Renegade Thoughts

Trendspotting: Research Indicates That Baby Boomers Are Increasingly Comfortable Online

Wake up to the potential of the internet I spotted an interesting article on the Trendspotting blog of www.trendspotting.com that research indicates that baby boomers (people aged 46 to 64) are increasingly comfortable online. In fact some 70% use the internet and 66% have a positive perception of the internet.  Surprisingly 46% maintain a social [...]

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Thought Leaders

I saw this video and was blown away by the total assurance and erudition of this young speaker.  Prepare to be amazed: Share on Facebook

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Are UK House Prices In La La Land?

Architect I’ve just sold my house and I think I have priced it realistically to achieve a sale. However, in looking at house prices in Stratford-upon-Avon, it is becoming evident that to get the same quality of house there is almost double. Stratford is enjoying strong buyer demand from a queue of cash buyers. We [...]

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Internet & Marketing Consulting Helps The Business Renegade Move Back to The Swan of the Avon

I’m going home! Internet & Marketing Consulting In March 1990 I was working in Wolverhampton. It was a Thursday and the phone rang on my desk. I picked it up to find out that it was the personnel department in Birmingham. “You’re starting at Nuneaton branch on Monday morning as their Corporate Manager” I was [...]

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Are You Working With A Wealth Mindset?

Is your energy flowing? I extracted this from Ron Whites ezine because it hit home to me – I was sitting in front of my computer, reading his article just as he knew I would be. Does it have the same impact on you?  Do you have the right business or wealth mindset for success? [...]

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House Prices In The UK Are About To Get Worse

Why do I think house prices are about to get worse when today we have had news that the recession is officially over ( – a pitiful 0.1% growth!). Firstly, the housing market in the UK remains 29% overvalued on a price to rental basis according to the Economist: Second, in 2008 the interest rates [...]

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Renegade Thoughts On Obama’s Banking Reforms

Local business President Barrack Obama has just announced sweeping banking reforms in the US. Firstly, he wants banks to stop betting on the markets with their own funds. This is what’s known as ‘proprietary’ or ‘prop’ trading. Secondly, he wants to prevent banks from growing ‘too big to fail’ by limiting the pace of consolidation in the [...]

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The Quaker Credo

I find the Quaker credo particularly appealing as my New Year resolution: – Simplicity – Integrity – Equality – Peace Share on Facebook

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The Financial Problems Facing The US

Take gold, abandon the pound? In the article entitled ‘Escape To Gold‘ , the writer sets out the debt financing problems facing the USA.  Within the next 12 months they will need to refinance $3.3 trillion dollars of short term debt equivalent to 30% of the GDP of the USA. As it is unlikely that [...]

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Why The Pensions Crisis Is Good News

There is life after retirement – another 66 years? Wow, that’s a provocative headline on the day that the conservative party announce their plans to increase the retirement age to 66 in just 3 years time. But I think it is good news because the Credit Crunch will start to make us think differently about [...]

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The Very Stuff Of Life

It’s very easy to miss out on the important things in life. A new ‘renegade’ just 56mm long! For example, I missed out on every occasion when my wife went for a scan for our two children.  My banking career must have seemed more important at the time!  How sad is that! Here’s a picture [...]

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Three Ways To Get Wealthy

Many years ago I listened to Richard Dobbins speak at a seminar.  Richard is a highly qualified business consultant.  Among many other things, he bought a publishing business for £1 and sold it for £49 million pounds several years later.  He went on to write an excellent book entitled ‘ ‘What self-made millionaires really think, [...]

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Would You Like To Find Your Life’s Purpose?

This article discusses some ideas for finding your lifes purpose and how that can be integrated into your business and personal life.  At the end of the article there are some quotations related to ‘lifes purpose’. Simply write the question ‘What is my lifes purpose?’ at the top of your paper or computer document and [...]

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Success Is One Step Beyond Defeat

In the classic book ‘Think and Grow Rich’ by Napolean Hill, I was struck by the following sentence: ‘More than 500 of the most successful men this country has ever known told the author their greatest success came just one step beyond the point at which defeat had over-taken them.’ That means that they pushed [...]

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Renegade Thoughts:Why Our Economy Is In Trouble

Regarding with our economy, I saw this amusing post on a forum which seems to illustrate the decline in education standards and the underlying cause of unemployment.  I’ve recently had this debate with my 17 year old son and his girlfriend, who is a straight ‘A’ student: 1. Teaching Maths in 1950 A Straight A [...]

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Leadership – The Good Shepherd

He Calls His Sheep By Name The Good Shepherd ”Let me set this before you as plainly as I can.  If a person climbs through or over the fence of a sheep pen without going through the gate, you know he’s up to no good – a sheep rustler! The shepherd walks right up to [...]

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The Customer Strikes Back!

I read somewhere that one disatisfied customer will tell ten other people – but 1.3 million is ridiculous! Click this link to watch the customers revenge PR: wait… I: wait… L: wait… LD: wait… I: wait… wait… Rank: wait… Traffic: wait… Price: wait… C: wait… Share on Facebook

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The Road To Financial Freedom

The rules for achieving complete financial freedom are simple: 1. Become completely debt free – yes, including your mortgage 2. Maximise your personal income – preferably from several sources 3. Minimise your outgoings – review regularly and trim hard 4. Minimise your responsibilty to support others financially 5. Start your own business – this site [...]

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Do Not Covet Your Ideas

Renegade thinking is thinking for yourself rather than sheep-like behaviour. An introduction to a series of radical articles that challenge our institutions.

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