NGM Accountants :: The BFO

Networking Not working?!

John Fairgrieve — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 13:37:00 +0100

It's difficult sometimes to reconcile the investment needed to do networking with the perception held by those who don't network that it is a waste of time.

There is something worse than the Plague

John Fairgrieve — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:24:00 +0100

Hard to imagine, but I have had some practical experience of this and know absolutely what I am talking about.

The man with two brains

John Fairgrieve — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:16:00 +0100

"so many brains. I feel like a kid in a candy store"

Consciously Incompetent

John Fairgrieve — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:14:00 +0100

Mostly when we are operating inside our comfort zone, doing the things we know every single day, we are operating at a level of unconscious competence. We do it almost without seeming to think about it, although in reality our brain is just taking over on a sort of autopilot. Simple things like getting dressed, making a cup of coffee or just driving the car are all examples of autopilot behaviour or unconscious competence.

If you never share your problems you'll maybe never find the solutions

John Fairgrieve — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:56:24 +0100

I didn't know today until we were speaking about our electronic (internal) filing

Small jobs become big jobs

John Fairgrieve — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 06:28:25 +0100

No one loves every task they have to do. As human beings we all have preferences and so we will generally do the things that we enjoy before we do the things we don't.