Jeannette welcomes renowned business leader and entrepreneurial maestro, Gary Das, to discuss his journey as a business owner and the lessons he has learned along the way.
Gary shares his experiences of starting his own mortgage business, the challenges he faced, and how he reinvented himself multiple times throughout his career. He talks about the importance of self-reflection, building high-performing teams, and creating a balance between work and personal life. Gary also talks about his current businesses, Active Financial and Active Success, where he helps self-employed individuals, business owners, and property investors navigate the mortgage and finance industry
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- After experiencing personal loss and reflecting on his life, Gary realised the importance of prioritising time over money and creating a lifestyle business that aligns with his values and goals.
- It’s vital to build strong teams and implement processes and systems to delegate tasks and create efficiency within the business.
- Try to hire experienced individuals and invest in their development, as well as utilising personality profiling tools to ensure the right fit for each role.
- Gary's businesses, Active Financial and Active Success, focus on helping self-employed individuals, business owners, and property investors navigate the mortgage and property market, providing expert advice and support. He also offers training and coaching programs to help professionals in the financial services industry generate leads, increase sales, and maximise profit
BEST MOMENTS
“Sometimes people have a perception that maybe it's going to be more straightforward or easier, but there's going to be so many bumps in the road. And you're right, you've got to kind of roll your sleeves up and have that tenacious focus”
" My dad's 80, he's 40 years older than I am. And I'm like, well, where do I want to be when my dad's 80?"
"It’s really just a case of not necessarily managing micromanaging, but the big game changer has been hiring people with experience”
"If you want to be able to step back or focus on what you should do. I always say that as a business leader, you need to be like a helicopter. You need to be hovering above here, looking at the horizon, the strategy, the big investments, the decisions, leading the team, allocating resources, making the big decisions."
This is the perfect time to get focused on what YOU want to really achieve in your business, career, and life. It’s never too late to be BRAVE and BOLD and unlock your inner BRILLIANCE. If you’d like to jump on a free mentoring session just DM Jeannette at [email protected] or sign up via Jeannette’s linktree https://linktr.ee/JLinfoot
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Brave, Bold, Brilliant podcast series - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/brave-bold-brilliant-podcast/id1524278970
ABOUT THE GUEST
Gary Das is a dynamic business owner, bestselling author, renowned speaker, and podcaster with a proven track record in the financial services industry. As the founder and managing director of the award-winning mortgage brokerage, "Active Financial," Gary has demonstrated his adeptness in the field, securing over £1bn in lending through a variety of residential, buy-to-let (SPVs), bridging loans, commercial, and development finance.
With his background, Gary has successfully combined his passion for marketing with his deep business acumen, allowing him to guide other self-employed individuals and business owners on their journey to generate leads, increase sales, maximise profit, and live a lifestyle they love.
Gary's proactive nature is reflected in his founding of "Active Success," a business growth agency, focused on uplifting the financial services industry. it demonstrates his commitment to nurturing professionals and empowering them to reach their full potential, mentally, physically, and financially.
Having faced the unique challenges of being self-employed, Gary's mission is to simplify the property investment process for self-employed individuals, business owners, and property investors. His experience and insights were captured in his best-selling book, "The Self-Employed Mortgage Guide,". The principles in his second book, “The Lead Generation Guide,” has generated over £5 million within seven years.
Above all, Gary balances his successful career with a fulfilling personal life. His vision for "Active" is to show that you can indeed have the best of both worlds - a thriving career and a meaningful personal life.
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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 THE HOST
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Podcast Description
Jeannette Linfoot talks to incredible people about their experiences of being Brave, Bold & Brilliant, which have allowed them to unleash their full potential in business, their careers, and life in general. From the boardroom tables of ‘big’ international businesses to the dining room tables of entrepreneurial start-ups, how to overcome challenges, embrace opportunities and take risks, whilst staying ‘true’ to yourself is the order of the day.
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