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We are born naked and without any possessions or identity. But from the moment we fill our lungs with our first breath and scream our arrival into this world we begin accumulating. We accumulate, clothes, a car seat, Plunket book, toys, birth certificate, basinet, pram, high chair, more toys, bank account, NHI number, photos, a […]

As the saying goes… [box] “If you don’t blow your own trumpet, you won’t hear any music!” [/box]   Anyway I want to blow the trumpet loud and clear for our Gilligan Shepard team. We have just returned from a conference on Great Barrier Island. It was great!! Lots of learning, challenges and fun as […]

I recently attended and presented at the 2017 Company Valuations Conference in Auckland. Other presenters consisted of valuation experts with their own consulting firms. Plus law firms, business broking firms, accounting firms, Intellectual Property experts and even a speaker on the psychology of cognitive bias. During the conference I connected with some impressive minds. They […]

Bruce Sheppard, managing partner of Gilligan Sheppard, talks about 2018, the year ahead… What does it ‘feel’ like… no urgency, no real momentum either way and the river of life and business continues to flow slowly by. In short, the cattle are contentedly grazing. Life goes on, good, steady business as usual. A little bovine, […]

Getting back into work after holidays, especially such a long break can be hard! Especially when we are only two weeks in… you start to feel all the pressure, stress and negativity return. “Was my holiday long enough?” you ask yourself… Am I really needing to work? Why can’t I just sell up and minimise […]