Get Rid of New Year Resolutions
2012. We’re full of it. The ultimate list of New Year Resolutions. It lasts about as long as it takes to polish off that monster bag of liquorice. Replace achievements with direction Replace achievements with a direction you’d like to move in. A healthier, outdoor lifestyle, for example. So, when you think of how to spend a free weekend, travel in the new direction. Or, if...
Read MoreHot-desking & Co-working NI
This post outlines the options available in NI for those who are newly established, or those who have either no staff, or a small number of staff. First, a definition of the options, listed roughly in increasing order of cost. Hot-desking Hot-desking is the option of paying (on demand, or monthly) for use of a desk on an hourly, daily or ad-hoc throughout the month basis. Only rarely will you be...
Read MoreBusinesses of the World Go On Strike!
While listening to a radio debate on Wednesday between Kevin Green and Richard Murphy about lowering the top rate of tax in order to boost the UK economy, I became violently angry. All Green could do was threaten in a fairly limp and vague way that wealth-creators might leave the country unless tax burdens were lifted. As the title of this blog suggests, I have a better idea… Well, its...
Read MoreWhy Your Non-Entrepreneurial Family and Friends Don’t Understand What You Do
This blog post title is very long. And, yet it should be longer: Why Your Non-Enterpreneurial Family and Friends Don’t Understand What You Do, And Why You Should Stop Trying to Make Them. When they Hear the Word “Business”, They Think Tesco, HSBC or the Local Hardware Store They do not think… my brother, my daughter. No matter how many times you try to explain that...
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