22 May Lenin's Brain
The word ‘genius’ gets bandied about a lot. I am a believer in genius, as opposed to exceptional intelligence, but I think it is much rarer an attribute than we think....
15 May Private Equity Laid Bare - Ludovic Phalippou
“The big private equity funds have proven to be a menace to healthy companies, to workers’ rights… These leveraged buy-outs leave the company saddled with debt and interest payments, its workers are laid off, and its assets are sold. A once profitable and healthy company...
11 May The weekend starts here....
Buffett; humility and our ability to learn; hungry mice; turning desert sand into farmland; the cost of bad advice; the benefits of doing nothing; it's ok to sin a little; humility (again); how the mighty are fallen; GDPR, and Buffett (again). The best of what...
16 Mar The weekend starts here...
Lottery hackers; Growth without goals; Passive investors under attack; Expectations v Forecasts, and mourning the loss of two greats. My top picks this week...
09 Mar The weekend starts here....
How to get rich; why having more money won't make you happier; don't waste your biggest asset; balancing how you feel today with what you need tomorrow. My top picks from what I read this week...
02 Mar The weekend starts here.....
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Overlooking the obvious; Good Dogs; taking the time to think; how planners add value; the rich really are different. The best of what caught my eye this week....
09 Feb The weekend starts here.....
Turbulent stockmarkets, lessons from history, you can never be too kind and digital detoxing. The best of what caught my eye this week ...
24 Nov THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE...
Managing the Earth's resources, why books are about so much more than reading and why you can't help but listen to the Portsmouth Sinfonia. ...