When I first met Nicola, one of the marketing messages the Money Gym was using to attract new clients was about worrying about our old age.   Would we have a pension?
I wasn’t worried about my old age, I already KNEW I wouldn’t have a pension and since I had left it too late,  I KNEW [...]

As I said in my “Note From Nicola” this week, Judith and I have been discussing via Skype what The Money Gym looks like for the rest of this year and next.  We love to do this “blue sky” thinking and like to do it before board meetings because Steve prefers more practically orientated chat.  [...]

Last week my hairdresser gave me a big hug and told me I was one of the two people who had changed his life.
Ok, I’ll admit I simpered a little with delight.  Because I love to help people.  That’s how I get my good feelings.
D.’s been doing my hair for years now.  He’s the best [...]

Nicola says:  When I was just getting started in personal development and wealth creation, I diligently worked through every exercise in books like Colin Turner’s “Swimming With Pirahna’s Makes You Hungry” and Stephen Covey’s “7 Habits Of Highly Effective People” and I ended up setting goals for myself.
I had never set goals before in my [...]

I’m always banging on about overnight success taking at least 10 years but Scotland’s own Susan Boyle, who stunned Britain’s Got Talent judges and audiences alike this Saturday, took nearly 47 years to become an overnight success.  Watch this video and enjoy! I’ve been watching it daily and loving it!

There are so MANY wonderful [...]

In the news and on the BBC News Website this week I notice “Students should get work experience to boost their chances of getting jobs in the downturn, the head of the CBI says. Richard Lambert says students must get skills and first-hand experience of work while still at university. Launching a report with Universities [...]

In this fascinating short talk, Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and creative people — and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person “being” a genius, all of us “have” a genius. It’s a funny, personal and surprisingly moving talk. The author of “Eat, Pray, Love”, Elizabeth [...]

As the news on the TV and in the papers gets worse and worse, I keep hearing about cashflow crisis, and investments underperforming, and companies going bust, and jobs being lost.
Judith and I are increasingly feeling as if we have to alert you to what’s really going on out there and so I’ve written a [...]

As the news on the TV and in the papers gets worse and worse, I keep hearing about cashflow crisis, and investments underperforming, and companies going bust, and jobs being lost.
Judith and I are increasingly feeling as if we have to alert you to what’s really going on out there and so I’ve written a [...]

As the news on the TV and in the papers gets worse and worse, I keep hearing about cashflow crisis, and investments underperforming, and companies going bust, and jobs being lost.
Judith and I are increasingly feeling as if we have to alert you to what’s really going on out there and so I’ve written a [...]