Planning To Fail Or Failing To Plan?

I’m so tired of hearing the phrase: failing to plan is a plan to fail! But, it is appropriate.
Some people are intoxicated with the idea that it is cool not to plan things; that it is somehow ‘better’ and ‘more cosmic’ to let nature takes its course and decide the fate of your progress. When [...]

Posted by BlackMan at 08:00:55 on August 6th, 2008 in Business

Black Oxford Faces!

Throughout July the face of Norman Washington Manley, one of Jamaica’s national heroes, has been staring at me, without the slightest hint of a smile!
Reason for this is because Manley, who lived July 4, 1893 to September 2, 1969, is this month’s feature face on the stylishly designed and quirkily executed Black Oxford calendar.
Manley, founder [...]

Posted by BlackMan at 23:59:56 on July 13th, 2008 in Business

Yardy, Yardee, Yar!

The account of my current contract is handled by an Englishman with a roughneck East End accent, with a jovial but no-nonsense persona. Let’s call him Yar!
Now, Yar fought tooth and nail to secure me a very lucrative position that came with a quite decent pay cheque each month. It wasn’t much of a fight [...]

Posted by BlackMan at 08:00:00 on April 27th, 2008 in Business

British Airways Bombs!

I have to agree with a study that says top airline British Airways loses more bags and operates more delayed flights than any other airline in Europe. The report also said BA had one of the worst records for punctuality with a significant number of flights arriving at least 15 minutes late last year.

This information, [...]

Posted by BlackMan at 09:45:08 on March 5th, 2008 in Business

Where Unity Is Strength

I seem to make connections or strike up associate friendships quite easily with people everywhere I go. Some have described my personality as magnetic.
Others, usually the jealous, envious or rib-tickling ones, reluctantly utter the word “charismatic” in a sentence describing me! Obviously my tongue is firmly within my cheeks when I say all of this [...]

Posted by BlackMan at 22:00:45 on February 23rd, 2008 in Business

How To Make Money

A friend asked me for ideas on how to make some money and after scratching my head for a couple of days I concluded that it depended on how badly they wanted to make money. I reasoned that if they were prepared to do anything then they would have more choices and chances of success.
Basically, [...]

Posted by BlackMan at 22:00:30 on February 15th, 2008 in Business