The 3 pieces of advice I received at the outset

The 3 pieces of advice I received at the outset

by | Jul 19, 2018 | Points Of Focus

When I began in business, I spoke to three people I admired who had trodden a similar path to me. I asked their advice. And I wrote down what each said. 1. Consistently deliver value 2. The quality of your business is directly related to the quality of the people you...
Time is in short supply

Time is in short supply

by | Jul 18, 2018 | Points Of Focus

Someone recently told me “Time is in short supply.” What a strange way of putting it, I thought. I don’t want to get into the whole relativity thing… But, for the context we’re talking about, surely the supply is constant. It’s the demand that changes. Or rather the...
Beware the Business Balrogs

Beware the Business Balrogs

by | Jul 17, 2018 | Points Of Focus

For those who aren’t familiar with the works of Tolkien (is there anyone left on the planet who hasn’t at least seen the Peter Jackson films?), a Balrog is a mythical creature… a demon. It appears in the story as a huge, menacing beast of fire, some say with enormous...

The Power of Self Leadership

by | Jul 16, 2018 | Points Of Focus

One of the challenging, and most rewarding, periods of my life was when training at Dartmouth Naval College to become a Naval Officer. The College is renowned for its tough regime, and here I was, having just left 3 years of relatively relaxed university life, walking...