The Most Important Word in Business

The Most Important Word in Business I once posted an article on a personal development forum entitled ‘The most Important Word in Business’. I’ll be honest, it’s a long time ago now and I’ve actually forgotten the exact word I proposed. Not too impressive you might think? What I do remember though was the best [...]

The Importance of Education

The Importance of Education “Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.” – H. G. Wells (1866 – 1946) I first came across the above quotation about ten years ago when I read a book on prophets, the quote has stuck with me over the years but I must admit I [...]

The Joys of Supermarket Shopping

Come on admit it, we all love supermarkets?!? Struggling to find a parking space, all the people, negotiating our trolleys up and down the aisles, trainee checkout staff. It’s blissfull. We’ve not tried doing the food shop on line yet but I don’t like waiting in for people and I’ve never really fancied the idea [...]

Why do We Buy Things?

We buy things for many reasons, we buy lots of things we need and lots of things we don’t need. If you have serious designs on making money it is vital that you understand why people buy. # Necessity: We can’t live without things such as food, water, shelter etc, so we have to aquire [...]

How to Get Promoted

How to Get Promoted When pitching to a group of people it is crucial that we ascertain as early as possible who the decision maker(s) is. A good way of doing this is to ask the group a key question and look who they all turn to for the answer. It’s very similar when we [...]

Best Use of Time

Time is precious, we all know that. We all get the same amount of time each day, time is perhaps one of the few even playing fields in life. Thus how we utilise it is vital to our success and happiness. We must use time as a tool, not as a crutch. – John F. [...]

How to Plan the Decor of a room

Most of us like to keep our homes looking clean and fresh and irrespective of differing taste there are simple rules we can follow in order to acheive a quality look. My wife and I are quite fortunate, she has a very good eye for design and I spent the first five years of my [...]

What do people Want?

There are essentially six basic things that all human beings NEED. These are: Air, Food, water, clothing, shelter and sex. Everything else is a bonus. Unfortunately, the more we attain the more we tend to want and this if we are not careful can become extremely self damaging. “Man is the only animal whose desires [...]

Are You Stopping Money From Coming to You?

No matter what we think about money it is vital to everone’s existence. Money often gets a bad press but placed in the right hands it can do amazing things. Money is meant to be fluid, to flow from one person to another, it is not meant to be horded. “Money can’t buy you happiness [...]

Things That do not Irritate Me

They say that patience is a virtue. I couldn’t agree more, it’s just one that I dont posess, I try, I really do and I’m not making excuses BUT there are just certain things that people do that would make even a saint swear. However, this year I decided to turn over a new leaf [...]