Long summer evenings do not equal thinking about tax returns or planning. However, it can be the best time to kickstart this process gathering information so there is less pressure as the deadline approaches. Whether you are self-employed, own a rental property, let property through Airbnb or are obliged to complete a return for…
Bibi Baskin: Three Quick Life Lessons In the busy-ness of life nowadays we sometimes need quick reminders of how we can re-direct our thinking for a happier life. Quick because for many people, employers and employees alike, life is too hectic to do a great deal of private study. Reminders because we all have created…
Bibi Baskin: A Fishy Tale with a Moral It’s natural that every now and again we all hit a wall in terms of tackling work challenges. This applies to employers as much as to employees. Perhaps employers just conceal it better. It is often brought on by setting goals that are just too big and…
How You Vote Doesn’t Matter – what’s important is that you Do…. Anyone who listens to the Opinion Line regularly on Cork’s 96FM will know that regular callers to our show tend to have little regard for politicians. For the most part, they view them as self-serving, untrustworthy, economical with the truth, and above all,…
There is a quote that springs to mind when I talk about measurement. It’s “what gets measured gets done.” It’s a five word story really. You focus on the thing that is measurable. The same can be said for a business. How do you know if you’re doing well? You look at your sales,…
Bessborough – We Must Know What Lies Beneath…. I grew up only a short distance from Bessborough Mother & Baby Home, or as it was known locally “the Sacred Heart Convent”. When I was a lad, it was spoken about, publicly at least, as a place where kindly nuns took in girls who had “gotten…
Spring time is traditionally the time to ultra clean a house. While it’s incredibly popular, there is no one origin to this desire we have once it gets a small bit warm. Cleaning companies the world over ramp up their advertising spend at this time of the year appealing to this sense of Spring…
Scouting Ireland v Tusla – Rooting out the Bad Guys.. Minister for Children, Katherine Zappone, can’t do right for doing wrong, it seems. I’d hate her job, for sure. I also don’t think I’d like to be a scout leader or a scouting volunteer this week, after hearing the contents of a letter she read…
One of the achievements of the introduction of Wellness awareness in the workplace is a recognition that as an employer or employee you also are not just a compartmentalised human being who brings one part of the holistic you to the job and leaves the other parts at home. Specifically, that you are at your…
With 2019 well underway and Christmas a distant memory, now is the time to look forward. A new year with new possibilities stretches out in front of you and your business. This time of year is full of good advice – social media, the news paper and radio shows are all talking about making…