by Paul Stark | Jul 28, 2019 | blog
I’ve noticed a couple of surveys this week. One about the most hated buzzwords and one about the most intimidating professions to deal with. Taking the office buzzwords first, the number one hate was “touch base”, which I have to admit is one I dislike. What’s wrong...
by Paul Stark | Jul 22, 2019 | blog
What are the numbers that really matter to your business? Lots of people get hung up on sales (which are important), but if your business has a low profit margin then you are putting in a lot of work to increase profits. For example, if you have a 10% margin...
by Paul Stark | Jul 20, 2019 | blog
Joanna Lumley as the actual first female Dr Who Remember when they turned Dr. Who into a woman, and there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth. Personally I didn’t watch it so I didn’t really care. Whatever else it was hailed as an innovative idea. Except...
by Paul Stark | Jul 1, 2019 | blog
This week I have a bad back which is annoying, firstly because it is holding up my work but also because I can’t exercise. I have been trying to stay trim for a few years now ever since I realised that I’m not as young as I used to be and I can’t eat what I want...
by Paul Stark | Jun 24, 2019 | blog
Most business owners — in fact most people — confuse true action with deceptive illusions, and our brains use a variety of techniques to deceive us into thinking we’re actually getting things done. Here are the top 5, according to Jeffrey Pfaffer and Robert...
by Paul Stark | Jun 2, 2019 | blog
Hasn’t it been a lovely couple of weeks of weather. Warm and dry. Sunny. Hopefully, this will be a good Summer. It’s tempting to use this as an excuse to laze around and do as little as possible (but wait, whilst everyone else does that you can steal a...
