Trading Gains Momentum, Top Client Results – 32%, & We All Get Inspired…

Well, it’s half way through January. The 17th is supposed to be one of the most depressing days of the year – when people have forgotten their resolutions and start thinking of the bills that are looming. But not us here at Investment Mastery – nor the members of the Trading Club or the Money Club, or Tax Liens clients or workshops grads. Oh no. We have all had a fantastic weekend and are raring to go – come on January –  we are all set for success! Here’s why….

Your Trading Club Momentum Day

On Saturday there were over 100 of the Trading Club members attending the Momentum Day. One of the bonuses for everyone who signed up was an invitation to spend the day with me, my trader Avi, head trader Paul, and one of our star students Phil. (Above)

It was great to see so many of you made the decison to spend the day with us, and take your trading to the next level. Thanks to all of you who shared your successes (and learnings!).

It was great fun to announce the competition winners:

Collie Callaghan (left) wins dinner with 3 of the the Dragons from Dragons Den for achieving a 10% return on his entire portfolio in December. He was just about to leave as he had to catch a train – but thank goodness Marcus stopped him just in time and he was still in the room, or he would have missed out. You see, you have to be in it to win it.

That’s what happened to the winner of the highest return on one trade, he wasn’t in
the room, so Mike Thornton (right) offered his results and scoops two Wealth Creation Masterclass tickets for an outstanding 32% return on one trade.

Finally, Simon King won a personal 1 to 1 trading session with our head trader Paul Harrison – just for turning up on the day.

And if that wasn’t enough excitement, the very next day we held the Graduate Meeting…..

Tax Liens

The graduate meeting yesterday (Sunday) was a lot of fun and there was a tremendous amount of learning in the room. In the morning we had a 2 hour session on Tax Liens, where we had several people with their liens redeemed i.e. they received their % via the county – we ourselves have had 7 redeemed (hurrah!) and one person is ready to foreclose on the property (!) which means that the home owner hasn’t paid the %, so that the person holding the lien can take possession of the property.Thank you to Nitzan (above) who led the event, it was very informative and I am sure that we will be hearing a lot more about the success of this fascinating investment – I will keep you informed.

Goal Achievement vs Goal Setting 

After lunch we discussed a different slant on goal setting you might find interesting, by Peter Thomson (whom coincidentally I am meeting tomorrow). Peter fervently believes in goal setting. The idea being that setting goals, even if they are not achieved, will still bring you closer to where you want to go compared to when you don’t set any.

Having chosen an area of focus from the following categories (Health, Fitness, Finance, Career, Business, Family, Friends, Spirituality, Fun etc.) you then set your goal. The following acronym is well known and well worth a revisit – your goals have to be SMART: Let us take an example. If someone wanted to be a millionaire within 1 year

Specific: Millionaire in what – assets or cash in the bank?

Measurable: a million pounds is indeed measurable. A goal like ‘losing weight’ isn’t.

Achievable: it depends where you are starting from now. If you are £100,000 in debt and are bed-ridden, it is more difficult than if you are already at £750,000 and have a plan to get the last £250,000

Realistic: very much linked to the above. is this the first time you are doing this kind of goal or have you been working for it on a while?

Timely: within 1 year is a good start. Even better would be to put a milestone halfway through so that you know that if you have not reached half that goal within 6 months then you need to speed up

You have to be committed to the goal setting process and the actions you need to take and one of the ways of doing this is to write the goal down, which also means you can check the progress of it. Sign the piece of paper and write down what you stand to gain by achieving the goal and what you stand to lose by not achieving it.

Now here’s an important one – if you are giving up something like chocolate, tell everyone so that they can help you. If your goal is to make a million in 1 year, tell ONLY the people you are certain will be supportive – in other words, only tell your inner circle, as small minds are bound to poo poo your idea and try to discourage you.

Guest speaker – Nick Williams, on Inspired Living

Our guest speaker was Nick Williams. Lisa was thrilled to have the man who first introduced her to personal development speak at the meeting. It was great to see so many of you had made the effort to attend. She introduced him and we were hanging on every word because the theme was about having purpose in your life and being inspired.

The highlights of his talk for me were:

Running your own business SHOULD be a source of inspiration. the key is not to work harder, but to focus on your strengths, passion and your joy within the business.

Also spend time energy and money actually focused on what inspires you (music, dancing, seminars, etc.). make a list of things that inspire you and plan them in.

Don’t wait for inspiration, expect it – BE inspirational, BE inspired. Ask youself – who can I inspire today?

Not feeling like it and feeling ‘resistance’? The greater your resistance, the greater you calling must be!

Lisa had organised for Investment Mastery to purchase a copy of his new book, the Business You Were Born to Create, for everyone at the event, so everyone left the graduate meeting with a signed copy. What a great way to start the year and I think the gesture was appreciated by all.

Great meeting, great people, great time. Inspiring actually!

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And finally. Thanks to all of you who have been asking about my family.

Its just 3 weeks to go before Mudrika pops. Bless her, she is so tired most of the time and really struggling with stairs. The other day she called me over to help her – having broken down halfway up the stairs and I gave her a jump-start and a tow. I don’t know how she manages but she does, somehow, and I salute all mothers out there, I think you are awesome.

Marcus

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