Interview d how to trade Written by Kelly Dolan M
aster trader, entrepreneur, maverick, philanthropist and international speaker are just a few of the terms used to describe Greg Secker. A multi-millionaire by his twenties, Greg has gone on to create and run one of England’s most successful companies, Knowledge to Action, with the top trader coaching company blazing a path for the everyday-
man in the street to walk towards financial freedom. Retiring in his twenties and counting Richard Branson as one of his work companions, I sit down with Greg and dig a little deeper to better understand his meteorological rise to success.
I start with his family upbringing, at which he offers somewhat of an explanation into his early determination. “Both of my parents were business owners, so over dinner I would often listen to them talk of how they motivate their staff, the strategies they were using, and how they were overcoming various business challenges. This meant that from an early age I became very familiar with the processes and thinking behind running your own business.
There was also a ‘no pocket money’ rule in my house, which meant that if I wanted something, I had to find a way to earn the money to buy it myself. A great example of this was when I was about ten years old, I really wanted a ZX Spectrum computer, but when I asked my dad for it, he told me that he’d show me how to get it myself. He told me he wouldn’t give me any money, but if I cleaned his car, and did a good job, he’d pay me £10. When I did that, he introduced me to all his friends whose cars also needed cleaning and before I knew it I was working on around 10 cars a weekend, every weekend. It got to a point that I even ‘hired’ a friend, and paid him £5 to help me out, letting us increase to 25 cars a weekend!
I think this taught me a very important lesson, very early on. Parents who tell their children that they can’t afford to have something are sending out the wrong message. A child’s subconscious will register that they do not fall into the category of people who are able to afford things in life, and this will most definitely impact their future behaviour, causing them to gravitate towards less affluent activities. Whilst children shouldn’t be spoilt, or handed everything they ask for, I do think that it is a parent’s duty to make their child aware of the options available which will allow them to earn money, or obtain items, for themselves.”
Greg also exposes an innate fear he held early on in life that may have spurned him - a huge phobia of having no money. “I was the only one in my family to go to university, and my dad supported me financially the whole time. In my final term, however, he said to me that as soon as I graduated that would stop. This really acted as a wake-up call, and I immediately started to attend recruitment fairs, where I was offered a job at Thomas Cook. I graduated in June and started work in July, and I’ve never really stopped since!”
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