How not to attract repeat customers

by | Oct 24, 2018 | 0 comments

I was in a pub one evening, standing at the bar, and the bloke next to me started telling me a story: I was in a pub one evening, standing at the bar, and the barmaid came to serve me. ‘What would you like?’ she asks. ‘A pint and a sandwich, please.’ ‘Ok,’ she says,...

Reading lessons from Dr Seuss

by | Oct 23, 2018 | 0 comments

I read a book one weekend, with my younger daughter Good old Dr Seuss. Read his stories? You ought to. This book in hand, containing four tales in all Full of wordplay, full of lessons For me, for us all.   About the Sneetches we were reading Our knowledge we...

‘I want to be my own boss’

by | Oct 22, 2018 | 0 comments

Inspiration can come from anywhere and I love the fact that YouTube exists not because it means I can watch cats on skateboards but because I can revisit old TV ads that I remember fondly and struck a chord with me. Below is an old TV ad for the Prudential from 1989...

‘Life skills’

by | Oct 21, 2018 | 0 comments

Over the years, I’ve heard people talk about a need for schools to teach people knowledge for life, or ‘life skills’, such as: How to fill in a form The most cost-effective ways to buy a car How banks make a profit How to cook a healthy meal, rather than biscuits or...

Rubbish at Pictionary?

by | Oct 20, 2018 | 0 comments

It’s not that I’m rubbish at playing Pictionary, more absolutely terrible, which is why my daughters enjoy watching me play it. I know in my head what my picture should look like but what emerges on the paper when it’s my turn rarely matches the image I’m seeing in my...