Tag Archives: experience

Don’t be greedy

Posted on January 9, 2017 by Jon Stow

I believe in value billing. That means that I bill my clients what my advice and service should be worth to them. They get something they are happy with, and I get rewarded properly for my efforts. However, greed for … Continue reading →

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Where we are now

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Jon Stow

We can all look back and regret decisions we have made. I could if I felt like it. Should I have been more serious about that girl? Should I have had ambitions to be a Lloyd’s broker when I was … Continue reading →

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Gym crackers

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Jon Stow

Our local leisure centre has had a change of provider. One well-known company has taken over the running of it from another. However, they do seem to have management problems under the new regime. In recent weeks, my wife and … Continue reading →

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Getting the sack

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Jon Stow

Getting the sack is what launched my “career” as an independent person. Yet as an employee, if you are “terminated” it is a terrible shock, the stuff of nightmares. I had a bad dream about it last night; being called … Continue reading →

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Showing us the way with enthusiasms

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Jon Stow

  The long and winding road Do you sometimes look over your shoulder and wonder how you got where you are? In terms of learning our personal and working lives become inter-twined. Always along the way there are people whose … Continue reading →

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Learning from experience – the choices we make

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Jon Stow

It is only natural to wonder about “what ifs?” which are the choices we might have made in our lives but didn’t. Mostly we will form a view when it is too late to change. That is because as time … Continue reading →

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Monitoring help from afar

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Jon Stow

Recently I bought a couple of computer monitors for the office. I inserted the word “computer” in that last sentence to distinguish it from the other sort of monitor, which is someone who keeps an eye out. When I was … Continue reading →

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Confidence in our business strategy

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Jon Stow

    I have been writing recently about making assumptions about our business and our clients which may be unwarranted. In the business process, whether we are selling goods or services, we do need to understand those who may buy … Continue reading →

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Choosing a name for a small business

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Jon Stow

Image by bsterling via Flickr What’s in a name? I like to be able to relate to a business. I like to get a feeling for what it stands for and for the person behind it. I like any business … Continue reading →

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Why we need to assess the risk in our business assignments and projects

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Jon Stow

In my last piece I talked about the danger of adapting business agreements and contracts when we do not have the specialist knowledge as lawyers, or indeed as (in my case) a tax practitioner. I suspect that those who are … Continue reading →

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