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Jul
14
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I'm sorry, but I can't make it then!
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Hi,
My son has just finished his GCSEs and to his credit, got himself a job shortly after his last exam. At his interview the manager gave him some homework to do in preparation for his second interview, which he started as soon as he got home.
However, his younger brother had other plans and wanted him to go to the local skate park. He told his brother politely, but firmly, "get out of my room, I've got work to do!" (well, maybe not as polite as that, but you get the idea).
You can imagine how I felt when I heard him; on the one hand "proud" that he was applying himself, but on the other hand, quite chastened, thinking about the times I had done something or said something similar. It's quite surprising what we all do (work-wise) and the hours we put into our businesses, but I guess there's always a cost - and that's always our time.
My son has just finished his GCSEs and to his credit, got himself a job shortly after his last exam. At his interview the manager gave him some homework to do in preparation for his second interview, which he started as soon as he got home.
However, his younger brother had other plans and wanted him to go to the local skate park. He told his brother politely, but firmly, "get out of my room, I've got work to do!" (well, maybe not as polite as that, but you get the idea).
You can imagine how I felt when I heard him; on the one hand "proud" that he was applying himself, but on the other hand, quite chastened, thinking about the times I had done something or said something similar. It's quite surprising what we all do (work-wise) and the hours we put into our businesses, but I guess there's always a cost - and that's always our time.
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Jul
12
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I just finished reading a book called 'The Four Hour Work Week' by Tim Ferris, well, what an eye opener. Its not that he has the answer the the meaning of life, but he has an interesting take on it.
Consider this...
Tim Ferris has written about a goal; the ultimate achievement of being independent of the shackles we create for ourselves when we set up and run our businesses. By coincedence, the Profit from Technology web site is about how to implement the automated systems to attain Tim Ferris's goal!
You must read it. It's a Wall Street Journal and New York Times bestseller as well as being highly commended by Jack Canfield and many other lifestyle "gurus".
Four Hour Work Week
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I just finished reading a book called 'The Four Hour Work Week' by Tim Ferris, well, what an eye opener. Its not that he has the answer the the meaning of life, but he has an interesting take on it.
Consider this...
Tim Ferris has written about a goal; the ultimate achievement of being independent of the shackles we create for ourselves when we set up and run our businesses. By coincedence, the Profit from Technology web site is about how to implement the automated systems to attain Tim Ferris's goal!
You must read it. It's a Wall Street Journal and New York Times bestseller as well as being highly commended by Jack Canfield and many other lifestyle "gurus".
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Jul
08
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Being Connected
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Your business needs to be connected in order to connect to everyone else, otherwise who would you trade with. If you're not, eventually your competition will disappear - to another plane, one that you're not competing with.
Whilst we all recognize that technology is an intrinsic part of our lives it is plain to see that we have moved from the mechanical era to a digital era and now to a virtual era. There are many aspects of this technological environment that we now find ourselves in that are forcing us to change our personal and business habits.
Whilst we all recognize that technology is an intrinsic part of our lives it is plain to see that we have moved from the mechanical era to a digital era and now to a virtual era. There are many aspects of this technological environment that we now find ourselves in that are forcing us to change our personal and business habits.
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Jul
06
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The Digital Economy
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I came accross this article over the weekend and thought it was a poignant illustration as to what's happening in our business community.
With thanks to Richard Barbrook.Hypermedia Research Centre
With thanks to Richard Barbrook.
The Digital Economy
By Richard Barbrook
Hypermedia Research Centre
University of Westminster
The Net is now the iconic technology of our age. From California, Wired magazine has achieved global notoriety through its claims that the Net will create the sort of free market capitalism until now only found in neo-classical economics textbooks. Everyone will be able to buy and sell in cyberspace without restrictions. States will no longer be able to control electronic commerce which can cross national borders without hinderance. The Net will allow the whole world to realise the American dream of material riches. Coming from California, this neo-liberal fantasy has even acquired a mystical dimension.
By releasing the supposed laws of nature immanent in unregulated capitalism, the information technologies will allegedly lead to the birth of a new race of 'post- humans': cyborg capitalists freed of the restrictions of the flesh. Like Victorian factory-owners, hi-tech neo-liberals believe that their narrow self-interest represents the pinnacle of Darwinian evolution. The Californian ideology is the fantasy of the 'virtual class': the West Coast entrepreneurs and engineers who hope to make their fortunes out of the Net. Yet, Europeans are not immune from the influence of this Californian dreaming.
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Jun
30
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How many will see this video?
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I came across this video yesterday and thought that it was a great illustration for our younger generation to be mindful of!
Pass it on...