Accountants! Boring?

Yes, I know that some, a mere handful of, accountants have a reputation of being boring and it is not the intention of the writer of this august publication to comment one way or another. However, by way of light relief rarely seen in these pages (and, as it is the...

Another commercial

This has been around for quite a while and you may have already seen it but it’s definitely worth another look. I think I’ll just repeat what was said about it when it was sent to me. Every night and day we moan about the rubbish being passed off as commercials that...

Start the day well!

There I was at the crack of a dawn on a very sunny day on my walk along the Maroochydore boulevard on the Sunshine Coast (just to drop a name,) when I saw a man wearing a T-shirt with a slogan which read: “Sarcasm is another thing I give for free!” And I wondered why...

Do the pub trick!

I regularly get to help people with their speaking skills and, in so doing, have noticed some challenges that many of them have in common. And over an occasional article I’ll talk about some and give you simple solutions that really work. Let’s tackle a major one. And...

Duh! It just amazes me

I can’t count the number of times I get emailed “stuff” from friends, colleagues and associates that is wildly improbable, untested information or straight-out garbage which they have accepted as gospel and immediately circulated. Whenever I get something that seems...