Blwyddyn Newyd Dda – Happy New Year

Blwyddyn Newyd Dda – Happy New Year

Many opportunities in life are good, even great. That doesn’t mean we should pursue them. In his book Good to Great, Jim Collins says that once-in-a-lifetime opportunities come up every day. Most people take any great opportunity that comes their way, even if it’s not...

Giraffes and Turtles

It can be scary when you realise that you’ve reached a stage in life where you can look back on over 35 years of fluctuating investment markets before pausing to write a few comments! It’s also a comfort to be able to look back that far especially when I can do so to...

Ending 2015 on a high

October 1st is my annual opportunity to plan the last quarter of the year by completing my  “To end the year on a high I need to…” list. A 90 day period is a reasonable time to plan the completion of unfinished tasks, deal with things that need attention or even...
DIY

DIY

During a trip to one of my favourite little seaside towns on Cape Ann in Massachusetts I saw these words on a sign in a Barber shop window. We repair homemade haircuts. Many a DIY attempt at cutting hair have ended up as embarrassing disasters. There are many tales of...