by johnireland | Articles
If a member of staff turned up to work having drunk two glasses of wine, you would probably have a quiet word. If they turned up on five hours’ sleep for the third night running, you would probably say nothing at all — and yet the research on sleep deprivation...
by johnireland | Wellness Corner
Short sleep does not stay confined to the bedroom. It blunts judgement, skews risk appetite, shortens the fuse, and quietly erodes memory — and for a business owner, all four show up directly in the business, as snap decisions, avoidable friction with staff, and the...
by johnireland | Articles
The Question Nobody Asks the Owner Employees have managers. Managers have directors. Directors have a board. The owner has nobody — and yet the owner is the person carrying the personal guarantee, the payroll, the lease, and the outcome of every decision. Ask an owner...
by johnireland | The Book Shelf
The Book Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio is a guide to systematic decision-making, drawn from four decades of running one of the world’s largest hedge funds. It has sold over four million copies and remains one of the most influential business books of...
by johnireland | Articles
The Book in Brief Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio was first published in 2017 and has since sold over four million copies worldwide. Dalio is the founder of Bridgewater Associates, one of the world’s largest hedge funds, and the book distils the...
