Wow. Last week I opened a can of worms. And then I bit off more than I could chew. And then lost the entire contents of my tummy when Junior brought home a bug that let us both hurl yellow effluvium from both sides, in an unusual display of family unity. As a result I…
Month: July 2008
Money is not worth what you pay for it
Lets talk about money this week. I don’t know about you, but after fifty years of trying to get to grips with the subject I find myself sadly lacking. Here’s the thing. In 1992 I was forced to revise all the stuff I had learned about money in business, and since then have been teaching…
The state we’re in
A few folk have seen fit to complain about my writing these past few weeks. They say I no longer say good things. I only focus on the bad, it seems. It appears that my raising the spectre of failure is a bad thing. I am buying into all the tabloid hype about our economy,…
Average is not good enough
There is a tiny loophole in all short term insurance contracts. In normal times it is not worth worrying about. In times like these it is crucial. Let me explain. Assume that your home costs R1-million to rebuild. When you bought it three years ago it cost R500,000. Your insurer will increase the cover on…