Ships are built based around air-tight compartments so if the ship runs into an iceberg or a rock and a hole in the hull results, they can seal off that airtight compartment and the ship would continue to float. […]...
𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗗𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱 ‘𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲’ 𝗧𝗼 𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗜𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀. You don’t need more marketing strategies. You need fewer marketing ideas...
Being an entrepreneur is notoriously tough, especially when starting out as people sometimes find it hard to change their perception of you and may not take you seriously. I think this is a great little story that illustrates why you […]...
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 […]...
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 […]...
Are you frustrated with the interest rate you get on your savings I bet your bank hasn’t increased your savings rate, despite putting up its borrowing rates as soon as it could. If you are concerned about the size of […]...
Have you ever thought how great it would be to be a multi-millionaire or even a billionaire with multiple homes around the world, yachts to holiday on, private jets to whisk you to wherever you want in the world at […]...
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...
