As you might imagine, I’m on a lot of mailing lists, partly because I’m in the direct response business, and partly because I’m a sucker for anything that costs far more than it should. It was for the latter reason, that I received an email the other day about a new Porsche that’s about to be released.

I’ve reproduced most of the email below, but cut it off at the point where the sending dealership is revealed.  I suspect this is a promotion filtered down from head office, and   the dealer was probably embarrassed enough to be sending it, without me adding to his woes. Anyway, here’s the email…

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I have a healthy contempt for pretty much all modern politicians, but occasionally, they break with tradition and say something that makes sense. And so it was this week, when David Cameron suggested that entrepreneurship and enterprise should be  taught and celebrated in schools.

The gist of his argument is that it’s through entrepreneurial effort that jobs and wealth are created – and I wouldn’t argue with that – but I think there’s another reason it’s important…one that is central to every one of us reaching our full potential. And it goes way beyond what being an entrepreneur normally means. Continue reading →

There’s every chance I may be mentally scarred for life.  I just read a report from retailer John Lewis which throws some interesting light on online shopping habits. There are some fascinating insights there, which I’ll come back to in a moment, but first I want to share my mental torment with you. Continue reading →

I’m always entertained by the results of ‘research’ reported in the national press. You know the kind of thing – Continue reading →

Dear Reader,

I can probably be blamed for many things, but my name isn’t one of them. I wasn’t around to choose it at the time. Now don’t get me wrong, I’ve got nothing against it – I’m quite happy with it in fact. And that’s the problem. Continue reading →