Farleigh's Five

In Farleigh’s Five, we explore five ideas.

🎙️In this episode:

00:00 - Introduction

00:18 - 1. Infinite Start-ups

06:33 - 2. Crisis Management

14:48 - 3. Maxxing

18:20 - 4. Post-authenticity

21:28 - 5. Sky-High Taxes and Sky-High Debt

Some serious, some quirky, all designed to make you think.

Farleigh’s Five is Richard Farleigh’s weekly take on business, psychology, human behaviour and the odd thing that catches his attention.

To see the summary with illustrations and cartoons go to https://substack.com/@richardfarleigh

To join me live every week on my chat show ( business and anything else) go to https://friends.farleigh.com

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit richardfarleigh.substack.com

In Farleigh’s Five, we explore five ideas.

Today’s are more serious but worth knowing.

🎙️In this episode:

00:00 - Introduction

01:18 - 1. Loss of Hope

04:38 - 2. Housing Crisis

06:39 - 3. Stagnant Productivity

07:38 - 4. Government Incompetence

10:10 - 5. Sky-High Taxes and Sky-High Debt

12:50 - Riots? Under Labour? Under Tories?

Some serious, some quirky, all designed to make you think.

Farleigh’s Five is Richard Farleigh’s weekly take on business, psychology, human behaviour and the odd thing that catches his attention.

To see the summary with illustrations and cartoons go to https://substack.com/@richardfarleigh

To join me live every week on my chat show ( business and anything else) go to https://friends.farleigh.com

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit richardfarleigh.substack.com

In Farleigh’s Five, we explore five rather different ideas.

Some are serious. Some are slightly quirky. This week -

🎙️In this episode:

00:00 - Introduction

00:17 - 1. More businesses understand dopamine

06:48 - 2. Cancer vs A.I.

09:50 - 3. Hiding Luxury

12:22 - 4. Bed Rotting

14:35 - 5. Laziness or Invention?

Some serious, some quirky, all designed to make you think.

Farleigh’s Five is Richard Farleigh’s weekly take on business, psychology, human behaviour and the odd thing that catches his attention.

To see the summary with illustrations and cartoons go to https://substack.com/@richardfarleigh

To Join me live every week to answer questions and chat about business and anything else go to https://friends.farleigh.com

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit richardfarleigh.substack.com

In Farleigh’s Five, we explore five rather different ideas.

Some are serious. Some are slightly quirky. This week -

🎙️In this episode:

•   00:00 - Introduction
•   00:52 - 1. The Hardware Limit of Imagination
•   6:00 - 2. The Stinky Origin of Luxury (Ancient Purple Dye)
•   10:45 - 3. Why Aussies Call Redheads

"Bluey"

•   14:30 - 4. The Unfair Advantage of Wearing Red in Sports
•   17:30 - 5. The Green Car Supply Chain Trap

Some serious, some quirky, all designed to make you think.

Farleigh’s Five is Richard Farleigh’s weekly take on business, psychology, human behaviour and the odd thing that catches his attention.

To see the summary with illustrations and cartoons go to https://substack.com/@richardfarleigh

And the email to communicate an interest in the streaming is [email protected]

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit richardfarleigh.substack.com

In Farleigh’s Five, we explore five rather different ideas.

Some are serious. Some are slightly quirky. This week -

🎙️In this episode:

 00:00 – Introduction

 00:32– 1. Why Salespeople and Psychologists Use Subliminal Questions

 03:55 – 2. The Spiral of Silence: Why Brits Hate to Disagree

 06:55 – 3. Algorithmic Aversion: Why We Forgive Human Flaws But Hate Robot Mistakes

 08:35 – 4. The Ironic Trap of Hitting Your Boss with a Tennis Ball Twice

 10:35 – 5. Cold Turkey: My Secret, Blue-Can Pringles Addiction

Some serious, some quirky, all designed to make you think.

Farleigh’s Five is Richard Farleigh’s weekly take on business, psychology, human behaviour and the odd thing that catches his attention.

To see the summary with illustrations and cartoons go to ⁠https://substack.com/@richardfarleigh⁠

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit richardfarleigh.substack.com

In Farleigh’s Five, we explore five rather different ideas. Some are serious. Some are slightly quirky. All are thoughtful.

🎙️ In this episode:

 00:00 – Introduction

00:40 – 1. The Fake Personality: How I Learned to Fit In

 03:56 – 2. Is It Unpatriotic to Leave the UK?

 06:34 – 3. Disastrous Speaking Gigs and When Not to Step Outside

 09:35 – 4. Are Longer Marriages Actually Happening Out of Love or Economics?

 11:37 – 5. The "Farleigh Eye-Patch": My Midnight Bathroom Invention

Farleigh’s Five is Richard Farleigh’s weekly take on business, psychology, human behaviour, and the odd thing that catches his attention.

For a written summary with illustrations and cartoons visit https://substack.com/@richardfarleigh

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit richardfarleigh.substack.com

I had a great conversation with Ed Sumner-Bogart about accidental entrepreneurship, word of mouth and learning business by doing.

What I found interesting talking to Ed was that he never really sat down and decided to become an entrepreneur.

There was no fixed goals.No 20 page business plan.No polished branding exercise.

In his early 20s, while a lot of people were thinking about university or graduate schemes, he simply noticed that if you could buy a pair of Nike shoes for £150 and sell them for £300, there was money to be made.

Then it scaled.

Shoes became PlayStations.PlayStations became watches.Then cars, holidays and eventually private jets.

But the really interesting part for me was how quickly he developed good business instincts.

Without any formal business background, he had already figured out things that many founders never do:

* test cheaply before raising money,

* focus on long term relationships rather than maximum margin,

* hire for trust and character,

* and grow through word of mouth.

A lot of people spend years talking about starting a business.

He just started.

Here’s the trailer.

Watch the full conversation

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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit richardfarleigh.substack.com

As we discussed wealth creation and taxes on Good Morning Britain…

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