (App) / MileIQ (App)
\\nStephen: Zappier - Great for connecting other software and apps together
\\nAlex: Happycow (App)
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BEST MOMENTS
\\nAhmed “Now with systemisation and automation, I can run my business from my iPhone”
\\nAlex “Financial education is vital and having a mentor standing over you who’s been there and done it can really help, especially if you’re scared of failure and unsure if you should take action”
\\nStephen “Understand what you\'re good at and what tasks you need completing each week within your business
\\nCatherine “Don’t hire staff just because you want to, you need to be ready for it in your business”
\\nAlex “Just in time information not just in case information”
\\nAhmed “The world of Serviced Accommodation is much more than AirBnB and Booking.com, you need to tap into the insurance market, the re-location market in order to get around the 90-day rule”
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VALUABLE RESOURCES
\\n\\nVivaclub - Business set up with Catherine’s executive PA
\\nApp - Hours Tracker (assign values)
\\nLife Leverage Online Masterclass
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ABOUT THE HOST
\\nCatherine Turner, your host of Leveraged Lifestyle
\\nCatherine has been investing in Property since 2012, with her main strategy now Serviced Accommodation which she, and now her team, have grown from 1 to 18 properties in less than 24 months.
\\nCatherine is probably best known for her public speaking successfully training thousands of people how
\\nto create businesses that can be run from anywhere in the world on their own terms, and becoming a world record holder in the process.
\\nCatherine is the host of the podcast, Leveraged Lifestyle, which reached No. 1 in all Business in the iTunes
\\npodcast chart in less than 3 hours on launch. Leveraged Lifestyle is all about creating a lifestyle of
\\nfreedom, through leverage, outsourcing and systematising.
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Catherine’s Website - http://www.catherineaturner.com/
\\nLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/catherineturnerspeaker
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Leveraged Lifestyle Podcast Details
\\niTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/…/leveraged-lifestyl…/id1380225106…
\\nStitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/…/progressivepr…/leverage-lifestyle
\\nABOUT THE GUESTS
\\nStephen Turner - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-turner-turnerinvest
\\nStephen qualified as a management accountant (CIMA) and worked for 13 years in corporate finance.
\\nStephen left his day job in 2015 to create and run a number of businesses with his wife and business
\\npartner Catherine Turner, ranging from property investment to eCommerce and business education.
\\nStephen is a mentor and co-creator of Life Leverage Online Masterclass - LLOM
\\n(http://www.turnerinvest.co.uk/masterclass.html) , along with Catherine. LLOM helps business owners
\\ncreate the lifestyle they went into business ownership for in the first place, and new business ventures
\\nstart as they mean to go on.
\\nTurner Invest Website - http://www.turnerinvest.co.uk/
\\nAhmed Khan - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmedkhanco/
\\nAhmed graduated from University in the summer of 2016, he was unsure what to do, but knew he didn’t
\\nwant to just get a job. Not getting a job meant he needed a way to create some income to cover living expenses and very quickly worked out serviced accommodation (SA) was the strategy that was going to give him this
\\nIncome. Not long after Ahmed started educating himself on the SA strategy, and began taking on apartments on a rent-to-SA basis.
\\nSince then, he has taken part in over 40-serviced accommodation deals, across five different locations,
\\nfunding the entire business using other people’s money and running everything using only an iPhone and
\\nan internet connection. Ahmed’s SA business led him to win, Progressive Property VIP Outstanding
\\nAchievement award 2017.
\\nAhmed’s Website - https://www.ahmedkhan.com
\\nAlex Szepietowski - Accomplished property investor, coach and mentor
\\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexjamesszepietowski/
\\nAlex founded The Property Coaching Academy (http://propertycoachingacademy.com/) and has recently
\\ntaken to living in Bali and working remotely, so he is perfectly positioned to talk about remote working
\\nand all things leverage and systems.
\\nPippa Mitchell - Host of PPN Knightsbridge
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