Archive for June 2005

The Magic Is In….

Jun 29th, 2005 | By Nicola Cairncross | Category: Money Gym | Diaries

"The magic is in risking all for a dream that no-one else can even see" - a great quote from Morgan Freeman in "Million Dollar Baby". 
A marvellous film but not at all what you would expect and I can tell you, not a film for people with father or abondonment issues.  The tissues were [...]



Blogging, Pings, Trackbacks & RSS Readers

Jun 28th, 2005 | By Nicola Cairncross | Category: Money Gym | Diaries

Well, I’ve been very impressed with the levels of interest in trackbacking and pinging from my last email - sorry I uploaded the video to the wrong folder in Steve’s absence. Even Radio 4 have been talking about blogging apparently!
Just to remind you all, the Top 10 Benefits of Blogging for your business are: [...]



Financial Intelligence - One Child At A Time

Jun 25th, 2005 | By Nicola Cairncross | Category: Money Gym | Diaries

One of my Money Gym clients sent me this today:
"Ok, so you’re only doing it one child at a time, right now, but my child (aged 17) has just had a conversation with her sourcing agent and settled on the first buy-to-let property she is buying.
There was a choice of ….



Fancy Learning About Interior Design?

Jun 25th, 2005 | By Nicola Cairncross | Category: Money Gym | Diaries

Client and friend Sandy McMorran came down for a chat last week, and as she’s been getting on so well with her HTML newsletter, I thought it was time she had a blog.  No sooner said than done, and you can find our about her latest informal but informative, fun, hand’s on courses in London, [...]



Read the ups and downs of a new internet entrepreneur here!

Jun 23rd, 2005 | By Nicola Cairncross | Category: Money Gym | Diaries

Emily Gordon, my new Money Gym Platinum client has hit the ground running with three new blogs and she is blogging on not only two of her passions but on what it’s like working with me!
Scary stuff!  She is going through the usual ups and downs and it’s a compelling read.  Why not check out [...]



Love In The Kitchen

Jun 23rd, 2005 | By Nicola Cairncross | Category: Money Gym | Diaries

I’ve just joined a great sounding dating thingy called Love In The Kitchen, based in Brighton, recommended by my husband of all people. 
Apparently, they match up 8 people a month and invite them to a fabulous dinner, with fine wine, in lovely surroundings, and you have a great dinner party.  Do they let the [...]



Trying something new

Jun 23rd, 2005 | By Nicola Cairncross | Category: Money Gym | Diaries

One of my clients, Alexis Garnaut-Miller is very big into NLP and while I’ve never been keen, I respect and like Alexis enormously so I tend to listen to what she says mostly.
She posted on her blog recently about a neat little software tool that you download to your computer (you know I’m a sucker [...]



A Funny Story…..

Jun 23rd, 2005 | By Nicola Cairncross | Category: Money Gym | Diaries

Most of you have read the scare-mail about the person whose kidneys were stolen while he was passed out. Well, read on. While the kidney story was an urban legend, this one is not. It’s happening every day.
My thighs were stolen from me …..



Starting to think about losing weight

Jun 23rd, 2005 | By Nicola Cairncross | Category: Money Gym | Diaries

Greg from Ballard Shaw has been losing weight and whenever I go up to their offices, he always has intriguing things on his desk to eat, like punnets of organic pineapple pieces.  He’s been banging on at me for a little while now about cutting out carbs - bread, wheat, pasta, potatoes - and I [...]



Stop Debt Advertising On Kids TV

Jun 22nd, 2005 | By Nicola Cairncross | Category: Money Gym | Diaries

One of my newsletter and Financial Intelligence discussion group subscribers, Karen Burge, emailed this to me to ask for my help.  My kids sing the jingles and it definately promotes the idea that debt is good, if you can afford the repayments, no matter what the APR %, regardless of the impact on your finances.  [...]