Excerpt from Chapter 12 You can’t run a business if you are just human   “When I’m out of politics I’m going to run a business,  it’ll be called rent-a-spine” ― Margaret Thatcher The excitement of starting a business is almost unparalleled; a mix of a fear of failure and the dream of achieving your goal tug […]

Excerpt from Chapter 11 Losing a loved one   “You can’t just plan a moment when things get back on track, just as you can’t plan the moment you lose your way in the first place.” ― Sarah Dessen In 1995 I lost a nephew. He was 21 years old and died through misadventure after

Excerpt from Chapter 10 Running on emotion “I don’t want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.” ― Oscar Wilde, Emotion is the strongest driver that exists in animals. It keeps us alive, it gives us hunger to eat and provides our

Excerpt from Chapter 9 The American business model “Anyone not paranoid in this world must be crazy. . . . Speaking of paranoia, it’s true that I do not know exactly who my enemies are. But that of course is exactly why I’m paranoid.” ― Edward Abbey AMWAY is a very famous company that was

Excerpt from Chapter 8 The 60s/70s Workplace “If your workplace was somehow transplanted into the jungle and everyone was forced to survive at a very primitive level, it’s safe to say that eventually, your boss would rape you.” ― Scott Dikkers For those of you who are old enough to remember there was a tangible

Excerpt from Chapter 7 You can’t run a business if you are all chimp “You don’t know whether chimps are going to kill you or kiss you. They’re very open on some levels and much more evil in a certain way.” ― Tim Burton Being a business owner is the desire of many people but

Excerpt from Chapter 6 The Chronology “Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity.” ― Hermann Hesse How did a physically superior, better environmentally adapted and technologically more advanced human become extinct, while a weaker, less advanced traveller not only survived but went on

Excerpt from Chapter 5 The Jungle “For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.” ― Rudyard Kipling The jungle is an unforgiving and violent place, we often state that certain neighbourhoods are ‘like a jungle’. So it’s not surprising that the chimp has your wits

Excerpt from Chapter 4 The Society “Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine.” ― Honoré de Balzac   The human brain understands that we live in a society, a society that is bound by rules and laws. We are taught to help the weak and infirm, to give up

Excerpt from Chapter 3 2% difference “It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” ― Audre Lorde   Whilst it can be argued that we are also related to bananas, (we, according to Steve Jones of The Telegraph we share 50% of our DNA