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Using Downtime to Upskill

For reasons that I don’t need to explain, many people are finding they have a lot of free time on their hands these days. If you’re out of work there are many people giving great advice on using social media and the internet to upskill yourself and get back in the game. I think this [...]

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Growth, Reproduction, Generations and The Recession

Growth, Reproduction, Generations and The Recession

I was going to call this post “How Darwin could help us out of this recession” in honour of his 200th Birthday today. Apologies in advance for the length, but I hope it’s worth it. The last book I finished reading was Richard Dawkins‘ The Extended Phenotype. It was fantastic. Although it has given my [...]

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Recruit When There’s Blood in the Streets

Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful. That’s one of my favourite Warren Buffett quotes. I’ve learned a lot from him (indirectly, of course), not just about investing but about business and life in general. For those of you who don’t know him, he’s the richest man in the world, [...]

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