This month, 15 years ago, I sold a company I’d founded, Armchair Property Investor, for £2.2M. It seemed like a lot of money at the time, and I thought I was set for life. Just two years later… I was […]...
I do like a good story! This one is about the illusory barriers we put up that stop us from achieving our goals: During a research experiment, a marine biologist placed a shark into a large holding tank and then […]...
When you look at your results and let the results register in your mind, the results cause you to think. The thinking produces a feeling and that feeling causes you to act in a certain way that produces further results. […]...
Your self-image determines the level of success you experience in life, in much the same way as a thermostat controls the temperature in your house. It may vary from time to time but the thermostat will bring the temperature back […]...
Yes, guilty as charged. I’ve been bingeing on Peaky Blinders… again. So, continuing from my last post, another trait I find admirable in Thomas Shelby is his refusal to accept his allotted place in life. Much like James Woods’s character [&...
Hero or Villain Whatever your view of Tommy Shelby, there’s no doubt that the leader of the Peaky Blinders is a fascinating character. Despite his violent ways, Tommy has many admirable qualities. One of them I find compelli...
If you look back to prehistoric times, when our ancestors were hunter- gatherers, they lived in caves for safety from the carnivorous beasts that roamed outside. They usually only left the cave in groups tooled up with spears because they […]...
Back in the early 1900’s Charles Schwab (Andrew Carnegie’s right-hand man) and president of Carnegie Steel, granted an interview to an efficiency consultant called Ivy Lee. Schwab told Lee that he needed to apply what he already knew more effecti...
Here’s a great story about determination, belief in yourself despite the odds and holding out for your dreams inspiring story: Back in the 1950s, a boy was born in Hell’s Kitchen, New York. He was born with a partially paralyzed […]...
Have you ever wondered why so many high achievers seem to get so much more done than “regular people” I don’t just mean Federer, Winfrey and DiCaprio, but successful people in all industries, for example: Simon Cowell - Entertainment&nb...
Being an entrepreneur can be tough. Sometimes it can seem that running a business is nothing but an endless series of problems to resolve… And, as soon as you solve problem #1, problem #2 gets a promotion! It’s hard to […]...
Do you want to improve your financial well-being Your business is hopefully not in dire financial straits financially desperate, but you probably still worry about money more than you’d like. Or perhaps you’re not hitting your financi...
