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Last weekend, I was a guest presenter at the annual retreat for the Family Business Association Forum Groups hosted by my friend and colleague, Andrew Barter, in Montville in the beautiful Sunshine Coast Hinterland in South East Queensland.
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Do you remember the Costa Concordia? It was the cruise ship that ran aground off the coast of Tuscany in January 2012 after the captain stepped away from the bridge to, how shall we say, attend to other matters.
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It’s Friday evening. I’m heading home after a late appointment in North Sydney. The traffic is surprisingly quiet at 7pm as I head across the Sydney Harbour Bridge. To my left, I can see the Brilliance of the Seas manoeuvring away from the Overseas Passenger Terminal and preparing to do its miraculous turn in front of the glorious Sydney Opera House. You never, ever get tired of that scene.
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You start off in business and take any work that is offered to you. As a former consultant that we used to engage in my former accounting practice, David Connell, once remarked, if they had the smell of a cheque book, they became a client.
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In Growth Edition 199 – Ageing Parents – https://deanrobinson.com.au/edition-199-ageing-parents/ – I spoke about the impact on our lives, and our businesses, as our parents age.
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It’s late Saturday morning. The lawns are done early and it’s time to duck out and collect a few messages (an old term of my paternal grandmother’s that has stuck with me).
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The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has a target bandwidth for inflation of 2-3%. That means, when inflation is low, it wants the economy to be ticking over at this rate so that it is growing moderately, that people’s personal wealth is growing moderately and that wages are growing moderately.
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The two drivers are standing outside their cars, admiring the view. Each of the vehicles is clean, polished and in the midst of a day of ferrying people around Melbourne. They each comment to the other about the other’s car, whilst remarking that their own has a smudge mark here, or needs a polish there.
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Happy New Year! My best wishes to you and your families for a happy, healthy and prosperous 2024.
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Here we are, once again, at the back end of the year, in the season of the Fruit Mince Pie. My sister-in-law, Sue, makes the very best of them with delicious flaky pastry and her own fruit mince mix. My weight loss journey over the past 15 months will be severely tested by the delights of her cooking, this festive season.