I did something this week that gave me a sober and altogether unpleasant reality check. I looked up my daily phone usage. And by God, I’m horrified. In just five business days, I’ve spent a whopping 20 hours on my phone, or an average of almost 4 hours per day. That’s half a work day, […]
While our prime minister has been hitting the headlines for all the wrong reasons, Finland’s new female PM Sanna Marin has been generating all sorts of good press over her suggestion that working less hours could be the key to success. “A four-day work week, a six-hour workday, why couldn’t that be the next step? […]
Over the weekend, I received 8 phone calls from Austria. The Friday before, I got 6 phone calls from eastern Europe within 10 minutes. And a week earlier, my phone was running hot with calls from Ecuador and Papua New Guinea. Every single call was a prank call; the phone rang for 1-2 seconds before […]
The current bushfire crisis sweeping across major parts of Australia is not only devastating to the people and animals living in the areas affected, but it is also going to have massive insurance implications for years, if not decades, to come. Under-insurance is already a big issue in Australia, and once premiums increase in possible […]
It’s hard not to be overwhelmed by the enormity of the bushfires raging across our country at the moment. Every day brings new stories, new images, new heartbreak. And that’s just for those of us who are watching on from afar, from our safe and comfortable homes – for the people who are literally fighting […]
