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Posts From the monthly archives: "November 2014"
When I took up bike racing many years ago, we used to drill holes through our components to get the weight of the bike down. 10 kilos was the target then. Mankind has advanced in leaps and bounds since then and we are approaching the 10 pound racing bike now. Along the way, many rules…(Read More)
When I was a young lad working in the fruit markets, one of my jobs was to stop the old lady ‘tyre kickers’ from handling the fruit that we had on display. Avocadoes were the worst – since the only way to know how soft and ripe they were …was to give it a hard…(Read More)
As we go through life, we either get stuck or we are in flow. Athletes especially crave the feeling of being in the ZONE – where things seem effortless. As a businessman, I now see that ‘cash flow’ is a better indicator of the health of a business than its ‘value’. Rivers flow. We try…(Read More)
I was out having a bit of Turkish dinner and some dessert on Sunday night and the final screening of ‘The Block’ was on all the TVs in the restaurants. TV entertainment has shifted away from the manufactured shows and soap operas to ‘Reality Drama’. But look deeply into any reality show and you can…(Read More)