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What maketh the man?
I was a scrawny, nervous young lad when I got to high school. For those from overseas, high school is around your 8th year of school through to when you leave school at around 17/18 in NZ. Anyway, I had a hard time. The nickname for my school was Pen...
Creativity
I honestly can’t pin point the time when I knew I wanted to be a creative person. Looking back, I see trigger points. A unique solution to a problem, playing Dungeons & Dragons as a kid and spending more time working on the story line that...
Dealing With Mr. Big
Masters. They are everywhere. We work our lives through a series of encounters with them. Regardless of whether you are a person in power, sometimes your life will collide with a master, and how you deal with that encounter determines the rest of you...
Ethics, Professionalism and Business – 5 Rules
Businesses are an interesting beast. When they are new, it is usually their founder that guides them, just like a parent and a child. As they reach a certain point, sometimes the founder/owner hands over the reigns, and the business can grow into som...
RE: Why You Can’t Find Better Employees
The following is from Seth Simonds’ Blog. The article “Why You Can’t Find Better Employees” spoke volumes and demanded a comment. Here is the opening: Here’s a phrase you have probably used before: “It’s impossible to fin...
‘I’m forever damaged’
I truly do feel for 29 year old Matt Manion of Foxton Beach. A lapse of judgement left him paralysed from the waist down. His job as a mechanic most likely over, and his time spent running and jumping with his 5 year old son a distant memory. Of cour...
Goals for 2009 – Update
Back in January I set myself 7 achievable goals. You can read the background here. The goals were as follows: Save $25,000 Complete the draft of my first novel Ensure all tax is paid on time Earn at least 20% of my income from freelance writing Pai...
Racist New Zealand
“Reserved places for Maori have proven the ability of Maori students to rise to the challenge if they are given the opportunity.” - Dr. Pita Sharples Hogwash. Maori who have been given an automatic place have preformed 4% less than their ...
Road deaths have dropped by 52%
“Since 1990 the number of vehicles on the road has increased by 51% while Police reported injuries have dropped by 8%, road deaths have dropped by 52% and the number of days spent in hospital as a result of road crashes has dropped by 48%.̶...
Alcohol danger for teens
Yes, of course it is. Obviously any teenager who drinks alcohol is going to be a bad person and an alcoholic. Just look at the statistics and research. http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/2331496/Alcohol-danger-for-teen Now, the issue I have with this ...
Lauren Kaney - the epitome of stupidity or something else?
UPDATE: This post is likely to change a lot in the next few days. There are inconsistencies in the reporting used as a basis for this post, an apparent breach of protocol by WINZ and somewhere a personal betrayal. Stay posted, this could get very...
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is a plonker
Today I read about two revelations. Firstly, the Rabbis within the Israeli army have said the last offensive into Gaza was to be considered a holy war, and the troops should consider it as such and fight as if it was. Secondly, United States’ p...
Unions want 9-day ‘top-up’
Of course they do. Here we stand at the brink of economic crisis, with many businesses teetering, and the unions have their greedy little paws out. How typical of New Zealand unions. So, what is the bottom line that the unionists seem to have complet...
Archbishop Jose Cardoso Sobrinho is a plonker
“The law of God is higher than any human laws,” he said. “When a human law — that is, a law enacted by human legislators — is against the law of God, that law has no value. The adults who approved, who carried out this abortion ...
This is what is wrong
It’s all about Victoria Stevens. Her son Hulio Ataria allegedly killed an innocent man, Mark McCutcheon. In court, she barked like a dog as a sign of support for her son. She abused the judge verbally after being asked to respect the court an...
“Three Strikes” Law
New Zealand is in the process of revamping part of our legal system, particularly around repeat offenders. The “Sentencing and Parole Reform Bill”, currently being introduced for consideration, includes the Act party’s “three ...
The Three Tales of Abraham
I’m not a religious person. I have faith, but not in any spiritual or superior being. And that faith is based on my firm belief that we as individuals make our own destiny, our own choices. Sometimes events or people have made choices that im...
5 On Monday
Welcome to this week’s 5 on Monday. Another week has flown by, and the year is already 10% done. So, what was notable last week: family is precious, especially in the wake of events in Australia deadlines make me work more effectively I think I dr...
The Road Toll and Drink Driving
The NZ Police are calling for a reduction in the legal alcohol limit. It’s currently 80 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. They want it reduced to 50 milligrams.They insist this will reduce the road toll by 14 per year and sa...
Light therapist didn’t warn cancer patient
I read an article titled “Light therapist didn’t warn cancer patient ” on www.stuff.co.nz today. It involved a woman with breast cancer who was trying out alternative therapy and then decided it was all the therapist’s fault t...
Minimum Wage
New Zealand’s government has decided to increase the minimum wage to $12.50 per hour from 1 April 2009. Good on them, that’s 1% higher than inflation. For an annual income of $26,000 for a 40 hour week. Not very much, granted, but it...
Unions reject pay freeze talk
Of course they do. They have no idea what a business owner goes through during tight economic times. The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union national secretary Andrew Little, who I personally think is a complete fuck wit, said higher wages ...
Self-Employed Vs Employed
I remember reading a piece by Jim Rohn many years ago about money, employment and the likes. Although I can’t find the article, it did have a life-changing affect on me. The bottom line, in Jim Rohn’s opinion is that everyone is self-empl...
Kill Your Debt
In the early 2000s I came so close to bankruptcy that it was almost inevitable. However, through some very persuasive discussions, mistakes by some of the parties involved and sheer luck I ended up avoiding it. I even managed to keep a pretty clean...
It must be the sun…
Gunpoint robbery at streetside strawberry stall I seriously don’t understand certain elements of society sometimes. Often they take from people who are not much better off than they are. It just stunns me the disregard for life and property ...
Recession? What Recession?
I have been 48 hours from bankruptcy twice in my life, once in 2003 and once in 1993. In 1993, it was a mear $300 cash that saved me. It is interesting that there are ten years between the two incidents. I also find it interesting that my credit ...
