The thing I like best about writing the Alfie Potts books is the testimonials I receive from children who have read the stories, and also from their parents and grandparents. Here’s one I heard recently… One night I was at The Business Club, a Norfolk networking group, and during the ‘elevator pitches’ one of the ...…
On the way home from a business trip today I was listening to Radio 2 (yes I’m old) and I heard a guy say that the world population of 7 billion is predicted to increase to 9 billion in the next 2 or 3 decades. He went on to say the demand for resources from this ...…
If you didn’t know already it’s Global Entrepreneurship Week, and today I’m really excited to be able to post about something that’s been in the pipeline for around a year. It’s the upcoming ‘Trainee Millionaire Club‘, an online community website and resource for schoolboy and schoolgirl entrepreneurs! My aim is to provide an engaging and ...…
I don’t really have anything to say today. Instead I’m going to let this young lady do the talking. I assume this is NOT what the school expected in a Valedictorian speech, in fact I was expecting someone to run up and drag her off the podium! Take a look. It’s worth it! Enjoy……
A few nights ago I had the good fortune to hear the one and only Marlon Smith speaking at the Yes! Group Norwich. Marlon is a bit of a legend, extremely funny, and a master motivator, and if you haven’t seen him yet I’d highly recommend that you do. That night, one of his favourite and ...…
How successful you will be at anything is always going to be dependent on the words and beliefs about yourself you have stored in your subconscious mind… THAT’S A FACT! But they certainly didn’t teach me that at school! How about you? Didn’t think so. So, how often do you say to yourself ‘I couldn’t ...…
One of the most important lessons I’ve learned since I was made bankrupt 3 years ago is one Jim Rohn taught me about your ‘Value to the marketplace’. What do I mean by that? Well as you’ve no doubt noticed, some people make hundreds of thousands, and in some cases millions of pounds/dollars a year, ...…
I was watching the smurfs (old) TV series with the kids a few mornings ago. In the episode we watched, one of the smurfs had a ‘greedy’ spell put on him. He then went on to become the richest smurf in the world but he was unhappy because he lost all his friends, and the ...…
I’ve been thinking hard about my last post, and I believe that a lot of the problem is that children aren’t encouraged to pursue the things they love to do. The education system was built to create employees, but in a world where jobs are increasingly scarce, a change is sorely needed. Even a degree ...…
One thing I’ve noticed since I’ve been doing more work in schools is the difference in attitude and self belief between the younger kids and the older ones. I love asking groups of 10 year olds what they want to do when they leave school because they answer so enthusiastically, hands waving in the air ...…
