My Blog

By Nicholas Click on the pictures or diagrams to expand them. Structured brainstorming is a process of systematic and liberal generation of a large volume of ideas from a number of participants. The participants are encouraged to volunteer their creative inputs one at...

By Nicholas Click on the pictures or diagrams to expand them. Success is built on failure, frustration and sometimes catastrophe. It's not how many times you get knocked down; it's how many times you get back up. You need to persevere! Life tends to twist and turn too...

By Nicholas Click on the pictures or diagrams to expand them. An infopreneur is generally considered an entrepreneur who makes money selling information on the Internet. They use existing data and target an audience. As I read about it more, it is very tempting to...

Everyone has a vision of great hopes and dreams coming true. If obstacles weren’t there, where would you like to be with your life? How would you learn? Create a new life. Start planning now. The sad truth is, many people avoid thinking about their ideal life because...

By Nicholas Click on the pictures or diagrams to expand them. In our previous blog “What is success?” we said that: So what is failure? In today’s society, the word “failure” has a mountain load of negative stigma attached to it. I remember a poor friend of mine, who...

By Nicholas Click on the pictures or diagrams to expand them. Success is an abstract term that means different things to different people. It is not easy to try to define what success is. The Oxford English Dictionary says that success means the attainment of fame,...

By Nicholas Click on the pictures or diagrams to expand them. An Infopreneur is one (human, animal or machine) whose primary business is gathering and selling electronic information. This term is derived from the words "information" and "entrepreneur". An infopreneur...

By Nicholas Click on the pictures or diagrams to expand them. Last week, I was talking with an IT Recruitment specialist. “What is the most “in demand” skill, Nicole?” I asked. “Business Analysis” she said. “What is Business Analysis?” I asked, even though I did...

By Nicholas Click on the pictures or diagrams to enlarge them. Are older people wiser people? As I have researched this topic, I have become so fascinated that I will produce a few more blogs. In an earlier blog entitled “Seniors are adaptable” I commended seniors, or...

Hullo. My name is Nick. I introduced myself as a no nonsense cat. I had to think about this. My sister Polly is naturally friendly, and everyone likes her. My brother Tick has the gift of discernment, plus he has been enjoying himself travelling up the East Cape of...

Hullo. My name is Nick. I am a no nonsense cat. I live on the campus of the local Gisborne Polytechnic. That is where I was born. Three of us were born in December 2010 at the Polytechnic. That was me, and my brother and sister. We were named Polly, Tick and Nick --...

The government is stuck in a conundrum. We have been told that the tax payer will not fund all our retirement, so we must save for ourselves. However, governments cannot resist the temptation to increase superannuation taxes or wind back contribution limits. The...

I first met Rob (later to become Sir Robert) Muldoon outside New Zealand’s parliament buildings in 1972. At the time, he was serving as the Leader of the Opposition (the National Party). At the time, I was driving egg trucks around Wellington, the capital of New...

How often do we frantically rush about trying to achieve something? We are trying to do the best we can, but is this frantic panic like behaviour worth it? A lot of the secret to successful living is getting the right balance. In New Zealand, the culture of our...