People often give me well intentioned advice when I do a reply video on TikTok. They tell me that I am wasting my time, that you will never change his/her mind about their point of view. What the well-intentioned commenter fails to understand is I am not making the reply video to change a person’s… Continue reading What I stand for
Mainstream media-13 questions
Mainstream media (MSM) has come in for a lot of criticism over the last few years. Is it justified? Why? We must first consider the alternative(s) and ask a series of questions: When considering the alternative, run through questions 1 to 12 above.
Culture and values in brand building-I can see it now
I can see now how the culture thing, and what you stand for, works in brand building. Apple’s marketing campaigns, especially the early ones, focused on values and culture and what Apple stood for. Not what the product did or how much it cost. But what Apple stood for, and by inference, what Apple stood… Continue reading Culture and values in brand building-I can see it now
3 things I will be looking at for 2025 in my business
This is the time of year when I think about what I might change in my business in the coming year. I am always considering if there is a change or tweak I can make to my operating procedure to improve things incrementally. Over the Christmas period, away from the office, is a good time… Continue reading 3 things I will be looking at for 2025 in my business
Writing with a fountain pen on good quality paper
I have been toying with the idea of incorporating the use of my iPad into my everyday workflow. But if I do, I would have to give up the joy of fountain pen on paper. And that is not something I am prepared to do, yet. I have a notebook, a physical one, in use… Continue reading Writing with a fountain pen on good quality paper
The organic growth of my podcast
The last time I checked the average listens per episode stat for my podcast, The Irish Law and Small Business Podcast, was around the 100 mark. Now it is reaching 150 to 170 as an average number of listens per episode. And I have 536 episodes published as I write this today. This, despite, my… Continue reading The organic growth of my podcast
All in on AI (Artificial Intelligence) in 2025
2025 may be the year that I go all in on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in my solicitor’s practice. I never envisaged writing that sentence or anticipating that AI would have much, or any, role to play in my business. But I have quickly changed my mind. I have been playing around with ChatGPT in the… Continue reading All in on AI (Artificial Intelligence) in 2025
Injuries Resolution Board mediation service
The Injuries Resolution Board now has a mediation service offering and I experienced it for the first time last week. The two options up to now if you had a personal injury claim was to accept the assessment by the Injuries Resolution Board and hope that the respondent also accepted it. If that happened an… Continue reading Injuries Resolution Board mediation service
No power-how we adapted
Storm Darragh caused our power to be out for most of yesterday, along with hundreds of thousands of other people in Ireland. It is amazing the degree to which you become dependent on power coming into the house and how much you miss it when it is gone. We had no lights, water, toilets, tv,… Continue reading No power-how we adapted
Enduring power of attorney-are the misgivings overblown?
We have not made any effort, for a considerable period of time, to provide the service of helping people make an enduring power of attorney. However, I think we probably should and the misgivings, partly created by the Law Society of Ireland, in the legal profession may be overblown and overestimated. It is something I… Continue reading Enduring power of attorney-are the misgivings overblown?