I’ve decided I don’t like Peacocks! Not the birds, you understand, but the preening, self-congratulatory, loud individuals who can usually be found selling themselves as gurus and mentors – and giving those who actually are, a bad name. ‘Ooh, look at my flash motor’, ‘Look at my fabulous house’, ‘Don’t you think I look just […]
I know I’m not alone in being frustrated with a long list of tradesmen who I’ve called to do various jobs around the house. Carpenters, plumbers, electricians, the jobs may be different, but the outcome is nearly always the same. The postman may always ring twice, but tradesmen never do. Occasionally you might get an […]
I had an interesting conversation with a control freak last week. He was telling me how he hates to delegate – doesn’t trust his employees to do anything without some sort of supervision, because they cock things up, make mistakes, take longer to do the job than he would. “I check EVERYTHING’ he said, ‘I don’t want my […]