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I first met Martin in a café at 10 o’clock one night. I was on my way home from work in the cold and rain and remember thinking that all I wanted to do was go to bed. At the time I was cold, confused and depressed! I was renting a nice little house, had lots of toys that I had bought with my credit cards, and a car that I owed about $10,000 more on than what it was worth!

I was on what I thought was a good income, but most of it was going to pay for my debt and the lifestyle I thought I should have. At the end of the day, I had very little money for someone in my position.

At that stage, I was employed as an investment consultant for a major bank. Imagine how I felt each day, knowing that I was financially going backward but still having to sell myself to clients as a savvy investment advisor – just so they would buy an investment that may return a measly 5%! Something needed to change and it had to begin with ‘the man in the mirror’!

Martin contacted me through a mutual friend and suggested we should have a chat. That chat would become a life-changing event. What we discussed over the next few hours was a world that I thought was not achievable by someone like myself – a world that only the lucky or the rich played in. We talked about things such as the difference between good and bad debt, positive cash flow, generating income from the market with limited risk, and most importantly, how to make a greater contribution to family and friends.

Martin showed me not only how I could rescue myself from the mound of consumer debt I had created, but also how I could build an amount of wealth that hours before I thought was inconceivable.

The best part of Martin’s plan was that most of this could happen with less exertion from myself than most people put into their jobs! The key was my commitment to myself that I needed to change before anything else would. Then the world would be mine for the taking!

In the 18-months since our meeting, and with a few simple lessons from Martin, I have compiled over $2.3 million dollars in assets which generates the passive cash flow which supports my living while also servicing the ‘good’ debt.

I no longer work for the bank! I had to quit because there were too many opportunities for making money that I was missing by being in an office Monday to Friday, 9-5! Working was costing me money! Imagine that – I could no longer afford to work!

In the time since our first chat, I have learned many more lessons, but only because Martin gave me the confidence to take on new ideas and new strategies, and taught me that it’s OK to make mistakes along the way. I have made mistakes, as you will too, but most importantly I have only made them once!

The choice of freedom is a conscious one. I can choose to sit and watch TV or I can choose to read a book on how to buy property without any money! I can choose to eat poorly or I can choose to be fit and healthy. I have chosen to be wealthy. I am in control. It’s my choice, not anyone else’s.

I thank Martin for giving me the confidence to make those choices. I thank Martin for giving me the tools to make informed choices. I am now so scared of being ‘normal’ that it won’t happen!

By letting Martin into your life you will gain control of your life too!

It’s all up to you!

Ben Fitzsimons

Adelaide, South Australia.