Regrets, I’ve had a few / But then again, just this one I’d mention… A recent discussion about happiness on Hacker News reminded me of the one regret I have in life – the time I had the opportunity to rob a bank, but didn’t. (My contention in that discussion was that mostly regret the things...

Source: Courier-Mail by Rose Brennan While most of the other notes from my ‘In The Media‘ section are related to my business acumen, contributing to this story was an important opportunity for me. New research has revealed how reluctant most men are in sharing their experiences, and seeking support, when experiencing infertility (either themselves, their...

Fans of my Monopoly Pub Crawl experience will know how much I value doing things in the correct order. So what is the best order to watch the Star Wars films in? The obvious debate creates a battle between the ‘Release Order’ (Episodes IV – VI, then Episodes I – III) versus the ‘Lucas Order‘ (Episodes...

I’m a foreigner, with a deep love for the greatest show on earth – the US Presidential Election. I was 6 when George H. W. Bush was elected to the White House … that didn’t stop me from sharing the news (and explaining the Electoral College) to my primary school classmates the next day. In...

With respect to the greatest fencing-master of the late 1300s, Fiore Furlan dei Liberi da Premariacco, and his manual Fior di Battaglia (Flower of Battle). [1] Jacob Aldridge: “As a young man I desired to learn authentic business, including the art of fighting for profit with sales, products, channels, brand and necessary infrastructure, on my own...

by Jacob Aldridge, who owns ~$1.2 million in property and loves every cent of his mortgages I like money and I like property. I mean, they’re not the reason I’m alive but all other things being equal I would rather have them than not. Which is why I get angry when my first-home-owner-wannabe friends outline...