The story of an extraordinary man Imagine the excitement of buying, selling, and racing cars at aged 19 and making enough money to not only pay for yourself to go to university but to buy a home for your mother and grandmother. Imagine starting work at one of the world’s biggest firms of accountants and […]
Why so many businesses don’t grow Lots of people have great ideas for businesses. Lots of people start new businesses. Not many grow them into thriving enterprises that provide employment, and contribute significantly to the economy. This can sometimes be dismissed as “failure to grow” but the reality is that of the 6 million small […]
Whenever something “always” happens to you, you can relax. It means that you are completely in charge of that situation. Always late? Hmmm, let’s see now… From near or far, summer or winter, rush hour or not, alone or with others and to various destinations, and you “all-ways” manage to neutralize all of the variables […]
In the face or world disasters, personal hardship and events over which we have no control it is easy to feel overwhelmed and powerless. Despair is destructive and leads to inaction but when we start to make small gains in our influence, even if its only power over own emotions, we are in a better […]
Do you need goals, plans or a strategy? Imagine you live in the middle ages. It’s been a hard winter and the food has run out in your village. A bunch of responsible folk get together to decide what to do. You may hope that spring will come early but, as we all know, hope […]