Three secrets of motivation
Motivation is simply electrifying – let’s see how There’s a great deal said and written about motivation but much of it seems to ignore the fact that life is really very challenging for many people – a...
View ArticleControlling the money monster
Hi there, Take a look at the image below. (by the way – this image is supposed to be unisex – because the question applies equally to men and women) If the picture on the left most closely represents...
View ArticleThe risks in ‘buy to let’
An interesting article in the Telegraph Richard Dyson, 31st May looked at ‘How buy to let is overtaking pensions’ as the mainstream form of saving for retirement. According to the Telegraph – at £1,250...
View ArticleGet real
Should I try to be more positive? It’s an interesting idea isn’t it? And there are hundreds of millions of dollars (and a few pounds) being spent on seminars and coaching every year – by vulnerable and...
View ArticleStormy weather
There’s stormy weather here in Bristol, England today. And compared to what we’re used to – it’s raining really hard. There’s thunder and lightning and the clatter of small hailstones on the roof. Now,...
View ArticleFinancial life stages of parents
It’s funny isn’t it? How marketers try to fit us into categories (aka niches or tribes) to target us for their various products. Now, just one of of many ways they group people - especially when it...
View ArticleProcrastination right now
I heard a funny, true story recently. A student was running late – very late – with a piece of college work and tried to cram a week’s worth of effort into just one night – the night before his… Read...
View ArticleHow illiteracy costs lives
Most of us can read and write but, according to Gerd Gigerenzer, most of us are illiterate when it comes to understanding RISK. He shows how our overreactions to media (and sometimes health service)...
View ArticleA big lie about investing
Financial services consistently sit at the bottom of the ‘Trust’ league tables see here And they make matters worse for themselves by telling us lies about investing – at very difficult times like now....
View ArticleHow NOT to plan your business
Hey there… Have you heard the joke about the Management consultant? A man in a hot air balloon, realises he is lost and reduces height to talk to a man in a field below “Excuse me”, he shouts from the…...
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