Benjamin Franklin once said ‘It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.’ We all have a reputation to hold on to whether it is in business, in our neighbourhood, in our home or just for ourselves. …

It still never fails to amaze me how kids with master’s degrees do not even know how to fry an egg. They take pride in the fact that they got their degree, which is a good achievement, but fail miserably when they try to put in the work. …

The dangerous thing about reputation is that it is subjective. You may do and say a lot of things that you think are righteous but the harsh reality is the most important thing is how other people perceive what you say. You may not like it but it is the…

With almost two decades of experience it is safe to say I, Gian Paolo Aliatis, have seen it all. I have managed to learn a lot about all aspects of running a business in terms of employment, recruitment and training. …

Nowadays the approach from the media is very forceful and arguably very aggressive. This generation is forced to follow someone’s ideas, concepts and beliefs. If they are not following these then they are bad people, they are not useful to society and they are failures. This is contrary to what…

A few years ago, I read an article premised on the idea that people simply do not have ideas but the ideas have the people. After reading it my understanding of the media completely changed forever. Despite my new enlightenment, I simultaneously became frustrated with my new understanding of how…

Years down the line, that lesson prevailed in most of my decisions and the fact that we were not buying expensive, flashy cars and living the typical “rich life” made the business evolve and that was one of the key factors of the huge success of the operation. Later in…

If you are a decent size player in the flatshare business, you will definitely get to know and understand the UK Judicial system. You will learn and come to recognize how civil matters and housing can become criminal matters and vice versa depending on how and who is looking at…

I will not bore you with extensive details on how the English Judicial system works. However, in a nutshell it is split into civil and criminal matters. My previous article discussed my experience in the county court, where all civil matters begin. In this article, I will discuss much bigger…