This entry is a follow on from a previous blog entry. If you haven’t already (and so this entry makes as much sense as possible) It’s worth reading the initial entry in this series here. Something strange happens when you understand there’s a chimp in your head. You slowly but surely start to recognise the behaviour […]
\Some countries like the United States of America, France and Senegal are. Other countries like Madagascar, Bangladesh and Iran used to be. and There’s quite a lot of ambiguity in countries including Norway, Malaysia and the UK. What I’m talking about is secularism. The separation of church and state. The concept where states treat all […]
King Louie is in your head. Mowgli is also in your head. and in the middle sits the most powerful computer the world has ever seen. Now you may be saying to yourself…. “I’ve not got the great ape and the human from ‘The Jungle Book’ in your head” or if you’re anything like me […]
I’m looking forward to 2014. I’m planning some huge steps forward both in my business and personal life and hopefully you know what you’re aiming to achieve over the course of the next year and beyondOne of the things I’m aiming to be next year is more grateful. I realise that although I try to […]
I hope (as we come to the end of this series) that Dr Seuss (and his book – Oh! The Places you’ll go) was not only a truly great kids author but also a pretty role model when it comes to learning how to manage our financially affairs more efficiently. We’ve talked about the art […]
Continuing from her first Blog, Kelly (our new apprentice) continues to talk about her experiences working with us at Principal. In this entry she talks about getting paid, settling in and why if you receive an email about automatic enrolment….you should really open it for her sake! Just last month (3rd November to be precise) […]
In the UK there are things we are a bit rubbish at. Handball, Speaking foreign languages and Winter Sports among them. However we there are some things that people in the UK we’re really good at. We’re not as good as the Japanese or the Australians. We are, on this measure, far better than the […]
Most of us understand that the “cost of living” increases every year. We might see our weekly shops increase by a couple of quid, or get a domestic bill which is a little more than it was last time, or especially this time of year realise that our Christmas Dinner cost us a little more […]
In some ways….I am a bit of a creature of habit. So much so that I can tell you about a ‘typical Thursday’. It normally looks like this… A day ‘in the office’, then home for Dinner (or as we used to call it when I was a kid “Tea”) and Pointless, then a couple of […]
When it comes to purchasing books I’ve got a strange habit. When I hear about a book I want to read it gets added straight to my Amazon list. I then order 9 or 10 books at a time and once I’m done reading those I’ll order the next ten on my list. Currently, and after finishing […]