Author: Always Learning

The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas Stanley and William Danko

Largely taken from

Although focused on wealthy Americans, there are some interesting takeaways.

  • Don’t try and look rich for example don’t buy a new car to show off rather save some of that money for future you.
  • Feel Secure and don’t feel pressurized to spend money to keep up with your friends and neighbours
  • Defend the money you make by budgeting and planning and Generate your offence
  • Aim to save 15% of your income every year.
  • Use a Budget app to find areas of savings
  • Plan you spending
  • As you earn more keep your spending the same and save the rest.

A related topic is reaching that £100,000 savings amount as quickly as you can why your first 100k is the magical number for generating real wealth

Who am i?

I read a quote talking referring to classical music on you tube but it can be expanded to many parts of our current work and life. It went something like this ….

We are so lucky to live in this world , over a century ago we would have been able to watch a world class music performance once in a lifetime today we can re-watch it every day.

I think the same applies to learning today. We have so much skill and knowledge at our fingertips.

So on to the reasons for this blog.

I am a techie based in the UK with over 20 years of IT experience.

I want to share knowledge with anyone who might find it helpful.

The source of information in the posts includes sourcing data from but not limited to:

  • You tube
  • Udemy
  • Work colleagues
  • Past Experience
  • Books i have read

a Lot of the images on the pages are AI generated from DALL-E.

My main approach with articles is to make my own notes on a topic and then ask Chatgbt to help create a blog article by expanding on my points. Then i refine that article as appropriate.

Other area projects on the go are included in:

https://github.com/herepete

My professional stuff:

linkedin.com/in/peter-white-37112941

Top Book, Articles,Tools and Videos

This page is a list of my Top things which have helped shape who i am.

Books

  • The Checklist Manifesto –Checklist Manifesto
  • The happiness Advantage, the seven principles that Fuel success and performance at work by Shawn Achor
  • Rewrite your Mindset – Own your thinking,control your actions, change your life, by Brian Keane

Videos

Articles

Learning tools

  • udemy
  • youtube
  • Mindset & Mediation Calm > especially Jay Shetty “Daily Jay” a 7 min daily piece of wisdom to inspire you.

What makes a Great Manager?

Taken from

Table of Contents

Interestingly, when i created this page i started by calling it “Good Managers” but i like the term “Great Managers” better.

Borrowing an Abbreviation from one of my Managers and adding my own twist.

V.V.P.S.T ( Visible, Vocal , Positive, Safe and Trusted)

Be Visible

Be Vocal

Be Positive

Make people feel Safe and Trusted (see the above You Tube Video by Simon Sinek)

A few Additions i have learnt along the way

small things – give people recognition tell them well done, sometimes small things can be very powerful one that sticks in my mind was turning up to shift work on Xmas Eve on my own covering 3 datacenters and monitoring 100 of computer systems to find by boss had left be a 2£ Xmas selection box

really listen and take an interest in people

understand what makes different people tick.

don’t let other people pass their problem on their back to you, empower colleagues to make their own decisions.

Other Reading

See all the other posts in the management category.