by real_phil | Apr 25, 2017 | Points Of Focus
At this time of year, into a new tax year, many people make financial resolutions. There are many factors which will allow you to be financially well-organised. Things such as mortgages, pensions, investments, insurance, and so on, need to be well arranged. I’m not...
by real_phil | Jan 16, 2017 | Points Of Focus
24 September 2002. My beloved Aston Villa have just been beaten (on 16 September 2002) by bitter rivals Birmingham City in a most humiliating 3-0 defeat. I had watched the dire performance on the TV at my home, 350 miles away in Fife, Scotland, and the jaw-droppingly...
by real_phil | Jan 13, 2017 | Points Of Focus
This year, the first Friday 13th of the year falls in January. Not only is it a date filled with superstition that things go wrong, a day filled with bad luck, but also, in some quarters it has become known as ‘BSE Day’ – when we ‘Blame Someone Else’ for everything...
by real_phil | Dec 27, 2016 | Points Of Focus
Life is one big lesson… 1. Trust yourself. 2. Never put off a phone call. 3. There are still only 24 hours in a day… and it’s plenty; there are still only 7 days in a week … and it’s plenty; and there are still only 52 weeks in a year… and it’s...
by real_phil | Dec 20, 2016 | Points Of Focus
My uncle was a very young crewman in the RAF during World War 2. He was involved in night bombing raids in the second half of the war. A terrifying and terrible experience, I am sure. Like many who went through it, he rarely spoke of it. But during those night raids,...
by real_phil | Dec 6, 2016 | Points Of Focus
For one day in December each year I love to invest time in reviewing the year past. It’s incredible to look back through my Success Log and recount the achievements in a sort of “Sports Review of the Year” style! And it’s not simply a way of celebrating...
