04/09/2026
TODAY IS MY 40TH BIRTHDAY. 🎉🎉
That feels both old and slightly ridiculous to say out loud. 😅
I certainly don’t have life figured out, but here are 10 things I’ve learned about life, family and business so far:
1. Success means nothing if you don’t have time to enjoy it.
2. Your family doesn’t care about your revenue, awards or social media followers. They just want you to be present.
3. The more money I earned, the less happy I became. But when I changed my relationship with money and started converting it into experiences, it gave me freedom, greater control over my time, and more happiness.
4. Owning a business is one of the greatest personal-development programs available. Every weakness you have will eventually be exposed.
5. The right people make business enjoyable. The wrong people make even a successful business miserable.
6. My “overnight success” took more than a decade of work that nobody saw.
7. You don’t need to be the smartest person in the room. You need to make decisions, take responsibility and keep moving.
8. Your health is easy to take for granted until something goes wrong. Train, sleep well and look after yourself.
9. Your children will only be this young once. There will always be another deal, meeting or email to do in the following years.
10. The goal isn’t to die with the biggest bank balance. It’s to build a life you don’t constantly need a holiday from.
At 40, I’m incredibly grateful.
For Lisa, my partner.
For my kids.
For my family and friends.
For the team we’ve built at Palise Property.
For the clients who have trusted us.
And for the freedom to spend my time doing things I genuinely enjoy.
I’m proud of what I’ve achieved, but even more excited about the life still ahead.
Here’s to the next 40. Hopefully with slightly more wisdom and a little less lower-back pain...
