Pacific Brands Australia announced over 1800 jobs to go in the next 18 months.. jobs to go off shore.
Those who  are regulars here will know I have sprouted wistfully about the doom and gloom, however this time I want to take a “positive swipe” at the situation and ignore the nay sayers cutting jobs and […]

I’m always finding myself saying “Fall down 5 times then get up six times…” But I can’t say it as well as this guy!
In times of challenge you need to be in the right frame of mind to come out on top, check the video and let me know what you think…

On the news this morning more jobs lost 600 here 400 there and that’s just in Australia… so where to from here?
Well people will pull their heads in then even more slowly let them out, I guess the smart money is on businesses, which provide a need for customers, then there’s those which put a […]

For many this might seem like a curious title but I hope it makes sense as you read on.
For many the horror of the Victorian bushfires will be an ongoing battle as they come to terms with personal loss on an unimaginable scale. For those watching from a short distance they are living the horror […]

Your are in the midst of the economic whatsit… and you are doing what?
perhaps you are planning what to do… Pulling your hair out as prices alter before your eyes, competitors cut their margins to keep afloat, petrol prices go up (again) staff are nervous and looking elsewhere, your partners and or shareholders are asking […]

Ok.. some of you are… (not you specifically…)
I wanted to raise your interest in a thought I had this morning watching the news, someone did something dumb and I thought “Derrh! what an idiot”, then I started to mentally add up the dumb stuff…

Stop violence against women, great idea, but why not just Stop Violence…
War, […]

The Australian Government is due to release details of it’s next economic stimulus package today 3/2/09.
The previous stimulus package drew bad reviews from what many saw was a flawed package (handouts to family’s). The feeling seemed to be that the money went to frivilous purchases (gambling among them) while some saved the money for “A […]

If you are listening to the news you are, doom and gloom at every turn.
Many businesses will give up, walk away and say things like “It was out of our hands…” “We were at wits end…” “It wore us down…”
So make a decision, to stand and deliver or fold under the pressure. The key thing […]