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Today I have included the “Quote of the Day” from iLifestyleClub over the last 10 days.

I hope that you enjoy these little gems of wisdom!

Today’s success tip comes from Chris Gray.

Financially retired at the age of 31, today Chris is a multi-millionaire, and capital growth property investor. He is also a self-confessed lifestyle junkie.

What do you look for when you’re ’shopping for property’?

Ultimately, I am looking for suburbs that will have high long-term capital growth. That means there has to be a lot of employment in the area from lots of different types of industries, plenty of leisure and recreation for the people that live there and good transport links. However there are other things I look for such as:

* Aspect - I always look at light and heat. I check that the main living areas are facing North. No matter how great the property is, if it is not well lit I am turned-off immediately.

* Rent consideration - Receiving rent for your property is very important because it is the rent that will pay the mortgage. As a general rule, the more capital growth you want for wealth appreciation, the less rent you’ll get. It’s a fine line to find the right balance. I’d rather 10% growth and between four and 5% rent, than 10% rent and four to 5% growth.

* Median price - I recommend buying property around the median price so you’ll always have a tenant, there will be lots of comparisons if you want to get the bank to refinance it and there will be lots of interest if you do want to sell.

* Not pristine - I don’t want to buy property that is perfect because the seller will charge a premium if everything’s already done. I look for places that are livable to rent out straight away but may need some work, such as new carpet or a new kitchen. If you have an eye for improvements you can create additional equity, which is the difference between what you pay and what you can make it worth.

* Equal-size bedrooms - If you’re letting out a two-bedroom apartment to two single people you need two equal size double bedrooms.

* Built-in wardrobes - People don’t want to cart around a wardrobe. I check for built-ins or space to potentially add one to the room.

* Toilets, bathroom and en-suite - An additional toilet is always useful, toilets that are separate from bathrooms are good, so is having one bathroom and an en-suite off the main bedroom.

* Lock-up garage - People who can afford $400-plus rent don’t want to park their car in the street. Some people won’t look at your property if it doesn’t have a garage.

Ingredients:

2 Carrots

1 1/2 Red Onions

3 Bunches of Buk Choy

Vegetable Stock

3 tspns Fresh Chili Paste (In a jar)

3 Medium Cloves of Garlic

2 Cup Full’s of Snow Peas

1 Capsicum

2 Tofu Blocks

1 Cup of Arborio Rice

Peanut Oil

Utensils:

1 Frying Pan

2 Saucepans

1 Wooden Spoon

Step 1:

Marinade the Tofu:

Crush the cloves of garlic, and mix them with a 4 table spoons of oil and 2 teaspoons of freshly chopped chili.

Cut the tofu into strips and place them into a bowl. Pour in the marinade and with your hands, move the tofu around, covering it with thin layer of the marinade. Once the tofu has been covered, cover the bowl with glad wrap and place it in the fridge for 1 hour.

After 1 hour, pour in the vegetable stock until it covers the tofu, then cover it again with the glad wrap, and place it in the fridge for another hour.

Step 2:

Chop the Veggies:

Firstly give the vegetables a good wash!

Then chop up the onion (fairly roughly, not too fine). Slice the capsicum and carrot into small strips. Cut up the buk choy leaves into thick strips. Chop off the ends of the snowpeas, and your veggies are ready to go.

Step 3:

Cook the Rice:

We use the absorption method the majority of the time, which I would have to say is the easiest way to cook rice.

Bring to the boil 1 cup of rice and 1 ½ cups of water.

Note: The absorption method runs on a 1 ½ cups of water to every cup or rice rule.

When the water begins to boil, leave it to simmer for approximately 20mins. (Or until the rice is light and fluffy, and no water remains in the pot)

Step 4:

Start your Veggies:

Note: Make sure you keep the stir fry moving at all times, hence the name.

Make sure the fry pan is hot. Splash some oil on the pan and chuck in the onion. Once the onion is beginning to lose its colour and become clear (after about 4 minutes of cooking depending on the temperature), toss in the carrot. After this point, veggies should be added approximately every 3 minutes in this order: Capsicum, Buk Choy, Snow Peas. Pour some juice from the tofu over the veggies before serving.

Tip: Add the snow peas right at the end before serving, this will warm them, but keep them nice and crunchy.

Cook the Tofu:

After the you have thrown in the Capsicum, pour the tofu and the marinade into a pot and turn the heat on to about half way.

Note: This is when the tofu will absorb the majority of the flavor.

Ingredients:

2 Carrots

1 1/2 Red Onions

3 Bunches of Buk Choy

Vegetable Stock

3 tspns Fresh Chili Paste (In a jar)

3 Medium Cloves of Garlic

2 Cup Full’s of Snow Peas

1 Capsicum

4 Small Chicken Breasts

1 Cup of Arborio Rice

Peanut Oil

Utensils:

1 Frying Pan

2 Saucepans

1 Wooden Spoon

1 Large stirring Spoon (for the chicken)

Note: It is good to use plastic utensils for raw meat

Step 1:

Marinade the Chicken:

Crush the cloves of garlic, and mix them with a 4 table spoons of oil and 2 teaspoons of freshly chopped chili.

Cut the Chicken into strips and place them into a bowl. Pour in the marinade and with your hands, move the chicken around, covering it with thin layer of the marinade. Once the chicken has been covered, cover the bowl with glad wrap and place it in the fridge for 1 hour.

After 1 hour, pour in the vegetable stock until it covers the chicken, then cover it again with the glad wrap, and place it in the fridge for another hour.

Step 2:

Chop the Veggies:

Firstly give the vegetables a good wash!

Then chop up the onion (fairly roughly, not too fine). Slice the capsicum and carrot into small strips. Cut up the buk choy leaves into thick strips. Chop off the ends of the snowpeas, and your veggies are ready to go.

Step 3:

Cook the Rice:

We use the absorption method the majority of the time, which I would have to say is the easiest way to cook rice.

Bring to the boil 1 cup of rice and 1 ½ cups of water.

Note: The absorption method runs on a 1 ½ cups of water to every cup or rice rule.

When the water begins to boil, leave it to simmer for approximately 20mins. (Or until the rice is light and fluffy, and no water remains in the pot)

Step 4:

Cook the Chicken:

After the rice has been on for 10 minutes, pour the chicken and the marinade into a pot and turn the heat on to about half way.

Start your Veggies:

Note: Make sure you keep the stir fry moving at all times, hence the name.

Make sure the fry pan is hot. Splash some oil on the pan and chuck in the onion. Once the onion is beginning to lose its colour and become clear (after about 4 minutes of cooking depending on the temperature), toss in the carrot. After this point, veggies should be added approximately every 3 minutes in this order: Capsicum, Buk Choy, Snow Peas. Pour some juice from the chicken over the veggies before serving.

Tip: Add the snow peas right at the end before serving, this will warm them, but keep them nice and crunchy.

Today’s success tip comes from Pip McKay.

Pip became a trainer of NLP, running programs through her company Evolve Now! Mind Institute. From her years of experience coaching and training Pip pioneered a new technique called Matrix Therapies that has gained widespread popularity.

What have you found to be the best methods or strategies for keeping motivated and focused?

* I believe that doing what you love is the key to staying motivated. When you love something you don’t have to motivate yourself because you simply want to do it. If you have found your purpose and don’t feel motivated, then there is some kind of block that needs to be cleared. I don’t even like the idea of having to ‘get motivated’, it seems like too much hard work. I’d rather do what I love or clear a block to what I want.

* Having said that, in every business there are certain tasks that although boring, are important. In these situations I always break the task down into smaller sections so I can get a sense of closure for each. This also allows me to complete more interesting tasks in between. Or I will give myself a short timeframe to complete it in so that I am racing the clock and getting it out of the way more quickly. Inertia is always greatest at the beginning of a task, so starting with small, easy steps helps overcome that initial inertia and the rest of the task takes on a momentum of its own.

* Sometimes a lack of motivation is simply exhaustion. To remain motivated I think it is important to balance your lifestyle, take breaks, eat well and have holidays. People often use the term, ‘mind over matter’ to bully themselves into becoming a workaholic. When we work in cooperation with our body and emotions we create balance and wellbeing and in these circumstances motivation is natural.

Until next time.

Allan Poole

Hi, Welcome today to my blog. Today we are looking at one of our experts from the iLifestyleClub web site, Daniel Kertcher.

We recently had the pleasure of attending a seminar run by Daniel. Daniel is an expert in the field of trading Options and CFDs on the Australian and US stock markets. For over 10 years now, Daniel has been actively investing in the stock market.

He now not only continues to actively trade, but also has become a trainer of many thousands of people worldwide who want to learn about the stock market. He began learning about trading Options and more recently has branched out into CFDs – which is now his preferred method of trading on the stock market.

Daniel also teaches his clients about trading Gold, Silver, Oil and other commodities.

Even when the stock market is at its worst there is money to be made. Daniel says, “It is important to remember that money never disappears from the market, it is just transferred from the people who used to have the money to the people who now have it!”

It is important to learn before jumping into any trading strategy on the stock market.

I heard a saying recently that “the stock market was created to transfer wealth from the uneducated to the educated!” Hence it is important to remember that knowledge of the market and financial and emotional intelligence are important to learn BEFORE beginning to trade.

Here is a photo of Greg and I with Daniel at his seminar.

Until next time.

To your success and fulfilment in life!

Leanne Annett

Today’s success tip comes from Nik Halik.

Having completed a doctorate of music in the USA, Nik went on to develop a career as a stock market trader. Now he is a teacher and educator and spends his time climbing mountains and training with the Russian Orbital Space Program.

What are your top six stock market trading psychology tips?

To trade successfully, we need to dial into a frequency, or zone, of higher consciousness and prosperity. There are six important prerequisites to allow entrance into this zone:

1. Confidence - as a trader you must be confident in your trading method and believe that you will succeed if you implement your trading plan. This allows you to place your entries and exits promptly and thoroughly.

2. Focus - a narrow focus on the task at hand is required to get into the zone. Fears about the outcome and regrets about past losses do not exist here.

3. Visualisation - a successful trader pictures what success looks like and gets in the zone through a visual processing of data. Verbal cues can take a trader out of the zone.

4. Pleasure - those who view trading as work will struggle to find great trades, while those who love trading will feel in harmony with the markets and find opportunities more easily.

5. Relaxation - fear tends to take you out of the zone. Stay relaxed in order to stay in the zone.

6. Excitement - some tension can help performance, but too much intensity will create undue stress, and hurt performance. Remaining excited about what you are doing can ease that tension.

The other element traders need to dial into the zone is preparation. Larry Bird hit key shots under pressure in basketball games because he had practised dealing with this pressure; it became automatic for him and increased his confidence. Traders must do the same thing and spend time making trading skills ‘automatic’ and creating winning trading habits. Preparation and practise allow you to develop the skills you need to stay in the zone.

Until next time,

Allan Poole

Welcome to my blog. Today I would like to share with you some tips that I learned from Jamie McIntyre at the 21st Century Academy Lifestyle Conference.

* “Lifestyle has more to do with Planning than it does with money.”
I am sure that you have heard it said before that those who fail to plan plan to fail. This is true in every area of our lives!
In regards to the life that we choose, we must realise that we need to plan ahead. For instance, plan that weekend away with the family. Plan a date-night each week with the one you love. Plan to have a family picnic on the weekend. Plan to spend time with the kids. Plan time to relax!

There are so many things we can do in life that involve little or no money. So remember to not stress if money is tight. Make the most of what you have and plan activities that do not need a lot of money!
If we fail to plan then each week will fly by and before we know it another month is ending … then another year!
So remember that planning is important in every area of our lives!

* “The sign of Intelligence is the ability to entertain a new idea.”
It is easy sometimes to go through life with my own preconceived ideas and not being willing to listen to others, but I am learning, as the years go by, that if I can listen to other people’s opinions and learn from them, then I continue to grow as a person and begin to see outside the box of my own life. I am enjoying expanding my thoughts and learning to look for other ways to do things.

* “The most powerful way to learn is to teach.”
I have found personally that once I learn a new concept or idea that if I am able to share this with others and teach them, then I myself learn the concept more deeply also.

Here is a photo of Greg and I with Jamie at the conference.

Until next time.

To your success and fulfilment in life!

Leanne Annett