In 2006, I introduced in this column the social theory of an American psychologist called Abraham Maslow, who in the mid-20th century decided that in contrast to Jung and Freud, he would study what motivates normal people. His findings resulted in a simple layered pyramid, which he dubbed the "Hierarchy of Needs". According to Maslow, and certainly I agree with him, different people are motivated by different things according to the space they occupy physically and mentally.

No time for celebration as Japan's auto giant poises to overtake GM as the world's biggest automaker.

The recession is predicted to to be with us for a while. Are low costs and government funds to SMEs good enough reasons to start up a business now?

2009 is going to be a tough year, and if you are not yet working to expectations then next year things are going to be even tougher.