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What I Learned About Business from Going to School, Part 2
When I was at school in England, the law of the time dictated that everybody had to have compulsory education to a certain age. With exceptions for home-schooling and birthdays early in the academic year, this meant, de facto, everybody had to stay at school until the...
What I Learned About Business from Going to School
What we did on our holidays
August in Japan is a reflective month. It features the O-Bon festival, when the spirits of the departed return to their former worldly homes, and the anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and is the hottest period of the year, a...
Running a School: Take some time off
We've spoken previously about being happy, and an important part of that is having a balanced life. Here at Moran Actually Towers we practice what we preach. We're taking the whole of August off from the blog. We've still got plenty of things to do, don't get me...
Shanghai Toon
I had a great trip to Shanghai. My third or fourth time there. I was originally supposed to go there from Hong Kong in 1994, then take the ferry to Osaka. I was waylaid by matters of the heart and a reservation with a 3 p.m. sunset in Whitley Bay. It was great to see...
Shanghai
Quite frankly, we’re exhausted with all that hard work going through systems. So, we’re taking a break this week, and we’re off to Shanghai to see Newcastle United. In the meantime, I’ll leave you with this video, a follow-up to the interview with Tokyo Real, which...
Running a School: All Systems Are Stop
This is the end of the series of articles on systems, but it really should just be the beginning of you systemising your business. As you can see from the brief inclusion from a very small part of our operations, there is a lot to do. As a TOO, it may be possible for...
Running a School: Systems, Part 8
The school is not incorporated, but you are considering registering yourself officially as self-employed. Up to now, you have taught in a spare room in your house, but you wish to separate your home and your working life. This is very sensible, and in fact you should...
Running a School: Systems, Part 7
You should know what business you’re in, what your company will look like when it’s finished, what your product it is (and it ISN’T English lessons), who your customer is and you should know how much money you will need to live happily ever after. Well done. Next come...
Running a School: Systems, Part 6
Your business is not your product. Your business is the business itself. You do not, should not or will not work in your business. You own the business. You are the shareholders. You may be the single shareholder, owning all the shares. Even if you are not an...