"I would say it’s a relief because not every meeting is like a hype… pretty much we’re talking facts. If you talk about a company, we’ve done the steps to check the company… when we enter, when we exit, it’s more structured. In the past, it was just a gut feeling. You feel better… should I sell? When do I sell? You don’t know. But now, you know. You know what you’re doing. And if you make a mistake, you know it’s because you didn’t follow the steps… and when you look back, you know exactly where the mistake was in this course."

— Nicholas Ong (Freight Forwarder)

"The criteria… we are always going for quality, in other words, low risk. Terry does everything really conservative and really spreads the risk and doesn't hold huge percentages of stocks, but lots of different stocks… and that appealed to me because my natural tendency is a risk taker. One of the reasons that I did the course was to tame that down and have more grounding in the decisions I'm making.

There is confidence there in that the stuff that I'm buying, I've researched, I know the asset base, I know the criteria, and I've cross-referenced that… With the rules, the market indicators, and the information given through Inner Circle and Freedom Trader, I feel a lot more confident. The stocks that I'm buying… are good and healthy stocks that are going to be around."

— Derek Bade (Retired Farmer)

"I like that he's (Terry) doing what he preaches and he actually shows you. Some are happy to tell you what they do, but they're not willing to open up their portfolios and show what they're really doing. He's got skin in the game and he's willing to share. There are solid international companies… you’re using Johnson and Johnson soap, turning on your Microsoft product, Googling something… and it’s not just me, it’s everyone worldwide. They’re well-known companies, not flash-in-the-pan floats that bust tomorrow… so we’re starting with a little bit of knowledge even before you’ve looked into the company."

— Nicole (Broadacre Farmer)

"I think one of the things that I'm always looking for when I'm wanting to join a new community or looking for a mentor is I want somebody that's walked the path that I want to walk and is just further down the road. What I admire about Terry is that the things he’s telling us to do are the things that he’s actively doing for himself… it’s not just about the time to buy and the stocks to jump in with.
For me, it’s almost like an insurance policy… whenever a market goes up, there’s always going to be a pullback somewhere along the line. And knowing that there’s a safety net there for someone to say, hey, danger, time to get out, to protect me from making losses… that’s almost equally, if not more important… than just the great stocks to buy into."

— Karl Schwantes (Jeweler & Business Coach)

"I’ve heard a lot of horror stories and I just didn’t want to be involved in that. So seeing what Terry’s done, seeing what he’s created and the process he uses, knowing it’s the same as some of those huge investors like Warren Buffett… gives me the confidence too. And I’m not following him blindly… it’s the understanding that I’ve gained and the knowledge that he’s given me that gives me that confidence at picking the right ones for me. Seeing others go through the losses, it feels good knowing that I haven’t had to go through that before I’ve found the right way. I really do think this is the right way for me and for us. It feels good."

— Rhiannon Willow (Retail Sales Assistant)

"It’s been quite a hard time for the share market recently and it's been quite difficult to make money in the share market … but I’m still quite comfortable because it’s first and foremost safety and protection of your funds, and then growing it. There’s not that fear of, ‘oh my gosh, I’m going to lose it all,’ which my parents initially felt… they were absolutely terrified because of their knowledge of people losing everything.
This model (Blueprint) is fantastic because there are people there that are looking out for you. If you haven’t been engaged for a while or haven’t followed the steps as religiously as you should, there’s no chastising, there’s no being cut off. It’s all just, okay, this is where you are, let’s help get you back on track. He’s responsive… you’ve got Terry or his team actively trying to find out if there’s anything they can help you with."

— Fiona Hendrie (Vet & Business Owner)

"Just researching the stocks needed as you go rather than everything that’s out there has been really important in terms of saving time. I could research a hundred stocks but none of them are ready to buy… so I pick the ones that are active at the moment…look at them, take the time on the important ones that are relevant at the time… I’m picking only five or ten because I’m confident in those and that means I don’t have to stress. I sleep easy… All I do is a quick scan each day to see if they’re ready to sell, I don’t look at their ups and downs… it’s just checking, buying and selling… and then that’s it, there’s no stress."

— Rhiannon Willow (Retail Sales Assistant)

"I would actually just recommend everybody just do it…At the start it’s a little bit daunting because it seems like the biggest casino in the world. But once you understand the simple rules and then there’s this process… you would just follow in a step-by-step thing and that makes it really easy. Then paper trade for a bit because that gives you confidence… and you feel very comfortable doing it. I recommend everybody to do it...and the best thing, you have to do it daily,but it only takes half an hour… and in general it doesn’t take more than half an hour a day."

— Wolfgang Shulte (Entrepreneur)

"My perception of share trading was that you’d be buying somewhat iffy propositions in the hope the company discovered a secret stash of gold and your investment would rocket to the top… Whereas Terry made it very simple and I realised you’re actually buying stocks with great fundamentals, stuff you’d be happy owning forever. And that really eliminates a lot of the risk.
Terry spends a lot of time talking about being able to sleep at night, and for me, knowing you’ve put your money into those types of stocks makes you feel very comfortable. I didn’t have any problem sleeping after purchasing shares based on the system Terry sets. Rather than making random plunges into stocks in the hope they increase, it gives you a system you can rely on to ensure you’re not buying at the wrong time and to be more selective about what you buy."

— Edward Sweeny (Software Programmer)

"People think "Oh! Stocks are risky" – I'm like sure any kind of investment is risky. There's no guarantees, but if you can minimize your risk, which I feel Terry really does with the stuff he teaches, then you are going to maximise your profits, and that's what I found is totally true."

— Sharon Crane (Professional Pet Minder)

"The most frustrating thing that I've had from investing in the past is I've lost money. Terry's rule #1 is 'Don't lose money' and it's just entering it from a different spectrum. I don't risk money, anymore. I used to gamble - like roll a dice and I would get a tip and I'd go and put my money on that tip and hope that it would go up — seriously I might as well have gone and played Blackjack at the casino. Terry's shown me that that's foolish and I need a system to #1 preserve my money and don't lose it. So it's pretty cool because if you've got a system to not lose money, then you've got nothing to lose right?"

— Andrew Roberts (CEO & Entrepreneur)

"With this system there's no gambling. It's all very safe and secure. The Freedom Trader's taught me how to make it a profitable experience. It's certainly a lot better that I could ever imagine."

— Sandra Wilkinson (Retired)

"When I was trading before and taking losses, that kills you and messes with your head. Then you can't sleep at night, it all goes down; and you'd wake up and you'd have another loss or another couple of losses and you go "Oh my god!" – it  really does your head in. Terry makes you feel calm all the time, because I know if I've followed my rules, if I've stuck to the fundamentals, made sure it's a good undervalued company, made sure there's smart money, I know I'm safe and I'm happy."

— Maggie Ward (Entrepreneur)

"I had no idea about this form of trading existed. Terry's method is very low risk - you buy only the best stocks and you buy a range of sectors within those stocks; so that if any one sector is having trouble, the other sectors keep going. So, having a low risk strategy with Terry's method, was what appealed to me and I thought "Well, I can do that. I can just buy a little bit of this sector, buy into another sector etc." – and that's how I got started."

— Tony Carlisle (Biomedical Engineer)

"What reassured me as I did Terry's course was that each layer that I peeled back, I realised it just had more and more risk management built into it. Everything was about not losing your money and for a person who'd become risk averse after 20 years of making lots of mistakes, that's what grabbed me."

— Chester Cutinha  (Job Flow Supervisor)

"When I enter an investment or trade now,  with Terry's system in place, I feel very comfortable. There's no longer fear, no longer uncertainty. "

— Chandara Kev (Electrical Engineer)

"You enter a position knowing the company, what they do, they have strong fundamentals, and technically that's the right timing to enter. So you enter the position without any fear of panic."

— Jun Yu (Pharmacist)

The difference between investing and gambling is gambling is just like 43 or 40 red or whatever - or that fly is gonna go up the wall faster than that one. It's just - there's no logic to it or anything like that, whereas investing is having a system in place that you're going to win 80% or more of the time – that's investing."

— Andrew Heading-Knight (Musician)

"Risk (management) is very important to me. Terry will be  the first to tell you, "It's all about protecting your money. Rule number one is "Don't lose money"" – and that's emphasised a lot – and everything he teaches is around that. Feels really good to be honest – like it's heart wrenching to watch your hard-earned cash be burnt and disappear."

— Paul Tarrant (Energy Markets Trader)

"Terry's system says "If there's a little dip after you've made your first buy in, you might want to buy in again, make a second position in it", and then you wait for the growth to come along because you've checked out the best of the best stocks, you've looked at the fundamentals within numbers, you can see they're a strong company, they're a valued company that have done great performance in the last 5 years. So to me that instills great confidence - this is a good stock to buy into, and it's just patience for it to flourish."

— Tony Carlisle (Biomedical Engineer)

"I'm a risk-taker but my husband isn't. I've learnt in this industry, particularly with stocks and trades and shares, don't be a risk taker. Go slowly, be like the tortoise. Minimal risk because I don't want to lose money. And you know what? At my age I don't want to lose money.

I actually want to just keep making some money and have that security so I don't have to rely on the government."

— Kerry Strugnell (National Education Manager)

"5 years ago I was driven by "Buy, hold and pray that it goes up", and I know in my experience markets don't work like that. But I didn't really know how or when to buy a share when the market was heading South. I know how to do that today. So I'm very relaxed about that."

— James Doyle (Airline Pilot)

"I didn’t think there was a system to buy stocks and shares. I thought it was all based on insider trading, people who knew people. Shares for me was gambling, I didn’t know anything about it, didn’t know how to win. It was more like put your money on black and hope it all turns out. Share trading, option trading, anything to do with the share market was scary, risky, you could lose everything and more. So that’s what led me away from it, but that’s also what reassured me as I studied Terry’s program to see that there was so much risk management and sensibleness built into the program."

— Chester Cutinha (Job Flow Supervisor)

"For me it's about knowing if the stocks drop, it might've had a bad announcement but the fundamentals are all there.  It's buying at the right time - one thing that Terry makes it very clear is that you'll never buy at the very bottom and you'll never sell at the very top but what you're capturing is that good 80% of that run. So, through Terry's system, you realise that you're getting in undervalue or getting it at a really low price and then watch it run – again he has all the strategy involved that shows you how to exit properly and take your profits."

— Paul Tarrant (Energy Markets Trader)

"I started with a whole lot of technicals and I became a trend trader. It was okay buy it really didn't suit me that much because I was taking a lot of losses and I just found that really, very difficult to handle."

— Maggie Ward (Entrepreneur)

"There's no silver bullet to trying to create wealth. I think we as farmers know that but to find a way you can create safety and security for your money and get it to grow at a good return – the light at the end of the tunnel now is great that you've learnt some of these techniques he's shown in the Blueprint course."

— Brad & Kerry Claughton (Farmers)

"I've heard things before where it's like let's just do it right now, you know I invest and Terry’s gonna go “Yeah hang on, well what's the risk here?” And that's what he does, he looks at it and so he identifies the risk and if it's risky, don't do it. That's what made me more comfortable than just going - “Hey just put money out there and then you make a million bucks in the two days”. That’s not what happens."

— Wayne Palmer (State Emergency Services)