Slughorns and Slubberdegullions
The Victorian poet Robert Browning loved finding obscure, archaic words to use in his poems. The trouble was, he didn’t always take the trouble to find out what they meant. ... Read more
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Sometime Starts with an N
How often do you say “I’ll do it sometime”? If you’re anything like me, it’s probably very often indeed. All those tasks that don’t have hard deadlines, so it’s OK ... Read more
Silence Isn’t Golden
“Silence is golden”, according to the classic Sixties song, echoing the old proverb “speech is silver, silence is golden”. Profound philosophy, perhaps, but definitely not a philosophy to be applied ... Read more
Self-Employment — the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
I’m self-employed. Alternatively, I can (and do) legitimately describe myself as the owner of a business. But, as the only participant in a sole trader organisation, self-employed is a good ... Read more
Without a Paddle?
Like all business owners and self-employed people, I have the annual task of doing my tax self-assessment. I’ve been receiving polite requests for this from HMRC each year since 2014, ... Read more
Don’t Try to Be Good at What You Do
Whether you’re an accountant, a business coach or a piccolo player, it makes sense that you want to be good at it. The trouble is that, unless you’re in a ... Read more
The Land of the Vikings
I normally use my blog to talk about business affairs, but I couldn’t resist writing about my recent trip to Iceland. It had been a dream for a long time. ... Read more
What Has a Water Mill to Do with Modern Business?
I recently visited the water mill at Mill Green, near Hatfield. If you don’t know it (and if not I can recommend it), this is a still-working mill that’s thought ... Read more
Promising and Delivering in Writing
Promising and delivering are fairly central to any business. After all, if we don’t promise, no-one knows what we have to offer, while if we don’t deliver on the promises, ... Read more
Welcome to My New Website
There are very few areas of life that stand still, and web design moves faster than most. I’ve been in business for four years now, and the original design was ... Read more
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