"They Said I'd Never Make It"

Andrew Kyriacou was 21, fresh out of a failed university attempt, and just nine months into his first real estate job when he overheard his boss tell someone he'd "never make it." And for a long time, he believed it.

Today, Andrew is the Managing Director of the Multi-Award Winning Agency Xsell Property — now celebrating 11 years in business.

But the road there ran through a job at Harrods selling high-end coffee machines to the likes of Bernie Ecclestone and Robin Williams, his viral marketing property videos that got him featured on Sunrise (and also attracted death threats), and what he still calls the hardest decision he's ever made in business.

In this episode, Andrew and Daniel go deep on:

Why being told "you're not born with it" nearly ended his career before it started.

The moment a colleague's throwaway comment rebuilt his entire self-belief.

Going viral in 2012 — and the abuse that made him want to quit.

The real estate rumour that ranked agents less trustworthy than certain professions society doesn't usually trust at all.

Why firing an employee broke him more than years of public criticism ever did.

How he built a culture where "the team comes before the client".

What's actually happening in the property market right now — and why he believes we're entering a correction.

The advice he gives every new agent trying to break in during a downturn.

Why becoming a father changed his definition of success completely, and what he had to walk away from because of it.

This is a conversation about resilience, reinvention, and what it really costs to build something that lasts — told by someone who's lived through every version of the property market and come out the other side.