There are those who say that it is pointless worrying, and I largely agree. But worry, like pain is an important survival mechanism. Let’s say that your business has taken an unexplained downward turn. Cash is drying up and you wake up in the night and worry about the cash…
In Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare wrote “A Rose by any other name will smell as sweet”. But what about a Stinking Corpse Lily (see image)? If you call it a rose, will it still stink? I guess Eskom thinks it would actually smell like a rose? As in “These…
An opportunity cost is the cost of choosing not to do something. Here’s an example. You are self employed and have booked a holiday overseas at a cost of R90 000 plus airfare of R20 000. Just before your holiday is about to start, you get an offer to present…
Three years ago, I wrote an article titled In search of the quickest way to solve Sudoku puzzles. Oh my! How embarrassing. At that stage, I was doing “Expert” Sudokus and thought that was the end of the road. All I could do from there on out was to…
