I've always discouraged my daughters from thinking that becoming a celebrity is a worthy career goal.

It was a wonderful Christmas - lashings of fun, family and food. Unfortunately that other "f," fitness didn't do so well.

As New York baseball legend, Yogi Berra quipped: "It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future."

When my daughters were young, we had an evening ritual when they would tell me the best and worst things about their day.

Recently a listed company CEO told me he watched his share price every day and felt its movements were at least partly a reflection of his actions and achievements.

Transparency in business is always a good thing. Even, it seems, when it comes to salaries.

In almost every category, we consumers know when we're overpaying or being duped by extravagant claims.

Apparently the human brain is capable of 1016 processes per second, making it more powerful than any computer in existence.

It's no wonder pharmaceutical companies are seen as the bad guys of business. They charge exorbitant prices for drugs, irrespective of who needs them and how many lives they could save.

After travelling to Australia or the United States, I delight in returning home - not because of my home comforts and familiarity but because of the people.

Shops need to find an x-factor to keep buyers coming back.

For many people, early retirement is nirvana, the reward at the end of a long, hard slog; an escape from the daily grind of work and the freedom to do whatever you like, whenever you like, with people you care about, for the rest of your life.