The father of time management could be Stephen Covey. In his book “First thing’s first”, he observed that great leaders appear less stressed and seemed to have more time on their hands. He adopted the Eisenhower matrix which helps to sort tasks based on the principals of urgency and importance. When assigned to each task, […]
This is an extract from a book called ‘Don’t say I never told you’.
Create a story
Presentation planning
Last-minute slide presentations are a career-limiting activity. You would not hang your dirty washing in front of a hundred people, so why would you want to show your audience sloppy slides? Only say “yes” to a presentation if you have the time, […]
I consider abandonment as one of the most important gifts bestowed on us by Peter Drucker. It is unusual that such a profound concept should have been left unnourished by so many writers who followed in his footsteps. Amongst the overgrown and chaotic jumble within an organisation Drucker saw a clear pathway to freedom, innovation […]
The first circle in the diagram tells us to focus on an area where we can be a world expert. This is not as hard as it sounds, providing you look for a field specific to your experiences, where you have already made progress. Make sure it’s free from competing experts, then get your 10,000 […]
30 Years vs 15 Years of Payments on a mortgage of $400,000 at a 5% interest rate
30 Years of Payments
15 Years of Payments
15 years paid fortnightly
Monthly Payment
$2,147
$3163
$1582 fortnightly
Total Interest
$373,000
$169,000
$148,000
I am not kidding, this is what you will eventually do, if you are clever. To get a mortgage you may sign yourself up to the devil, […]
Investing in stocks without understanding what is going on is betting in a casino which I don’t think you are into. It is very easy to turn your investments into dumb money as the ‘fear of missing out’ will drive you to questionable investments.
There are a myriad of investment opportunities for where the unwise can […]
Know your credit score
Your credit score is one of the biggest factors in what your loan terms will be. Know your score before you ever try to get a loan, and take the time to repair it as there will be errors ( 4 out of 5 contains errors). Noticed a small mistake? No […]
If you receive an email from a reverend with a Gmail account, you can guarantee you’ve been hit by a scam.
Features of a scam are:
Large church who are running a large conference as they want to do something different.
Have substantial sponsorship so fees are not a problem.
They are promising about 600 people […]
Jack Welch puts celebrations in his top eight traits of a leader, that is how important it is. As he says “Work is too much a part of life not to recognize moments of achievement. Grab as many celebrations as you can. Make a big deal out of them.” Welch was all about making business […]
Performance Bonuses give away billions of dollars each year, based on methodologies where little thought has been applied. Many Schemes are flawed from the start, there are ten foundation stones to making performance related pay work. The most significant foundation stone is never pay super profits in any bonus, as these come round in-frequently and […]