Property Investing With Purpose: George Markoski and Paul Dunn of B1G1

George Markoski Hello and welcome to George Markoski’s Positive Property Show and welcome. I’ve got Paul Dunn here from B1G1. Hello Paul. Welcome. Paul Dunn Thank you, George. Great to be here. And a wonderful day in Singapore. George Markoski We always talk about, you know, make money outta property. We talk about investing, compounding interest and strategy around that. We talk a lot about this and I talk about this week in, week out and give lots of value. I know you do and you do it very well too. Thank you. Thank you. And what I wanna do today is talk about, ’cause a lot of people say, George, what about when you’ve done it all? What do you do? And what a lot of people are thinking when they’re saying that is they’re thinking, okay, how do I retire? How do I structure, what do I do with my money? And everything else like that. And we can talk about that. But the other thing I wanna talk about today is another part of life, and that’s called giving back. George Markoski I really think when you look at Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, you know, on the bottom you want shelter, then you want food. And as you go up hierarchy of needs, and you, when you create financial freedom, then suddenly you got a need to contribute as well. And Paul, I’ve known you for quite a long time. I met you in Sydney, what, back in two? Yeah, it’s been, it’s been a while. I think it was like 18 or 19, something like that. It’s like Something like that. Eight or nine years. I met you up on stage, you were talking in front of a very successful group of business people. And they flew in from Singapore to talk about that. And when you talked about B1G1, I thought, this is awesome. George Markoski And I came, I came to talk to you straight after and said, I wanna do this, I wanna do this. And since then, since eight or nine years ago, you know, we’ve been doing different things, different projects, and the main project we’re doing at the moment with you is helping build schools in Cambodia. And basically, every time someone joins our program, we buy 200 bricks, and when they settle, we buy another 200 bricks to help build a school in Cambodia. So that’s very exciting. It is. And it makes a real difference, as you will see. Yes. So let’s talk a little bit about B1G1. You know, the big concept of it all. It’s a, it’s quite a unique concept that you’ve come up with. I love it. I think it’s great. Thank you very much. George Markoski And let me again, thank everybody here on the call for being here. It’s, uh, a great privilege to to to be here. And, uh, George, like, uh, you know, I’m sure that everybody on the call has, uh, something like, um, you know, a moment in their life right? When things kind of shift for them. Maybe we have lots of moments, actually. And someone once said to me that, you know, where we’re at in our business and our life is really all about our reaction to the various moments that have happened at that point. So, so I want to just quickly let you know about something that happened to me in 2007, if I can do that, George, can I do that? Yeah, I’d love, I’d love to hear. George Markoski Uh, so what happened, I had been, as George said, uh, mentoring, uh, people and all of those kind of things for a long time. And there was one particular person that I was mentoring who was this tiny little Japanese lady. And, uh, she had a food business, which was before its time in some way. It was, uh, all about, uh, takeaway food before we even knew that we could do, you know, take away food, right. And it was gluten-free stuff and everything. And, uh, the business was going kind of okay. Anyway, so one day in June in 2007, so I’m Sydney this room and she comes in and she looks like she’s sort of a bit disheveled because you’d been thinking about things. And she says to me, uh, Paul came in this lovely Japanese accent. George Markoski She says, Paul, can we do something different today? And I said, sure. What, what do you have in mind? And she said, well, I, you are my mentor, and so you always ask me the questions. And so I wonder if we can change it around. Paul Dunn So I ask you the question. So I said, sure, go. And her question, first question was this George. She said, what if we could do something whereby every time business is done, something great happens in our world? And I thought, well, that’d be pretty good. And so I said, tell me more. She said, well, uh, I’ve, I’ve given her a name in my head. And I said, okay, what have you called it? She says, it’s called buy one, give one. And I said, okay, so how would that work? And she literally said this, she said, imagine you wanted to get a plasma TV and you go down to Harvey Norman. She literally said that, and you want buy? And I said, wo boom honey. Um, what did you call this thing? But buy one, give one. Paul Dunn As said, MasMasami, I know a lot about business models, but that doesn’t seem like a very good one to me, because if I, if I go down to buy a plasma tv, they’re not gonna give me another one. She said, oh, you misunderstand. And I said, okay, help me understand. And she said, well, you go down and buy that plasma TV on account of how you want more pixels, brighter pixels, you know, all of that sort of thing. And then this was the moment, and she said, so how would it be if, when you did that, someone who could not see got the gift of sight? And I, oh, be I, and I’m absolutely gobsmacked by that. And what a concept. What a concept. Paul Dunn And, and I had, um, I, you know, I had books all around me, and I had a cup of coffee with me. I’ve got a glass of water today, but I had a cup of coffee around me then. And so, and she said, because she could see my reaction. What if every time business was done, something great happens in the world, you know, that sort of thing. And she said, uh, she pointed to the cup of coffee. She said, imagine every time we bought a cup of coffee, a child in need got access to a lifesaving order. Just imagine that. Uh, and then she, and I’m surrounded by books, and she said, what if whenever an author writes a chapter, a tree gets planted? Paul Dunn And that was when I said, MasMasMasami, can I be your mentor for the rest of your life? And Wow. So, And you did become her member? I did. Yeah, I did. And, and that was the beginning of, uh, B1G1, and we quickly changed it to B1G1, because sort of buy one, give one was a little bit sort of commercial, you know, you had to sort of B1G1. But why couldn’t you do it every time you had a good meeting? Why couldn’t you do it every time you did something great at home? Why couldn’t your kids do it every time they stack the dishwasher? Why couldn’t, you know, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. What a, what a great idea. I love it. Um, it’s such a simple concept, isn’t it? Paul Dunn But powerful because you need one person to actually think of the idea first. Yes, exactly. Hearing it’s simple, but thinking of it’s heart. That’s, that’s the beauty of great ideas, aren’t they? You know what I mean? Like Yeah, that’s exactly right. And by the way, you know, sometimes we say to ourselves things like, oh, one day when I’m, you know, successful or whatever it is, one day when I’m this, then I’ll do that. Whatever that is. And I’m not sure whether you’ve noticed this, but the one day never comes. I totally agree. And funny enough, um, with charity, what I started with is when I did, after Robbins unleash the Power, then I heard about him and he fed all his fMasMasamilies. And I thought, I’m gonna do this. And I started doing that in Adelaide. Oh, wow. Paul Dunn So every Christmas, uh, off my own back. And it was a lot of effort doing yourself. And I’ve done a lot of different charities. I’ve helped with children with needs with, and I was also, uh, president of the, I Play sport, so people with visual impairment. So I was president of that organization for a while. And big president’s, a lot of effort because you’ve gotta keep, you’ve gotta have the board meetings, everything else like that. It’s very rewarding, but it’s a lot of time. And then when I met you with the B1G1, you’ve made charity easy. Well, yeah. And it’s Right. And thank you. Paul Dunn You have, and you’ve made charity easy, because the problem is, I guess one of the big challenges is, well, you know, when people ask for money to donate, well, one, it’s not something you are particularly connected to. And two, you don’t know if they’re not taking 90% of the money, which a lot of ’em are. And I’d like to get some stats on that, because I wanna know that my money is doing good. And not making some rich CEO money, that’s the big question. George Markoski A hundred percent of the money that you actually give goes to the cause that you want. And that’s very unusual because there’s a lot of companies out there where you only, a very small fraction, a small percentage goes there. And literally a lot of these companies are made there just to make money for a big organization. And that’s the difference. I suppose that’s the most important thing. And, uh, you know, the fact that a hundred percent of, in B1G1, you are giving go is fully a hundred percent. We take nothing from it. And the model allows us to do that. And, and not only that, but instead of waiting for one day, what if you could do things for tiny amounts of money? George Markoski Like for example, just because you are all here today, for every single one of you that’s here, six kids are getting access to game changing education, just Oh, really? Because you go Yeah. Just Because they’re here. That’s fantastic. And just because you’re here. And the thing is, there’s a lot of selfless reasons do it. Charity, there’s also some really good selfish reasons if you look at happiness, right? And this is interesting. They did this thing, and I dunno the stats, but they had these university students where they gave them money and they gave two groups, one group, you could spend it on yourself. The other group you had to spend it on someone. And guess who was happier at the end of that test? George Markoski And I think they gave money $20, but the people that actually spent money on someone else, that $20 get, got a lot more joy out of it than the people that spent it on themselves. Paul Dunn It’s true. This is exactly a hundred percent what happened. In fact, we say, uh, George’s interesting you said that because we say that the whole purpose of B1G1 is to bring joy to create in your business one of the most joyful things that you have ever created. And, and it should be driven by that. You know? And by the way, it’s interesting in the sense that, um, you know, today as I’m sitting behind all of these seats, uh, we crossed 393 million Fred, $93 million, 390, no, no. 393 million impacts, uh, impacts. Impacts. Oh, right. Impacts. Wow. Can you explain to people what impact is? Yes. An impact could be when you plant a tree, an impact could be when a child, a brick. When you buy a brick. I know. Because that’s what I buy. I buy Brick. Paul Dunn That’s what you do. And you’ve done 29,000 of them, which is like incredible. It could be, uh, you know, when a kid gets access to water, we, and what’s good, as you know, uh, George, we track every single one of these impacts and so on, so you can see where they’re happening. And by the way, the good news today is not only can you see where your bricks are happening mm-hmm. One of the, I I wanna show you something, because one of the things we sometimes don’t understand is the ripple effect as to what happens, you know? And later on today, we’ll talk about that later on. And also later on today, you’ll get to meet with someone who’s actually on the ground in Cambodia actually making it happen as well. So, yes. George Markoski And I was really keen to do that, because that’s Yeah, You were, yeah. It’s, uh, it’s amazing how it works. And actually, let me just show you something else, which gets into, uh, why this is so important. And on your screen you’ll see somebody who’s, uh, who at least you know, a little bit about. There you go. Steve Jobs. Paul Dunn This is Steve Jobs. And George, you mentioned this word before and we’ll get to it. He said this, the storyteller, and we, by the way, we are all storytellers, right. The storyteller and we’re story creators. We’re actually creating, you and I we’re creating better stories for our lives and the lives of people we’re privileged to serve all along. So he said, the storyteller sets the vision, the values and the agenda for an entire generation yet to come. Now, when you get that for an entire generation yet to come, you get something really interesting. And what you get is, this is sometimes hard to get. It’s about something bigger than you, right? Yes. Something bigger than You. And one of the things that generally expresses that is this whole thing called legacy. Paul Dunn And I know on account of how, you know, when you buy the profits and everything, all of that sort of thing, you know, this is kind of like what it creates. And thanks to George being a part of B1G1, you are adding other things to the legacy. But let just give you something I learned, uh, a couple of days ago, actually, uh, when I was talking with someone. And, you know, one time, one thing we think about legacy is that legacy is something we leave. You know, we talk about leaving a legacy. But what if, what if, uh, and we all think about it too late, right? Really too. But what if, let me show you this definition of legacy. Legacy is not what you leave behind. It’s what you set in motion. I Love it. I love it. Paul Dunn Isn’t it cool? And, and that’s of course what you’re doing with George and everything else. But what’s also interesting is instead of just thinking about it as, uh, something we leave behind, what if, and George helped you do this, what if it was actually about living the legacy every day? What if it was, and B1G1 of course, allows you to do that because it’s so tiny. Those little you impacts that you make so funny. You can do it every day. Regular impacts. And we, like, we do it every week, and it accumulate. There you go. Um, you know, 29,000, I didn’t expect that many. So like, it just happens. You know what I mean? Yeah, Exactly. Well, you know, you could pitch when we started this, I could never think it’s 393 million you. 93 million. Paul Dunn That is such a big amount of impact for, Isn’t it? Well, and we think of, we think of every single one of those. And, and indeed, your bricks the part of this mm-hmm. We think of every single one of those as a smile. And by the way, let’s just go through this living it Yeah. And leveraging it. And, and why are you doing it? Because it’s gotta be bigger than you. So it’s for an entire generation yet to come, or to put that another way, it’s for your children and your children’s children. And when you think about it, we’ve mentioned this word joy earlier on, what a joyful journey that would be. In fact, what a joyful journey it is. It is. and you are about to see some, uh, evidence of that. Paul Dunn So I wanted to show you what your bricks are doing. Yes. George Markoski And one of the things, and I want our clients to have a look at this, our members. ’cause this is your bricks. This is what your bricks are doing. Every one of them now. Paul Dunn You can see what that is. Well, hopefully you can see what it is is it’s a toilet, right? Yes. Now, now you gotta understand the kids who go to this school, the schools that you know, you’re putting all the bricks in, they love this thing. Why? Because when the government builds schools and all that kind of thing, they don’t build these things and have a guess where the young girls go to the loop. It’s certainly not in one of those. So that’s really important thing. Of course, it would be, and have a look what else happens, right? This is what they call the school hut where mm-hmm. The kids are getting together underneath a nice tree and all of that sort of thing. And what’s really important is to understand is that you are making this happen. Paul Dunn And you know, look at this. This is like the welcome thing that the bricks sucked up on the top there. So it feels really good. This is one that you’ve done in the, uh, in the high school there. And, you know, you want to make sure even that little thing around the side there might, takes bricks. And so that’s all part of your bricks right there. And even this is the incinerator, right? It’s not some welcoming thing. No. It takes bricks, uh, to do that. Uh, the fence all around these schools, uh, are done with, uh, with bricks. And, you know, there’s, there’s the hand washing area that you saw alongside, uh, the toilet before. And there’s the dormitory for that. Some of the kids that stay over. So this may not mean very much to you, right. Paul Dunn But to the kids who get to go there, this is immense. And what I wanna do, George, if it’s okay, is take you inside Yes. One of the classrooms, which was we could, we used as a little area to film something. And you probably don’t realize the ripple effect of all of this, right? Have a look at this. You may need some tissues as you watch this, and bear in mind that none of what you hear or experience could have happened without your bricks. Just, just bear that in mind. So here she comes, would Like to say thank you to teacher B1G1 team, and all my friend, after my mother passed away, nobody support me to study. I so thankful the scholarship. So I have big chance to study. Paul Dunn I me, that I would like to study who is my goal, and I will commit to help my fMasMasamily and other people in my country. Thank you. That was beautiful. That was beautiful. Wow. Lovely. I hope you got the message. And the message is that those tiny little things that you do enable through what George and the team are doing, you think it’s about bricks, right? Because that’s what’s actually happening, right? But it’s not, it’s actually about changing lives in the, in the process, you know? And I guess, uh, you know, I’m, I’m one of the lucky guys who gets to, you know, sit well, a yes, make it happen, but at the same time, see some of the things. Paul Dunn And that’s why we talk about 393 million smiles, by the way, just so that you know, we are on the way to a billion smiles. And George, I’m gonna give you something that I didn’t tell you about. Are you okay if I tell you about something? Yeah, please. You don’t know about yet. It’s, it’s like a sort of a state secret. One of the things, when we started this in, uh, 2007, we started it as George will tell you, for businesses. And, and so, you know, George is one of the people who runs a business, which is correctly called a business for good. And there are thousands of these, thankfully businesses for good around the world. Paul Dunn And then last year we were in London and talking with, uh, someone who I mentor, and some of you would know his name, that’s Dan Priestley, Daniel Priestley. And Dan said something about, you know what, I think my kids would love to do this as well. That was almost exactly a year ago. And so we thought about that and said, you know what? That’s a really good idea. Um, and particularly because some of the teachers in schools are actually B1G1 themselves, and we can see how they do it. So that’s sort of like an official, uh, announce unofficial announcement for all of you. George Markoski How’s that gonna work? And that is that in seven days, I think it is now, you will have, uh, the option or the opportunity, I should say, to grab yourselves. And, and there’s, there’s all sorts of ways you can do it, but you can also do it for free as well, but, which is great. But what we will do is we will, uh, let George know, and then he will let you know, um, because there is now the B1G1 fMasMasamily program. And so what you can do is you can set up, uh, like activation. So you can say, uh, you know, when Sally and you can, your kids can have, you know, separate little loads on that. And when Sally stacks the dishwasher, you know, three kids get access to lifesaving water when uh, this happens, this happens. George Markoski So you’re able to do that. That’s a great way to motivate your kids, Isn’t it? I Love it. I love it. I love it. And also to teach them charity. Because, ’cause really, at the end of the day, um, you know, they say, you know, happiness comes from ness, right? Yeah, Exactly. And a lot of people say, well, I’m not, nothing’s good in my life, so I can’t be grateful, but you gotta be grateful first and then good comes. And it’s a bit like giving back is very similar. ’cause you’re never gonna be ready. Never. But you need to be ready and just do something, Paul Dunn because that’s what it’s about. And, and interestingly, um, you know, some B1G1 members along the way decided there’s a lady in, uh, Melbourne who actually decided she would do this as a business, but now she’s gonna be doing it as a fMasMasamily. So she said to me, I remember her name is Linda, she said, Paul, do you know what teenage boys do in the toilet? I, and I thought, Linda, I’ve never, that’s what she asked me. I said, I have never been asked that question before in my life. And, and so what do you mean? She said, well, as you know, I have a 17-year-old and a 14-year-old. And she said, the first thing they do is when they go to the loo to the toilet, they take their phones with them. And I’m thinking, well, I do that too. Paul Dunn That doesn’t, Everyone takes their phones to the toilet, don’t they? That boring? That’s not a bad thing. And she said, but I wanna teach my my kids to be grateful for that. So what she did, and you know, George and B1G1, you can create these QR codes, right? But so now in, literally, as you are sitting down, she’s got this big QR code, and it says, it says, when you click it says, you are sitting there not realizing that there are 730 billion. Actually, it’s more than that 730 million people who do not have the luxury to sit on a toilet right now. And so scan that code and then a little giving happens, right? Every time they go to the loos, something great happens. And, and Oh, right. Yes. I’m serious. Paul Dunn The thing is, the thing is, people don’t realize how important toilets are for hygiene. Yeah, exactly. Because people that don’t have toilets, they get a lot of disease and it’s really bad. So you guys are doing great things. And you remember I said that you would have the opportunity Sai Chin to meet someone we know very well. He is the deputy, uh, director of TLC means this life Cambodia, uh, and s you may wanna tell people why you know, your, uh, operation and why your charity is actually called this life Cambodia. So guys, just, uh, do this or Whatever. And this is slide. Let’s, let’s, let’s get him on board. Hi. Um, hi everyone. Hi Paul. Thanks for the opportunity to talk to B1G1 community. So, uh, specifically about, this life Cambodia, it was found on a simple but powerful belief that change can, you know, must happen in this life, not next life. Sai Chin Early on when we ask communities what they hope for the future, for the children future specifically, and many said that next life, and one particular boy who already drop out from schools, and he told us that next life he wanted to be a doctor. That moment actually stay with us. And it is why we’ve called this life Cambodia, because children should not have to wait for another life to next life. Realize their potentials. George Markoski Agreed. Agreed. Fantastic. That’s awesome. How long have you involved, how long have you been involved in this for? Sai Chin So, uh, I’ve been with the organization as a first staff employed. Um, it’s since 2008. Uh, so I stopped counting how many years now? Wow. Long time. Long Time. And love the organization, love the mission, and really see the great impact that we doing every days. And, uh, a bit about my personal life, really. I mean, like seeing those children in the rural communities just every day is reflecting on the life that I’ve gone through, um, post, you know, civil wars, uh, in Cambodia. So we still see the situation as now as a country even, uh, progress further. So, George Markoski Um, yes, unfortunately Cambodia’s had quite the checkered past and oh my goodness. I went to Cambodia, uh, a while ago, probably about 10 years ago, and I fell in love with the country. It is such a beautiful country. A lot of beautiful people Angkor Wat and those temples are just the most amazing place on earth. I heard a little bird tell me that, um, some of your, uh, some of your people might have the opportunity to, uh, actually go and experience that, but that’s another Yes. That’s what I was gonna, I, that’s what I was gonna talk about because, um, oh, each year, so each year what we do is we get together for two days of property education, and then on the third day we have a fun day where we do something fun. George Markoski So, for example, last year we went to Bali, we did two days of education, then we went to the zoo. Um, safari got went on a bus and we had lions and tigers jumping on top of our cage. We had dinner with them and everything. Uh, this year we’re going to Gold Coast, and I’ve had a superyacht for everyone. And that’s all exciting and fun ’cause a lot of people haven’t been in the superyacht. But next year we’re gonna do something a little, a lot more fun, and we want to go to Cambodia. There you go. Sorry. We’re gonna go to Cambodia and we are gonna build a school. So on the Sunday, we’re gonna do that instead. George Markoski And so Sar Chin, we’re gonna have a lot of people there, a lot of hands to help, but I really want us to physically get involved and actually do it ourselves, right? I’m gonna help finance it all, but I want people to come in and work it. Can we do that? Sai Chin Definitely we can do that. And, uh, I can definitely tell that what, um, what we, what we gonna consult with communities and I don’t know if I, what projects and infrastructures that, They need, and especially those that, the schools that we worked with, um, as well. Paul Dunn Excellent. One of, One of the great things, George, one of the great things about, uh, SS and the people who run TLC, they, the work they do is starts from an incredible depth of consultation Yes. With the people in need. So they don’t come along and impose something. It, it’s like, but they also do, I mean, as well as the schools, which we had a look at. I think say you don’t say, we did a quick tour through all of the great things you’re doing, but they also don’t take stuff lying down. Uh, what I mean by that is that in Cambodia, for example, there’s no such thing as a teenage jail. And so, or a young person’s jail. Paul Dunn So if you were a person whose fMasMasamily was in need of food and you did the wrong thing, right, you stole an egg from the tuck shop or something, then you would end up in an adult jail. Oh, Right. Wow. Seriously. But these guys side, you see that they, and they have these amazing programs right side where you, where you work with the young people and teach ’em how to fix motorbikes and all of this kind of stuff, which is awesome. Absolutely awesome. And they have a hundred percent recidivism, meaning once these guys get to them, the kids don’t go back. Oh, really? Wow. That’s hundred percent. That’s amazing. And not only that, but you would know that it’s not easy to go and talk with governments and say to them, Not easy at all. No. Paul Dunn And say to them, Hey, thi this isn’t right. We need to fix that. And Billy and side, the people there have been doing some extraordinary work, uh, tr and they’ve won. I I also should tell you side would be too embarrassed over, they’ve won lots of, uh, international awards for the way in which they’ve done that. So, so they’re not just sort of putting up with what’s there. They’re actually going to try and change that as well. So, you know, uh, when you go, George, these guys, uh, they’re amazing. George Markoski That’s great. ’cause what I’m planning on doing, and I’ll just read some of the comments Right. Of people and they’ve said, yay, we are in, I’ll be there. I’ll be there. Cool. We are in, we are in. So just so they’re very positive about it because what I’d like to do is, um, I’d like to do a bit of a, our next October where we’ll get together is do a big campaign to raise funds. Pick a really cool project and then say, I’m gonna be communicating with you with the numbers. ’cause I expect 50 to a hundred people and, uh, we’re gonna get in there and we’re gonna do some great work, but also raise some great money. And look, there’s only so much we can do in one day. George Markoski And we’re not all professional builders, but I think getting our hands dirty and getting in there and doing something’s gonna be fun. And then afterwards we’re gonna have a big celebration, invite the community along and all have a bit of fun as well. Paul Dunn Oh, and the way these guys do it, the community will be there with you. You Right. So, so they they don’t, they don’t sit back and watch you doing. George Markoski And I love that. I love that. But I think, um, one of the things is, um, there’s, there’s different levels of, you know, when it comes to charity, you got someone knocking your door, you give ’em a little bit of money, but then you’ve got the B1G1 where you’re actually good doing impacts, and then you’ve got the next level we actually get in there and do something. And I think that’s amazing. And I think, yeah, that’s gonna be a very life changing experience for a lot of people. Including Paul Dunn Myself and Oh, without a doubt. And, and I mean, you can look at s here, right? Look, and you notice, you know, you notice the smile, an amazing smile yet, you know, faced with things that are going on in over there that, you know, others would not do that. And perfect on it. You, you’ve got a Great net si you little perfect team. And you go if Sai Chin You like, if you like, I will take you to prisons, any of you if you want. Take you out, at the end of the day. But, um, I think it would be an interesting as well to, you know, um, probably nine hundreds of you would be able to go in at once. But, um, Yes, I understand that of course Interested in the work would be about, uh, to expose you what is the condition like? And I think like how hard we and the government actually work together to improve the conditions. And, um, I think, not that credit ourself alone, but, um, we will, we, without the government and partner and local community, we unable to do what we want. And without, B1G1 communities, we unable to do what we we want to just to see change community together. George Markoski So it’s, we all equally contribute in different, in in different ways to make Yeah, You’re amazing Country. And look, I think this is all part of building a better world, isn’t it? And it’s all about everyone chipping in and I love it. It’s the way to do it because, um, I can see with B1G1 what you’re doing, this is an active thing with the communities involved, where the community’s involved. You’re not just saying, here you go take this, you’re actually communicating nothing that’s important because no point in giving ’em something they don’t want or need either. That’s also true. That’s also true. ’cause a lot of charities in the past, they said, we know better. We’re gonna give you this. George Markoski And I heard there’s a lot of stuff that they did in the old days in Africa and things like that where it just didn’t work. Uh, these guys are very heavy on the community involvement. Sai Chin And, and if I may, I just want to kind of, um, yes. Uh, do some of the, you know, the impacts that, um, B1G1, community have had and how we as a development actor amplify what you put in as a capital. So, of course consultation with the communities and, um, each of the investment actually directly contribute to a ser uh, this, I’m talking about the school infrastructure improvement, right? Like every bridge you make the, uh, the donation through B1G1 platform. So, um, it’s, it directly contribute to a safer, healthier, and more structured learning environments. Uh, School gates and fences of the school improved the safety and school management like toilets and hand washing areas threatened the hygiene and student wellbeing. Sai Chin So like dormitories, increase access for students traveling from remote alley, and even like west structure in the schools support a proper sanitation and environmental health in general. So the where we approach is really community driven and why it’s important when we actively engage parents and community member through like both financial contribution and labor, this create genuinely the, you know, a shared ownership responsibility for maintenance and care ongoing up to belief. Um, I think one example that my team recently this morning gave me was that we use the money from Buy1Give1 to build this entrance. The gate. Yeah, the gate. We saw the gate, yeah. Interest gate. So we use the money from B1G1 is $1,500 to be beside, and the total cost of the gate is 5,000. Uh, where are the 3,500 come from? Sai Chin It’s come from community who raised the money. Oh, wow. And now that’s, that is like financially contributed from the community. This is not include the labor and times that people engage Wow. In, Okay, This once more product George Markoski That, that makes a big difference because then people really appreciate and respect it when they’re contributing as well. And I think that balance is fantastic. But Cambodia with history, you know, Pol Pot didn’t like education and killed people that wore glasses that were smart. It really destroyed a lot of the whole infrastructure of schools and teachers and everything else. So it’s extra important in Cambodia to be able to get people educated as well, isn’t it? Sai Chin That’s definitely, yeah. And um, we, I think we do this with the community, we do this with local authority and we really transparent, uh, the way we do and open the book in the school, uh, to get to that level. It’s, it’s not easy. So when we work cloosly with them, we, when we engage parent in the school development, you know, teacher and school managers and school principals actually opened a book, like how much money it received from the government, how much money con community contributed, how monthly, you know, reporting process, uh, and this quite transparent. And, um, I think we credit to our team on the ground who make this happen because You’re amazing. That’s fantastic. That’s really, that’s really good to hear. Sai Chin When local communities engage, you can see things change and lay of account accountability and transparency is there. And when we leave, I’m, I’m proud of to say that for the past year we work with 45, uh, schools in Siem Reap alone, just on Siem Reap now, like through support from B1G1 community, they’re fully like sustainables. So we don’t have to carry hands in working with them on a daily basis. And really they come to us consult, hey, how can we make this proposal stronger to submit it to like, local companies? And, and Got it. So like we supporting in a more technical support rather than a day to days as we did before. So it is, we fully, like, we have a clear intern at strategy. Sai Chin So it is, it’s normally, is it a three years project from each school and the most vulnerable school overall, high dropout, low enrollment rate, uh, low promotion rate. And we turn it, we turn it to lowest dropout, highest enrollment, um, highest promotion to the next grade. So this is what we are not choosing the next, you know, uh, Paul and some of you part of the trip before, you know Yeah, Exactly. Very rural, very dusty road. And you experience cycling to the schools as well. So we’re not choosing those that cloos to the per road and through difficult, you know, like really tough, uh, schools that we choose to work with and change it. And some of them become number one in the province. Uh, Paul Dunn Very good. Oh, really? Wow. That’s pretty exciting. So good. And you no notice that, you know, we started earlier today right? By talking about, uh, you know, we create joy and uh, and stuff and you know, you mentioned George, you mentioned size teeth, and they, we frequently see them, and that’s because of course they see joy in doing what they do. This is, it’s so amazing. It absolutely George Markoski Is amazing. Absolutely love what we do, but also at the same time, knowing there’s a lot of peoples out there behind us and support Us by this community, You know, Well look, we’re, we’re behind you and we’re growing a community and it’s gonna be exciting. It’s gonna be very fun. It’s very good. Now, last time I was at Cambodia, um, we were at the markets and Christina tried a tarantula. So I think, um, who’s key to try tarantula, because they, you guys love tarantulas there, don’t you? Do you eat tarantulas? Sai Chin Do you eat tarantula, spiders? I’ve never seen You eat. I do. I do. Oh, you Do. I’ve never seen you do that. There you go. Comm communities that are going up is where they sell a lot of those. So Yeah. So we’re gonna, we’re George Markoski gonna have to, um, we’re gonna have to have initiation for everyone. I think so, yeah. As Well, right? And we’re gonna have to get a big wok fry up all these tarantulas and have them as an appetizer. They’re quite nice actually. They’re quite crunchy. They’re not too bad. I don’t mind. Paul Dunn So Sai um, MasMasami by the way, said, uh, hello to you and to say hi to you. And of course all of us, uh, here in B1G1 are just so thrilled to be able to do this with you. And equally, we are so thrilled to have a community like George has, uh, to, you know, to be there doing all of this stuff day in, day out, just like you do. It’s a, it’s a wonderful kind of, uh, a beautiful circle. It’s, uh, do you know what I mean? It’s, it’s, it’s really great. And so you are just one of the best ambassadors I think, about what happens when you really start to do great things as well. So thank you so much for George Markoski Being here and I’ll keep, I’ll keep in touch over the year as we plan our trip to get the dates and everything right. That’d be great. Um, thank you so much for joining us. Really appreciate it. Thank you very much. Sai Chin Thank you very much. And we would love to catch up again very soon. We’re George Markoski Gonna see you in person next year. Sorry. We’re gonna, don’t worry about that. Be alright. Bye bye Everyone. Thanks. Si. Thank you. Okay guys, I’ll quick share our member wins for the week. Real results. Let’s go have a look. The real results, okay, look at this. Philip Belmy, he settled 2019, 325,000 current value, $690,000 current profit, $370,000 profit, over a thousand percent return on his investment. And Carlos bought his property in 2019 for 406,000. Now it’s worth 929,000. He’s made over 522,000 just on that property. 1,300 return on his investment. Okay, now this is the yacht. Have a look at these pictures. It’s even a little platform out the back now. You can see the picture on the left. It looks a little bit to old and untidy. George Markoski They’ve actually renovating it before our event in October, so it’s all gonna be brand new when we go on it. So it’s gonna be great. There you go. Wow. So good. That’s some good numbers. Yeah, that was exciting. Been really good. I think it’s very exciting to be able to give back, you know? ’cause I think our members, they work hard to invest and they’ve got legacy. ’cause they’re investing not just for themselves but their children’s future. Because at the moment there’s no properties under a million dollars in the capital city. City. You know, if you’re a first time owner, you are finished. And luckily the people in our program, they can actually invest, help their children invest as well. Because, um, with the legacy, Paul Dunn but not only that, now what we can do as a group is also help people in Cambodia and give back, which the next part, the next step. Which is exciting. Yeah, Very much so. Very much so. And it adds significantly, you know, I think, um, at some, at some point we all need this little extra bit of, you know, I, George, what I think is that some people kind of put their head on the pillow at night and and they go, you know, is is that all there is? When and when you see what’s happening here, you really get that. That’s not all there is, there’s there’s other stuff. Yeah, exactly. George Markoski I what what you said there about Head on the pillow, I like that because I think what we wanna do in life is we wanna build a life where when you look in the mirror, you look at yourself and think, you know what? I’m proud to be this person. I’m a good person. There you go. There you go. And when you go to sleep at night, you think, you know what? I feel good about myself. And I think part of that is really being congruent to your values. And not compromising. And then the other part is that whole, let’s not just make money for ourselves, but help other people become successful and Yeah. You know, part of, uh, I suppose when I, when I retired in my thirties from property and I thought that was my goal. George Markoski And all I did is I partied, traveled, had a lot of fun, and after years of that, I got bored. There was no value in it at all. ’cause things that you value are hard, easy things are not that valuable. They’re not that great. And then I decided that I was gonna do something bigger than myself, which is start positive property and help people invest. And then the natural revolution now has gone on with B1G1, where we can give back as well on top of that, which is so exciting. And the beautiful part is the people in our program could join. And what I love about B1G1, it makes it easy to contribute. And that’s part of it because sometimes it’s hard to know you’re making a difference and your whole way of B1G1 and the impacts is great. Paul Dunn Well, thank you very much. That’s, that’s, uh, that is very lovely. And, uh, if, um, you know, any of of you wanted to go a little deeper on that, you’ll see a link there and, uh, you know, ask all the questions you want, all that sort of stuff. So, um, it’s, um, you know, uh, George, this is something that we don’t do that that often. And I, and I’m so glad that we had the opportunity ’cause you know, we’re busy doing so many other things, but it’s, uh, it is very lovely of you to invite, uh, us to, um, share some ideas and hopefully, you know, this is one of those things that is, we started talking about moments, remember earlier on. And hopefully this is one of those moments where you go, whoa, it’s kind of cool. Paul Dunn And George, look out for some stuff from, uh, MasMasMasami and, uh, the team on the fMasMasamily program as well. I think that’s something you guys are gonna absolutely love as well. George Markoski Awesome. I love it. I appreciate you. Thank you Paul, for coming on board. Um, And thanks for, um, starting B1G1 and I love it and thank you. Great to see you. And hopefully if I’m in Singapore, Australia, we catch up in person again. Paul Dunn You got that. You got that. I just need to work around this half an hour thing with Adelaide, Georgia. That’s a time shift. It just worries. I just can’t get it. But anyway, so, uh, so thank you everybody for having me. Thanks George. George Markoski Thank you. Thanks everyone. Thank you for joining us and I’ll see you guys next Thursday night. Bye-bye. You got it. Bye.