I have a secret, I love mowing. Not the kind of mowing that involves the struggling to push the Victa zip-start, but the kind that involves sitting behind the wheel of something like this. Good thing I do, my mower…
Paul WrightNovember 10, 2014
I sit on my back deck, look out at my little piece of paradise, and think how fortunate I am. Very often visitors to our place will tell us how lucky we are to have it, but I can tell…
Paul WrightOctober 28, 2014
I love The Lord Of The Rings by J R R Tolkien. I first read the book in Year 9 at high school (too many years ago to divulge when that was!) and when I finished it, I immediately started…
Paul WrightOctober 22, 2014
I was talking to a friend the other day about her upcoming holiday. “We only booked economy, but we’re hoping for an upgrade” she said. Because the lady concerned is a good friend, and I didn’t want to offend or…
Paul WrightOctober 20, 2014
In recent years there has been much written about the need for detailed business plans, and in fact a whole industry has sprung up built on developing business plans at great expense to the business owner, who has somehow become…
Paul WrightOctober 13, 2014
I was sitting in my dentist’s chair the other day, after my umpteenth visit, yet another root canal over, when he suggested I had some other problems that he needed to discuss with me. Once I had mentally checked my…
Paul WrightOctober 7, 2014
I don’t know how many times I have had people say to me “Superannuation is a lousy investment” or “I don’t believe in Superannuation”. Statements like these come about because the person making them doesn’t really understand what superannuation is.…
Paul WrightOctober 7, 2014
All of us in business know that it is an activity with an inflated level of risk. There are many external factors which can impact upon the performance of the business over which we have no control. I have written…
Paul WrightSeptember 29, 2014
A spectator or a competitor? “The road to financial success is lined by those who were always going to, but never did”. I love the Tour De France. Each July my bleary eyes pay tribute to long nights in front…
Paul WrightSeptember 12, 2014