Authors: R Wilkinson & K Pickett Publisher: Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books (2009), 331 pages The central message of The Spirit Level is that (at least amongst the world’s developed economies) the more egalitarian societies (like Norway and Japan, for instance) appear to function much better than more unequal societies (like the US ...
Image via Wikipedia Why SMMEs fail By Charles Pittaway, CEO of Netcash Successfully steering a new business through its first five years is not a challenge for the faint-hearted. Charles Pittaway, who founded Netcash in 2001 to provide payment services to other small and medium business owners, shares some of the lessons of his entrepreneurial ...
“Scratch an adult, and you’ll find a scared child underneath.” Who said this? I did. Ok, it’s not a very famous quote. But, I do say it, over and over. And people shake their heads yes, acknowledging that they know what I mean. “Under stress, we regress.” The man who trained me many years ago ...
So you plan on getting married soon, and there’s just something that you’ve had on your mind, but you just don’t know what you should do or how you should say it. That would be the questions you have concerning your future spouse’s finances. You really need to know something about their finances before you ...
Cover via Amazo A penny for your thoughts? They say talk is cheap. But cheap talk, in the form of unreal conversations, is offensively expensive for organisations and individuals. Every organisation feels it has real conversations with its employees, customers, territory and the unknown future emerging around it, and most people say they prefer hearing ...
Do what you love to do and give it your very best. Whether it’s business or baseball, or the theater, or any field. If you don’t love what you’re doing and you can’t give it your best, get out of it. Life is too short. You’ll be an old man before you know it. Al ...
Michelle has many friends. They call her often. She also has a devoted family. Michelle is only alone when she chooses to be, and she is never lonely. This has always been the way for her. Since childhood, she has never lacked for companionship. Karen has just the opposite experience of life. She makes friends ...
Cover via Amazon What most needs your attention is usually what most has your attention. But, if you don’t pay attention to what has your attention, it grabs much more of your attention than it deserves. This is according to David Allen, the author of Getting Things Done, whose ‘Getting Things Done’(GTD) method helps people ...
Health is wealth. By being physically fit, it can make a person look lean both inside and out. There is a lot a person can do such jogging or walking in the morning, playing basketball or any other sport with friends but if a person wants to have muscles and look lean, the best thing ...
When Mike turned 65, he was 25 pounds overweight. By strict dieting, he shed the extra pounds, but he lost more weight; he also lost his energy and vitality. He was always exhausted, and his friends, seeing his gaunt, drawn face, worried about his health. By the time he volunteered for a particular fitness program ...