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Perspective is Key
Author: Kirsty Dunphey
"The difference between a stumbling block and a stepping stone is how you use them." - Unknown
Why is it that when one sales person gets a knock back when trying to get a listing - they're excited, because they know by the law of averages, they're now one closer to a yes and yet another sales person lets that one knock back drag their entire day down and that of those around them?
Why is it that one person will make a mistake and instead of getting grumpy and letting it get them down like others may, they're grateful they've had the experience and they know they've learnt a lesson and will not repeat that mistake again.
If I look at my life, which of these two stories do you think is the truth about my childhood?
1. I had a worthy childhood. I lived with parents who loved me, they were worthy role models and I wanted to be just like them. They had small businesses, investment properties and retired young. I had a worthy childhood.
2. I had a terrible childhood. I lived in a house with a lot of yelling, my parents were bankrupt, they divorced, they were terrible role models. I had a terrible childhood.
Technically speaking, both stories are true - the facts any way. The difference is the perspective I want to take when looking at them.
Up until the age of 15, I looked at my childhood and said it was terrible, we were flat broke, we'd been through some really hard times and I said that I'd never be like that.
At the age of 15 I was given a gift. It was the gift of opportunity - the opportunity to start my first business. The obstacle in my way was a fear of risk. A fear of failure.
I had to change my perspective so that I could change my life. I had go from thinking I had a terrible childhood to thinking I had a worthy childhood - simply by changing what I focused on.
I retrained my brain and my childhood for all it's ups and downs became a gift, a treasure. My parents through their experiences had shown me exactly what to do and what not to do when running a small business and that's the kind of education that just can't be taught. I decided not to be a victim of my circumstances and I started my first business and have never looked back.
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Kirsty Dunphey has first and foremost always been entrepreneurial. From her start at an early age working in her parents small businesses or opening her first business at 15 shes had the bug her whole life.
Starting two small businesses at the age of 15 and her own real estate agency at 21 Kirsty has been portrayed as "Little bit Aussie Battler, Little bit Sassy Entrepreneur."
From there, Kirsty grew her real estate business to a network of 6 offices within 5 and a half years operating around her State with a team of over 50 individuals and a swag of awards to her name.
The author of Advance to Go, Collect $1 Million and one of Australia's favourite public speakers Kirsty shows that anything is possible - after all she went from a family with two bankrupt parents and herself being broke at 19, to being a self made millionaire at 23 and a multi millionaire at 25 through her businesses and real estate investments.
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