Kevin McDonnell - From £130,000 in debt to multi-millionaire property investor
Join a wonderfully inspiring episode of the Brave, Bold, Brilliant podcast as Jeannette is joined by serial entrepreneur, property investor and mentor Kevin McDonnell. Together they discuss never giving up on your dreams and how short term pain can lead to long term gain. They also consider the importance of aligning yourself with like-minded people, and how doing so allowed Kevin to leave his full-time job, clear his debts and become financially free.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
It is very easy to do nothing. It is very easy to stay in a job you do not enjoy for fear of quitting as the environment is comforting for you and the people whom you work with are familiar. These people, however, will usually turn out to not be business-minded, whereas surrounding yourself with like-minded business thinking people will allow you to go on and create a successful business.This is your journey. It is not the journey of your friends and family and you have got to live your dream, don’t give up on your dream for any reason. It is very easy to let life get in the way when you could be moving your business forward. It has got to be about having short term pain for a long time gain.
Throughout your life and certainly within the school system you will have been fed an ideal career and life path you should follow. It is only when you start aligning yourself with the right kind of people that you will see begin to see a change in yourself and your mindset. Surround yourself with people who will tell you ‘you’re not thinking big enough’ and ‘you can achieve more’.
Be yourself and no matter what you will align yourself to people that will want to work with you in business as well as forming good friendships. If you continuously try to be somebody you are not and are not true to yourself, you will eventually be found out and end up back at square one.
If you’re in a situation where you are unhappy, you only ever have three choices. These three choices are: change it, accept it or leave it. It is a simple concept, however, the majority of people choose to accept it rather than changing it.
Sometimes we can be so focused on the end result in which we desire, that we do not enjoy the journey on the way. Whilst it is great to be ambitious and have an end goal to strive towards, you must remember to enjoy yourself along the way.
BEST MOMENTS
“Nothing else except property had the ability to create the income that I needed.”
“They don’t mean to hold you back, what they’re doing is they are protecting you.”
“We only have one life, so let's enjoy it whilst we’re here.”
ABOUT THE HOST
Jeannette Linfoot is a highly regarded senior executive, property investor, board advisor and business mentor with over 25 years of global professional business experience across the travel, leisure, hospitality and property sectors. Having bought, ran and sold businesses all over the world, Jeannette now has a portfolio of her own businesses and also advises and mentors other business leaders to drive forward their strategies as well as their own personal development.
Jeannette is a down to earth leader, a passionate champion for diversity & inclusion and a huge advocate of nurturing talent so every person can unleash their full potential and live their dreams.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jeannettelinfootassociates.com/
ABOUT THE GUEST:
Kevin McDonnell is a Serial Entrepreneur, Author, Property Investor and Public Speaker and is regarded as the foremost expert in the UK when it comes to creative property investment strategies. He is the Author of “No Money Down Property Investing” and “The 7 Biggest Mistakes when starting out in property & how to avoid them”. When he initially started out on his investment journey back in 2003, Kevin made almost every mistake imaginable, eventually resulting in over £135,000 of debt – just about the only thing he did right in his first 10 years in property was to keep going! Realising he needed to get educated, he researched, followed and learned from every successful property investor he could find. Kevin finally cracked the property investment formula in 2013 and is now the owner of multiple businesses and has become a self-made millionaire thanks to property, building a multi-million-pound portfolio using creative No Money Down property investment techniques.
CONTACT METHOD
https://uk.linkedin.com/public-profile/in/kevin-mcdonnell
Brave Bold Brilliant Podcast
Brave Bold Brilliant is where business leaders, entrepreneurs and their teams come to be inspired, challenged and equipped with the tools for growth and success.
Here on Brave Bold Brilliant podcast, Jeannette Linfoot talks to incredible people about their experiences in business and life, gaining first-hand insight into how they unleashed their potential to become Brave Bold Brilliant.
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