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This week as I pivot between online development meetings with new business partners in the United States, Britain, Canada and Singapore, I am excited to give you a glimpse into some of the ways that my colleagues and I are expanding a number of our p...

“When you set out in the world to help yourself you inevitably end up helping … Tutti.” Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat Pray Love) Today’s quote is borrowed from one of my favourite books. I won’t pretend that it is the greatest literary masterpiece ever writ...

“Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress” — Mahatma Gandhi There’s an old party game that asks participants to explain if they were stranded on a desert island with just one person, who would they want that person to be and why. In ...

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail — Ralph Waldo Emmerson As I thought about what to discuss this week, I initially struggled. In my mind, it did not seem that much had changed. Yes, governments h...

The inspiration for this morning’s tale begins with a heart-bounding shriek so loud they probably heard it in St David’s. The drama began when I suddenly decided that today would be the day that I clean the washable filters in my air conditioning un...

This week as we embark on stage two of the Government’s phased reopening plan, I have a few thoughts for you to consider. Once you got over the initial trauma of being confined to your home and cut off from what — for the purposes of discussion — I w...

Einstein once said: “The only thing you absolutely have to know is the location of the library.” On a superficial level it seems an obvious statement. If you need a book, then you can have one as long as you know where books are kept. Sounds simple e...

Not too long ago many older people were quite comfortable sitting back and letting someone else programme the VCR or set up their voicemail recording. The mere suggestion that they should learn to “Google”, or get an e-mail address or a mobile phone ...

So many times in life when the going gets tough, instead of swallowing hard and getting things done, we start looking for sympathy, telling ourselves and anyone who will listen that we are “trying” or “doing our best”, or that the problem is just “to...

In retirement, as you may have heard my business partner, Bill Storie, remark, “cash is king”. And while I completely agree with him that the secret to a long and prosperous retirement is to live within your means and avoid any sort of debt as far a...

You have heard it time and again: save, save, save for retirement. But what about all the other aspects of your life? The fact is, planning for your day-to-day life in retirement requires a lot more thought than most people think. Oddly enough, the ...

As you might guess from this week’s photo, I recently attended the Bermuda Caledonian Society’s annual Burns’ Supper. Dedicated to perpetuating the immortal memory of the Scottish poet and lyricist Robert “Rabbie” Burns who lived from 1759 — 1796, t...