Brad: 

I've been keeping active a lot more. I've been rowing more and training on the exercise bike to increase my heart rate. One of the bonuses of doing this training now is that I'll be getting fitter for the Great North Swim that I'll be doing in Lake Windermere in a couple of months. I'm raising money for the Rainbow Trust Children's Charity. I'd love it if you could help me raise funds for this charity. http://www.justgiving.com/Bradley-Potterton/. I'm really happy that Someone has already paid £10 towards it (Thanks Steph). Imagine out of the 700 friends I have on Facebook, if each of them donated £2 or more then I would reach my target of £1000 in no time. 

The Beard: 

I've been keeping it trimmed and neat. Not much to report on the beard front. 

Financial Freedom:

Oooh it feels exciting being on this journey to Financial Freedom. I just know that by the end of next year my passive income will be greater than my expenses. I love keeping the vision of me being financially free and that is helping my keep motivated. I'll be working on a vision board soon and that will make it a lot more exciting.

A quote:

“Your future is created by what you do today, not tomorrow” - Robert Kiyosaki

Exercise and networking

Brad:

Since the success at the last regatta I have been training more. Mainly on the exercise bike and keeping within my heart rate zones to build up my fitness. I totally agree that success builds success and it only takes a small victory to get the ball rolling. 

The Beard:

Just read this news article about beards and weather women like them or not. In this survey 92% of women prefer a clean shaven man. The funny thing is that 63% of men think facial hair makes them more attractive. Then the other fact that  surprised me is one in five men admitted they were not capable of growing a full beard and felt ashamed as a result. 

So the way I see it is men want to be manly and grow beards but women don't find it attractive And the men that feel ashamed and want to be more manly are more attractive to women... Something doesn't add up?

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_120779.html

Financial Freedom:

Went to this really cool networking event on a barge. It was hosted by inventure and was a great way to network. I have been adopted as the photographer so I take photos for the group. I'll post some up tomorrow when I've had a chance to go through them. I had a great time and met some funny, interesting people and can't wait till the next one.

A quote:

Found this quote by a very successful, bearded man... Abraham Lincoln.

“The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.”