I’m going to tell you something that, if applied, can literally change your life. Look. These last 3 months I’ve been exploring a lot the real estate market in New Zealand. Apartments, cash flows, long term and short-term rentals… I’ve spent many hours. Every day. On top of that, I’m mentoring a few people, so that they could use real estate to build wealth and financial freedom. Until now, probably nothing new to you. During these mentorships, we passed together through certain deals....
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If you like infrastructure, and are worried about your taxes wasted, you should take a look to this. But first, let me tell you a story. 10 years late and 1,357% over budget. They gave a massive piece of infrastructure to someone that had not built anything bigger than a Chihuahua’s house. This is like giving to me the fabrication of an atomic bomb… I haven’t even been in Valencia launching firecrackers… What could be wrong? Sidney opera was assigned to Jørn Utzon… almost a fresher. Great...
3 days ago • 1 min read
Yesterday I ran into a friend. An ex-banker, no less. He used to make serious money—but ended up fed the hell up. “A very aggressive environment,” he said. I got mad as hell. “Aggressive environment.” Yeah, right. Aggressive is being in a meeting and getting spat in the face after they throw a file at you.Aggressive is hearing “I know where you live” while staring at a tattooed guy with an Eastern European accent in a built-in wardrobe.Or hearing “I know people” when you know his last name is...
4 days ago • 1 min read
They thought it would be a walk in the park. Ten kilometres of track. Four shiny underground stations (Green Square, Mascot, Domestic Airport, International Airport). A tidy A$900 million price tag. No complex bridges. No financing gaps. No environmental battles. A textbook PPP… On paper. And that was exactly the problem. Because they got lazy. They skipped the fundamentals—risk, incentives, accountability. Passenger-demand forecasts showed 68,000 riders a day; real life barely scraped...
5 days ago • 1 min read
You know I like simple. I like it real. And that I have the terrible habit to say things unfiltered. This causes me problems with politicians... but I can't help it. So let me share this with interview with you. https://nrconschedule.podbean.com/e/on-schedule/ PD 1: If you liked this email, don't keep it in secret and forward it to a friend. They will thank you enormously one day. PD 2: If somebody has sent you this email and you want to receive emails like this yourself, visit...
6 days ago • 1 min read
Success is about doing things simple. Just one thing. Doing it well. Rinse, adjust, repeat. Simple. Although simple doesn’t mean easy. In fact, keeping things simple require enormous discipline and courage. You just need to see the world around you. Strange marketing strategies. Long Power Points to explain something that could be summarize in one sentence. More and more complex contracts. Complex laws. Complex regulations. Taxes… better not to talk about. Difficult to thrive under...
7 days ago • 1 min read
This week I had the opportunity to mentor a couple of future great entrepreneurs. They’ll do fine. They’re doing all the right steps. Including to ask lots of questions to people that have travelled the path they’re trying to walk. You know… that thing of learning of the mistakes of others so that you don’t do the same mistakes. Common sense. Very uncommon those days. There are even people out there that still believe that “they need to make the mistakes themselves to learn (well… I guess)”....
8 days ago • 1 min read
The email today is brought by a very loved person. He sent it to me yesterday. Here we go. “You didn’t understand me” and the art of avoiding self-reflection One of the most common mistakes in professional (and personal) settings is this: when communication fails, our first instinct is to blame the other person. The classic “You didn’t understand me” instead of “I didn’t explain myself well.” I’ve been working on this for 10 years and I still slip. Why does this happen? Self-serving bias. We...
9 days ago • 1 min read
When I’ve been asked about a piece of advice to become successful, my response has been very simple. Simple and hard, I would say. Choose the people around you wisely. Do you imagine Steve Jobs being surrounded by lazy people, union leaders, or political disgraces? Remember that you tend to become the average of the 5 people you spend more time with. This is why after the place you live, the second most important decision in your life is your partner. But if you are not good at meeting new...
10 days ago • 1 min read